Free to Be You and Me
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For some reason this popped into my head tonight while watching Law and Order
on A&E but, do any of you remember the movie Marlo Thomas made (with Carole
Hart?) called Free To Be You and Me? It had all sorts of stars; Roberta
Flack, Michael Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Alan Alda, Mel Brooks, Kris
Kristofferson, Cicely Tyson, Tom Smothers, and Carol Channing to name a few.
There was a scene with baby puppets in the hospital nursery discussing how
boys and girls can do/play with the same things. How they can grow up to be
anything they want to be. Another scene was a (cartoon) princess who's father
wanted her to marry and she wanted to see the world. She ended up running in
a race and won. Another was about a little girl who always went around saying
Ladies first! and ended up getting eaten by monsters because of her attitude.
Tons of singing and dancing, good positive moral message about growing up and
having respect for the opposite sex, especially good message for girls. Aimed
at the 4 to 8 y/o age group, but good for all ages. I think it was made in
1973 or 74. Anyway, I was asking Darin if he had ever seen it, and I was
surprised to learn that he had never seen it and had no clue what I was
talking about. I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? I am going to the
library tomorrow to see if they have a copy. My kids are going through the
*only girls/boys do that* stage. I think it will be good for them.
~Nancy
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on A&E but, do any of you remember the movie Marlo Thomas made (with Carole
Hart?) called Free To Be You and Me? It had all sorts of stars; Roberta
Flack, Michael Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Alan Alda, Mel Brooks, Kris
Kristofferson, Cicely Tyson, Tom Smothers, and Carol Channing to name a few.
There was a scene with baby puppets in the hospital nursery discussing how
boys and girls can do/play with the same things. How they can grow up to be
anything they want to be. Another scene was a (cartoon) princess who's father
wanted her to marry and she wanted to see the world. She ended up running in
a race and won. Another was about a little girl who always went around saying
Ladies first! and ended up getting eaten by monsters because of her attitude.
Tons of singing and dancing, good positive moral message about growing up and
having respect for the opposite sex, especially good message for girls. Aimed
at the 4 to 8 y/o age group, but good for all ages. I think it was made in
1973 or 74. Anyway, I was asking Darin if he had ever seen it, and I was
surprised to learn that he had never seen it and had no clue what I was
talking about. I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? I am going to the
library tomorrow to see if they have a copy. My kids are going through the
*only girls/boys do that* stage. I think it will be good for them.
~Nancy
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In a message dated 6/4/02 10:42:18 PM, Dnowens@... writes:
<< I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? >>
It's pretty dated. It wasn't made until the 70's, so kids who grew up in the
60's missed it, I think. I did. I knew about it from studying education,
and being involved (as a teen, in teen-fashion) in the women's movement.
My boys saw it when they were little, and learned a couple of the songs, but
Holly hasn't seen it. I think it's still in print (not sure).
Sandra
<< I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? >>
It's pretty dated. It wasn't made until the 70's, so kids who grew up in the
60's missed it, I think. I did. I knew about it from studying education,
and being involved (as a teen, in teen-fashion) in the women's movement.
My boys saw it when they were little, and learned a couple of the songs, but
Holly hasn't seen it. I think it's still in print (not sure).
Sandra
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In a message dated 6/4/02 10:42:18 PM, Dnowens@... writes:
<< I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? >>
It's on DVD!
It was first made in 1974. Here's the description from a DVD sales site:
"Guest stars Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Mel Brooks, Roberta Flack, Michael
Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and Rosey Grier celebrate the joys of childhood in
song, story, and poetry, and help children to learn to feel free to be
individuals. "
Sandra
<< I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? >>
It's on DVD!
It was first made in 1974. Here's the description from a DVD sales site:
"Guest stars Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Mel Brooks, Roberta Flack, Michael
Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and Rosey Grier celebrate the joys of childhood in
song, story, and poetry, and help children to learn to feel free to be
individuals. "
Sandra
Cathy Hilde
Hi Nancy,
I remember this! Of course I was only 6 months old when I saw it :)
As a matter of fact I'm pretty sure this was a book written by Marlo Thomas that was made into the movie.
Cathy
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I remember this! Of course I was only 6 months old when I saw it :)
As a matter of fact I'm pretty sure this was a book written by Marlo Thomas that was made into the movie.
Cathy
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Vicki A. Dennis
I still have the vinyl "record". This was really radical stuff in its day :-)
vicki
As a matter of fact I'm pretty sure this was a book written by Marlo Thomas that was made into the movie.
Cathy
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vicki
As a matter of fact I'm pretty sure this was a book written by Marlo Thomas that was made into the movie.
Cathy
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Yes, I have the book. It is called "Free to be a family" by as you said,
Marlo Thomas
It is a large paperback Pink in cover.
Great book!!!!!!
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Marlo Thomas
It is a large paperback Pink in cover.
Great book!!!!!!
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In a message dated 6/5/02 12:22:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
go get it.
~Nancy
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SandraDodd@... writes:
> It's on DVD!DVD and Dustin Hoffman!!! I didn't know he was in it! Now I am really gonna
> It was first made in 1974. Here's the description from a DVD sales site:
>
> "Guest stars Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Mel Brooks, Roberta Flack, Michael
> Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and Rosey Grier celebrate the joys of childhood in
> song, story, and poetry, and help children to learn to feel free to be
> individuals. "
go get it.
~Nancy
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In a message dated 6/5/02 7:42:48 AM Central Daylight Time, TheFadels@...
writes:
the book any different from the movie? I notice the two different titles. I
am going to see if the book is still in print.
~Nancy
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writes:
> Yes, I have the book. It is called "Free to be a family" by as you said,Cathy also said it was a book, and Vicki said she has the vinyl record. Is
> Marlo Thomas
>
> It is a large paperback Pink in cover.
>
>
> Great book!!!!!!
>
the book any different from the movie? I notice the two different titles. I
am going to see if the book is still in print.
~Nancy
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In a message dated 6/5/02 11:03:18 AM, Dnowens@... writes:
<< Is
the book any different from the movie? >>
Well...
The movie has a lot of singing and dancing, and I doubt the book has either!
<g>
<< Is
the book any different from the movie? >>
Well...
The movie has a lot of singing and dancing, and I doubt the book has either!
<g>
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> In a message dated 6/5/02 11:03:18 AM, Dnowens@... writes:The book was actually sitting out on our coffee table (okay, in the huge
>
> << Is
> the book any different from the movie? >>
pile on our ottoman, to be exact) so I just pulled it out... when I was a
kid, I used to "babysit" for my Cool Next-Door Neighbor (she'd do
housework or nap, and I'd play with her baby... I was 8 or 9). and
listened to the tape over and over. The movie was on network tv a few
months ago, we watched it... I love it. Rain and I used to read the
little plays in the book together. The songs are in the book, too, music
and lyrics, and there are lots of pictures... some of it is dated but
that makes it good. As I recall, every play or song in the book is in the
movie, and vice versa - they're quite similar.
There was a sequel, too - Free to Be, A Family. I don't remember much
about it, though, I was older...
Right now, Rain is listening to "Plant a Radish" (the Fantasticks) over
and over, trying to learn the words (I found the lyrics for her online).
I think all the vegetables are affecting my brain...
Dar
Beth Ali
This was one of my favorites ! They made a updated version of the free to be you and me and quite frankly was a very poor attempt at a sequel.
Beth
Beth
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From: Dnowens@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 9:41 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Free to Be You and Me
For some reason this popped into my head tonight while watching Law and Order
on A&E but, do any of you remember the movie Marlo Thomas made (with Carole
Hart?) called Free To Be You and Me? It had all sorts of stars; Roberta
Flack, Michael Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Alan Alda, Mel Brooks, Kris
Kristofferson, Cicely Tyson, Tom Smothers, and Carol Channing to name a few.
There was a scene with baby puppets in the hospital nursery discussing how
boys and girls can do/play with the same things. How they can grow up to be
anything they want to be. Another scene was a (cartoon) princess who's father
wanted her to marry and she wanted to see the world. She ended up running in
a race and won. Another was about a little girl who always went around saying
Ladies first! and ended up getting eaten by monsters because of her attitude.
Tons of singing and dancing, good positive moral message about growing up and
having respect for the opposite sex, especially good message for girls. Aimed
at the 4 to 8 y/o age group, but good for all ages. I think it was made in
1973 or 74. Anyway, I was asking Darin if he had ever seen it, and I was
surprised to learn that he had never seen it and had no clue what I was
talking about. I thought almost all kids who grew up then (60's - 70's) had
seen it. Do any of you know what I am rambling on about? I am going to the
library tomorrow to see if they have a copy. My kids are going through the
*only girls/boys do that* stage. I think it will be good for them.
~Nancy
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