We actually have quite a collection of Disney videos at our house including Swiss Family Robinson, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Parent Trap, Old Yeller, and Pollyanna. We also have a complete 10 volume set of the Little Rascals or Our Gang Comedy (depending on which generation you belong to). But what has been interesting is how little use these videos have gotten from our in-town grandsons or our grandkids when they've come a visiting. Until recently, that is.
It appears to me that you have to have a critical mass before something becomes enjoyable or enticing. The Little Rascals, for example, have no laugh track although they are filmed as though a live audience were watching. When one or two of our grandchildren watch them, they are qu ickly bored. But when four or five are watching, especially if some of them have seen them before, it quickly becomes a mad house at our house.
Of course the recent event at our house has been Michaelson and Ben spending several weeks with us, enough time to get bored with the usual games and toys but not enough to go outside and ride bikes or play Zim Zam yet. The solution is to watch some videos. While Tim and Jake are in stage summer camp memorizing their lines, Ben and Michael are memorizing whole dialog segments of the Little Rascals episodes. Then when they do get together, it can be quite hilarious as they try to outdo each other.
Carolyn and I are even enjoying seeing some of the old classics again and watching Grandpa fall head over heels for Hayley Mills all over again.
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