Big
January 15th 2009 22:00
Wishing big
This film was just one of a plethora of ‘body-swap’ movies that were released in the 80s – but we’ll talk about those another time...
Whether you even saw this movie, every kid dreamed of waking up to be six feet tall.
That's every kids dream. Actually, I could still go for a bit of that.
Long before Tom Hanks was winning Oscars for Forrest Gump and Philadelphia, he was goofing it up in this classic 80s feel-good comedy.
I remember we had this on VHS back in the day and we watched it aplenty too.
Man, I wanted to play that famous piano pretty badly, and have that cool office with all the toys.
The dude even cruised around in a limo and what kid wouldn’t spit out a half kilo of caviar...caviar – so 80s.
And the apartment! That was the coolest loft ever. Trampoline, pinball, Pepsi. Whoever wrote this was definitely in touch with their inner child.
I always kept my eyes peeled for a Zaltar machine at the showgrounds...I still do actually, because I never did quite make it to six feet.
“The space goes down, down baby, down, down the roller coaster. Sweet, sweet baby, sweet, sweet, don't let me go. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. Shimmy, shimmy, cocoa pop. Shimmy, shimmy, rock. I met a girlfriend - a triscuit. She said, a triscuit - a biscuit. Ice cream, soda pop, vanilla on the top. Ooh, Shelly's out, walking down the street, ten times a week. I read it. I said it. I stole my momma's credit. I'm cool. I'm hot. Sock me in the stomach three more times.”
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