Pascal-12

I was born in 1971 and grew up with a number of wonderful TV series. "Pipo de clown" was possibly one of the best. It was an exciting, fairy-tale like adventure about a group of traveling companions who were faced will all sorts of problems and dangers. Pipo the clown and mama Lou were traveling around in a 19th century circus wagon, pulled by a single mule. They had a close friend in Kluk-kluk the Indian, and were often harassed by the mean circus director who wanted them back in his circus. Unfortunately, most episodes were not taped and virtually all tapes that did exist have been destroyed. I saw one of the very few that remained in a rerun a couple of years ago. It was an episode where Pipo the clown and mama Lou meet king Winter in his castle of ice, and Pipo persuades him to loosen his icy grip on the land. Aside from this episode, I don't remember a single episode of the series. I just remember the faces, the names and the fact that is was such a wonderful experience.

I watched ET when I was a kid, about 11 years old. I loved it. I think, this is a movie every child should have seen at least once. It's a wonderful story about friendship and about overcoming difficulties. A young boy befriends an alien and must then fight for the freedom, and eventually the life, of his friend against people who don't understand. The movie also features Drew Barrymore and Erika Eleniak. Drew was too young for me then, but I did have a childhood crush on Erika. In retrospect, ET is everything I hate about Steven Spielberg. It's blatantly emotionally manipulative. Every scene practically had a big neon sign on top saying "SMILE", "LAUGH" or "CRY". The movie tries to be multi layered and only succeeds in being pretentious. I'm too annoyed by this to really enjoy the movie, which, I can't deny, is still really good. But when I was a kid, I loved it and I think every kid will love it.