am i the only one who doesn't think "baby" was terribly acted?

now, luke skywalker...i could definitely live without mark hamill. and mischa barton.

what a random list.

love the blog!

am i the only one who doesn't think "baby" was terribly acted?

now, luke skywalker...i could definitely live without mark hamill. and mischa barton.

what a random list.

love the blog!

Watching sexy movie scenes with my parents made me feel exactly like in the dream when I'm naked in class and I haven't studied for the history exam.
Now? I'm kind of over it and I would even make comments. Is that the growing up thing people talk about? *shudder*

You hit the nail on the head! I too had, have, an affiniation to this movie. I also had both soundtracks, white cover and the party cover, listened to until the tape was stretched and screeched in my tape player.

Baby is all of us in our awkward moments, trying to discover ourselves, and hoping to find someone to love us. The REAL us.

I too had the parent thing happen. Since I was a few years younger than you when I had my first DD experience, my mom stopped the VHS and fastforwarded it through that scene.

You aren't alone in your love for this movie. Or that you have BOTH tapes! I'll watch it over and over when it's on WE. Of course I also own the VHS and DVD versions. Ahem.

Ah...the loveliness of a super guilty pleasure. I echo your thoughts and feelings and even though I knew watching it the first time that it was cheesy and flaw filled, something just STRUCK and hit the chord and I was hooked.

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

I had no idea there were two tapes..wow!
That too is my favorite part. I laugh every time.

Oh, I had BOTH tapes too and I must have listened to them at least a gajillion times. To add to my embarrassment, I used to take great pride (yes, you read that right) in the fact that I knew every one of Baby's lines. Sadly old age has pushed almost everything out of my head. Except, at random moments, "They fired you anyway because of me. I hurt my family. You lost your job anyway! I did it for nothing! You were right, Johnny. You can't win no matter what you do" will pop into my head and I get the biggest urge to run home and watch the movie again.

Thanks for reminding me of the dancing overbite - my dad (who horrifyingly chaperoned my high school dances) told me I got a "piss off" sort of face as I danced - a look of confidence and fear at the same time. And at that time I thought I could dance. I look back and just laugh!

Thanks for the memory!

I too had both tapes then I had the special edition cds and now they are on my ipod. The music and the movie are both awesome. Cheesy---Awesome!

You aren't alone in your love for this movie. Or that you have BOTH tapes! I'll watch it over and over when it's on WE. Of course I also own the VHS and DVD versions.

Dirty Dancing came out when I was in the 4th grade, and I wanted to see it desperately. My parents rented the video, watched it and vetoed it for me, saying that, "It was like people having sex on the dance floor." They bought me the two soundtrack tapes, as a sort of consolation prize. Several months later, I was finally going to be allowed to watch it a friend's slumber party, but of course, that night the friend's VCR broke. Eventually I did see it, and I still love it to this day.

two words: Foot Loose.
Cripes, that soundtrack got me so freakin hyped up...and how DARE John Lithgow not let those kids dance!. Ps the scene where the girl straddles both cars on the highway? Wow. That was a budding lesbian alert looking back at me at 13 or whatever.
Oh, that movie made me ache, and burn, and care so deeply! I even liked Kenny Loggins for like, 2 seconds, I swear. Thanks for the meme sweet Deb :)

No one puts baby in a corner.

Also, re Footloose, near the beginning when Kevin Bacon says "Jump back..."

**swoon**

"silver swans and carillons..."

Yeah, I'm 34. Does it show? Love both movies to death.

I have always believed it was:

"She's like the wind
Through my dreams"

I am appalled.

I wanted so badly to be wrong because it's way funnier to have a "Hold Me Closer Tony Danza" moment, but at least according to Lyrics on Demand http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/sheslikethewindlyrics.html Patrick Swayze still sings the gayest song ever. In a way, we all lose.

I used to put my Dirty Dancing soundtrack tape (which I had a neighbor friend copy for me because my mom so wouldn't have let me have it) in my Cricket the Talking Doll casette player. You think DD is weird straight up? Try having those lyrics come out of a doll intended to teach ABCs. Freaky!

Thank you for reminding me of the fun times my best friend and I used to have when we would sneak down to her basement and watch this movie over and over when we were kids. I still love it...hehe. My favorite scene is where they are in the water practising lifts. Ahh...good times!

I literally watch BOTH Dirty Dancing and Footloose every time they're on TV, which seems to be quite often. It's the music, man; it's the music. I KNOW I'm now the only one who's boogied in her living room (overbite, for sure) to "I've Had the Time of My Life." And yeah, my headline on match.com a few years back was "Holding Out for a Hero."

PS There's a pic of Kevin Bacon's butt on my blog . . .

I can top all of you - "I've Had the Time of my Life" was my first dance song at my wedding.

oh luba. that is so uspetting. the only thing worse would be "wonderful tonight".

ohmygod, this was hilarious. made my day. i think we all should

join hands and hearts and voices...
voices hearts and haaaaands

Well, I'm only 27 and not only did i have both tapes, I then got them on cd's. My VHS copy of the movie broke cause i played is so much, so I bought the DVD, regular edition, then with the special edition came out, i got that as well. Now, am I the only here who paid to see Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights just to see Patrick Swayze in spandex again??!! lol, i love this movie, it's corny, we all know, but there's just something about it. Footloose is the same, Flashdance and Fame all have it.

I wasn't allowed to watch PG-13 until I was 16 or 17 (a wee over-protected I was on all fronts.) One 1988 summer morning when I was 13 my friend Melissa crept downstairs after our sleepover to watch Dirty Dancing on HBO. I've never grown tired of it!
Also spent much time dancing to Footloose and Holding Out for a Hero, Somebody's Eyes, etc!!!

Awesome post Deb. Everything you said is so true.

I had both tapes also, and would watch the movie again immediately. I really need to get the DVD.

I love this movie. I can actually tell you what I was wearing the first time I saw it. (And I did know there were two soundtracks! I had them both. On VINYL!)

I am loving this post so much I want to cry. I am a TOTAL DD fan....I, as many of you also did, had both cassette soundtracks as a pre-teen, and I remember listening to them over and over as I vacuumed my bedroom, muddled through homework and hung out with friends. I even tried to dance like Baby, to no avail. My favorite dancing scene was the montage of Baby trying to "learn" her dance routine....as she dances across the foot bridge and pauses, looks around to see if anyone is watching, and then dips dramatically over the rail, I want to both mock and imitate.

Luckily, my fiance actually agrees to watch the movie with me on occassion (which I own on DVD). Now I am working on getting him to love the CD.....which i am determined to sneak into our wedding dance line up...Wish me luck...

:)

Not only did I wear out the videotape but I also wore out both cassette one and two. I think I get the "geekiest of all" prize. :P

FAME! I AM gonna live forever. no two ways about it. Irene Cara can still give me chills.

HA!! I LOVE that part! And Swayze's muscles. And the bimbo older sister. And...

what's funny is that i was just watching this movie the other day (but it was on one of the family channels, so it was completely butchered b/c of all the editing).

despite the fact that the movie is a little corny at times, i must admit i watch it whenever it is on and i still think it has one of the best film soundtracks of all time.

i think we've all had those "i carried a watermelon" moments- i know i still do. they are right up there with those moments of complete embarrassment where all you can do is do a little dance, bite your top lip, and stick your thumbs out (you know the scene in the movie i'm talking about[her 1st performance w/ johnny]).

it's a movie you never outgrow- that and the Princess Bride!

80s classics!

I've got you beat: I have the RECORD for the soundtrack.

I own the VHS, concert, both soundtracks,the 15th birthday eition, the Ultimate edition, the 10th birthdy edition, and im only 17 years old!!!!
I think i may win
lol
It is my most fav movie ever even though i only saw it for the first ime in March of this year!!!
I dont like flashdance but love footloose!