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Reviews
Teachers (1984)
I was the Nolte character !
When the movie came out, I had been teaching in public high schools for 22 years. The staff where I worked had compared the characters in the movie with people on the school staff. Everyone knew I was the Nick Nolte character as I was the teacher in the school who had the most trust of the students. It was not unusual for me to come to school wearing sun glasses-- sit in my morning homeroom with the lights out drinking coffee.
I really did realte to that. In fact when I retired, I cued up the ending of the movie and showed it to the end of year faculty meeting. Remember where the kids says to nolte-- "hey....you're crazy" ?? Nolte's response. "yeah-- I'm a teacher !!" Classic !!!
Hootenanny Hoot (1963)
watched on TCM
I watched this bit of harmless nonsense on TCM. I remember the "hootenanny fad" and oddly did not recall this movie at all. Seeing a young Johhny Cash was a treat, although I'd hardly classify his music as part of the hootenanny craze. Likewise for Sheb Wooley, what no "Purple People Eater", and George Hamilton IV or whatever number he was. The Brothers 4 I recall, but other performers I do not remember at all. The format reminded me of the rock and roll movies with Alan Freed and a few others. Extremely corny, but a record of some of the music of the times !