Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice ...

Happy Halloween everyone! so this week on my blog I am going to be talking about Beetlejuice!
The wonderful actress Winona Ryder played Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice. Michael Keaton played the crazy Betelgeuse. Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis played the married couple Adam and Barbra Maitland. These characters have there own craziness that all combines to make the horror comedy of Beetlejuice.                                                                        Left: Alec Baldwin         Right: Geena Davis 

   Left: Michael Keaton    Right: Winona Ryder


And.... the craziness begins... Try to follow along....

So this funny movie all starts when Mr. and Mrs. Maitland (right Picture) move to a new neighborhood. They went out for a drive to look at the neighborhood and on the way home they end up driving off a bridge. Magical moments later they ended up back in their new home. They were taken by surprise when the looked over and found a book titled "Handbook for the recently deceased." That is when Mr. & Mrs. realized they hadn't survived the crash. They tried to go outside of their house but each time they tried they mysteriously ended up somewhere. Fast forward, a new family had moved into their home, the family was the Deetz's. They kept trying to change the house so the Maitland's couldn't think of anything to do beside haunt them. That idea of haunting the house lead the the "Betelgeuse" (Beetlejuice). He was way too crazy so they tried to haunt the new family by themselves. They tried almost everything to be rid of Beetlejuice, but nothing worked. Therefore they used Beetlejuice's so called help. Which caused Lydia (the Deetz's daughter) to notice something strange. She then discovered the Maitland's secret. She helped them out as much as she could. Later on, Lydia's parents discovered the Maitland's secret then experimented on them. So don't EVER say Beetlejuice three times in a row, you never know if you can trust him. 


xx stay classic, Winona xx

Back To The Future

Phew, we made it. Okay so some people might know that today is THE day. I mean the day that Marty McFly made it back to the future in the second movie of "Back to the Future." He made it back on October 21, 2015!  Back to the Future is not only the greatest movie, but it is the greatest trilogy. Yes I know how amazing, it's a trilogy! 

Sadly we don't have the Hoverboards or the tieable shoes. As they expected back in the good ol' days. We will just have to deal with it until scientists can figure out a way to actually invent those fascinating, futuristic objects. And most importantly we do not have a time machine, very sad.  The closest thing to a hoverboard now-a-days is a glider.


In the first Back to the Future, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) was sent from 1985 to 1955, 30 years back, in an invention his friend "Doc" made. Dr. Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd) made a time-traveling DeLorean. It traveled though time when you hit the speed of 88 miles per hour. Marty was sent back he met his mom and dad when they were in high school. He had accidentally became his moms interest and had to reverse that for his life's sake. While trying to play match maker for his mom and dad he had to figure out a way of getting back to 1985. 

In the second Back to the Future, he goes to the future, to try and prevent bad things from happening. He was sent to the future to act as his son to keep him from going to jail. As he goes to the future it brings him back to 1955. To make sure nothing changes then. While trying to make sure nothing changes, in 1955, he has to try and not interfer with his previous trip.

In the third back to the future, Marty goes to the past because he had recieved a strange letter from doc. Then fiding out that doc had been killed two days later. When Marty finds this out he goes to the old west to try and save his friend. When a new challenge arises they cant leave. That happens to be the exact time they are in the most trouble.  Me personally this is my favorite part out of all three movies. I think it does'nt get enough credit, because of the two brilliant movies before it. So keep your eyes out for Marty McFly.

xx stay classic, Winona xx

I Love Lucy

Today I am going to explain or splain about the very funny sitcom I Love Lucy.  If your not familiar with this comedy then you should know that it stars Lucille Ball (Lucy) and Desi Arnaz( Ricky). This show is basically about Lucy, Ricky's wife, getting into all this trouble to do something but it always ends up taking a detour. And not working out the way that she wanted. She is basically a Gilligan (if you read my introduction blog, about gilligans island.) She is a very funny comedian, and she makes the show very  hilarious  with Desi.

This show has six seasons, and there is only one episode is in color, the rest are in black in white. The one episode that is in color is the Christmas special that airs annually in December . I have four favorite episodes, they are: "Lucy's Italian Movie", "Lucy does a Commercial", "L.A. at Last", and "redecorating". Each of these episodes are their own comedic way of expressing life. Their life is especially weird and fascinating because of Lucy.

In "Lucy's Italian movie", Lucy goes to the grape vineyard and she starts to squish grapes in this big vat and the other person that is squishing the grapes gets mad and so they end up throwing grapes at each other and Lucy ends up making another one of her messes. In "Lucy does a Commercial", Lucy goes on a commercial and she is the  "vitameatavegamin girl". They make her drink this drink and since she isn't a professional she has to redo the commercial lots of times. In one of her retries she starts to slur her words, so the directors read the ingredients and alcohol was in it so she was really hysterical, like she was on laughing gas. Which made for a really funny episode, it is one of the most famous episodes. In "LA at last", Lucy and her friends go to a nice restaurant, while Ricky her husband goes to a job interview thing. There she mets this really famous person, that she really likes. So she starts to stare behind a pot and he gets creeped out, so he starts to stare back at her and she got uncomfortable, then ending up spilling food over him. Finally in "redecorating" Lucy wants new wallpaper so she does it with Ethel but ends up putting wallpaper over the doors including the closet where Ethel was. 

One of the most popular quotes is " Lucy you've got some splaining to do" which Ricky would yell when Lucy did  something wrong. That's why I used splaining in the beginning of the blog. It was really funny in one episode Ricky asked how to spell explain and Lucy spelled it, then Ricky said " there's and 'ex' in it?" In " Lucy and superman" Lucy got stuck on the ledge outside their apartment and superman ends up saving her and asked Ricky "you've been married to her 15 years? And they call me superman!" So anyway hope you don't have to splain anything. 

xx stay classic, Winona xx 

The Beatles

Hello, "If you can hear me from the cheap seats rattle your jewelry." Said John Lennon at one of the Beatles concerts. And if you haven't figured it out yet then this blog is about one of the greatest rock bands, The Beatles. The four members were Paul McCartney (lead singer), Ringo Starr (Drummer), John Lennon (Lead guitar and some vocals), and George Harrison (backup guitar). This band was formed in Liverpool,England,  in the 1960's. 

Top: John and Paul

Bottom: Ringo and George 

 They first started off with rock music, but then later went to all sorts of music. The Beatles have 27 studio albums, 4 live albums, 52 compilation   albums, 55 singles, and 37 music videos. They won one Academy award, 10 grammy awards, 3 BRIT awards, and 1 world music award. They were nominated 18 times did the Grammys, but didn't win. Once for the ECHO awards. Also, the American music awards.    

Sadly only two of the members are still Alive and playing. Those two members are Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The other two, John Lennon and George Harrison have been killed. John was shot and killed in December 1980. George died of lung cancer in November 2001. 

So still to this day the Beatles rock the house. 

xx stay classic, Winona xx 

Mayberry's Greatest

Hello, people! So fifty-five years ago today, the world was introduced to Sheriff Andy, Opie, Aunt Bee, and Deputy Barney. Some people won’t know what I am talking about. Well, I am talking about the hilarious Andy Griffith Show. This show was fist aired in America, on CBS, October 3, 1960. To the dismay of loyal fans, The Andy Griffith show ended on April 1, 1968, sadly this show only lasted for 8 years. Even though it is still one of the best wholesome classics enjoyed by those who have seen it. 

TOP: Andy Griffith, Don Knotts

BOTTOM: Ron Howard, Frances Bavier

This show was about a single dad, Sheriff Andy, who lived with his sister, Aunt Bee, and his son, Opie. Since Andy is the sheriff in the town he is supposed to be busy with work, but most of the time he spends it watching after his deputy and cousin Barney. This show is a spin-off of The Danny Thomas show. This show has a very mellow setting, but with all the mellowness comes Barney. Barney tries the best he can but sometimes people think less of him. Barney always finds himself in trouble, so he is lucky to have Andy on his side. 

      

Andy Griffith Theme Song

xx Stay Classic, Winona xx