This movie is the quintessential movie of my childhood. Each year the movie would be shown on TV and each year my Mom and I would sit together on the couch and watch every minute of it. I started watching it when I was probably younger than the youngest Von Trapp, Gretl, and I'm still watching it today. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've seen it about eleventy-billion times. Watching it as a young child, I was mostly just interested in the songs, as I didn't understand the political and social aspects of the story. Growing up with it, however, I picked up new and different undertones with each viewing.
"Did the Nazis really threaten people like that, Mom?"
"Did Grandma leave Austria because of the Nazis?"
"Are you sure we're not related to the Von Trapp family Mom? Cause I'm pretty sure we are."
With my family being Catholic and my Grandma having come to America from Austria, I was so interested in learning more and more about both from things I learned in the movie. In fact, I still to this day want to go to Austria to trace my Grandma's roots. And, yes, my Dad did used to threaten to send me to a convent like Maria's if I didn't behave.
So I'm pretty excited now that the movie has been remastered. I don't actually own it on DVD *GASP*, but I have it on VHS and I have the soundtrack. And, I did tape the episode of the Today Show when they had a Sound of Music reunion with the seven Von Trapp children and Julie Andrews and yes I can name all seven kids and yes I have considered whether any names would be good for any future offspring. (Liesl, Marta, and Gretl are my favorites.)
I enjoy all of the songs, but this is one of my favorites and it's so dang catchy.
Another one of my favorite parts is the Lonely Goatherd with the marionettes.
And of course Craig Ferguson had to do a spoof with his puppets!
Craig Ferguson puppets
Craig Ferguson puppets
