in memory of my father, a funny and gentle man
who was about as far as you could get from a bad ass.
but instead,
he was just my dad
who was a busy madman in the ad world during the week.
but
who i watched this movie with,
many times.
along with every other
wwll, madcap comedy, western, and crime caper,
on saturday afternoons.
in our family room,
with sandwiches, and burnt popcorn and lemonade.
thanks for the gifts
of shared time,
a boundless imagination,
and a love of the magic of the movies.
—
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
Alfred Hitchcock
Wonderful. Thank you for a moving and beautiful tribute.
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and thank you for your kind words and for reading, ann )
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Aww Beth – beauty with the memories of your dad. He’s watching his little girl. xx
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thanks so much jen )
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Hugs x
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I loved the post you wrote about your dad being a Mad Man. You continue to make him an exceptional person, Beth.
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thanks andra )
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Great post.
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thank you norm )
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that’s real nice Beth. I miss my dad too
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thanks tom, and i understand )
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Great memories 🙂
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thanks richard )
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Welcome
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I’m glad your Mad Man pop shaped you the way he did, Beth. Bravo, pop. Job well done. Happy Father’s Day.
My dad Frank used to take me to the movies to see what he like, action films like Steve McQueen’s “Bullet,” and many I’m sure you watched with your dad, too. He made me tell him my opinions of the movie driving home. Now I’m a film blogger. Hmmmmm. Happy Father’s Day.
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thanks mark, and it seems that yours did a pretty good job of it himself )
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Thanks for the great post Beth. (This seems suspiciously like the second time I’ve read a Father’s Day post from you this month….Hmmmm…naw, must be my faulty memory?…)Hahaha! – good work both times Beth!
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well – you could be right, paul. perhaps a couple of weeks early? why do some people have such good memories? and thanks )
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This gave me a picture of your life, with your dad, and it was sweet. I’m loving all of the memories of our dads.
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thanks chatter and me too, everybody has their story )
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Love it 🙂
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thanks, tag )
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Anytime sweetie xx
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Lovely tribute, Beth. And Hitchcock was absolutely right. Think I’ve got to go and watch Great Escape again!
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thanks, fnd, and yes, go have a look )
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This is a beautiful tribute! And I love those quotes!
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thanks, roy )
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Sure thing!
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Lovely post to your Dad today Beth. We miss them many more days but today especially.
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thanks tric and you are so right )
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I’m so happy for you:) Sounds like a wonderful dad:) Yay!
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thanks har )
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Your dad sounds like such a great guy, Beth. Thanks for sharing a small glimpse of what it was like to be his little girl.
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my pleasure, bec )
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I liked this post a lot, Beth! Hope you are having a great time with family and happy father’s day to your dad in Heaven! He gave you a love of movies, adventures vicariously spent while on the family room sofa with your father living on for all these years, in memories so sweet and poignant, too.
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thanks so much, robin )
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Dude nice post about your Dad! Like that poster on top. Yup we definitely watched movies with Dad … they’re a trip. In our house it was mob/mafia/Godfather/Goodfellas type of stuff and anything on HBO. Definitely a tough day today, but we got a lot of good memories to share with our kids. Keep your head up 🙂
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thanks, guap and you too )
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Wonderful Beth
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adore this…I had a great daddy, also! lucky us….
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thanks susie – we’re both lucky indeed )
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Lovely poem. Sorry you’ve lost your dad. 🙂
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thank you very much, lavender )
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What a wonderful tribute. Your dad will always live on through you. Thank you for sharing your memories.
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and thank you for your kind words )
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The imagery of you and your dad, on Saturday afternoons watching some of those great movies … Powerful imagery. And the imagery of the man on the motorcycle … Great picture. I am not sure my two kids will ever say to me, “Hey, Dad: thanks for being a BADASS.” But, I will be a dad. T
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thanks t. and you sound like an amazing dad ) b
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Memories are made of this. 😉 Sweet tribute to your Dad.
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yes, and thank you )
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Beautiful post Beth.
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thank you so much, lance
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wonderful warm writing. thank you for being you 🙂
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and thank you for your kind words –
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