Wacky Wednesdays with Jenbiff

Oldies but Goodies

Happy May everyone! I am so excited that summer is literally right around the corner. I just can't wait for warmer days (and nights for that matter), beach trips and total freedom. Even though I don't get a summer vacation anymore, something about this time of year just makes me feel so carefree. Summer may still be a few weeks away, so here are some oldies to keep you busy until then!

Monkey Business (1952)

Starring: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe

A young chemist, Barnaby Fulton, is working on a formula for an anti-aging. After testing the first few versions on chimps, Barnaby gets excited and wants to try out the latest version on himself. He mixes and documents what he puts together, takes it and then goes to tell his assistant about this trial. While he’s telling his assistant, one of the chimps escapes from her cage, concocts her own mixture and dumps it into the water cooler. When Barnaby returns he quickly catches the chimp and puts her back in her cage. Not realizing what’s now in the water he gets a cup of water and then the fun begins! He starts to feel the effects of the chimp’s formula and begins to act like a teenager; even his vision is fixed! After a crazy day of acting like a teenager, the formula wears off and the next day he tries to mix another version with a little more than the last time. He and his wife try it, and then try to rinse the awful taste out of their mouths with water from the cooler. Only this time the formula is a lot stronger making them act like children. Are they going to be like this forever? What sort of drama will happen while they are in a child like state of mind?

*Runner up this month!*

Monkey Business movie poster (Photo Credit: Google Images)

My Little Chickadee (1940)

Starring: Mae West, W.C. Fields

After being accused of having romantic relations with a masked thief, Flower Belle Lee is kicked out of her hometown: Little Bend. On the train to Greasewood City she meets a con man named Cuthbert J. Twillie and pretends to marry him so she will appear more respectable in the new city. Once in the city the two go out and meet Jeff Badger, the town boss. He likes Flower Belle and is very upset that she is married to Twillie so he names Twillie sheriff…with a secret plan to get rid of him. Will Badger win Flower Belle over? Will Flower Belle ever get to see the masked thief again? What will happen to Twillie?

Flower Belle Lee and her "husband" Cuthbert Twillie (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Starring: Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant

Zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is so close to finish building the skeleton of a brontosaurus for the museum he works for. He also is about to be married to his assistant, Alice Swallow. All David needs to finish his project is a $1 million donation from wealthy Mrs. Carleton Random. He has a meeting with her lawyer, Alexander Peabody, to try to convince him why he is deserving of the donation. But whenever he tries to make a good impression, the same woman always seems to do something that makes him look bad. He soon finds out that this senseless young woman is actually the heiress Susan Vance, who is good friends with Alexander Peabody, and the niece of Elizabeth Carlton Random. Will David ever make a good impression? Why won’t Susan just leave him alone? And what does that leopard have to do with it?

*Winner this month!*

Susan and David trying to figure out which direction the leopard went (Photo Credit: Google Images)

My Fair Lady (1964)

Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway

Professor Henry Higgins and Colonel Hugh Pickering are both famous British linguists, who randomly bump into each other while out on the streets of London one night. Pickering bets Higgins that he can’t turn an unrefined, dirty girl who sells flowers on the streets, Eliza Doolittle, in to a lady…and be able to fool everyone that she really is a lady too! The next six months, day in and day out they work on transforming her speech and way of acting. The first test to see if she’s made progress was to bring her to the horse races, where the rich upper class gathers. Her speech is pretty well, but the topics still need to be worked on, and despite that young aristocrat Freddy Eynsford-Hill falls in love with her. There are only a few more weeks between the races and a ball where Higgins said he could fool everyone to believe Eliza is a lady. They work even harder and the night goes very well: They have everyone fooled. Taking all the credit for all the work, Higgins forgets to mention everything that Eliza has done, so she gets mad and leaves. It doesn't take long for Higgins to realize he actually really enjoyed having her around, so he goes out to find her and convince her to come back. Will he find her? Will Eliza go back with him? 

*Disclaimer: Maybe you've heard a little more about this movie than I did, but just as a warning, it's a musical. Which some of you may not have a problem with, but I was very surprised when the cast randomly burst into a song. I just didn't expect that at all! Also the movie is literally 3 hours long with an intermission. Plan accordingly. Another side note...the costumes were AMAZING! If my description and warnings did you in and you just aren't interested at all, put it on mute and watch it for the costumes. You won't be disappointed.

Eliza Doolittle before (Photo Credit: Google Images)

And her after shot (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Have you watched any goodies recently??

Quote of the Week: "D.H.: Now don't lose your head, Susan.
SV: My what? 

DH: Don't lose your head! 

SV: I've got my head, I've lost my leopard!"

Last Weeks Answer:  Neale Donald Walsch