Nothing is Impossible........just ask Cinderella!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Ahhhhh......just finished watching Cinderella......you know, the one and only "original" Cinderella with Leslie Ann Warren and a much younger Dr. Alan Quartermaine (the Prince) from General Hospital.  Not the cartoon Cinderella; not the remake Cinderella; or any of the 1500 versions of the basic story, but the original 1964 Cinderella with the lame cardboard backgrounds and the low budget theatrics........I can remember it being like CHRISTMAS whenever they would play this on TV each year when I was little........Mom would always let us know it was coming on several days in advance and the anticipation of this classic was just almost too much.  Do I love this musical because it is beautiful.......or is it beautiful because I love it??

You see, I was a fat, insecure, not-so-cute little tub of lard with a pixie haircut and cat-eye glasses from birth till about 7th grade, so I really needed Cinderella.......I needed her cause she stood for "Nothing Is Impossible" (you're singing the song in your head right now, aren't you girls??).....You see, Cinderella gave me hope......

So tonight my beautiful sister Debbie, my fabulous niece Jacque and me snuggled into the TV room recliners, chips and homemade salsa by our side, laptop googled to "lyrics to original Cinderella" page up so we could sing along, and tissues close by, and watched one of our favorite movies of all times together...........that is, until Debbie's dentist husband Brady came in and started critiquing Cinderella's teeth.......Ughhhhh................MEN!!!!  Who needs them?????