There were so many movies that shaped my childhood -- "The Witches," "Neverending Story," "Adventures in Babysitting" -- and whenever I watch them today I'm struck by how inappropriate they truly are for kids consumption! Honestly, what were our parents thinking letting us watch a movie that featured rat-faced witches turning kids into mice, pedophiliac flying dragons or gangsters hunting down a little girl in order to get back their copy of Playboy?
And no children's movie was less child-friendly (or more replayed in my house) than "Bedknobs and Broomsticks." The Angela Lansbury-led flick was set in WWII England and focused on three orphans who were sent to live with a witch in training. While there they play with magic, travel to animated lands and fight with Nazis. F'reals.
The movie's 30th anniversary edition DVD is out now and it's a must have for anyone who, like me, spent their youth watching Charlie, Carrie Paul and Miss. Price fight off football loving lion, King Leonidas. Watch, relive and sing along!
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