Bedknobs & Broomsticks

I prefer Mary Poppins.

I saw it first run at a theater. At that age, it didn't seem like a "cult classic" to me.

It's not, R2, which is partially why it's never discussed on DL, unlike the superior Mary Poppins.

When I saw the movie in ca. 1971 I had a crush on the older 👦.

I never understood the food until I got older. Do people in the UK really eat this?

"cabbage buds, rosehips, hyssop seed, elm bark, wattle yeast and stewed nettles"

I had hyssop ice cream once, though not in Britain.

I saw it in it’s original run at age 6, I remember being fascinated, but also the story being messy and that something seemed to be missing. Then I think I read how it was badly edited and important stuff was left on the floor in the editing room.

True story, I was obsessed with the bed and the brass balls. When I finally came into money I bought an antique bed just like it. The rails were very strange and hard to fit together. I used a hammer to knock it into place and unfortunately broke off a cast iron element and was never able to properly assemble it.

[quote] "I never understood the food until I got older. Do people in the UK really eat this?

"cabbage buds, rosehips, hyssop seed, elm bark, wattle yeast and stewed nettles"

R5 She's both a witch, and a health nut. The list just makes reference to both of those aspects of her character. They're all witchy herbs used in healing/health spells, & other concoctions like tinctures and such. It helps that the list sounds odd to the general public. Of course, I wouldn't exactly make a meal from them altogether at once.

Many practicing witches today are vegetarian/vegan/health nuts.

R7, I too, was 6 years old when I saw it and fascinated with the bed, to the point that I painted my own wooden bed knob blue so that it would "glow" like the magical one in the film.

Let's just say my mother was less than enthused.

It's no Bell, Book, and Candle.

No one cares, Matt.

No such thing as "witches" R8.

Believe what you like, R12. I'm not having that argument.

It's been a long time since I've watched it, I prefer the mischief of Candleshoe.

Thanks but again there are no "witches". Herbalists would be a better term. Why not just use that?

I loved it when I saw it as a child.

It's no I Married a Witch.

Witches exist!

Witches exist, and I'm the dame who can prove it!

Witch Way

Feminist Witchcraft.

Betsy's Witch...

It's graaaaaaaaand dahncing at the bottom of the saaaaaaand!

It's missing the star presence of Julie Andrews, and only has the third-tier movie actress Angela Lansbury in the lead role, so it's greatly inferior to "Mary Poppins."

It had big-dicked Roddy McDowell.

Was Roddy the bed knob or the broomstick?

It’s too damn long. I watched about an hour of it before I gave up because nothing interesting was happening.