:: Just Asking : Favourite Repeat Viewing?

Phew. So nice to be back! Hope you are well well well!!!

During the holiday part of Summer, along with reading lots of Durrell, Ari and I also watched the DVD of ‘My Family and Other Animals’. Almost EVERY day. Like maybe 15 times in all. I know. It’s weird. But the thing is, there was something completely calming and enjoyable about saying the lines together, giggling about the ‘bits coming up’ and noticing new little cutenesses.

My family in not unlike the Durrell’s, with Max even whistling the theme tune featured on the Soundtrack as we left for Sydney on Friday. There is always an air of chaos and unease swirling about us. We are noisy. There is eye-rolling. We are a motley crue, prone to long chats and short tempers. I bet YOUR family is not like that….!

But back to the watching. As we watched the movie, I told Ari about bits in the BOOK ‘My Family and Other Animals’ that weren’t included in the DVD adaptation. He loved that. He liked the bit about talking flowers and the tales of what tortoises gobble and how naughty magpies are. There were actually lots of left out parts – and unless I read the book to him – he would have no way of finding out about the other good Durrell bits. So here’s to our enriching watching/chatting times! As if ONE viewing could ever be enough. Sheesh.

When I was younger, my brother and sister and I used to watch certain things over and over again too. ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’, ‘Catweazle‘, ‘The Rock Follies’, ‘The Goodies’, ‘Doctor Who’ and other random things, mostly BBC oriented. We watched together, sometimes it felt like a zillion times, and it didn’t really matter that we’d seen it all before. That was the point. It was something we all shared, kind of a part of our own family culture, I guess.

So how about you? What do you like to watch over and over? Is there something that’s particularly good as a dramatic pick-me-up at your house? Do you have an old favourite? Or a new favourite that you can’t get enough of? Are you inducting one of your children into a series of your old favourites? Are you watching something on repeat?

xx Pip