She Treads Softly: Movie Dude Weekend; Tammy

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Movie Dude Weekend; Tammy

From the 'Tammy' Triple Feature set we watched:
Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
Tammy and the Doctor (1963)

Cast: Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Peter Fonda

(I can't vouch for the voracity of the following story as told by Movie Dude, but it is certainly worth sharing.)

Movie Dude:
"I found Dodd Darin's U-tube channel and commented, 'Your mom was MEGA HOT!'

He replied and called me a pervert."

Just Me assured him, "It's OK that Sandra Dee makes you feel g-o-o-d."

2 comments:

Booklogged said...: My grandfather took me to see Tammy and the Bachelor at the drive in. I was only 5. I remember standing on the seat with my arm around my grandpa who was sitting behind the wheel of his old red pickup that he used for farming. I am now 58, my grandpa has been dead for over 40 years but it's still one of my dearest memories.; October 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Lori L said...: What a special memory! Thank you so much for sharing it!; October 21, 2009 at 6:07 PM

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