62 years ago, today....

I was 12 at the time and at home from school with a cold, watching TV when the news broke.  I remember our housekeeper was in the kitchen and I called out to her.  She sat down in the living room and started to cry.  Both my parents shortly arrived home and we stayed glued to the TV, even seeing Oswald shot.  A school project was making a scrapbook with all the newspaper clippings that I still have to this day.

I was in Grade 6 and recall the school principal coming to the classroom and having what I could see was a very serious discussion with my teacher.  The principal made the announcement to us and even at that young age I recall feeling shocked and sad as President Kennedy was so very positively publicized in the news and magazines.  After the principal left our teacher spoke to us about what he had observed regarding the range of our individual reactions to the news, from giggling to watery eyes and used those reactions to teach us about the tragedy of such a terrible thing.  I never forgot that interaction and am still very impressed by it today.

We all have mile markers that are unique to us, some tragic and some beautiful. Horrific losses like the one Tony experienced never fade; we just learn to live with them. It is the collective markers we share that define our generation. Each generation has them. Ours has the JFK assassination, the moon landing, and the loss of RFK and MLK. The generations after ours have the Challenger tragedy, the Twin Towers, and more. One generation can never adequately describe the awe or horror it experiences to impress upon those who follow the impact of events like these. Unfortunately, each generation must experience the reality of the world we live in on its own. The highway is endless, the markers relentless. 

Perfectly said, JK. It was always remarked that those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately, for human beings, it seems to many times be (as Humphrey Bogart said in the movie "Casablanca"), "Play it again, Sam .....

@michaeldetorrice 

Hmm.... Okay I watched the movie a week ago and Humphrey Bogart never spoke that sentence. Please go watch it again to see what I mean. 👍

Steve 

Actually, of course,  I believe Humphrey says something like "Play it again. You the know the one from Paris. If she can stand it, I can."

But the sentiment is the same, unless people want to get brutally exact about it.

Posted by: @michaeldetorrice

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Actually, of course,  I believe Humphrey says something like "Play it again. You the know the one from Paris. If she can stand it, I can."

But the sentiment is the same, unless people want to get brutally exact about it.

We have the DVD and watch it so often that we recite each other's lines as if we were Rick and Ilsa.

Most people quote, "Play it again Sam" but in actuality it is: "You played it for her, you can play it for me! If she can stand it, I can! Play it!"

I didn't mean my post to come out the way some may have thought... I've heard some discussions and just wanted to "add fuel to the fire"...lol.

Just kidding,

Steve 

@100ford2003 Among the top 20 misquoted movie lines:    The 20 Most Misquoted Movie Lines of All Time - WeScreenplay

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@100ford2003 Among the top 20 misquoted movie lines:    The 20 Most Misquoted Movie Lines of All Time - WeScreenplay

These are GREAT!

But regarding our quote - there are two times during the movie when the quote comes into question. This reference shows the first in a film capture pic. It's when Ilsa first asks him to play the love song, "When Time Goes By" to remind her of the time she was with Rick.

But the misquote is not that scene. It's quoted as Rick (Bogart) asking Sam to play it a second time that night.

See for yourself - it comes at 1:50 of this clip:

It is a classic scene in a classic movie with fantastic actors at their best in one of the all-time movies !  

@michaeldetorrice 

You are 101% absolutely right in my book !!!!

@perrone1 

Mucho Gracias... I love everybody here !

Steve 

@chris Actually it was at Crestwood Shopping Center where I worked at the time.

@bob-jackman Awesome!   Jack came to see you....    😎