1979's "Sooner Or Later"

 A few days ago, I noticed an addition to my YouTube "recommended" feed.

"Sooner Or Later."

Hmm...could this be the late 1970s made-for-TV movie with Denise Miller and Rex Smith?

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Yes, it was!

I did not view it upon release, but I recall that the action depicted a thirteen-year-old girl who "fell hard" for an older teenage boy and subsequently lied about her age in order to date him.

"Jessie is thirteen. And in love for the first time!"

So stated the TV blurb.                

I was familiar with Miller due to her work on "Barney Miller" and "Fish"; however, I had never heard of Smith.

Apparently, the movie launched him into instant teen idol status!

So....upon first chance I viewed the movie and very similar to the novelization I reviewed briefly at a 1979 drug store the action began with an eighth-grade sex education class; or at least viewing a humorous film strip depicting bees pollinating flowers!

My good friend Evie had observed the production, and she had told me the girl confessed the truth while in a "compromising situation" at a drive-in movie theater!

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The male leading character was seventeen; however, Smith looked rather old for the part. But the fact that he was of fully adult age before becoming a teen idol probably was extremely beneficial.

True to form his teen idol status only lasted a few years but as a talented performer he continued working in fact he received good reviews as Frederick in "Pirates of Penzance."

Like the leading female character, I was also thirteen years old. But I was not at all attractive.

In fact, I was rather pathetic....of course I am pathetic now at age sixty but in a totally different way.

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Here is the link:

Sooner or Later (1979)

I was somewhat surprised at the ending; he forgives her for her deception and says he "loves" her!

But what about her parents??? Will they approve of the age difference??? And will she continue to attend his band rehearsals in the company of older kids and beer???

In once scene the male lead purchases beer at a local store; throughout most of the seventies the state of New York drinking age was eighteen.

Apparently, he possessed a fake ID!

Ah to be young again.....NOT!!!

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There is something else.

My legal name is not "Louise."

I have wished since age twelve it was "Jessica" shortened to either "Jessie' or "Jess."

I don't like my real first name.

Watching Netflix's Version Of Little House On The Prairie!

 We shall see how it compares with the TV series and the books!

One difference that is true to life is that during the move to "Indian Country" Carrie is not yet born!

Caroline just got sick so maybe dear Carrie is in utero......

It Is Morning Again....

 ....And here I am.

After a brutally hot stretch of weather last week it becomes delightfully cool overnight.

Enjoy summers while one can!

It is very difficult to see my mother this way.

She and I share an abounding history.....

Thinking About Forty Years Ago...

My cherry popper summer!

HA HA!

Actually a more accurate description would be my first adult summer....

And here I am still alive and kicking forty years later.

In the words of David Odowd:

"That would be a price I would very willing pay if in exchange he were still alive in forty years time!"

It has been a full forty years and his brother Boy George is still with us!

But is David Odowd still alive?

I will have to find out...

But here I am at a full sixty years old...still stumbling through life.....

Summer Is Here!

 And it is warm!

And again I am struggling with happiness...

I must go on and on and on and one......

Now That We Are On The Theshhold of Summer....

 Does it really matter?

It can be beyond nice outside but what is really of consequence is how one feels insides.

It is a common concern....when all is said and done interior feelings mean everytbing,,,,,

APRIL APRIL APRIL

It is here!

Shall we all drink beer?

Where is the deer?

It is right here!