Happy birthday, my old faux pas
Today is Julie Andrews’ 90th birthday. Woot!
I was four when Mary Poppins came out. I adored it. I made my mother take me to see it seven times.
One of those times we’d had a tropical downpour and we drove through an intersection where the water came up to our rocker panels. That doesn’t have anything at all to do with this story, it’s just one of those hyper vivid memories that sticks with you forever.
One day, I’m told I said thoughtfully to my mother, “Mother, if you died, do you think there’s a chance Papa would marry Julie Andrews?”
I don’t think she ever forgave me.
Posted: October 1st, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 7
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Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: October 1, 2025, 6:40 pm
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Comment from Veeshir
Time: October 1, 2025, 7:39 pm
I’d bet she never forgave your father for laughing either.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: October 1, 2025, 11:08 pm
Ah, my 4th grade crush.
And that was before I knew about sex too.
I’m pretty sure, it’s been long time since then.
Tomorrow we’re going out hunting for starving children, Mary Popping would approve.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: October 2, 2025, 2:30 am
I can certainly understand how you became entranced by Julie Andrews.
My favorite book as a young child was Mary Poppins. According to my mother, that was the only book I wanted to hear, so she had to read it over and over until she was ready to hide it. Except I have no memory of the book at all, or her reading to me. Which is odd and sad, too, because I can remember a LOT from when I was very young. I finally saw the Mary Poppins movie when I watched it with my son when was about five.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: October 2, 2025, 4:30 pm
Oh, but Deborah – the books were TOTALLY different from the film. They were good, but weird.
The movie did not age well. I winced my way through it as an adult.
Comment from Carl
Time: October 2, 2025, 6:17 pm
She was good in The Sound of Music. One of my friends loved it. He watched the second half of it 500 times.
Comment from MikeInFairfax
Time: October 4, 2025, 12:26 am
Oh my. I still remember being so excited to go see Mary Poppins. I kept waiting to see the magical things she would do but she didn’t! That was because we were at The Unsinkable Molly Brown. I was so bummed out!
Evidently Molly (checks Wiki) came out two months before Mary.
Did see it eventually and was singing Super Cali Whatever for quite some time afterward.
Another old kids film that was unwatchable cringe today was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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