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More and more I find myself look at OLDER movies to entertain kids.

I'm surprised at how popular these older movies are with kids. I was at a friend's house once and the kids were watching The Three Stooges. He said all the kids in the neighborhood watch those old shows.

I'm surprised at how popular these older movies are with kids. I was at a friend's house once and the kids were watching The Three Stooges. He said all the kids in the neighborhood watch those old shows.

I grew up in the early '60s and always watched the Three Stooges (I especially loved Curly, and still do). I also loved Abbott & Costello. It never dawned on me that they were filmed in the '30s and '40s respectively. I just thought they were funny and accepted them as being just like anything else on TV. Of course, it helped that in those days, everything on our TV was black and white, so the age was less noticeable. Today's kids might refuse to watch anything that hasn't been colorized by Ted Turner. If so, I suggest beating them severely. Ted, too, just on general principle.

I'm surprised at how popular these older movies are with kids.

I took a chance with an "old cartoons" DVD for $5 at Wal-Mart.
It had Popeye and Felix The Cat cartoons in addition to others.
Some of the Popeye cartoons are so old (1937) that they are in black-and-white.

My 4-year-old niece can't be pried away from the DVD. We have to call a
halt when she's watched "Spree Lunch" (Popeye and Bluto compete over
Wimpy as a customer at their diners) about six times in a row.