Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
I suppose that now is not a good time to admit that my 10yo DD's favorite movies (aside from The Princess Bride and Monty Python anything) were Little Miss Sunshine and Groundhog Day. At 12, she developed a fondness for A Fish Called Wanda. blush I feel like a horrible person for admitting that, somehow. (I'm kind of reliving that awful moment at the homeschool day where my 4yo happily announced to the entire lab group-- that she knew exactly what a necropsy was, and that she intended to be a forensic pathologist and she LOVED watching CSI, even if some of that stuff wasn't very realistic... eek Yeah, good times. EVERY other parent looked at me as though I ought to be reported to... well, somewhere.)
A bit off topic but that reminds me of when my DD was 10 and her educational therapist called me up to mention that they discussed the naked people DD saw on T.V. that week. As we watched very little T.V. I was a bit perplexed, until we figured out it was the Reality TV Show "Colonial House" about the Massachusetts Bay Company. We were watching this series because one of the kids in one of the families, had been in DD's class earlier that year. Seems that I'd missed the episode that week and one family got frustrated with the lack of baths, left character to go skinny dipping and the show decided to highlight it.

Back to the topic at hand. My DS15 loved Monty Python by 10 years. I also agree that to instill humor joke books are a great way to go. I found not just my son, but I gave joke books to my nephews at that age that were very well received.

Edited to add a few suggestions I though of: Time Bandits, or Labyrinth. Oldies.. don't really stray far from the Monty Python/Muppits direction.

Last edited by bluemagic; 08/24/14 06:33 PM.