Each week, the bartenders will be asked a very vague and general question about a random topic. We’d all like to THINK we’re experts on everything, but the fact is we’re all a bunch of normal people with our own opinions. If you don’t like our answers, let us know in the comment section.

Bartender: Joshy C.
Born in: 1984
Movie: Back to the Future
Released in: 1985

“Why don’t you make like a tree, and get the hell out of here.” While this movie is probably not meant to be watched by the too young because of some language, my parents tell me I would watch this movie at least once a week when I was a kid. I remember being mesmerized by the fast pace and awesome soundtrack, and probably watched the two sequels as often as the original. This is one that has stood up to the test of time and I’ll be playing for my own kids someday (when they are a little older than 5 years old, so they won’t be calling me a Butthead.)

Bartender: Taylor Pratt
Born in: 1983
Movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Released in: 1990

When I was growing up the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon was THE thing to be watching. I would always pretend to be Donatello while my brother was Leonardo and we’d fight crime in the basement. When this movie came out we were floored and fell in love with it and its sequels! Ninja, ninja RAP!

Bartender: Kyle
Born in: 1983
Movie: Hook
Released in: 1991

Ru-fi-ooooooooooooooooooooo. With an all-star cast and crew in this early 90’s family blockbuster, director Steven Spielberg took on the childhood classic, and lended it some modern storyline twists. This time around, the work-obsessed, aging, Robin Williams plays Peter Banning, who can’t find time for family or fairytales. But throughout the story, he must reconnect with his childhood to save his family and the fantasy land he once refused to believe in. Growing up in a family of four with two brothers close in age when this movies was released, it didn’t take long for the brothers to become the lost boys, and the yard to become Neverland. My brother and I will still break this one out at times. I will definitely be passing this one on to my kids when they get a little older. Bangerang! (Oh God, I am a loser).

Bartender: Jaime Parker
Born in: 1984
Movie: Annie
Released in: 1982

This is such a hard choice because I have always been such a movie fanatic. When I was little I loved every movie from the Disney princess movies to The Goonies. BUT if I had to choose, I would say that Annie was one of my top favorites as a child. I loved the story and probably watched it 100 times. A plucky orphan girl, Annie is chosen to live with the richest man in the city, Mr. Warbucks. At first, he only wants to ‘adopt’ for a week as a publicity stunt, but soon Annie wins his heart and he adopts her for real. The story is heartwarming and the music was so catchy that I was singing along every time. Who doesn’t love the song “Tomorrow”? Not to mention some fabulous performances by Carol Burnett (Miss Hannigan) and Albert Finney (Daddy Oliver Warbucks). Annie was one of those movies that the whole family enjoyed and could watch together.

Bartender: Katrina
Born in: 1985
Movie: The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Released in: 1986 in Japanese and 1989 in English

As a small child I thought this movie was called “My Little Notice.” It was not, but it was a huge staple of my childhood. This movie is about a cat and a dog who are best friends and go on many adventures. There are no humans in the movie, but supporting characters are a fox, a pig, a turtle, and many others. I actually have a copy of the movie and watched it in preparation for this. I have determined it is still a fantastic movie (minus the rather graphic dog and cat birth scenes, a little more than I wanted to see). I plan on giving a copy to my animal loving niece!

Bartender: Jenny Trotter
Born in: 1981
Movie: Alice in Wonderland (Disney animated version)
Released in: 1951

I just remember sitting with my sister on the floor in the living room of our house in California, beach towels spread out, having a picnic of McDonald’s chicken nugget Happy Meals and watching this movie over and over again. We had an old copy, recorded off of the Disney channel, which we wore out completely. Still to this day that is one of my favorite movies

Bartender: Jonnie Urban
Born in: 1987
Movie: Wizard of Oz
Released in: 1939

My favorite movies growing up were the ones that I watched the most; usually after coming home from climbing trees, fishing, playing parking lot baseball, and of course swimming in the neighborhood pool (sometimes all in the same day). Homeward Bound, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, and of course Aladin were my idea of the perfect early evening accompaniment to such a taxing afternoon. I reveled in the heartwarming stories of romance and adventure found in almost all Disney movies while enjoying my crust-less PB&J with a glass of freshly made chocolate milk, compliments of my doting parents. But my all time favorite childhood movie would have to be The Wizard of Oz because I still watch it in childlike awe about once a month. It reminds me of the first time I sat down with my family to watch how Dorethy longed for her family so much that she never gave up in her pursuit of her verson of “home”. Beautiful message and one-of-a-kind music and style.

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