Fluff: Share a fun memory from your childhood.

I have mentioned here before that Little Oscar (of Oscar Mayer Weinermobile fame) was a family friend. He and the Weinermobile were in all our local parades. I got to sit inside the Weinermobile once. I was probably 4 or 5 at the time. My kids had the pleasure of meeting him before he passed away when they were little.

Part childhood and part teenager memory here: when I was growing up in the 80's we had a Christmas tv-show with 24 episodes. The show was about a shoecobbler, and they would air one episode every day up til Christmas Eve. The cobbler was an old man, and he would do a few things around his shop and then he would show short cartoons. I loved that show! I think every child who lived through the 80's in Norway have very fond memories of Cobbler Andersen

Then, in the mid-90's I worked at a local radio station. Just an afternoon job, but it was great fun, and the money was decent. One day, the actor who had played Cobbler Andersen came in to do an interview. He was probably in his late 80's at the time. He had his wife with him aswell. And I went FULL FANGIRL on the poor man! I just started rambling on how much I LOVED him as the Cobbler, and how he was one of the best things about Christmas and I think I had tears in my eyes the whole time. He was very nice, and very gracious. He wrote me an autograph too! I think it's still at my parent's house.
The actor was one of those actors who had been around for decades, and one of the most famous actors in Norway, starting his career in 1928. He was a legend. And it was amazing to meet a legend. I will cherish that fangirl-moment for the rest of my life. He passed away in 2008, at the respectable age of 93.

I think this memory came to mind because we are approaching the holidays. You can get all 24 Cobbler Andersen-episodes on DVD now, and I will introduce it to my children this year!

When I was very little there was a movie being filmed in my hometown. The movie is 'Raintree County' and all the stars lived in local homes for the duration of the filming. I met Elizabeth Taylor (I think I might remember meeting her but it could be just my parents talking about it) but I do remember telling my sister that I wanted to have purple eyes just like that pretty lady. I do have a vivid memory of meeting Lee Marvin who was also in the movie. I told him that I was going to marry him because he was almost as tall as my Daddy.