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Does anybody remember...

posted 19 years ago by derfdren
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... a movie from the late 70's to mid 80's perhaps... where a kid ties a bunch of baloons to a chair and drifts off. I can't remember exactly why, but I think there was a kite contest or something and some old man kept giving the kid solutions to problems. He seemed to have a lack of confidence or peer issues?

I always remembered the kid as Chris Makepeace from Meatballs. But I can't find anything on his sit that resembles this?

Any help please.

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[–] hendi316 18 years ago

Yeah i remember this too... was it a movie, though? I thought it was shorter. I know what you are talking about but can't remember for the life of me what it was called.

[–] grizzlibog 18 years ago

It was a PBS movie that was part of some eighties series about being yourself....pretty much Public Broadcasting's version of the ABC "Afternoon Special." There was a professor and a kid named Milo....aw heck, just follow this thread:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141249/

The Flick, with the amazing Wallace Shawn (should have added a link to him, too) starred, and it is called "How to be a Better Person in Three Days.

[–] hendi316 18 years ago

Alright! Thanks for finding that! Another childhood television memory successfully tracked down.

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[–] grizzlibog 17 years ago

BB-- Thanks for the unsolicited compliment and the attached presumption that I A. am a good person and B. possess good taste in film.

[–] kahnjimmy81 8 years ago

Oh man, thank you! We used to watch this in our kindergarten class. I searched and searched, was beginning to think it was a false memory. I've had this song pop into my head periodically for 30 years.

[–] majeff7 17 years ago

Thank you!!!!!! I have often thought of that little After School Special-like gem...I remember watching it in 6th grade. Now I'm definitely going to watch this film. I'm a fan of Rhys Ifans, so that doesn't hurt. Cheers.

[–] skervich 16 years ago

Yeah, and this kid with a shark kite with something sharp on it attempts to pop his ballons!!!