We are closing in on the 7th anniversary of my father’s passing. We have an UMR tradition that we share his Top 5 Movies as the post of the day on the day of his passing…..this year that day falls on Father’s Day. This year I would like to share other dad’s Favorite Movies or a movie memory shared with your father. So if you are willing to share the information….we will come up with an UMR page for Sunday to honor not only my dad but many other dads.
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My dad loved Frank Sinatra. Anything Frank did, my dad supported him. When he passed my brothers and I agreed on everything we were getting with the exception of dad’s Frank merchandise. From his vintage vinyl records to his autographed Frank photos to his VHS collection of his Frank movies. We eventually did a nice three way split. Particulary movies my dad loved would include From Here To Eternity, Oceans Eleven, Some Came Running, The Joker Is Wild and Tony Rome. My dad has been gone for almost a quarter of a century. But I miss him all the time, especially on this upcoming weekend.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Get the family all together and tell them how you love them and how much we appreciate just having them all around. Dad in these days has a lot to tackle, but try to stay on course.
Stay Healthy, have fun, be happy, life is so very scary today, but as a Dad have you to keep the
family together with WoC. Do whatever makes you happy on Father’s Day.Complex or simple.
Just enjoy.
Thx Mike Happy Fathers day to you
Obviously being a child of Cogerson, it is almost impossible to think of my dad without thinking about movies. I would say two of my more fond memories would be:
(1) Watching the most inappropriate movies on Christmas Day. This started when we got the zombie movie Shaun of the Dead as a Xmas present. After all the day’s activities were over, we started to watch the movie….after one particular gory scene, my dad said….”This is the wrong day to watch such a gruesome movie.” And thus a Cogerson family tradition was born as we try and pick the least likely movie to watch. After all, can’t think of a better Xmas movie than The Exorcist.
(2). My dad and I will reenact the Groundhog Day scene with Bill Murray and Ned Ryerson the insurance guy. One of us will walk up to the other give the other a big long lasting hug and say …”I have missed you so much…..I don’t know where you are headed….but can you call in sick?” The thing that makes it funny to us…we usually do it the most public of places…just like in the movie.
My mom and her mom loved Doris Day movies. Many weekend evenings was spent with the four us, them, me and Doris watching Day movies. Rock Hudson, James Garner and Rod Taylor movies were our favorites. For some reason they mainly had us watch her rom-com movies versus musicals. My dad was almost anti-Doris Day. I vividly remember him shaking his head in disapproval as another Day Movie was being watched. He was a huge Paul Newman fan. I think he watched Butch Cassidy, The Sting and Cool Hand Luke the most. Pretty sure he liked horror movies like a The Exorcist and The Omen, but he never watched those movies around me. Good memories for sure.
Growing up in Germany, movies were not a huge part of our lives. My dad rarely went to movies, but he did not miss Bonanza when it came on tv. One of the few movies that made a huge impact on me and Germany was Jaws. I remember the audience jumping three feet in the air during certain scenes. Not related to my dad, but when I was in the service we used the movie Glory as a way to show how combat was…..even though that movie took place during the Civil War….the actions and things that happened on a battlefield were still relevant over 100 years later.