Innkeeper at MI Bed and Breakfast Loves Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing is my all time favorite movie. Yeah, there’s not much action, and it’s a classic chick flick. But it’s O.K. for guys to like it, too. I’ve watched it 7 times already this year, and it’s only April! Granted, I do not watch it from start to finish, but if I’m changing channels and it’s on, I stop, sit back, and wait around to hear “nobody puts Baby in a corner”--and to watch the final dance scene.

We own it on video, but never watch it--there's something special about catching it midway and watching to the end. Sometimes stations will have a Dirty Dancing Marathon and play it for 24 hours straight. My wife and I have been known to watch Dirty Dancing 4 or 5 times in one day–but never on video--just on cable. My buddy knows my addiction to the movie and we make contact every time it’s on. One time, I called him at 2 a.m. and said “nobody puts baby in a corner” and hung up. I could hear him laughing through his slumber.

I was unaware of just how popular the movie is. Wikipedia says it’s the first DVD to sell a million copies, and has averaged a million sales every year since its DVD release in 1997. I guess I’m in pretty good company having it as a fave.

It’s also cool to see “Lenny” from Law and Order and “Newman” from Seinfeld in the cast.

Lori and I took ballroom dance classes for a couple of years and never got as good as Baby did in one summer. But we didn’t have as good a teacher!

We watch a lot of movies. There is often some down time at the Munro House while we are waiting for guests to arrive. TV is a good way to pass the time. I keep an online diary of the films we rent and see at the theater, but not the ones we watch on cable. This is where we give a very brief description of the movie, what we thought of it, and rate it 1 to 5 stars. Some of my peeps have actually looked to my review page before they paid to see a flick. I guess our taste in movies is similar.

The next time you catch Dirty Dancing, I just may be watching it, too. It goes without saying that Dirty Dancing gets 5 stars.


Mike Venturini - Innkeeper
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