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C.J. asks from Racine, WI on September 03, 2011

Background Movies/ Tv Shows

What is one of those movies you stop at every time it's on?

I call them background movies because I can enjoy it even though I'm doing laundry or dishes and can just hear them and not really sit down and not watch every second.

For a looong time it was "Pretty Woman."

What's your show or movie?

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M.R. answers from Chicago on September 03, 2011

Romantic comedies: Pretty Woman (like you), You've Got Mail, Two Weeks Notice - really any romantic comedy.

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L.K. answers from Kansas City on September 03, 2011

Remember the Titans, Hope Floats, and of the Ocean's 11-12-13, Animal House, Farris Beuller's Day Off, Wizard of OZ.

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S.B. answers from Kansas City on September 03, 2011

Remember the Titans. For some reason, I have to watch it when it's on.

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A.D. answers from Norfolk on September 03, 2011

Twilight...i know, super cheesy but i love it :)

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L.K. answers from Kansas City on September 03, 2011

Remember the Titans, Hope Floats, and of the Ocean's 11-12-13, Animal House, Farris Beuller's Day Off, Wizard of OZ.

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M.R. answers from Chicago on September 03, 2011

Top gun and Back to the Future. Always have to leave them on.

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M.R. answers from Chicago on September 03, 2011

Romantic comedies: Pretty Woman (like you), You've Got Mail, Two Weeks Notice - really any romantic comedy.

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D.P. answers from Pittsburgh on September 03, 2011

Shawshank Redemption (and that's on a LOT!), Mildred Pierce, Love Actually, Moonstruck, The Blind Side...

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J.K. answers from Kansas City on September 03, 2011

Well I love "The Holiday" with Cameron Diaz. Whenever I see it on, I stop everything. But, of course, it's only usually on at the Holidays!! For my husband, it is the Blues Brothers, or Smokey and the Bandit!!

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L.L. answers from Rochester on September 03, 2011

Movies...definitely Grease, Lord of the Rings, Hair, Hairspray, and any Indiana Jones.

Shows...King of the Hill, Home Movies, Lost, Friends, Twilight Zone, Brady Bunch...probably a lot of others! :)

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V.B. answers from Miami on September 03, 2011

Pretty Woman, A Few Good Men, Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes. I will pretty much stop the channel surfing on any of those and have it on in the background. Good question! :-)

Oh, and for shows, Clean House. Those slobs fascinate me!

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J.I. answers from San Antonio on September 03, 2011

Seinfeld and Shawshank Redemption

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L.A. answers from Austin on September 03, 2011

Shawshank Redemption
Love Actually
Anything with Cary Grant
Moonstruck
The Proposal is the latest one. I love Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds together.

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S.H. answers from Chicago on September 03, 2011

Movie- Knotting Hill, just love it!!

Shows- Seinfeld, King of Queens, Everybody Loves Raymond

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L.B. answers from San Francisco on September 03, 2011

My Best Friend's Wedding. Just hearing the songs makes me laugh.

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M.M. answers from Washington DC on September 03, 2011

Pretty Woman
Steel Magnolias
Angels in the Outfield
Dirty Dancing

If I catch them on late at night I will not change the channel.

My hubby watches USA Network, bah, I would rather not. There really isn't anything on tv that I like anymore. I find most of it mindnumbing and stupid.

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M.R. answers from Rochester on September 03, 2011

I've cleaned my house to the BBC Pride and Prejudice. :)

With kids I can't really have background movies on (not my kind at least), but I've enjoyed having 300 on when I'm doing stuff, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek (the movies, I don't have the original episodes), and my husband will put on old tv shows when I'm puttering around at night, like Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, The Munsters, and Green Acres. I can do anything with an Arnold movie on, too. :)

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K.J. answers from Chicago on September 03, 2011

Movies:
Lord of the Rings
The Bodyguard
Star Wars
White Christmas

TV:
Jeopardy!
Friends

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A.N. answers from Madison on September 05, 2011

Mine's "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn

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A.K. answers from Minneapolis on September 09, 2011

Friends, Sex & The City
Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, Wedding Crashers, 16 Candles, Breakfast Club, Love Actually, Titanic (yep, all 3 hours!)

Those are just a few I can think of off-hand. Fun!

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N.S. answers from Milwaukee on September 06, 2011

Far and Away - Kidman/Cruise
Grease
Pretty Woman
Steel Magnolias
the Outsiders
most DIY

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