I think the DVR and the DVD are two of the greatest inventions ever made for TV.  They allow us to watch whatever we want over and over again and not have to worry about what may or may not be on TV at the time.  Unfortunately, this means that I’ve been forced to watch reruns of kids shows ad nauseum and the same Disney movies too many times to count.  So I’ve compiled a list of movies that I’m going to make my kids watch when they get to the appropriate age so they will understand what it was like to come of age in the 1980′s.

1. E.T. – Once my kids watch this, they’ll finally understand why I always have a funny voice when I say “phone home”.  Just hope they don’t go lining the driveway with reece’s pieces to lure in their own ET.
2. Back to the Future – If Krystal had it her way, we’d already be watching this weekly.
3. Ghostbusters – They’ll never eat a roasted marshmallow again without thinking of the Stay Puff man.
4. Airplane – “I am serious, and don’t call my Shirley.”
5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Hope this one doesn’t give them any ideas.
6. War Games – So this is what life was like before the internet!
7. Honey I Shrunk the Kids – I think this was the first of the Disney live action movies that really did well at the box office.
8. Gremlins – Gonna wait a bit on this one.  I remember it gave me a few bad dreams when I first saw it.
9. Poltergeist – Ditto on this one.  I just remember being freaked out by static on the TV for a LONG time afterwards.
10. Rainman – Definitely gonna make them watch this one.  Definitely.  400 Oak Street.  Cincinnati, Ohio.
11. Footloose – The 80′s version of high school musical, but with an actual plot.
12. Good Morning, Vietnam – So they’ll understand Robin Williams before he went crazy.  Or maybe when he began to go crazy.