Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Incredible Shrinking Woman... another reason the mom life is not the bomb life.


If you feel like watching an incredibly silly movie from the 80's I would like to suggest this one. In it Lilly Tomlin plays a housewife who begins to shrink after being subjected to an odd assortment of household chemicals. The 1980's jab at consumerism? This movie is pretty ridiculous, like in the scene where the father comes home and tries out for his friends and family the new Galaxy Glue his company is promoting only to end up with the whole room of guests stuck together trying to pull neighbor and clothes alike off of their hands. (this part is accompanied by a catchy theme song for Galaxy Glue)
Speaking of songs... by far my favorite part of the movie is where she sings a small song to her children before bed (as a way to show the movie viewers what a lovable mother she is). She only sings the first verse, but here is the whole version of this ... scandalous? song.

I Wish I Were a Little Bar of Soap

Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap,
Bar of soap
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap,
Bar of soap
For I'd slippy and I'd slidy
Over everybody's hidey
Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap

Oh I wish I were a little mosquito,
Little mosquito
Oh I wish I were a little mosquito,
Little mosquito
For I'd nippy and I bity
Under everybody's nightie
Oh I wish I were a little mosquito

Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop,
Bottle of pop
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop,
Bottle of pop
For I'd go down with a slurp
And I'd come up with a burp
Oh I wish I were a little bottle of pop

Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow,
English sparrow
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow,
English sparrow
For I'd sitty on the steeple
And I'd spitty on the people
Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow