Top 50 Greatest Things: #8

My top 50 greatest things.

Number 8: Casablanca

Casablanca is a romantic drama from 1942 directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart as the jaded nightclub owner, Rick Blaine. Casablanca is one of those classics where, even if someone hasn't seen it, it's probably familiar to them via cultural osmosis. There's so much to be said and has been said about this movie, so I'll keep this entry more personal, I guess. At one of the local theaters there's a still from the movie The African Queen starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Every time I'd pass the picture with my dad, he would always state without fail "Damn buddy, that was a good show.". For 16 years I would only see my dad 50 days out of the year and we were at that theater maybe 75% of those days. Every time. One time I believed I asked if we could watch it and for some reason we never did. But I do remember watching Casablanca for the first time with him. I'm not sure if maybe he didn't have the African Queen and instead chose Casablanca as the substitute because of the Bogart connection. I don't remember much from watching Casablanca for the first time though. Can't remember how I felt or if I understood what was going on, I just remember it was with my dad. Now it's one of the 3 movies I could easily watch on repeat and be satisfied everytime. To this day I still haven't seen The African Queen, but when I pass that still that's still up at the Cinemark, it's hard not to say "Damn buddy, that was a good show.".

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