Star Wars: Special Edition

Star Wars: Special Edition.

In 1997, for my 12th birthday, I saw the three films from the Original Trilogy (OT) of the Star Wars Saga (1976 - 1983) in the big screen. My birthday was on Tuesday: the 11th of February 1997 (for that year). The three films were playing in the big screens, one film per month: January, February, and March of 1997.

I may have saw several seconds of Star Wars before while others were watching it before 1997, and I may have seen bits and pieces of the parody version Space Balls, but I first became a fan in 1997 and I may have seen some of these more than once and I went on to see the Sequel Trilogy of Star Wars in the big screen, multiple times for the Phantom Menace and once for the next two I think, and I liked the Prequels as well.


January - March, 1997
12 years old
At the big screen near Safeway: Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal

King Of The Hill

In the USA, on Sunday, the 12th of January 1997, the cartoon series King Of The Hill premiered on FOX 49, and some saw it as the next Simpsons. I remember hearing some of the hype and I started watching it as well. I found it interesting. At first, I thought it was going to be like the Simpsons. When I found out that the King Of The Hill is more realistic in the plots and in the way they draw people, I was originally disappointed but began liking it over time.