This year, we'll celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Howard Ashman's "Beauty and the Beast." (The release date was in September 1991.)
As September approaches, you'll surely hear this observation: A few animated movies have earned Best Picture Oscar nods. (For example: "Toy Story 3.") A few musicals have earned Best Picture Oscar nods. (For example: "Moulin Rouge.") BUT there is only one Best Picture nominee in history that has fallen splat in the middle of the Venn diagram--one nominee that is *both* an animated film *and* a musical. That nominee is "Beauty and the Beast."
So many lines deserve to be immortalized: "As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating....I'm especially good at expectorating...." "When I was a lad, I'd eat four dozen eggs...every day...to help me get large....And now that I'm grown, I eat FIVE dozen eggs....so I'm roughly the size of a barge...." "I thought I saw....that...for once....she didn't shudder at my paw...." "Try the gray stuff....It's delicious....Don't believe me? Ask the dishes....."
Well, as we get near to the important date, I ask you to share your own favorite moments. Remember, although the title song won the Oscar (justifiably), both "Belle" and "Be Our Guest" were *also* nominated.....
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