Michael’s Top 5

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Private Frank Fesq (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 2, 1865, at Petersburg, Virginia. His citation reads:

Capture of flag of 18th North Carolina (C.S.A.) within the enemy's works.

Private Hermann Fichter (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 5, 1871, at Whetstone Mountains, Arizona. His citation reads:

Gallantry in action.

Private Oscar Wadsworth Field (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 11, 1898, on board the USS Nashville. His citation reads:

On board the U.S.S. Nashville during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Field set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action.


First, we at I’m just sayin… would like to wish all of you out there a very happy Confederate Memorial Day.

Now, let’s take a look at my friend Michael’s top 5 favorite movies.

Michael from outbehindthewoodshed’s Top 5 Movies

5. Forrest Gump

4. Quigley Down Under

3. The Godfather Part II

2. The Godfather

1. The Shawshank Redemption


The I’m just sayin… Top 2,613 Movies of All-Time Countdown

1427 Easter Parade
Charles Walters
Fred Astaire, Judy Garland
1948

1426 Lady, Let's Dance
Joseph Kane
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger
1944

1425 Die Another Day
Lee Tamahori
Pierce Brosnan
2002

1424 The Octagon
Eric Karson
Chuck Norris
1980

1423 Hell's Kitchen
Ewald André Dupont, Lewis Seiler
Dead End Kids, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Ronald Reagan
1939

1422 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rupert Wyatt
James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Tom Felton, David Hewlett, Chelah Horsdal, Brian Cox, Jamie Harris, Tyler Labine, David Oyelowo, John Lithgow
2011

1421 Sense and Sensibility
Ang Lee
Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant
1995

1420 Cool Runnings
Jon Turteltaub
John Candy
1993

1419 The Major and the Minor
Billy Wilder
Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland
1942

1418 Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Adam Shankman
Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Eugene Levy, Carmen Electra
2005

1417 The Game
David Fincher
Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl
1997

1416 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King
1998

1415 Son of Flubber
Robert Stevenson
Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Tommy Kirk
1963

1414 Shoot to Kill
Roger Spottiswoode
Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley
1988

1413 Major Payne
Nick Castle
Damon Wayans, Karyn Parsons
1995
Major Payne: "Killing is my business, and business is GOOD".
1412 The Ladies Man
Reginald Hudlin
Tim Meadows, Billy Dee Williams, Will Ferrell
2000

1411 Cinderella Liberty
Mark Rydell
James Caan, Marsha Mason, Eli Wallach
1973

1410 Wonder Boys
Curtis Hanson
Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey, Jr.
2000

1409 Revenge
Tony Scott
Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe
1990

1408 Going Berserk
David Steinberg
John Candy, Eugene Levy, Pat Hingle
1983

1407 The Interpreter
Sydney Pollack
Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn
2005

1406 The Pink Panther 2
Harald Zwart
Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina, Emily Mortimer
2009

1405 Red
Robert Schwentke
Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Brian Cox, Julian McMahon, Richard Dreyfuss
2010

1404 Jingle All the Way
Brian Levant
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi
1996

1403 Rebel Rabbit
Bugs Bunny
1949

1402 Some Kind of Hero
Michael Pressman
Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox, Margot Kidder
1982

1401 Little Fockers
Paul Weitz
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel with Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand
2010

1400 My Favorite Year
Richard Benjamin
Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Jessica Harper, Cameron Mitchell, Bill Macy
1982

1399 Land of the Lost
Brad Silberling
Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel, Jorma Taccone
2009

1398 Dark Passage
Delmer Daves
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
1947

1397 Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson
2003

1396 Nick of Time
John Badham
Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton
1995

1395 Moon Over Parador
Paul Mazursky
Richard Dreyfuss, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters
1988

1394 The War Wagon
Burt Kennedy
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker, Jr.
1967

1393 Magic in the Water
Rick Stevenson
Mark Harmon
1995

1392 Hotel Rwanda
Terry George
Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix
2004

1391 Arizona
Wesley Ruggles
Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
1940

1390 Shallow Hal
Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli
2001

1389 Author! Author!
Arthur Hiller
Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Alan King
1982

1388 Talk Radio
Oliver Stone
Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene
1988

1387 Edward, My Son
George Cukor
Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr
1949

1386 The Replacements
Howard Deutch
Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton
2000
Shane Falco:  "Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever".

1385 Savage Grace
Tom Kalin
Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Dancy
2007

1384 Born Yesterday
George Cukor
William Holden, Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford
1950

1383 Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Uli Edel
Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen
1996

1382 Honeymoon in Vegas
Andrew Bergman
Nicolas Cage, James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker
1992
Jack Singer: "I dreamt about my mother again last night".
Betsy: "Was she vacuuming naked?"
Jack Singer: "No. She opened her eyes and I said, 'Mom, I'm gonna marry that girl,' and she smiled".
Betsy: "Really?"
Jack Singer: "Yeah. Of course she was naked".

1381 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Philip Kaufman
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy
1978

1380 St. Louis Blues
Allen Reisner
Nat "King" Cole, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
1958

1379 Siesta
Mary Lambert
Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Jodie Foster, Grace Jones, Isabella Rossellini, Julian Sands, Alexi Sayles, Martin Sheen
1987

1378 Law and Order
Nathan Juran
Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone
1953

1377 Pretty Maids All in a Row
Roger Vadim
Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson
1971

1376 The General's Daughter
Simon West
John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell
1999

1375 The Virginian
Stuart Gilmore
Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy
1946

1374 Joe Kidd
John Sturges
Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon
1972

1373 Women in War
John H. Auer
Elsie Janis, Wendy Barrie, Patric Knowles
1940

1372 Ordinary People
Robert Redford
Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern
1980

1371 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Michael Curtiz
Tony Randall, Patty McCormack, Eddie Hodges
1960

1370 Foxy Brown
Jack Hill
Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas
1974

1369 Three Men and a Baby
Leonard Nimoy
Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
1987

1368 The Accidental Tourist
Lawrence Kasdan
William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis, Amy Wright, Bill Pullman, David Ogden Stiers
1988

1367 The Red Badge of Courage
John Huston
Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin
1951

1366 Blue Velvet
David Lynch
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper
1986

1365 The Matchmaker
Mark Joffe
Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Denis Leary
1997

1364 Love Actually
Richard Curtis
Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Hugh Grant
2003

1363 Night Moves
Arthur Penn
Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith, James Woods
1975

1362 The Bounty Hunter
Andy Tennant
Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler
2010

1361 The Sicilian
Michael Cimino
Christopher Lambert, Terence Stamp
1987

1360 Road Trip
Todd Phillips
Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, DJ Qualls, Amy Smart
2000

1359 Objective, Burma!
Raoul Walsh
Errol Flynn
1945

1358 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Herbert Ross
Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier
1976

1357 Huckleberry Finn
J. Lee Thompson
Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman
1974

1356 Starting Over
Alan J. Pakula
Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen
1979

1355 Murder in the First
Marc Rocco
Kevin Bacon, Christian Slater
1995

1354 Godzilla 2000
Takao Okawara
Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki, Shiro Sano
2000

1353 Every Which Way but Loose
James Fargo
Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo
1978

1352 Steel Dawn
Lance Hool
Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi
1987

1351 Son of Monte Cristo, The
Rowland V. Lee
Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
1940

1350 A Perfect Murder
Andrew Davis
Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
1998

1349 The Rainmaker
Francis Ford Coppola
Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider
1997

1348 Hamburger Hill
John Irvin
Dylan McDermott, Don Cheadle, Steven Weber
1987

1347 Lady Sings the Blues
Sidney J. Furie
Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor
1972

1346 Gods and Generals
Ronald F. Maxwell
Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall
2003

1345 The Lonely Lady
Peter Sasdy
Pia Zadora, Lloyd Bochner, Joseph Cali, Bibi Besch, Anthony Holland, Ray Liotta
1983

1344 They Were Expendable
John Ford
John Wayne, Robert Montgomery, Donna Reed
1945

1343 The Enforcer
Bretaigne Windust
Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel
1951

1342 Kings Row
Sam Wood
Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings
1942

1341 The Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett
Anthony Quinn, Dolores del Rio
1979

1340 Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Mary Astor, Cecil Kellaway, George Kennedy
1964

1339 The Whole Ten Yards
Howard Deutch
Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Amanda Peet
2004

1338 The Miracle Worker
Arthur Penn
Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory
1962

1337 L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Simon Baker
1997

1336 Searching for Bobby Fischer
Steven Zaillian
Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Laurence Fishburne
1993

1335 Bobby
Emilio Estevez
Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon
2006

1334 Big House Bunny
Friz Freleng
Looney Tunes
1950

1333 The Island of Dr. Moreau
John Frankenheimer
Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk
1996

1332 The Fisher King
Terry Gilliam
Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer
1991

1331 The First Wives Club
Hugh Wilson
Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler
1996

1330 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Mike Bigelow
Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
2005

1329 Tank
Marvin J. Chomsky
James Garner, C. Thomas Howell, Shirley Jones
1984

1328 Novocaine
David Atkins
Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern
2001

1327 Raintree County
Edward Dmytryk
Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Elizabeth Taylor, Rod Taylor
1957

1326 The Man Who Came to Dinner
William Keighley
Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante
1942

1325 The Wedding Planner
Adam Shankman
Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson
2001

1324 Good Guys Wear Black
Ted Post
Chuck Norris, Dana Andrews, Anne Archer
1978

1323 Bullets Over Broadway
Woody Allen
John Cusack, Jennifer Tilly, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, Jim Broadbent, Rob Reiner, Joe Viterelli
1994

1322 More American Graffiti
Bill L. Norton
Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Paul LeMat
1979

1321 The Glenn Miller Story
Anthony Mann
James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake
1954

1320 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Joel and Ethan Coen
George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Charles Durning
2000

1319 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Steven Spielberg
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett
2008


Thankful Thursday

Today we are thankful for moms. Not just my Mom (though, of course, we are very thankful for her), but for all of the moms out there. While raising a child or three isn’t easy for mom or dad, it’s the mom who takes a beating before the little guy/gal even enters the world. It’s an amazing thing when you think about it and I’m glad it’s something I didn’t have to go through. Typically, mothers are the more nurturing of the parents. Listen, I know there are some bad mothers out there and that’s too bad. Too bad for the children and too bad for the mothers… but we’re not here to talk about bad mothers. We are focused on the good moms. There is a long fought argument over which type of mother is better… the stay-at-home mom or the working mom. We’re going to let you in on a little secret… as long as they love their children, they are both great. And as long as they really love their children, neither one is easy. Do you think it’s easy to stay at home and raise a child? Try it for a week without going crazy… I’m pretty sure I couldn’t do it. On the other side, do you think it’s easy having to wake up in the morning, get your child (or children) dressed and to daycare, go to work, then come home and try to spend quality time with your child(ren) before bedtime? I know that’s not an easy thing for a mom to do… not if she really cares about spending time with her kid(s). Nope… there are no two ways about it, being a good mom just ain’t easy. But there are a lot of moms out there who somehow manage to find a way to not only be good, but great… and for that, I am grateful.