Sonny’s Top 5

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Ensign Paul Frederick Foster (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 21-22, 1914, at Vera Cruz, Mexico. His citation reads:

For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. In both days' fighting at the head of his company, Ens. Foster was eminent and conspicuous in his conduct, leading his men with skill and courage.

Sergeant Paul Hellstrom Foster (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on October 14, 1967, Near Con Thien, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an artillery liaison operations chief with the 2d Battalion. In the early morning hours the 2d Battalion was occupying a defensive position which protected a bridge on the road leading from Con Thien to Cam Lo. Suddenly, the marines' position came under a heavy volume of mortar and artillery fire, followed by an aggressive enemy ground assault. In the ensuing engagement, the hostile force penetrated the perimeter and brought a heavy concentration of small arms, automatic weapons, and rocket fire to bear on the battalion command post. Although his position in the fire support coordination center was dangerously exposed to enemy fire and he was wounded when an enemy hand grenade exploded near his position, Sgt. Foster resolutely continued to direct accurate mortar and artillery fire on the advancing North Vietnamese troops. As the attack continued, a hand grenade landed in the midst of Sgt. Foster and his 5 companions. Realizing the danger, he shouted a warning, threw his armored vest over the grenade, and unhesitatingly placed his body over the armored vest. When the grenade exploded, Sgt. Foster absorbed the entire blast with his body and was mortally wounded. His heroic actions undoubtedly saved his comrades from further injury or possible death. Sgt. Foster's courage, extraordinary heroism, and unfaltering devotion to duty reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps and upheld the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

Sergeant William Foster (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on September 29, 1872, at Red River, Texas. His citation reads:

Gallantry in action.


Sonny’s Top 5 Movies

5. Christmas Vacation

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark

3. Field of Dreams

2. Die Hard

1. The Patriot

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

200 Irma la Douce
Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine
1963

199 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Stephen Sommers
Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jonathan Pryce, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Lee Byung-hun, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
2009

198 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Tom Shadyac
Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Dan Marino
1994
Ace Ventura: [has been trying to figure out a connection between Lt. Lois Einhorn and football player Ray Finkle, when he sees his dog's fur overlapping Finkle's hair in a photo] "What the... That's it! Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn! Einhorn is a man!"
[Ace remembers how Einhorn kissed him and the pieces fall into place]
Ace Ventura: "Oh, my GOD! Einhorn is a man!"
[Ace heads to the bathroom to throw up]

197 La Bamba
Luis Valdez
Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Pena, Danielle Von Zerneck
1987

196 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
1969
Sundance Kid: "You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at".

Butch Cassidy: [to Sundance] "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals".

Butch Cassidy: "Alright. I'll jump first".
Sundance Kid: "No".
Butch Cassidy: "Then you jump first".
Sundance Kid: "No, I said".
Butch Cassidy: "What's the matter with you?"
Sundance Kid: "I can't swim".
Butch Cassidy: "Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you".
Sundance Kid: "Oh, shit..."

195 A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard
Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
2001

194 Rules of Engagement
William Friedkin
Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce
2000
Colonel Hayes Hodges: "If this gets bad, it gets bad for both of us".
Colonel Terry L. Childers: "Why, Hodge? Are you going to jail too?"

193 Crimson Tide
Tony Scott
Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, James Gandolfini
1995
Capt. Ramsey: "I expect and demand your very best. Anything less, you should have joined the Air Force".

192 Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Lance Hool
Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams
1985

191 Mission: Impossible
Brian De Palma
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Vanessa Redgrave, Emmanuelle Béart, Kristin Scott Thomas, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno
1996

190 Summer School
Carl Reiner
Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley
1987
Chainsaw: "You passed and I failed! You asshole! How could you do that to me?"
Dave: "It was an accident. I'll take it again. I can fail, I know I can".

189 Ghosts of Mississippi
Rob Reiner
Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods
1996

188 Star Trek
J. J. Abrams
Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Ben Cross, Anton Yelchin, Winona Ryder, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy
2009
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: "Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist!"

187 The Perfect Storm
Wolfgang Petersen
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly, John Hawkes, Karen Allen
2000

186 Transformers The Movie
Nelson Shin
Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Orson Welles, Eric Idle, Chris Latta, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Neil Ross
1986

185 Shrek
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
2001
[Dragon, having a crush on Donkey, is cuddling him]
Donkey: [desperately talking] "I don't want to rush into a... physical relationship... I'm not that emotionally ready for a... uh... commitment of this... uh... magnitude! Really, that's the word I'm looking for, magnitude... Huh! Hey, that is unwanted physical contact! Hey! What're you doing? Okay, okay, okay... let's just back up a little and take this one step at a time... I mean, we should really get to know each other first, you know, as friends or maybe even as pen pals, you know, coz I'm on the road a lot, but I just love to get a card... Hey, hey, hey, don't do that, that's my TAIL, that's my personal tail, you gonna tear it off! I don't give permission to... Hey, what're you gonna do with that? Oh, no, no, no, no... no!"

184 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Jay Roach
Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, Mimi Rogers
1997
Dr. Evil: "Why must I be surrounded by frickin' idiots?"

Austin Powers: "Allow myself to introduce... myself".

183 The Da Vinci Code
Ron Howard
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno
2006

182 From Russia with Love
Terence Young
Sean Connery
1963
James Bond: "Bond, James Bond"

181 Fight Club
David Fincher
Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
1999
Tyler Durden: "Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: someone yells "stop!", goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: No shirts, no shoes. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight".

180 Necessary Roughness
Stan Dragoti
Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Sinbad, Robert Loggia, Kathy Ireland
1991
Coach Rig: "Now, let's analyze what's been working for us".
[Long pause]
Coach Rig: "NOT A G--D--- THING'S been working for us. Like this g--d---- suit doesn't work for me... and this stinking tie... and this g--d---ed shirt. IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY WINNING HARD-NOSED FOOTBALL? YOU PLAY FOOTBALL LIKE ED GENERRO PLAYED FOOTBALL. A guy who gave his life for this football team. He was a 140-pound halfback, and HE PLAYED LIKE A G--D--- WILDMAN! NO! LIKE A G--D--- RAMPAGING BEAST! And that's the way you got to do it! YOU GO OUT THERE! YOU TEAR THEIR F---ING HEADS OFF, AND YOU S--T DOWN THEIR NECKS! Let us pray".

179 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Randa Haines
Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock
1993

178 Swingers
Doug Liman
Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Alex Désert, Patrick Van Horn, Heather Graham
1996
Trent: "Look at this, okay? I want you to remember this face, here. Okay? This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy".

Trent: "You're so money and you don't even know it!"

177 JFK
Oliver Stone
Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Kevin Bacon, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland, Laurie Metcalf, John Candy, Ed Asner, Michael Rooker, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
1991

176 Lethal Weapon 2
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
1989
[about to pull Murtaugh off the booby-trapped toilet]
Martin Riggs: "On three, what do ya say?"
Roger Murtaugh: "Okay".
Martin Riggs: "One... two…"
Roger Murtaugh: "Wait, wait, wait!"
Martin Riggs: "What?"
Roger Murtaugh: "Do we do it on three? Or one, two, three, then do it?"
Martin Riggs: "It's your ass, Cochise!"
Roger Murtaugh: "My ass, yeah. On three".
Martin Riggs: "We go on three?"
Roger Murtaugh: "Yeah".

[At the South African Consulate]
Roger Murtaugh: "How you doin'?"
[his handshake is ignored by the Envoy]
Consulate Envoy: "I think there must be some mistake".
Roger Murtaugh: "Say what?"
Consulate Envoy: "Listen to your friend here, he knows what he's talking about. I don't think you want to go to South Africa".
Roger Murtaugh: "Why not?"
Consulate Envoy: "Because you're black!"
Leo Getz: [to Murtaugh] "You are".
Leo Getz: [to Envoy] "He is".

175 The Karate Kid, Part II
John G. Avildsen
Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita
1986
Daniel: "You think you could break a log like that?"
Miyagi: "Don't know. Never been attacked by a tree".

174 Police Academy
Hugh Wilson
Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G. W. Bailey
1984

173 Rocky Balboa
Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young
2006
Mason 'The Line' Dixon: [before the final round] "You one crazy old man".
Rocky Balboa: "You'll get there".

Rocky Balboa: "I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that! I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna have a life".

172 Glory
Edward Zwick
Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Andre Braugher
1989

171 Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould
2003

170 Philadelphia
Jonathan Demme
Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Joanne Woodward
1993

169 Fred Claus
David Dobkin
Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti
2007

168 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Nathan Frankowski
The conflicts between intelligent design and evolution
2008

167 Father of the Bride
Charles Shyer
Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams, Martin Short, George Newbern
1991

166 Jungle Book
Wolfgang Reitherman
Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, George Sanders
1967

165 Spaceballs
Mel Brooks
John Candy, Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, Dick van Patten, John Hurt, Mel Brooks
1987
Dark Helmet: "So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"

164 Marked for Death
Dwight H. Little
Steven Seagal, Keith David
1990
Max: "Well?"
John Hatcher: "One thought he was invincible... the other thought he could fly".
Max: "So?"
John Hatcher: "They were both wrong".

163 Cinderella
3 directors
Ilene Woods
1950

162 Wall Street
Oliver Stone
Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Terrence Stamp, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Sean Young
1987
Gordon Gekko: "The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good".

161 Wayne's World
Penelope Spheeris
Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere
1992
Wayne Campbell: "Garth, marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries".

Wayne Campbell: "No way!"
Garth Algar: "Way!"

160 Star Trek Generations
David Carson
Patrick Stewart, William Shatner
1994

159 Lean on Me
John G. Avildsen
Morgan Freeman, Lynne Thigpen, Robert Guillaume
1989
Joe Clark: "You've tried it your way for years, and your students can't even pass the State's Minimum Basic Skills Test. THAT MEANS THEY CAN BARELY READ! Now, they've given me one year to turn this place around - to get those test scores up - so that the State will not take us over to perform the task which YOU have failed to accomplish: the task of EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN! So forget about the way it used to be. This is not a damn democracy! We are in a state of emergency and my word is law! There's only one boss around here, and that's me. The HNIC".

158 Transformers
Michael Bay
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
2007

157 Toy Story
John Lasseter
Tim Allen, Tom Hanks (voices)
1995
Buzz: "To infinity, and beyond!"

156 Ocean's Thirteen
Steven Soderbergh
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino
2007
Terry Benedict: "You think this is funny?"
Danny Ocean: "Well, Terry, it sure as shit ain't sad".

Danny Ocean: "You shook Sinatra's hand. You should know better".

155 Maverick
Richard Donner
Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner
1994
Annabelle: "What is it with you and Indians anyway?"
Maverick: "Oh, nothing. I try and shoot one a day, if possible, before noon. How 'bout you, Coop? I figure it's their fault for being on our land before we got here".

Maverick: "After you is ugly Annie Bransford. When she was born, she came out backwards and no one noticed. Hell, when she was little, her parents had to tie a pork chop around her neck so the dog would play with her. When she's making love, she has to pretend SHE'S someone else!"

154 Red Dawn
John Milius
Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton, Ben Johnson, Powers Boothe
1984

153 Hard to Kill
Bruce Malmuth
Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock
1990
[Storm fires a shot between the Senator's legs]
Mason Storm: "I missed! I never miss! They must have been smaller than I thought!"

152 Platoon
Oliver Stone
Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
1986

151 Cannonball Run II
Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marilu Henner, Jackie Chan, Frank Sinatra
1984
Don Canneloni: "In the past, the Canneloni family was the most powerful of the families. We controlled drugs, prostitution, extortion, prostitution, gambling…"
Slim: "Uh, you said 'prostitution' twice".
Don Canneloni: "Well, I like it".


The I’m just sayin… Kid Show of the Week
As always, thanks to Wikipedia...

Our Kid Show of the Week this week is Full House, a sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone (a comedian) and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (a rock musician) to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle. The show originally ran in primetime from September 22, 1987 to May 23, 1995 on ABC. The series ran as part of ABC's TGIF Friday comedy lineup for its first four seasons before moving to Tuesday nights, where it aired for the remainder of its run. The series originally ran for 8 seasons, and 192 episodes.

Over time, the three men as well as the children bond and become closer to one another. Initially, Jesse is uncertain if his life is going in the right direction after making the life-altering decision to help raise the girls. In season two, Danny becomes host of a local television morning show. His co-host, Rebecca "Becky" Donaldson, starts dating Jesse. Becky eventually becomes Jesse's wife and joins the household. The family finds a dog and keeps one of her puppies, Comet, as a pet. Finally, Jesse and Becky have twin sons, Nicky and Alex, who become additions to the family. Two notable additional characters are Kimmy Gibbler, D.J.'s best friend as well as the Tanner family's annoying neighbor, and Steve Hale, D.J.'s boyfriend. The main characters in the show include: Bob Saget as Danny Tanner; John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis; Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone; Candace Cameron as DJ Tanner; Jodi Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner; Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle Tanner; Lori Loughlin as Rebecca “Becky” Donaldson-Katsopolis; and Andrea Barber as Kimmy Gibbler.

Full House aired on Fridays from September 22, 1987 to August 1991, which spanned the show's first four seasons, and later became the flagship program of ABC's newly launched TGIF block. During the 1987–88 season, however, the show did move to Tuesdays briefly, and then aired twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays for a few months in order to help the series build an audience. It remained on Fridays permanently for the next three seasons, as the show's ratings became more respectable. The show was moved to Tuesdays for season five, and remained there until its ending in 1995. While season one was not very successful, mostly because it was a new series placed in an 8/7c time slot (most freshman series start out in protected time slots preceded by successful lead-ins), the show quickly became popular during season two as it was placed immediately following the established hit show Perfect Strangers. From season three onwards it was ranked among the Nielsen ratings' Top 30 shows (a ratings increase which allowed the series to move back to Fridays at 8/7c). By season four, it jumped to the top twenty and remained there until season seven (including seasons 5 and 6 earning their peak spots in the top ten). In 1995, despite the fact the show was still rated in the top 25, ABC announced that it was canceling the show after the 8th season due to the increasing production costs. The new WB network wanted to pick up the show for a 9th season, but John Stamos announced that season eight would be his last (he was mainly upset about Full House defecting from one of the "Big Four" networks to a network which had not yet received full national distribution). Eventually, the other actors announced they were also ready to move on to other projects, thus ending the show's eight-year run. The one-hour finale was watched by 24.3 million viewers, ranking #7 for the week and attracting a 14.6 household rating and a 25 percent audience share.
Full House is a fun show that is safe to watch with children.