10 THINGS - The Story of PG-13

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[Kylipsa]

I love that parents never want to take take responsibility for thier kids. "It's not our fault, it's the rating". It was PG = PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED. Meaning parents needed to review it themselves before showing it to thier kids and the parents decide what thier kids can handle.

[AvalonEndures]

Having your mom speaking was great for two reasons:

1. It came out of nowhere and was hilarious

2. We had a real reason from a parent who actually made that decision.

[mac]

I attempted to show Gremlins to my 9 year old daughter a few months ago, forgetting how scary it becomes about 30 minutes in. She freaked out when Mom started hearing noises in the house after discovering the empty gooey pods. We shut it off to be revisited in the future. She likes to be a little frightened in movies, but not this much. Great job on this video, Minty!

[dak]

I was 13 years old when both GREMLINS and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM hit theaters. The 80's were a great time to be a kid and go to these kind of films. E.T., POLTERGEIST, GOONIES, RETURN OF THE JEDI, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, etc etc etc. Being a 13 year old and watching them for the first time on the big screen with no Internet, no social media, and no spoilers (not counting the big news spoilers of 1982 for STAR TREK II THE WRATH OF KHAN), it was an absolute GLORIOUS time to be entertained. Were we scared? Yes. Were we thrilled? Yes? Were we excited? Absolutely!!! Did we want them edited? I was fine with PG13 being created. It was the right thing to do. But we weren't permanently scarred or anything and we didn't feel it was inappropriate. I guess the creation of the PG13 rating was the same as them created NC17 as well. Guess they needed an in between as well. Thanks for the video. It was fun.

[dfrost]

That scene you showed from Jurassic Park when the t rex snatched the lawyer off of the toilet might say it all to me. A friend who had cable tv back in the olden days recorded it for us and my wife, sons and myself sat or lay down in front of the vcr to watch it. My wife and youngest son went to sleep as expected while my eldest, then two years old and I continued to watch the movie. When the movie got to that scene my son, with his eyes remaining glued to the tv, crawled up into bed next to my sleeping wife and got under the covers. I paused the movie and asked him if that had scared him, his answer was, "uh-huh, watch that again!" I rewinded the tape to that scene, and we watched it again.

[garrettbays]

Hello Minty's Mum! Thank you for being the mother to one of the most enjoyable YouTubers we have had the pleasure of listening to and for participating in this marvelous video. God bless!!!

[Humongous]

Minty calling his mom...😂 absolutely epic! 💯 made my Christmas season 🎄

[stevebalmer]

I always remembered that
Red Dawn was the first PG13 movie because I knew it would be a trivia question someday.

[thegatorgar]

That Poltergeist/Pizza Hut/jump cut info absolutely blew my mind. I thought that was an effective filmmaking choice to convey the father disassociating out of fear. It felt like it was on purpose and it’s always caught my attention. I am absolutely stunned. And I could also really go for a stuffed crust pizza and a Dr. Pepper right now, for some reason….

[franktaylor]

I remember watching Jaws at the drive-in in the back of a Chevy Nomad.
I never been so scared in all my life. I could close my eyes or put my head in the giant grocery bag of popcorn. We made our own snacks back then and the grocery bag was paper.
I couldn't escape the music. Even my older brother was scared.
We lived in Socal near the beaches. Was a whole different experience going to be beach from then on out.

Cheers from the PNW Seattle WA area 🤘

[garyhunt]

Thank you Mark for continuing to make sure great videos I always look forward to them.

Looking forward to more in 2024

Have fantastic Christmas and safe new year to you Mark and your family. Gary from England

[jamesmullins]

Thank you for another wonderful video Minty! It’s also nice seeing your take on films and film history. 😊

[derekedwards]

I've been watching your channel for a long time and I love it! I listen to episodes on the way to work every day! Thanks for all the great videos and hard work and keep up the great work! Merry Christmas Minty!

[Willo]

Thanks for the coverage of this issue. I always think when movies are rated, "not for children" but books about fairy tales with witches, ogres, and other scary themes are read to kids 2yo and above. My parents let me watch anything I wanted, and I often stayed up late with my dad watching the twilight zone 😂

[SF-wmzf]

I have to agree with that cut in Poltergeist, saying you hate Pizza Hut in the early 80’s was maybe sacrilegious, a trip to Pizza Hut back then was the best treat you could get as a kid.

[kevthepoet]

The "Did I look like someone's Grandma" monologue was the funniest thing I've heard Minty say lmfao

[moonprincesst.s.h.ever]

Minty, you were ADORABLE as a little boy! You didn't look like an old grandma at all. I think that you could have been a great child model. 🥰
Merry Christmas of 2023, happy holidays and a happy and safe new year of 2024 to you and your family members. 🎄🎁🎇🎉🎊

[BrenTheSupernerb]

Excellent video! I've added Gremlins to my holiday movie list & am watching it now.
You mentioned that you'd spent a lot of time on this video & it shows. Really well done.

[brandonspears]

Your parents must have been real sticklers. My mom let me watch gremlins, and i was like 6 or 7 at the time. To this day, we watch it every year during the Christmas season

[RaffBuilding]

At the time of release, I was under the impression that Dreamscape was the first PG-13, but you have set the record straight! Great work, as always.