# Free To Be You And Me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-be-you-and-me/389316>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-be-you-and-me/389316 "2007-01-24T21:43:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-be-you-and-me/389316/41 "2007-01-27T04:16:54Z")

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I was thrilled to buy the video about 15 years ago, and still have it. I probably watched that movie 20 times as a kid, growing up in Minneapolis in the '70s. It was liberal times, it was! I am actually amazed that so many folks are in this thread talking about how they remember it, and also amazed that I hardly run into anyone IRL who has heard of it. The “I am a tender sweet young thing” is a catchphrase for me, too, but most people have no idea what I’m talking about.

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**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-to-be-you-and-me/389316/42 "2007-01-27T06:18:19Z")

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I saw it in 5th or 6th grade (early 80s), and have never forgotten it (except for “Girl Land” - I don’t remember that being in the movie). I was so thrilled when Mr. Lucky found a copy of the book at a library used-book sale a couple years back. Time to dust it off for the Princess…

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