1) Grateful Dead - some of the songs are classics. If you think I am a fool, you are not listening. You are more afraid of being considered a "deadhead," being part of that culture, than just plain disliking the music. Most people who claim not to like the music cannot name a single song even though they know 20, much less say why they don't like it. We're too old for this. Get over it.
2) Dirty Dancing - I was forced to watch it as a teenager by my, now dead, chorus teacher on days that she did not feel like teaching. Saw it again over the weekend and it's a good movie. The main characters all show substantial growth. They are all sympathetic. And it's a coming-of-age story: Jennifer Gray's character has to deal with growing up and dealing with a world that she know nothing about. I prefer my coming of age stories to be about boys, as it is easier for me to identify with, but thankfully this one is not a male coming-of-age story.
Yeah, don't feel bad - Dirty Dancing is my favorite movie of all time. I own it, I've watched it maybe 30 times and I can recite the whole thing.
BTW - where the hell have you been!? I called you the other night, but no answer.