Hi small girl

We are in the cinema and you are with probably your dad.

They're showing ET. It's some kind of anniversary

I've always said cinemas should show more old films

they should show the football too

they should show daytime TV and random sitcoms

during the day you should be able to go in and see 

whatever they're showing like those educational films

in art galleries and museums. It's quite a good way

to watch things, to wander in and sit on a beanbag 

and someone is talking about the great artists of the

Victorian era and then the credits roll

and you wait for it to start again, then stand up

at the exact moment you realise you've already seen this bit

ET was released six months after I was born

and I remember my dad telling me and my sister how much

we were going to enjoy it and the cinema is full 

of that exact kind of love

"Let me introduce you to something I cherish."

The voice of ET, the person who says ET phone home

was played by Patricia Welsh, who was uncredited.

She was a chainsmoker which gave the distinct

raspy voice and she died of pneumonia.

She was in Return of the Jedi too. They'll probably show that

at this cinema next time it has some kind of anniversary.