Help make me cry with a recent mefi thread!

December 8, 2009 9:26 PM

Looking for a relatively recent ask mefi thread concerning scenes in movies and short, internet available videos that would cause one to cry, although not necessarily sad. More along the lines of "uplifting and touching." All I remember is that both Big Fish and UP were mentioned, and it was around 3 weeks ago. Help!
posted by broadway bill to MetaFilter-Related at 9:26 PM (14 comments total)

This one.
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:30 PM on December 8, 2009

No, this one.
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:33 PM on December 8, 2009

What's better than the best answer? Because that's what Turgid Dahlia needs for those answers.
posted by dnesan at 9:36 PM on December 8, 2009

man, i wish i'd asked about tasteful hardcore.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 10:46 PM on December 8, 2009

tators that is.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 10:47 PM on December 8, 2009

The Marmalade
posted by philip-random at 11:27 PM on December 8, 2009

man, i wish i'd asked about tasteful hardcore.

Isn't all of it uplifting and touching? It might be hard to narrow down what you're looking for.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:57 PM on December 8, 2009 [1 favorite]

Jason McElwain was an autistic high school student. He was the basketball team's "manager", and the coach decided to let him suit up and play in the team's final regular-season game. He proceeded to nail six three-pointers and a jump shot in four minutes and the place went nuts.

Dammit, now I'm crying again because I went and re-watched the stoopid video.
posted by DWRoelands at 7:12 AM on December 9, 2009 [3 favorites]

And, now I see that people were looking for threads and not videos. I'm a dope. Mods, feel free to delete. Gah!
posted by DWRoelands at 7:13 AM on December 9, 2009

Nah, I love that stupid basketball video.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:35 AM on December 9, 2009 [1 favorite]

I think I got something in my contact.

Jeez hold on guys
posted by Plutor at 7:43 AM on December 9, 2009

I missed that thread turgid dahlia linked the first time around, or maybe I just wasn't up for it.

It's nice to know for all of our snarkiness, we all really are a bunch of saps at heart.
posted by marxchivist at 8:11 AM on December 9, 2009

stoopid video.

I've got a cold, alright?
posted by Sassyfras at 9:33 AM on December 9, 2009

This wikipedia article has some followup on Jason. My favorite part is:

In 2007, Topps trading cards produced a Jason McElwain card as part of its retro-themed Allen & Ginter set.
posted by marsha56 at 11:09 AM on December 9, 2009