If you want to vicariously enjoy our quest to watch every live-action version of Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass, I’m tagging every post with an Alice in Wonderland tag.

Wednesday, we started watching the epic 3 1/2 hour 1985 made-for-tv adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. I have vague memories of this movie, but mostly I think I repressed it. This version starred Roddy McDowall, Scott Baio, Sherman Hemsley, Telly Savalas, Ringo Starr, Imogene Coca, Red Buttons, Sid Caesar, Sally Struthers, John Stamos, Ernest Borgnine, Beau and Lloyd Bridges, Carol Channing, Merv Griffin, and Sammy Davis, Jr, among others.

I’m pretty sure that watching this movie is what going crazy feels like.

We should have drunk more coffee before we started watching it. We weren’t even through the Love Boat-esque opening credits before Husband was yelling, “This isn’t good. This isn’t good.” Plus, Every time Alice said, “Eat me,” we started snickering like Beavis and Butthead.

We watched the first 20 minutes. During Sammy Davis, Jr’s Father William dance number I checked amazon and discovered that I could own this gem for only $6.99. I think it’s going to take a while to get through the whole movie so I ordered my own copy and returned the Netflix copy.

That means we won’t have it to enjoy during Snowpocalypse 2010 but that may be for the best. I have 9 other versions stacked up here to keep us busy, although none of those feature visual effects were by John Dykstra, of Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek and Sewer Shark fame.

I can also use the time to blog about a few other versions we’ve watched recently. Of Alice, not Sewer Shark. There can be only one Sewer Shark.

But back to Alice…If you only own one made-for-tv adaptation of Alice in Wonderland starring every cheese-tastic tv star from the 70s and early 80s, this is the version for you. You might also want to invest in some pharmaceuticals or a good bottle of gin. You’re going to need it.