Over the weekend, The Man of Steel and I finally finished washing the windows. To celebrate, he suggest we sit down and watch The Music Man, the 1962 classic movie musical staring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. So we did. It was a fantastic way to spend an afternoon together, and here are 10 reasons why.

10. Hearing the Man of Steel exclaim, during the early part of the movie when Marion Paroo (Shirley Jones) was in her severe phase, “You know who she reminds me of? Hillary Clinton!”

9. The movie is set in a fictional town in my home state, Iowa. And it was written by Meredith Wilson, who hailed from Mason City, Iowa.

8. Because these lyrics from Iowa Stubborn are absolutely true:

And we’re so by God stubborn
We can stand touchin’ noses
For a week at a time
And never see eye-to-eye.
But we’ll give you our shirt
And a back to go with it
If your crops should happen to die.

7. B-a-a-a-a-a-a-l-zac.

6. The library dumbwaiter. I want one.

5. There’s nothing like listening to and watching a marching band to get the blood pumping. Except for being in a marching band…and the movie brought back great memories of being in one in high school.

4. Buddy Hackett’s plaid suit in Shipoopi. And Buddy Hackett in general. What a goofball.

3. The little girl in the white sailor suit with blue trim dancing her heart out in Seventy-Six Trombones.

2. Winthrom Paroo (a.k.a. Opie Taylor, also known as Ron Howard)

1. Robert Preston. He is the definition of the word “prance.”

Do you love The Music Man movie? Tell us why in the comment box.