It's a scene that every child of the ’80s knows by heart: Riding through the California wilderness with his extra-terrestrial pal, E.T., riding shotgun — or, more accurately, riding shot-basket — ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — In 1982, the most important thing in the world to six-year-old me was "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," the story of a young boy who finds friendship with a homesick alien. It came ...