Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9: California Nights (1967)
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Lesley Gore premiered this song on an episode of Batman. She played Pussycat, the protegee of Catwoman. (That explains her outfit in the video.) How many of Batman's nemeses can you name?
None, I probably only watched to first Batman movie many, many years ago.
2) At least five actors have played The Caped Crusader already (Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale) and Ben Affleck will play him in 2016's Batman vs. Superman. Who is your favorite Batman? (If any Batmen were inadvertently omitted, Sam apologizes.)
See above. I only watched the Adam West Batman.
3) Unlike most superheroes, Batman doesn't have any superpowers. This Saturday, you're more fortunate. We're bestowing any superpower on you that you want. Which would you like?
Hmm… the power to settle arguments peacefully.
4) Though she's singing of warm California nights, Lesley Gore was a New Yorker, born in Brooklyn and, in February of this year, dying in Manhattan. Which coast have you spent more time on, the West Coast or the East Coast?
Well since I live only 40 miles from the Atlantic ocean (well technically Long Island Sound) it is kind of obvious.
5) Not many people know that while she was making records, Lesley was also a student at Sarah Lawrence and graduated with her BA in 1968. What's something we would be surprised to know about you?
That I am quite shy.
6) In 1967, when this song was popular, the best selling new camera in the United States was the new Polaroid Swinger. Think about the most recent photo you took. Did you use a camera, a tablet, or a phone?
It was a camera.
7) The big fashion trend of 1967 was bright tights, in shades like Hot Pink, Shock Orange and Grass Green. Tell us about something you wore when it was trendy but now you look back and think, "Oh, God, that was awful!"
It was back in the mid-eighties during the height of the leisure suit craze. The grooms were dressed in yellow leisure suits with high heel shoes. We looked like canaries so we taped yellow beaks to our noses.
8) In 1967, drivers complained about "gas wars." The price was unpredictable and would rise and fall, day by day, as much as 30¢ per gallon. How much does it cost you to fill up your tank today?
$2.73/gal.
9) Random question: Are there dishes in your kitchen sink right now?
Yes and I won’t go into details
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) Lesley Gore premiered this song on an episode of Batman. She played Pussycat, the protegee of Catwoman. (That explains her outfit in the video.) How many of Batman's nemeses can you name?
None, I probably only watched to first Batman movie many, many years ago.
2) At least five actors have played The Caped Crusader already (Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale) and Ben Affleck will play him in 2016's Batman vs. Superman. Who is your favorite Batman? (If any Batmen were inadvertently omitted, Sam apologizes.)
See above. I only watched the Adam West Batman.
3) Unlike most superheroes, Batman doesn't have any superpowers. This Saturday, you're more fortunate. We're bestowing any superpower on you that you want. Which would you like?
Hmm… the power to settle arguments peacefully.
4) Though she's singing of warm California nights, Lesley Gore was a New Yorker, born in Brooklyn and, in February of this year, dying in Manhattan. Which coast have you spent more time on, the West Coast or the East Coast?
Well since I live only 40 miles from the Atlantic ocean (well technically Long Island Sound) it is kind of obvious.
5) Not many people know that while she was making records, Lesley was also a student at Sarah Lawrence and graduated with her BA in 1968. What's something we would be surprised to know about you?
That I am quite shy.
6) In 1967, when this song was popular, the best selling new camera in the United States was the new Polaroid Swinger. Think about the most recent photo you took. Did you use a camera, a tablet, or a phone?
It was a camera.
I'm with the mayor of Hartford at a banquet last night, his spouse was in my classes at grad school.
7) The big fashion trend of 1967 was bright tights, in shades like Hot Pink, Shock Orange and Grass Green. Tell us about something you wore when it was trendy but now you look back and think, "Oh, God, that was awful!"
It was back in the mid-eighties during the height of the leisure suit craze. The grooms were dressed in yellow leisure suits with high heel shoes. We looked like canaries so we taped yellow beaks to our noses.
8) In 1967, drivers complained about "gas wars." The price was unpredictable and would rise and fall, day by day, as much as 30¢ per gallon. How much does it cost you to fill up your tank today?
$2.73/gal.
9) Random question: Are there dishes in your kitchen sink right now?
Yes and I won’t go into details
I have a dinner plate, a covered microwave bowl, a steak knife, two spoons, a knife and a fork in my sink. There, I said it! Your turn. How much worse can your sink be?
ReplyDeleteOh... much, much worst!
ReplyDeleteNow that would be a picture to see.... yellow leisure suits with yellow beaks!!
ReplyDeleteYour dishes answer cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteThere is something very classic about that first Batman movie. Corny but, classic.
ReplyDeleteThe power to settle arguments - that would make you rule the world!
ReplyDeleteOh that would be the best superpower of all. I hope you get it! I LOL at the beaks at the weddings. hahaha! That's cute.
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