Saturday 9: Backfield in Motion

Sam’s Saturday 9: Backfield in Motion (1969)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…



Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's Saturday 9 has a football theme because there's a big game Sunday. Will you be watching?
Kind of, I am having a party at my house and once in a while I’ll be glancing at the TV.

2) The Super Bowl is the second-largest day for food consumption in the US, second only to Thanksgiving. What's on your menu this weekend?
It is BYOF&S… Bring your own food and snacks. I’m having hot dogs cooked on my woodstove.

3) Super Bowl Sunday is the #1 day for consuming guacamole. When did you most recently eat something with avocado in it?
It was last week where I volunteer they had take-out for lunch, they ordered from a Mexican restaurant, and I had a chicken quesadilla which comes with guacamole, salsa, and sour cream.

4) The Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton, OH. Have you ever visited Canton, or any other city in Ohio?
Yes it was a long time ago. I was a field service technician and we were installing EKG radios in ambulances and the hospital in Xenia Ohio. Remember the TV show “Emergency” well we made those radios. I literally mean the radios used on the show were made by Pioneer Medical; they were mockups with no electronics in them.

5) This song mentions different moves that football players -- and, it seems, girlfriends -- can make that will result in penalties. What's the last rule you broke? What were the consequences?
I take the Fifth, I refuse to answer on the grounds it might incriminate me

6) In 1969, the year this song was popular, the Colts lost to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III. The game is famous because of all the hype leading up to it, including Joe Namath "guaranteeing" his underdog Jets would win. Tell us about a time when you felt like an underdog.
It seems like all the time, I have a huge inferiority complex.

7) This week's featured duo, Mel and Tim, are cousins from Mississippi. Tell us about one of your cousins.
I found out that their daughter won the New England school skiing champion ship and now she is going to a private high school on a scholarship.

8) The song is about a man who catches his girl cheating and he just won't put up with it. In romance, do you find it easy to forgive and forget?
No, I was cheated on in high school and it is very hard to forgive when you trust someone.

9) Random question: You've collected a box of gently-used items to donate to a second hand store. What would it be most likely to contain: clothes, housewares, or books/video/music?
Well I have just donated some old clothes to a Food Pantry and Resource Center where a friend is the cook for their dinning center.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!