Saturday 9: 77 Sunset Strip

Sam’s Saturday 9: 77 Sunset Strip (1958)

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

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1) 77 Sunset Strip was one of TV's early hits, running for six seasons. Before this morning, were you familiar with this show?

Oh yes, I used to watch it all the time.

2) The show's jazzy theme is punctuated by finger snaps. When you snap your fingers, is the left-handed snap as loud as your right-handed snap?

No.

3) The show revolved around Bailey and Spencer Investigations. Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were among TV first "private eyes." Who is your all-time favorite TV PI?

Magnum PI... Best cars!

4) Their office had "a fancy label," meaning an attractive address, on Los Angeles' Sunset Blvd. Tell us about the prestige area of your neighborhood.

Well there are two. One in West Hartford and the other in Greenwich.

Not much to write about just big houses, big yards, and big hedges or fences.

5) Next door was Dino's Lodge, the real-life restaurant and bar owned by entertainer Dean Martin. Are you a Dean Martin fan?

Naw, the only thing I think he was good act was pretending to be a drunk.

6) The valet at Dino's was Kookie. He was known for his perfect hair, his slang ("ginchy" meant cool, "germsville" was the hospital, "a dark seven" was a bad week) and his desire to someday be a private investigator, like Stu and Jeff. Do you think you'd be a good detective?

Nope, I would believe everything anyone told me. I’m too gullible.

7) Stu and Jeff had a loyal secretary named Suzanne, played by French actress Jacqueline Beer. She was married to adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, who famously traveled from Peru to French Polynesia by raft. Does 100 days on a raft, sailing the south seas, sound fascinating to you?

Nope. But maybe in a 60 foot sailboat with all the amenities like the internet, Dish TV, and air conditioning.

8) Clint Eastwood was fan of the show and, in the 1990s, tried unsuccessfully to bring 77 Sunset Strip back. Is there a show from the past you'd like to see "rebooted?"

Yes, Roots. I think it is time to bring the show back.

9) Random question: Thinking about the last week, did you nag anyone? Or were you the one who was nagged?

Neither… Well come to think of it my contractor, he hasn’t move the picnic table back.

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.

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This is the Cape Cod National Seashore Nauset Marsh Trail around Salt Pond.

For the photograph buffs…

It is a HDR photo made up of 3 photos exposed 1.5 f-stops apart processed using PhotoMatix and accenting the underexposed photo (-1.5 f). I then used Lightroom to adjust the looks of the photo, and finally I used Topaz DeNoise AI to remove the noise and sharpen the photograph.