On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
1) In this song, Dinah Shore admits that her impetuous romances don't work out. Do you consider yourself impulsive?
I’m the exact opposite… I over think.
2) The songwriting team of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne composed this in a single evening. Since the song is rather short Sammy considered adding another verse, but Jule thought better of it, saying, "No. That's it." Are you more like Sammy and keep revising, tinkering and tweaking? Or, like Jule, do you find it easy to leave well enough alone?
I am a tinker and tweaker, always checking for ways to improve it.
3) The song was introduced in Anchors Aweigh, a movie about two sailors who find love during a two-day leave in New York. Have you ever enjoyed a romance while on holiday?
Nope.
4) Though Frank Sinatra sang the song in the movie, Dinah's version was also popular. Her record sales in the 1940s were boosted by concerts, radio appearances and performances for the troops. What singer who is no longer with us do you wish you could have seen in concert?
Oh that is an easy answer Linda Ronstadt
Did you know that this song was written by written
by the late Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
5) Dinah was shy with new people, but discovered as a high school cheerleader that she was good in front of a crowd. Give us one of your high school cheers.
Um… I was into science… not sports.
6) She loved golf and was so good at it, she became the first woman admitted as a member to the prestigious Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. What's your best sport?
See above!
7) Dinah found her greatest success in television. She was so popular for so long that she was able to afford a luxury home, built to her specifications, in Palm Springs. Leonardo DiCaprio now owns it. Do you know who lived in your home before you moved in?
Um… no one. I built it, or rather I was the general contractor.
8) In 1945, when this song was popular, Abbott and Costello appeared in the movie The Naughty Nineties, which featured their famous "Who's On First" routine. Do you know it?
Oh yes. I seen many comedians try to duplicate it but nothing come close to the original.
9) Random question – Fill in the blank: After all these years, I still ____________.
I still don’t like calling on the phone. (That’s what great about contacting by email… it is impersonal)
When I was interning my intern supervisor noticed it and she wrote it up on my review.
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!
#4 it’s a shame she can’t sing anymore
ReplyDelete#5I was into theater and music, not sports
Oh--#9 is a definite yes!!!
ReplyDeleteWe were the contractor on our home, too. I don't know if the banks still allow that these days.
ReplyDeleteI did not like the phone system at work. I got to see Linda Ronstadt in concert in the 80's. It was her Canciones de mi Padre tour. (Songs of my Father)She had a Mariachi band playing and she sang in Spanish. She had a Hispanic background. Her great grandfather was from Germany and married her great grandmother who was Mexican. Linda was born and raised in Tuscon Arizona, and the family celebrated the music from her family. She was so very talented until she got sick.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea Michael Nesmith wrote that song. I hate talking on the phone too. Texting is better I think.
ReplyDeleteAh, Linda Ronstadt is a lovely choice. She could sing anything! Country, rock, old standards, even Gilbert & Sullivan.
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