Saturday 9: I've Written a Letter to Daddy (1962)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's featured song? Hear it here.
1) This song is from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, which was released on Halloween Day, 1962. Do you like scary movies?
I did when I was knee high to a grasshopper but not now.
2) The "Baby Jane" of the title is Baby Jane Hudson. Jane was a child star, singing and dancing in vaudeville. She was so popular that Baby Jane dolls sold well at her shows. Tell us about one of your favorite childhood toys.
I used to have a teddy bear… which my brother took gleeful delight in hiding from me.
3) Baby Jane's career hit the skids when she hit her teens and audiences no longer found her cute. Adolescence can be a tough time for many of us. Did you ever go through an awkward phase?
Yes, my whole childhood looking back I probably have been diagnosed with a learning disorder now a days.
4) Meanwhile, Jane's older sister Blanche blossomed into a beauty and became a major movie actress. Her career was cut short when, at the height of her popularity, her back is broken in a car accident involving a drunken Jane. Most of the movie takes place in the mansion Blanche bought back when she was a star. Blanche is confined to a wheelchair and completely dependent on Jane, who is bitter, jealous, and well, bonkers. Very bad things happen. Can you think of another movie where scary things happen in a big old house?
Naw. Like I said I don’t watch scary movies. Now, a nice SiFi movie...
5) As a (crazy) older woman, Jane convinces herself she can relaunch her career and recapture the love of the public. She dresses like she did as a little girl and makes up her face to look like those Baby Jane dolls that were sold long ago at her childhood performances. Then she rehearses this week's song. The result is so memorable that now, more than 60 years later, you can still find "Baby Jane" Halloween costumes online. Tell us about a Halloween costume you really enjoyed wearing.
I just dressed in standard homemade costumes… a pirate, a solider, a doctors… etc.
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
Unfamiliar with this week's featured song? Hear it here.
1) This song is from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, which was released on Halloween Day, 1962. Do you like scary movies?
I did when I was knee high to a grasshopper but not now.
2) The "Baby Jane" of the title is Baby Jane Hudson. Jane was a child star, singing and dancing in vaudeville. She was so popular that Baby Jane dolls sold well at her shows. Tell us about one of your favorite childhood toys.
I used to have a teddy bear… which my brother took gleeful delight in hiding from me.
3) Baby Jane's career hit the skids when she hit her teens and audiences no longer found her cute. Adolescence can be a tough time for many of us. Did you ever go through an awkward phase?
Yes, my whole childhood looking back I probably have been diagnosed with a learning disorder now a days.
4) Meanwhile, Jane's older sister Blanche blossomed into a beauty and became a major movie actress. Her career was cut short when, at the height of her popularity, her back is broken in a car accident involving a drunken Jane. Most of the movie takes place in the mansion Blanche bought back when she was a star. Blanche is confined to a wheelchair and completely dependent on Jane, who is bitter, jealous, and well, bonkers. Very bad things happen. Can you think of another movie where scary things happen in a big old house?
Naw. Like I said I don’t watch scary movies. Now, a nice SiFi movie...
5) As a (crazy) older woman, Jane convinces herself she can relaunch her career and recapture the love of the public. She dresses like she did as a little girl and makes up her face to look like those Baby Jane dolls that were sold long ago at her childhood performances. Then she rehearses this week's song. The result is so memorable that now, more than 60 years later, you can still find "Baby Jane" Halloween costumes online. Tell us about a Halloween costume you really enjoyed wearing.
I just dressed in standard homemade costumes… a pirate, a solider, a doctors… etc.
When I was growing up we made our own costumes, an old eye patch, a bandana, and burnt cork for a mustache... but now they are all store bought!
6) Which kind of spooky movie villain do you find scarier: supernatural monsters (Dracula, Wolfman, ghosts, etc.) or human monsters (Baby Jane, Michael Meyers from the Halloween franchise, etc.)?
Bikini Beach (1964) caused a rash of "Teenage Werewolf" costumes at the high school Halloween Dance. [Do they still have high school dances?]
Questions inspired by Halloween ....
7) Orange and black are the traditional Halloween colors, with orange representing the autumn harvest and black symbolizing all things scary and mysterious. Are you wearing either color as you answer these questions?
Nope… just my pj… it is 4:30AM!
8) Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland, though instead of pumpkins, they carved gourds. When Irish immigrants arrived in the US, they used pumpkins because they were more readily available. Did you decorate your home with a jack-o-lantern, or anything else, for Halloween?
Nope.
But my neighbor did!
When I went out at night it took a half hour to get in and out of my house. I had to get in line just to pull out of my driveway.
9) Think back to your trick-or-treating days. Which candy were you happiest to find your bag?
Well if it had any chocolate… it met the criteria. Candy Corn… never even made it out of the driveway.
6) Which kind of spooky movie villain do you find scarier: supernatural monsters (Dracula, Wolfman, ghosts, etc.) or human monsters (Baby Jane, Michael Meyers from the Halloween franchise, etc.)?
Bikini Beach (1964) caused a rash of "Teenage Werewolf" costumes at the high school Halloween Dance. [Do they still have high school dances?]
Questions inspired by Halloween ....
7) Orange and black are the traditional Halloween colors, with orange representing the autumn harvest and black symbolizing all things scary and mysterious. Are you wearing either color as you answer these questions?
Nope… just my pj… it is 4:30AM!
8) Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland, though instead of pumpkins, they carved gourds. When Irish immigrants arrived in the US, they used pumpkins because they were more readily available. Did you decorate your home with a jack-o-lantern, or anything else, for Halloween?
Nope.
But my neighbor did!
When I went out at night it took a half hour to get in and out of my house. I had to get in line just to pull out of my driveway.
9) Think back to your trick-or-treating days. Which candy were you happiest to find your bag?
Well if it had any chocolate… it met the criteria. Candy Corn… never even made it out of the driveway.
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