Saturday 9 Doris Day

Secret Love

                                          Hosted by Sam!

Secret Love (1953)

Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

Rest in peace, Doris Day (1922-2019)

1) In this song Doris admits she's spoken to the stars, "the way dreamers often do." Do you often daydream?

Yes, I do...   especially as I  think about possibly returning to Ireland!!

2) What's the last secret you kept? (It doesn't have to be romantic.)

If I told it wouldn't be a secret.

So, I'll never tell!

3) While "Secret Love" was one of Miss Day's best-selling records, and the song won an Oscar, she did not perform it at the Academy Awards Ceremony. She said she was just too nervous to sing it live before an international television audience and an auditorium full of entertainment professionals. When did you last suffer an attack of nerves?

Man, I grew up with them..  My first piano recital was held in a swanky hotel  downtown  and we wore formals.. I was  about 7   and I was petrified; I  was nervous   until  my midteens when I  was much more accomplished and had   my confidence.  Being a teacher also helped me  lose my jitters.

4) Doris' well-publicized attack of Oscar stage fright was unexpected because she began her career as a band singer, performing before live audiences every night. But she reportedly did develop more phobias over the years, including a fear of flying. Is there anything that scares you now, as an adult, that didn't frighten you as a child?

I hate to admit it because it seems so silly  ,  but  I was never  afraid of escalators..  I loved them, in fact,  but  in 1985 we adopted our daughter from Korea and  we drove to Philadelphia airport to  pick her up. The escalator there was very  tall and long.  I went up it,  but  the thought of carrying that baby  back down it  terrified me and I  was even  sort of feeling vertigo,  I have  felt that same  vertigo every time I think about using one.  I always have to use the elevator!

5) Doris Day made 39 movies between 1948 and 1968. She said one of her favorite things about film making was working with costume designers on her wardrobe. Do you enjoy shopping for clothes?

Not particularly,  but  I  must say when I saw this meme and the orange   it reminded me that I always thought orange was  Doris's favorite color.

        

6) Doris confessed that when she had to lose weight for a role, she gave up ice cream. If we checked your freezer, would we find any ice cream?

I do love a bit of ice cream..  Right now I have  Klondike Bars No Sugar Added!

7) In 1985 she hosted a cable show called Doris Day's Best Friends. She used the show as a platform to promote pet adoptions and animal welfare. Most of the guests were celebrity friends who reportedly donated their salaries for appearing on the show to Doris' pet foundation. Did you more recently ask a friend for a favor, or perform a favor for a friend?

I guess you could say  I   hinted at a favor  and  a sweet friend politely  agreed to do something.  She works at the library and we joined a Summer reading program.. I told her via email I  had ordered  a book on reserve that I planned to pick up Monday.  She  wrote back to say she'd get it today at work and bring it to me tomorrow at church!  What a true blue buddy!

8) For more than 20 years, Doris co-owned the Cypress Inn in Carmel, CA. The Inn expects to continue on without her, and maintain the pet-friendly policies she introduced. Have you ever traveled with your dog or cat?

We always only had cats, and  neither of them travelled well, so NO!

9) Random question: What's the last thing you complained about? I suppose it  was yesterday  ...  Hubs loves to turn the A/C off , but I wish he would leave it alone.. I suddenly got  very warm yesterday afternoon hot and  humid and  it felt airless in the house.  I  have to have air moving around!!