Saturday 9: When Love Goes Wrong (Nothing Goes Right) 1953
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This is from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Have you seen it?
Yes, but a long time ago!!
Yes, but a long time ago!!
2) The lyrics tell us that, when love goes wrong, "a match won't light." When did you most recently light a match?
I always light the dining room candles with a match.. I detest that large candle lighter...
I always light the dining room candles with a match.. I detest that large candle lighter...
3) The duet is performed at a French sidewalk cafe, where Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe are (literally) sharing a cup of coffee. With whom did you most recently have coffee?
Hubs and I enjoyed our coffee together this morning. So good!!!
4) The tune was written by prolific composer Hoagy Carmichael. He was influenced by his mother, who earned extra money for the family playing piano during silent movies. Who in your life influenced your career choices?
I love Hoagie Carmichael!
My aunts influenced me to go into teaching. Two of my mother's sisters attended the same college I did and one was a fourth grade teacher just
like me..
I love Hoagie Carmichael!
My aunts influenced me to go into teaching. Two of my mother's sisters attended the same college I did and one was a fourth grade teacher just
like me..
5) Jane and Marilyn shared something beyond movie stardom. They were both married to Hall of Famers. Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, who was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Jane was married to quarterback Bob Waterfield, inducted into the football Hall of Fame in 1965. Which sport would you rather watch: baseball or football?
I like football best.. Baseball seems so slow!
I like football best.. Baseball seems so slow!
6) Jane and Bob Waterfield were high school sweethearts at Van Nuys High. The Southern California school was used as a set for the 1982 movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Tell us something about your high school.
I attended HS from 1964-68, those were great years to be a teenager.. I really enjoyed our high school. It was a safe place to grow from childhood to adulthood. We had wonderful teachers and the students from across various backgrounds were very collegial and worked together for the common good! I do not remember a single incident of unrest there. I was in Future Teachers and Future Homemakers of America, and the Spanish Club. I lived pretty far from school and didnt particularly like walking home in the afternoons! 😁
I attended HS from 1964-68, those were great years to be a teenager.. I really enjoyed our high school. It was a safe place to grow from childhood to adulthood. We had wonderful teachers and the students from across various backgrounds were very collegial and worked together for the common good! I do not remember a single incident of unrest there. I was in Future Teachers and Future Homemakers of America, and the Spanish Club. I lived pretty far from school and didnt particularly like walking home in the afternoons! 😁
7) Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio met on a blind date at a Hollywood restaurant called Villa Nova. Have you ever arranged a blind date? If so, did the couple hit it off and end up dating? Well, I went on a couple of blind dates only because I wanted to help my friend who really needed a date for the driver of the car so she and her guy could go out . it was a double.. and I learned my lesson! BLeeh. This all after my hubs who at that time was my steady went into the service, he had a friend from his college days who had transfered to near by my college and being a great guy took me to a couple of great concerts ( Chicago and I think it was the Beach Boys.). So I wanted to fix him up. There was a really lovely, but shy, young lady on my floor who never dated.. and I had kept thinking wow, she and John would make a great couple. So I got them together.. It was a match made in heaven both of them blossomed.. last I heard they were engaged.. I hope it all worked out for them.. We have tried to locate them several times even going to John's
home town ... but to no avail!
home town ... but to no avail!
8) In 1953, when Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was released, a tornado did severe damage to Waco, TX. Tell us about a major weather event that you endured (tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, etc.). The flood of '85 was pretty devastating to our area.
Many roads were washed out including roads in our neighborhood, of the many ways we could manauever
to get out of our neighborhood, only 1 way was passable after the flood.
Praise God at home we had very little water , which was a God thing because that very week .. two days after the flood we had to drive to Philly to pick up our adopted baby at the International Airport Novemeber the 9, 1985.
Many roads were washed out including roads in our neighborhood, of the many ways we could manauever
to get out of our neighborhood, only 1 way was passable after the flood.
Praise God at home we had very little water , which was a God thing because that very week .. two days after the flood we had to drive to Philly to pick up our adopted baby at the International Airport Novemeber the 9, 1985.
9) Random question: You see a filthy puddle. Floating on top are cigarette butts, a leaf, and a $1 bill. Would you bend over and rescue the dollar?
NAh! I don't need it that bad.. leave for the next person.
NAh! I don't need it that bad.. leave for the next person.
You and I were in the same three high school clubs: FTA, FHA and Spanish Club! I wonder if we would have been friends ... (Maybe not. I was quite the nerd.)
ReplyDeleteOh, I would definitely say so, I was pretty nerdy myself in high school. I was still pretty shy!
DeleteI was in FHA and French Club. Geez Schotz! I love those lighters that you posted and detest.
ReplyDeleteOh that flooding. It is so bad. Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend!
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Truth be told, Lori, we probably need a new one... because this one doesnt work.. Hubs can get it to work but I can't but as long as it works,, you know how that goes!!!
DeleteThe story about the 1985 flood ... and driving to the airport ... aww....
ReplyDeleteThose of us who lived through the 1985 flood will never forget it.
ReplyDeleteI lived over in Peter’s Creek at the time. That area was hit particularly hard. We were really unscathed, praise the Lord. We were to be in Philadelphia on Thursday evening to meet Amanda’s plane. I am so thankful we only had a small trickle come under our basement door. That was the most momentous week of our lives.
ReplyDeleteSchool back when all of us were young sounds so simple and wholesome compared to what kids have to deal with today. I'm always glad I grew up when I did. It's easy to understand why there are so many depressed kids these days.
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