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Saturday 9: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (1943)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Dinah Shore goes on about listening to the breeze. Is it windy, breezy, or still where you are today?
Very still. It's predicted to get up to 106 degrees this afternoon.
2) The August moon is bright in Dinah's musical fantasy. Let's look at your calendar. Is anything special coming up in August (birthdays, anniversaries, vacation getaways ...)?
Our son's birthday, our daughter's aniversary.
3) Dinah was one of TV's pioneers. Her first show was a 15-minute variety show that ran two nights/week in 1951. What's the most recent show you watched?
Monk (I usually watch the 3 morning reruns every day)
4) She followed that in 1956 with the Dinah Shore Chevy Show. It was an hour long and sponsored by the car company. At the end of every show Dinah encouraged her viewers to "see the USA in your Chevrolet ..." Today Chevrolets are still the most popular cars manufactured by General Motors. Tell us about your car.
It's not a Chevrolet! We have a Hundai.
5) From 1970 to 1991, Dinah hosted daytime TV talk shows and found tremendous success, winning 6 Emmy Awards and repeatedly appearing in the Gallup Poll of America's most admired women. Do you remember her?
Definitely. I often watched her show.
6) Dinah was such an avid golfer that, in 1972, she founded one of the LPGA's major tournaments. Though now officially titled The Chevron Championship, it's still often referred to as "The Dinah Shore" in her memory. Do you golf? If not, would you like to learn?
I don't golf. I have no desire to learn. My brother-in-law is good golfer; so is my son Tom. My husband never learned how to golf.
7) In 1943, when "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" was popular, so were tablecloths. It was common to have cotton tablecloths for everyday use, fun and festive ones for 4th of July and Christmas, and linen for formal occasions. Do you use tablecloths in your home?
No. Sometimes we use placemats (we have lots of placemats), but haven't in awhile. If we have guests for a holiday dinner, we'll probably use a tablecloth.
8) Beatle George Harrison was born in 1943. Which of the Fab Four is your favorite?
I don't know the Beatles well enough to have a favorite.
9) Random question: Would you rather live on a houseboat or in a trailer?
Trailer.
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I enjoy Monk, too! Do you prefer Natalie or Sharona?
ReplyDeleteNatalie. How about you?
DeleteI have never watched Monk. Which surprises no one, I suppose.
ReplyDelete106?? No thank you.
ReplyDeleteI loved Monk! We watched it on rerun, too. That high today.... Yikes! The weather certainly has the stove on BROIL this year. Golf... I'm with you. Who was it who said, "Golf is a good walk.. spoiled" ?
ReplyDelete106 degrees...holy heck!!! I would not survive in that kind of heat. The pool helps with summer heat, but I am all about sunny fall days that come in around 50-55 degrees.
ReplyDeleteOh dear!! I wouldn't be able to cope with such a high temperature...
ReplyDeleteHope you're allright.
#1 Yikes, my cousin lives in Glendale and I am concerned about here, she also has medical problems like me.
ReplyDelete#2 I’m worried about my brother, for all their grandchildren birthdays they travel to them and at 80 I worry about my brother’s driving.
#3 Ditto, it is on in the afternoon here.
#6 Ditto, my father wanted me to paly golf with him… now I wish that I did.