Saturday 9

 

Welcome to Saturday: 9. 

What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. 

Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: This Could Be the Start of Something (1959)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

Welcome to the first Saturday 9 in 2024.

1) We're beginning the year with an optimistic song about starting something new. Right now, are you feeling positive about 2024?
I'm feeling wary about 2024.  I am not looking forward to all the politicking that we are going to have to go through, and terrified about the potential results of  the election.

 

2) In this song, Jack Jones sings that because he's on a diet he declines a rich dessert. Are you trying to lose a few pounds after the holidays?
Nah.  My scale has dead batteries and I don't have a clue what I weigh.

3) The specific dessert referred to is a Charlotte Russe, a cake made with custard, fruit, cream, whiskey and gelatin. Preparation sounds like a great deal of work! What's the most recent dish you whipped up in your kitchen?
I made Speculaas cookies before Christmas.  And pumpkin pie last week (to make up for the 2 pumpkin pies I made for Christmas which I forgot to add sugar to!)

4) The lyrics contrast dining at Sardi's in New York with sunbathing in Malibu. Do you enjoy nightlife or are you more outdoorsy?
Neither, actually.  My "nightlife" is watching television from my recliner.  I rarely go outdoors.

5) This week's song was written by Steve Allen. While best known for his work on TV (he was the first host of The Tonight Show), he was also a composer who felt most creative at the piano. When do you feel most creative?
When I am writing something, or when I am putting together some sort of journal to send to a Swap Bot partner.

 

6) This week's artist, Jack Jones, won a pair of Grammy Awards and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yet he's probably best known for singing the song that welcomed travelers aboard The Love Boat every week. What TV theme song can you sing along with?
Many, but the one that comes to mind is the theme to The Golden Girls

 

7) In 1959, when this song was popular, "continuing dramas" (aka soap operas) like Young Dr. Malone and Ma Perkins were broadcast daily on the radio. When you turn on the radio, do you listen for news, talk or music?
I haven't listened to the radio in forever, but when I turned it on when driving somewhere alone, I generally listened to talk shows.  If Walt and I listen to the radio, it's to the classical station.

8) Now let's turn the calendar and our attention from 1959 to 2024. Is there a skill you're looking forward to learning, or improving, this year?
Not really

9) Have you purchased anything on impulse yet this year?
So far nothing.  I purchased too many things on impulse before Christmas.

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