Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: People (1964)

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

1) In this song, Barbra Streisand sings that pride can get in the way of happy relationships. Have you found that to be true?

I don't think so.  I can't think of anybody I know whose pride affected me.

2) The photo on the record sleeve was taken on Chicago's Oak Street Beach, as Barbra watches the sun rise over Lake Michigan. Have you been to the beach yet this summer?
Not yet.  We will be on the Santa Barbara Beach on July 6, to celebrate our son's 54th birthday.

3) Barbra performed "People" more than 1,350 times when she played Fanny Brice onstage in Funny Girl. She also did it in her Oscar-winning turn as Fanny in the film version. She performed it in her first TV special back in 1964 and in at least 510 concerts since. That's a lot of "People!" Can you think of another performer who has/had a song that is so identified with them you can't imagine seeing them in concert without hearing it?
LOL.  Of course.  Judy Garland and "Over the Rainbow."

4) Barbra got her first pet, a poodle named Sadie, as a gift from the Funny Girl behind-the-scenes crew when she was 23 years old and she's had dogs in her life ever since. Did you have pets when you were growing up?
We desperately wanted a dog, but my sister had allergies (and then when she moved out, the first thing she did was to get a dog).  We got our first dog in 1969, when we rented a house and we have had dogs ever since.

5) Barbra has always taken her Jewish faith seriously, beginning with her days at the Yeshiva of Brooklyn. 70 years later, her old school is still there. How about your grammar school? Does it still stand?
I went to St. Brigid Catholic School in San Francisco.  The school is still there, but the nuns who taught there are no more.  I think there are still nuns, but not the order that  taught us.  I didn't have a non-nun teacher until my junior year in high school

6) She tried marijuana a couple times but didn't like it and the only alcohol she drinks is the occasional beer with her Chinese food. Are you like Barbra and generally abstain? Or do you enjoy pot and/or alcohol?
I've never tried pot (or did once but didn't know how to inhale, so nothing happened and I only took two puffs).  I haven't drunk alcohol in a long time, mostly because it makes me sleepy, but I probably am not supposed to drink with the meds I take.

7) Barbra's favorite lunch is a bowl of Campbell's condensed tomato soup. If we were to peek into your pantry, would we find any canned soup?
Yes.  We often have tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches.  I like tomato soup made with milk, but Ned makes it with water.

8) In 1964, when this song was popular, hats were, too. The Sears Spring/Summer catalog devoted six pages to ladies hats and two pages to mens. Are hats part of your wardrobe?
No.  I would love to wear hats, but my head is so big that any "fits all" hat is too small for me.  I understand Oprah has the same problem, but is rich enough to have hats made for her.

9) Random question: Which of your personality traits has gotten you in the most trouble?
Probably compassion.  It's a good personality trait, but because of my compassion, we have hosted ~100 dogs, 70 foreign students, and I've sponsored dozens of kids through Compassion, Int'l.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

She certainly never realized that she would
be singing "Over the Rainbow" for her
entire life!

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