Topic: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER (Read 47368 times)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #90 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:07:10 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on September 01, 2005, 08:58:29 AM

postees!!!!

You don't mean "Pasties"?

Matt H. · « **Reply #91 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:07:48 AM »

I'll bet some don't remember it, but THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR was the first TV program able to not only survive opposite BONANZA (then the #1 show) but actually to score Top 20 ratings on its own. This was the beginning of the fall of BONANZA from the top of the ratings roost.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #92 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:08:31 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on September 01, 2005, 09:02:41 AM

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 1967-1970.

Don't you remember Pat Paulsen running for President.

der Brucer

1967-1970 - Really?!?!?

Hmm... I was born in 1968... Well, I guess it is possible that "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" could be one of my first TV memories.

If so... Well... Explains a lot.

Matt H. · « **Reply #93 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:10:34 AM »

I was a member of the Smothers Brothers Fan Club from the mid-1960s until the early 70s. I really adored them; had their albums, etc. And I thought Tommy was adorable.

FJL · « **Reply #94 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:10:55 AM »

DR Stuart - My parents and my brother/sister-in-law keep a modified kosher home, with respect to all their dishes and cooking outlets. This is to allow for the strictly kosher relatives to feel comfortable eating in their homes. But they will bring in non-kosher and eat it on plastic and tin plates (preferably old Entenmann's tin pans). I've generally stopped following those rules since my yeshivah days, but tend to be just a little careful around the High Holy Days, more out of tradition than anything else. Mom loves coming here on Mother's Day, her birthday and such, because she can't have shrimp and lobster at my sister-in-law's house.

Matt H. · « **Reply #95 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:14:00 AM »

Well, since I have no plans for eating lunch away from home today (who can afford gas to get anywhere), I need to start searching around here for something to eat.

Matt H. · « **Reply #96 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:15:06 AM »

And, yes, we did have runs on gas stations yesterday as gas panic seemed to grip the area. Prices were flying upward, and lines were ten cars deep at pumps.

Reminded me of the oil shortage of the mid-1970s.

FJL · « **Reply #97 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:22:24 AM »

One of our politicians has a slogan "If you have a problem, don't get mad, get Eva." The commercial was just on.

Reminds me of that movie title from a couple of years ago, DELIVER US FROM EVA. That seemed like one of those ideas that must have strated with a clever title and they built the screenplay from there.

bk · « **Reply #98 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:25:18 AM »

Lines at gas stations. Ah, people panic - nothing like it. And when there is people panic, then they can just raise the gas prices to whatever they feel like. Of course, I read yesterday, that AT THIS TIME there are NO oil shortages.

vixmom · « **Reply #99 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:27:42 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 01, 2005, 09:15:06 AM

And, yes, we did have runs on gas stations yesterday as gas panic seemed to grip the area. Prices were flying upward, and lines were ten cars deep at pumps.

Reminded me of the oil shortage of the mid-1970s.

Ok lordy!! Those odd and even days. I sometimes actually slept in my car in the gas station in front of the pumps in order to be first online in the morning to keep from being late to work.

Stuart · « **Reply #100 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:27:45 AM »

Quote from: FJL on September 01, 2005, 09:10:55 AM

DR Stuart - My parents and my brother/sister-in-law keep a modified kosher home, with respect to all their dishes and cooking outlets. This is to allow for the strictly kosher relatives to feel comfortable eating in their homes. But they will bring in non-kosher and eat it on plastic and tin plates (preferably old Entenmann's tin pans). I've generally stopped following those rules since my yeshivah days, but tend to be just a little careful around the High Holy Days, more out of tradition than anything else. Mom loves coming here on Mother's Day, her birthday and such, because she can't have shrimp and lobster at my sister-in-law's house.

Ah, yes....the house with three sets of dishes: dairy, meat and traif. I know it well myself.

vixmom · « **Reply #101 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:30:00 AM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on September 01, 2005, 09:07:10 AM

You don't mean "Pasties"?

Is this what you had in mind?

vixmom · « **Reply #102 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:32:06 AM »

Quote from: FJL on September 01, 2005, 09:10:55 AM

DR Stuart - My parents and my brother/sister-in-law keep a modified kosher home, with respect to all their dishes and cooking outlets. This is to allow for the strictly kosher relatives to feel comfortable eating in their homes. But they will bring in non-kosher and eat it on plastic and tin plates (preferably old Entenmann's tin pans). I've generally stopped following those rules since my yeshivah days, but tend to be just a little careful around the High Holy Days, more out of tradition than anything else. Mom loves coming here on Mother's Day, her birthday and such, because she can't have shrimp and lobster at my sister-in-law's house.

Gosh, it's so much easier being a Lutheran....no non-meat days, no fast days, no special plates, just lots of coffee and keep it coming!!!

vixmom · « **Reply #103 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:33:06 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on September 01, 2005, 09:01:29 AM

DR vixmom - Sorry I interrupted your stream.

vixmom · « **Reply #104 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:34:04 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 01, 2005, 09:02:37 AM

Oh, those single word posts. Argh!

Sorry, I was channeling RP.... I'll be good now...

...

MBarnum · « **Reply #105 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:36:50 AM »

I forgot about TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN...watched that all the time as a kid...and SMOTHERS BROS. I have memories of.

And how could I have not mentioned the JACK BENNY SHOW!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #106 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:37:47 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on September 01, 2005, 09:08:31 AM

1967-1970 - Really?!?!?

Actually last show aired in 1969.

The did a latter version in 1988/9

Partial list of Guests:

AGNES MOORHEAD      JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ANDY WILLIAMS      JENNIFER WARNES
ANTHONY NEWLY      JIM BACKUS
ARTHUR GODFREY      JIM NABORS
BARBARA BAIN      JIMMIE RODGERS
BARBARA EDEN      JIMMY DURANTE
BARBARA FELDON      JOAN BAEZ
BEE GEES       JOEY BISHOP
BETTE DAVIS      JONATHAN WINTERS
BOB NEWHART      JUDY CARNE
BOBBI GENTRY      JUDY COLLINS
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD   KATE SMITH
BURL IVES      LANA TURNER
CARL REINER      LIBERACE
CAROL BURNETT      MARGARET O’BRIEN
CASS ELLIOT      MARTIN LANDAU
DIAHANN CARROL      MASON WILLIAMS
DION       MEL TORME
DOLORES HALL      MICKEY ROONEY
DOM DELOUISE      MORT SAUL
DON KNOTTS      NANCY SINATRA
DON RICKLES      NANCY WILSON
ED SULLIVAN      NANETTE FABRAY
EDDIE ALBERT      PATTY DUKE
EDGAR BERGEN      PETE SEEGER
ELAINE MAY      PETER, PAUL AND MARY
EVA GABOR      RAY CHARLES
EVERLY BROTHERS      RICARDO MONTALBAN
FRANK SINATRA JR.      RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
GEORGE BURNS      ROBERT MORSE
GEORGE CARLIN      SHIRLEY JONES
GEORGE GOBEL      SID CAESAR
GLEN CAMPBELL      SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
GREER GARSON      SONNY AND CHER
HARRY BELAFONTE      STEVE ALLEN
HENRY FONDA      STEVE MARTIN
HERMAN’S HERMITS      TALLULAH BANKHEAD
IKE AND TINA TURNER TAMMY GRIMES
IRISH ROVERS      THE BEATLES
JACK BENNY      THE BYRDS
JACK JONES      THE DOORS
JACKIE MASON      THE WHO
JANE POWELL      TONY RANDALL
JANET LEIGH      VICTOR BORGE
       VIKKI CARR

der Brucer

MBarnum · « **Reply #107 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:37:52 AM »

Fortunately I filled up the gas tank a couple of days ago (or 30 cents a gallon earlier!)

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #108 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:43:08 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on September 01, 2005, 09:30:00 AM

Is this what you had in mind?

Well, if you add sequins and/or tassels!

der Gottta-Have-a-Gimmick Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #109 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:45:55 AM »

Quote from: FJL on September 01, 2005, 09:10:55 AM

...modified kosher...

That's where you put the butter on the cheese side of a Ham and Cheese sandwich.

der Brucer

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #110 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:48:30 AM »

Well, it looks like another beautiful day here in NYC... And I think I'm gonna head out now and enjoy it.

Laters...

td · « **Reply #111 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:55:58 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 01, 2005, 09:00:55 AM

Thanks, DR Jose, for reminding me of THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR.

Heck, I loved their lame situation comedy show, too which preceded the variety show by a couple of years.

Well. . .I do believe I mentioned Jennifer Warnes in conjunction with the Smothers Brothers. There was a fascinating article/interview about the show and the brothers recently in FilmFax magazine. . .

I also remember the sit com, it had a catchy theme song. . .

td · « **Reply #112 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:57:45 AM »

I got my hair cut yesterday, too.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #113 on:** September 01, 2005, 09:59:31 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 01, 2005, 09:15:06 AM

And, yes, we did have runs on gas stations yesterday as gas panic seemed to grip the area. Prices were flying upward, and lines were ten cars deep at pumps.

Reminded me of the oil shortage of the mid-1970s.

AOL news reports your problem:

Quote

"We don't have a shortage of gasoline. We have a delivery problem," said Bill Weatherspoon, executive director of the North Carolina Petroleum Council, which represents major retailers that get gasoline from the pipelines.
...
Although police in Charlotte, N.C., reported prior to daybreak that only 30 of Mecklenburg County's 230 fueling stations were out of gas, that number appeared to grow considerably Thursday as drivers continued to crowd the open stations, fearing a shortage. On some busy streets, stations that did have gas were seeing lines that were causing traffic backups.

Charles Richardson, assistant manager of a gas station in Charlotte, said his was one of the few stations in the city that had received gas since Monday. "We ran out yesterday, but we got a drop this morning," he said.

der Brucer

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #114 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:06:08 AM »

Whoa!

I'm having a serious identity crisis here.

Yesterday I was Rodzinski...or he was me...or???

And now vixmom??!!??!!??

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I?
(shut up, whichever smartass among you was going to answer THAT question).

td · « **Reply #115 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:06:38 AM »

More on The Smothers Brothers:
In 1968 – at age 21 – Jennifer Warnes joined the cast of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, a ground-breaking variety show that wore its left-leaning political spirit and love for music with pride.
Robert Stone
In one of her first shows, she performed two songs a capella with Donovan in an episode that was nominated for an Emmy Award.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #116 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:08:24 AM »

I remember liking "Your Hit Parade" and Perry Como's show and Dinah Shore's show (brought to us by Chevrolet..as in see the USA in the...mmmwahhh!)

Andy Williams' show was a favorite, too.

I hated/loathed/despised Lawrence Welk.

Blame Myron Floren!

Blame Bobby and Sissy!

Blame the Bossa Nova!

I think it was because I wanted to see whatever programming other networks were playing against it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #117 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:09:09 AM »

And don't forget "Laugh-In"!

And "The Summer Brothers Smothers Show"!

td · « **Reply #118 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:10:53 AM »

http://www.jenniferwarnes.com/ has some really nice, memory-jarring photos. . .

FJL · « **Reply #119 on:** September 01, 2005, 10:17:33 AM »

Skip got to meet Tom Smothers on a recent trip to California for the centennial of their high school. They named the one hundred most distinguished graduates of the Redondo Beach High School's first 100 years, and Tom and Dick Smothers were among the Top 100 (as was Skip), and Tom Smothers actually came and spoke, and was apparently very nice.

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