Thanks to The Gal for authoring this meme. Click on the Sat-9 title of song on the next line below to play.
Saturday 9: Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
Song #1: “When You’re Smiling.” What made you smile this week? Skip this if you hate older folk complaining about their health. Monday I met with my doctor. This is a bit technical, but here goes: I have been reducing my oxicontin level for about two years. We have gone from 40ml from two years ago to 15ml. Not bad. I tried to go to zero, but I have a major problem with my right arm, won’t say more because I have not a specialist. My arm is in so much pain that I felt like doing nothing at all because of the pain. The doc won’t give pain pills because I got off of them. He told me to use a heating pad and come back in three weeks. Fortunately he has a great nurse practitioner that has helped me in the past. Same practice. I saw her yesterday and has agreed to be my caregiver. My doc is 72 and now part time. He has lost his fastball. What it is exactly, I can only guess. But when the nurse said she’s get me back on pain meds recommended a specialist to see, plus take over treating me for me. I was smiling ear-to-ear. My doctor who I’ve with since 1994 is toast.
Song #2: “Almost Like Being in Love.” We’ve all had many crushes, but love is rare. 
How many times have you fallen in love? My three wives for sure. And Kathy obviously is #1. Stupid comment on my part. I had a long distance love affair with The Peace Blogger that lasted a long time. We are still friends, and I’m glad about that. My high school girlfriend and the first girlfriend after my each of my two marriages. There was those girls in the dorms. I think that’s it. Eight? I’m 68. That’s not a lot considering the amount of women that I have have dated. Most I could buzz tomorrow, but wife # . Why? I have no idea. Plus I met her in February of 1994. But do I care? Of course not. WE met in 1993, got engaged in 1994 and married in 1995.
Song #3: “This Can’t Be Love.” This Rodgers and Hart song was introduced in the play, The Boys from Syracuse. Syracuse is the county seat of Onondaga County, NY. What county do you hail from? Hartford County. First time, long time. I’m back home. Five-point-five miles from the house that I grew up in, but the brass bands have not played “Onward Sedgwick” by my choir teacher I had for three years, yet I can’t sing a note. I’m not shy. I can’t sing.
Song #4: “Do It Again.” What’s something you’d do again, if only you had the time or money? (A book you’d like to reread, a recipe or pattern you’d like to make again, a vacation destination you’d like to revisit, etc.) My wife lived in England for several years. I spent a week there in 1973. We are planning to go back, hopefully next year. I ain’t getting younger, but other than the arm thing, I’m in great health. I feel great, and losing 40 pounds since retiring in 2017, helps.
Song #5: “You Go to My Head.” Judy forgets the lyrics, but gamely keeps going. Tell us about a recent moment when you chose to keep going, no matter what. Not really a “moment”, but keeping WTIT together through our 50th and now for another two years is kind of amazing. Especially since the number two guy, Johnnie, who passed in 2018, was such a large part of it.
Song #6: “Alone Together.” Is anyone there with you as you answer these questions, or are you alone? I am alone. While I think I’m sexy typing, somehow my wife doesn’t watch me. Or even taking time to read this.
Song #7: “Who Cares?” This song was written by brothers George and Ira Gershwin. They had a lesser known brother, stockbroker Arthur. Are you more creative and artistic, like George and Ira? Or more analytical and methodical, like Arthur? Yes, creatively. My problems with jobs was for un-diagnosed ADD. I wish I had known ten years ago. Now I don’t care, since retiring.
Song #8: “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” Judy sings that The Ritz is the place in New York
The Bushmill’s first floor…
“where fashion sits.” If we wanted to see everyone “all gussied up” in your town, where would we go? We have some mighty fine dining here in Greater Hartford and a first class old style three tiered theater called the Bushmill. It’s where I had my pic with Bill Shatner taken.
Song #9: “How Long Has This Been Going On?” Judy sings about discovering how glorious romance can be. Have you made any new discoveries lately? It doesn’t have to be as groundbreaking as Judy’s. A new podcast or a faster route to work counts, too. I recently finish writing a sequel to a play that I’ve loved. It came out great and I’m going to adapt it so that WTIT can record it.
Hope your week’s going great. We will be back. Same time. Same blog. And it’s Peace Globe time. Click on The Peace Blogger link above for details…
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We were going to do Stealing today. Since Bev took over it’s been on time, smart and I know how hard doing a meme feature is. I was the originator of Stealing, Sat-9, Dating Profiles, Wicked Wednesday & Rock & Roll Friday. I also participated in the last year of Thursday Thunks by Berleen & Kimber. I see them a lot on Facebook, but I have no idea if they are still close.
Hart to Hart. Are you familiar with it? I watched it a few times but thought it was too slick for my taste. Probably why the only actor who I did not like as James Bond was Roger Moore. I still loved James Bond, but Sean, Pierce, Timothy, George and Daniel were much better IMO. I still don’t like Bond as a blonde, but I’m gonna hate the woman who is taking his place. I love the idea of an African-American, but not with a woman.
4) This video also prominently features teddy bears. A 2018 article in the NY Post estimates that 4 in 10 adults has a plush toy of his/her own. Are you one of the 40%? No, but my son Ben LOVED them. But not now, in his forties.
1. If you were offered a job in another part of the country, would you take it? I was offered a terrific radio job in San Francisco in the mid 90s. I was offered the same job in Boston, but loved San Francisco. I had lived in Boston for college and loved it too. But I had a connection with the San Fran job. But I had four kids and two were in middle school. So I chose Boston. I thought when my youngest graduated coollege I’d move south for better weather. But I can’t replace my WTIT friends and I am still near my two oldest kids and their kids. I love our house! I know I bored you enough yesterday.
flat down.
6. If you received a lottery ticket as a gift and won a lot of money, would you share with the person who gave you the ticket? Depends on the amount. If it were say $1000, probably not. But if it were millions, yes I’d cut them in.
1) One of TV’s spookiest families was inspired by a series of New Yorker cartoons. What’s the last magazine you flipped through? Whatever was at my dentist’s. Crap signal for my iPhone.
Family or The Munsters? Watched both as a kid and still like them. However, the Munsters were slapstick while Adams Family was cerebral. I hate slapstick (although I did like The Munsters). Jerry Lewis & Adam Sandler are my least favorite actors. Although Lewis’ serious film about being a Late Night type talk show host was excellent and so was he.
don’t eat much candy. My wife craves sugar. She cannot understand that I don’t need a cone when we pass a dairy.
Studio” from Bloomfield”. All four of us recorded for the first time and this will be our 2019 yearly pic on the “Wall of Shame”. We have 34 pictures from 52 years. Some were not taken because we didn’t record. Johnnie Walker lost them two years in a row. But having pics from age 15 to nearly 68 (I turn it tomorrow) is awesome, not as big as having all the recordings interview girlfriends in 1968 to the birth of my first child in 1974 through grandchild and now retirement. Knowing that I will live in this house for the rest of the journey is awesome. For the story if interested email me. I can’t tell you here. Or call me. I’ll even give you my cell number if you ask. Back to the house: The sun risings over the mountain that we see there. The fall colors from being high up is breath taking. The house doesn’t resemble what the owners who lived here since building it in 1977. They updated everything constantly. The inspector said no one has better insulation in
1. Have you ever known anyone that’s been on tv, including you? I worked about 25 years in radio and one in TV. The cable company I worked produced a lot of TV commercials and I appeared or did voiceovers a lot.
surround sound on my HDTV. I decided to junk the speakers and bought six advent speakers. I also bought the best speakers I have ever heard into my radio studio, top of the line Advents. These were bought from a guy who had just refinished the wood on the speakers. Inside, he has a friend who works for Metallica who refurbished the inside. I feel like the songs are being sung in the room.
4. Have you ever lived in a house/apartment that has been broken into? Nope. The apartment we left was in a section of town with a lot of break ins. Bouncing Billy (A WTIT DJ) was a cop in my new house’s town for 30 years. He said they we never called to where I live. I sure liked to hear that.
6. Do you like pumpkin seeds? Do you carve the pumpkin and roast the seeds? Do you buy packaged, prepared pumpkin seeds? Kathy does the pumpkins. When I was working I ate the seeds a lot as I drove. I also had a lot of Slim Jims. I haven’t had one since retiring.
1. Last person you were in a car with? Godzilla. Talk about bad breath!
9. Have you seen anyone lately that you don’t get along with? No. I drew the line with Godzilla. When he wanted me to drive him to King Kong’s for a play date, I drew the line.
Cubbies TV rights. My dad must be spinning in his grave. He died just two years early. He hated that “lovable losers” tag. He thought they’d win it all and never forgave the Bartman.
