Saturday 9: Don't Envy Me

Saturday 9: Don't Envy Me (1963)

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

1) What is it about you that you believe your friends and acquaintances envy?

A. Not much, although I know there have been times in the past that folks have been envious of my work with the newspaper. I even had a few people say to me, "I could do that, you're nothing special," and if that's not an envy statement I don't know what is. I would always reply, "You should apply to the editor, then. He can use more freelancers." But they never did.

2) Do you have a friend or acquaintance that you envy?

A. I have friends and acquaintances with traits I admire. I don't think I envy them, though. I do envy folks who have good health.

3) This song was not a hit, even though it was written and produced by the supersuccessful team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Tell us about a project you had great confidence in at the beginning, but didn't turn out as well as you'd hoped.

A. Knitting. I really thought I'd be decent at knitting and it wouldn't take me long to get the hang of it, because I did it when I was a child and was fairly good at it. But no. My knitting projects look like a cat spit them out.

4) George Hamilton is better known as an actor. He is proud of his performance in the 1960 movie Light in the Piazza. He played an Italian who romances an American girl on holiday in Florence. Did you ever find love while vacationing?

A. No. I found love at a football game.

5) George had a small part in Godfather III. How many of the Godfather movies have you seen? Have you read the book?

A. I have seen pieces of the original movie. Never read the book. Not my genre.

6) He's gotten a lot of publicity over the years for his personal life, including his 1966 romance with First Daughter Lynda Bird Johnson. At the time, she was living in the White House. Tell us about a memorable experience you had "meeting the parents."

A. I'll just tell this story: when my husband and I were dating, and close to the proposal part, we went out one night and went parking out at Stone Coal Gap. While we were out, we heard noises. Stone Coal Gap is supposed to be haunted (remember, I was only 19). At some point we both grew nervous and raced out of there. When we got to my house, we went inside and my parents were still up. My mother looked at me. "Why is your shirt on wrong-side out?" she asked. "I guess I put it back on that way," I said. I'll let you, dear reader, figure out how that happened.

7) George is also known for his year-round tan. Have you ever used a tanning bed? Or self tanner?

A. I tried a tanning bed one time and got so claustrophobic I was out of there in less than a minute.

8) In 1963, when this record was released, President Kennedy made a historic trip to Ireland. Have you ever visited the land of your ancestors?

A. I have not.

9) Random question -- The last of a batch of delicious chocolate chip cookies just fell on your kitchen floor. Would you eat it?

A. Depends. Do I get them up in 5 seconds? Surely if some landed on top of others those would be just fine to eat. The broken ones . . . hmm. They'd probably be okay, too. Heck, a little dirt never hurt anyone. Let me just sweep up those crumbs.

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