Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here.
1) This song is a valentine to The Three Stooges. Are you a fan?
A. No. I do not enjoy slapstick comedy as a rule, especially the kind that involves hitting and other forms of "innocent" violence.
2) It was released to coincide with the Three Stooges getting a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. That's the Hollywood in California. There are 23 other Hollywoods in the United States and two in Ireland. Have you ever visited any of these 26 Hollywoods? If so, which one?
A. I may have been through Hollywood when I went to California in 1976 with my family, but I am uncertain about this since I was 12 years old and I don't remember everything about the two-week trip. Otherwise, I have not been to any other Hollywoods.
3) The inspiration for this song was Jerome Horowitz, aka Curly Howard of The Three Stooges. He had many signature phrases, including "nyuk, nyuk, nyuk," "woob, woob, woob," and "sointenly." Give us a movie quote, and be sure to tell us who said it.
A. “I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.” ~ Shelby in Steel Magnolias.
Bonus: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." ~ Gandolf, Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Rings
4) Curly's older brother, Moses Horowitz, was better known as Moe Howard. Moe was convinced that Lou Costello of Abbott & Costello developed his screen persona by stealing from Curly. It turns out he was right! Lou Costello was previewing early prints of Three Stooges films before they were released to the public. Tell us about a time your gut instinct told you something that turned out to be true.
A. In 2010, we went to the beach and I knew before we left that we should not go. As it turned out, we had problems with our room, yada yada, and ended up driving back home that same night (it's a long way to Myrtle Beach, SC from where I live). I wish I had been able to convince my husband that we shouldn't make the trip.
5) The third Stooge, Larry, was Louis Feinberg. Though he became famous as a movie comic, he was also a talented musician. When he was 11, he received an invitation to study violin at a European conservatory, but because of WWI he was unable to go. Tell us about plans of yours that were interrupted because of circumstances beyond your control (weather, the pandemic, etc.).
A. Oh my. We have gone to the beach at least a dozen times and had to leave early because there was a hurricane coming. It became so bad our friends tried not to go to the beach at the same time we did, because obviously if we were going to the beach, a hurricane would turn up as well. (We don't go to the beach much anymore.)
6) As a teen, Larry took up boxing and won several bouts. His father disapproved of the sport and put an end to his boxing career. Did you participate in sports during your teen years?
A. I was in the marching band. That is not considered a sport, but it should be. Do you know how hard it is to hold a flute and march around a football field?
7) Today the Three Stooges Fan Club has more than 2,000 members and publishes a quarterly newsletter filled with rare photos, interviews, trivia and a marketplace where fans can buy and sell Stooge memorabilia. Have you ever belonged to a fan club?
A. Not exactly. Back in the late 1990s, I was a big part of the Xena: Warrior Princess fandom on the Internet. It was really one of the first Internet fandoms. I had a C-band satellite at the time, and on Sunday mornings the feed for the show went out to the stations that would show Xena during the week. I would watch the feeds and write up a spoiler for the alt group, and later for a website called Whoosh.org (which still exists and you can find my write-ups there). I started writing for the website with Season 1, episode 19 of the show, and wrote a synopsis for every other episode thereafter, I think. Xena ran for six seasons, 22 episodes a season, so I wrote about 113 synopses for the website, plus I wrote a couple of articles for it. Two thousand word articles, at that. So no fan club, but definitely my biggest fandom.
8) In 1983, Princess Diana was the world's top cover girl. Her influence was credited for reviving Britain's fashion and tourist industries. When you think of Britain, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
A. First, my friend Inga, who lives there. Then London. Then King Arthur.
9) Random question -- Your best friend needs help hanging a picture. Would you be comfortable holding the nail so your friend could swing the hammer?
A. Yes, if I had to. It's not like I've never had a smashed finger.
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#6 -- I marched in the local 4th of July parade with my Girl Scouts troop and was always so TIRED afterward. I was a little girl, so I was young and healthy. But it's exhausting to be in public that way. So I believe your band experience felt like exercise.
ReplyDelete#9 -- You're right, really. It's unlikely a friend can actually do lasting damage.
#7 You are in luck... I just read this this morning,
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Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor are bringing back that warrior princess feeling.
The pair, who co-starred in the '90s series 'Xena: Warrior Princess," have reunited in the Acorn TV series "My Life is Murder."
Set in New Zealand, it stars Lawless as retired detective Alexa Crowe, who gets back to her Kiwi roots but can't stay away from mystery.
I can empathize with the beach situation. My parents loved to go to Edisto Island, SC. They took my brother and his family several times, and I was invited also. The last couple of years my Dad was alive, we planned not one, not two, but three separate trips to Edisto, and each and every one got cancelled due to various hurricanes, noreasters, etc. I still went to see my parents, but we never once made it to the beach together those last few years. :(
ReplyDeleteMy niece was a music major in college and was in the marching band for games--they had choreography as well as memorized music, in heavy uniforms! I would definitely say that counts as a sport.
ReplyDeleteSo...you're a hurricane magnet? That's a pretty unique claim to fame. I probably would skip going to the beach when you do, as well. Nothing personal. lol
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of slapstick either. I am the person sitting and staring at the screen not laughing and wondering why everyone thinks this is so funny.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your quotes. Loved your answers. Have a nice weekend.
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Amen to #6! I too played flute in marching band. Marching in general should be considered a sport sometimes. Years of marching in the Army, parade reviews, singing cadence and doing maneuvers... it's a skill!
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My daughter was in a marching band and we attended most of the events in which she marched. I am amazed at the work those bandspeople go through, especially bands that play for like halftime shows.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at your beach story. We have friends that we camped with for many years and it ALWAYS rained.