Saturday 9: Lady of Spain (1952)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) The lyrics refer to serenading "caballeros," which is Spanish for "gentlemen." Can you say anything to us in Spanish this morning?
A. El burro sabe mas que tu. Yo tu amo, mi amigas. El sol brilla en la playa. Mi espouso es guapo.
2) Eddie Fisher sings that he's loved this lady since he first saw her. Do you believe in love at first sight?
A. Sort of. I think sometimes you meet people, and you just know they're going to be in your life. I've had it happen several times.
3) He was drafted and served a year in Korea. Then he spent the rest of his active-duty period as vocalist for the Army Band, performing on military bases. (He was still technically PFC Edwin Fisher when he recorded this.) Did you ever play with a band? If so, what instrument?
A. I played flute, piccolo, and guitar in the high school band, and then I played guitar in a top 40 band in the 1970s and early 1980s. (I can also play the piano, the harmonica, the saxophone, and a few other instruments.)
4) From 1953 to 1957, Eddie hosted Coke Time, a TV variety show sponsored by Coca Cola. What's your soft drink of choice?
A. Water. I only drink water these days.
5) Though Coke Time is mostly forgotten today, Eddie was nominated for two Emmy Awards and won a Golden Globe for his work on the show. Have you ever taken home a trophy?
A. My Top 40 band won a trophy in a local band competition one year. I can't remember where we placed, though.
6) Today Eddie Fisher may be best known as the father of Carrie Fisher. She made more than 50 movies and wrote 8 books. Are you more familiar with her as an actress or author?
A. I am more familiar with her as an actress, though some of her books are on my books wish list.
7) In 1952, when this song was popular, hamburger meat sold for just 53¢/lb. Is there any beef in your refrigerator right now?
A. Actually, there is. My husband came home from the grocery store with some this morning. It was $3.59 a pound. Yikes.
8) Also in 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on TV. What recent TV commercial comes to mind?
A. Um. Something for Toyota with 2.59% interest, I think.
9) Random question: If you could live within any TV show ever, which would you choose?
A. Star Trek: Voyager. I'd be lost in the Delta Quadrant following the orders of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Or maybe I'd be better off in the fantasy world of Xena: Warrior Princess. Or fighting vampires with Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Or standing in the chocolate line with Lucy from I Love Lucy. Or walking the streets with Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey. Hard choices.
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I have absolutely no idea what you said in #1, but I only have a few Spanish words in my catalog. I wasted my time on in school on 3 years of French. Yep...much like calculus, that's really come in handy. X-P I think you probably win the trophy for the most musical of all the Saturday 9'ers. Have a good weekend! (It's snowing here again.)
ReplyDelete1 -- Tu marido es más bonito que tu dedo del pie. (Google translated that for me.)
ReplyDelete6 -- I really enjoyed "Surrender the Pink." Carrie's heroine was a mess, but a lovable and very funny one. Which leads me to ...
9 -- I nearly said I Love Lucy. I love the Ricardo's apartment with all that exposed brick, and it seems like a far simpler world. But I wonder, would Lucy and her hijinks wear me out? I may be to sedentary to hang around with Lucy and Ethel.
#9 I picked the Next Generation!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I didn't know you were that good at Spanish!
ReplyDeleteEverything is so expensive. It makes me sad. Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend.
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Yes, the burro probably IS smarter than I am.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been shopping in a store for about a year (Ned does it all), but I believe that $3.49/lb for beef is cheap compared to here. Or maybe I'm thinking of gasoline (which is up to $5/gallon)
I don't know if you have Amazon Prime, but the movie "Being the Ricardos" was interesting to watch. Great with those Spanish sentences! No idea what was said but I admire anyone that can speak another language. I didn't realize Carrie Fischer had written any books. Might have to check them out. I think our ground beef for the 96% is about $4.99 a pound here but we converted a lot of the recipes we made with ground beef to ground turkey about a year or so ago and ground turkey here is about $3.59 a pound. Fantastic with all the instruments you play!!
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I'm so irritated with myself for forgetting Star Trek!
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was a kid, my mom was horrified when ground beef hit $1/lb. Long time ago....