Lady of Spain

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Sunny, cold, blue sky day here by the New Jersey seashore and I am doing Saturday 9. Are you?   

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other  times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions!

 

Saturday 9: Lady of Spain (1952)

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

By the way, the songs that come up after that Vintage Jazz Bar Classics is really great. Here is the LINK.  

1) The lyrics refer to serenading "caballeros," which is Spanish for "gentlemen." Can you say anything to us in Spanish this morning?

 Sure...   Me duele la cabeza!   Yo quiero cafe con crema ...Yum!

2) Eddie Fisher sings that he's loved this lady since he first saw her. Do you believe in love at first sight?    Yes I do. 

  

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?

Yes, in elementary school.  Violin and flute very badly too.

4) From 1953 to 1957, Eddie hosted Coke Time, a TV variety show sponsored by Coca Cola. What's your soft drink of choice?  WEll, I adore Coca Cola and now Coke Zero has to replace it once in a great while.

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?

Yes, I won trophies for running.

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?

More as an actress.     A family member of mine was her personal secretary. 

7) In 1952, when this song was popular, hamburger meat sold for just 53¢/lb. Is there any beef in your refrigerator right now?

There is always beef in my freezer.. yessiree Bob!

8) Also in 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on TV. What recent TV commercial comes to mind?

None. Commercials right now are not memorable. Aside from the old ones for Old Spice, Dr  Squatch and Budweiser, there is nothing but Big Pharma propaganda.  Those druggy commercials are outlawed in all other nations on earth except here where they control everything lately. Horiid. They cause more harm than they do good.

9) Random question: If you could live within any TV show ever, which would you choose?

I do like the old Ozzie and Harriet shows.

(Do you realize that most of Spain is Celtic and part of the 7 Celtic nations of the world and rather than flamenco the music of most of Spain includes bagpipes?)

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