A Funny Feeling

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Windy, rainy and icy cold here along the Atlantic coast with gorgeous chilly sunshiny days thrown in for good measure

.   I like it like that so it's not a problem for me.   I love the early evenings too and find it a perfect time to hibernate and heal up from the influence of the problems of this world.      

 Another good thing is a good meme on the weekend!

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Saturday 9: That Funny Feeling (1965)

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

1) In this song, Bobby Darin admits he cares more for the girl than he should. What's something you have recently overdone (eaten too many potato chips, stayed up too late, etc.)?

  Yesterday(Wednesday since I write these usually on Thursday) I demolished a lot of salt free potato chips and ate nothing else the entire day since it filled me up so much.

2) Bobby wrote this as the theme song for a movie he starred in with his wife, Sandra Dee. That Funny Feeling (the movie) turned a profit at the box office and "That Funny Feeling" (the record) made the Billboard Top 40. Can you think of another movie and song that were both popular?

 There are a lot of them. 

 I think of The Pink Panther and it's theme song. How about Exodus and that  theme song?  Here sung by Pat Boone.

3) While Bobby had a successful movie career and earned an Oscar nomination, he didn't get the part he wanted most: Tony in West Side Story. While he could sing and dance very well, producers didn't think Bobby looked like a romantic leading man. What actor or actress makes your heart skip a beat? 

 I've never felt that way about anyone in Hollywood etc.

 

4) Elvis enjoyed watching Bobby perform, but understood that if he sat in the audience he would be a distraction. So Elvis always watched Bobby from the wings. Think about the last thing you saw in a theater (concert, movie, play). Were you distracted by another audience member? Was anyone crinkling paper, checking their phone, whispering, etc.?

No, I never have had that happen really.   This is NJ.  We don't put up with stuff and there is usually someone around to handle things.

  

5) When the editor of a teen magazine asked if he could cook, Bobby not only said yes, he offered up his manicotti recipe. What's your favorite pasta dish? (To eat, not necessarily to whip up in your kitchen.)

I like plain old spaghetti and meat sauce like my Mom made and lasagna on the holidays.

 

6) In addition to cooking, Bobby's friends recall he loved talking about classic cars and baseball. Which of those three would you be most comfortable discussing?

Cooking.

7) In 1965, when Americans were listening to "That Funny Feeling," aspirin was the top over-the-counter pain reliever.        

 You could get a bottle of 200 tablets for just $1. Is there aspirin in your medicine chest right now?

 I have Bayer aspirin yes.

Did you know the real pronunciation is buyer in German?

 

8) Also in 1965, I Dream of Jeannie premiered. The sitcom about a beautiful genie living in the suburbs was developed to compete with Bewitched, about a beautiful witch living in the suburbs. Which show do like better?

My Dad liked I Dream of Jeannie  though it was rare for him to see TV.    I liked Bewitched though not a whole lot.

9) Random question: After a friend leaves your home, you spot a small, bound book on the floor next to your sofa. You flip through it and see that her journal fell out of her purse. It's mostly shopping lists and appointments but also includes personal observations, Once you realize what it is, do you close it and keep it closed until you can return it to her? Or do you continue reading?

No I would not read it at all.

Proverbs 11: The integrity of the upright guides them,but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.