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Saturday 9: Smoke Rings (1933)

Unfamiliar with this week's song?    HEAR IT HERE

1) In this song, Donald Mills of the Mills Brothers encourages us to "puff, puff, puff" our cares away. When did you most recently smoke a cigarette?  

 Never.  I was never interested in smoking and so I never even tried it.

2) In the 1930s, when this week's song was recorded, an estimated 40% of American adults smoked cigarettes. By the early 1960s, that number reached a high of 42%. According to the CDC, the percentage of adult smokers dropped to 11%. Do many of your friends and relatives smoke or vape? 

No, not many at all.

3) Donald was the youngest of the singing Mills Brothers, and he's the one who most often sang lead. That squares with popular birth order theory, which proposes that the youngest tends to enjoy being the center of attention, the middle child is the diplomat, and the oldest is the high-achiever. Think of your own family and the families of your friends. Do you think this theory holds true?

No I don't.  I am sure it applies in some families but none that I have ever seen.

4) The Mills Brothers were one of the first famous singing brother acts. The Williams Brothers – which featured future TV star Andy Williams – followed in their footsteps. Can you think of another group of singing brothers?

• The Osmond Brothers. 
• The Jackson 5
• The BeeGees
• The Wilsons of the Beach Boys
• The Everly Brothers
• The Jonas Brothers
• The Nelson Brothers (Ricky Nelsons twin sons)

 5) In addition to recording hit records, The Mills Brothers were a staple on radio in the 1930s. They were among the first African American artists to host their own radio show and sang jingles for Standard Oil and Crisco. What commercial do you recall having seen, or heard, recently?

 There are very creative commercials for Resilia on YouTube recently. Resilia is aged oil of oregano and black seed oil capsules.

I also like the Ryze commercial with the little mushroom.

6) In 1933, when this week's song was popular, actor Robert Montgomery and his wife had a daughter they named Elizabeth. That little girl would become famous in the 1960s for her own TV show. Without looking it up, do you know what show Elizabeth Montgomery starred in? 

 Elizabeth was Samantha on Bewitched.  

7) Johnny Cash was also born in 1
933.    Do you have a favorite Johnny Cash song?

 Jackson which he sung with his wife June Carter Cash.

8) In 1933, five French airlines merged to form Air France. Think of the last time you were at an airport. Were you taking a flight or meeting a flight?

I was meeting a flight.

9) Random question: Your best friend just received a certificate for completing a car maintenance course at your community college. Would you let them work on your vehicle?

 Sure.   I'm a Jersey girl. If  they make a mess, they will regret their life choices.  hehehe.

See ya later..