Today I share with you an episode from 1975 which featured Rock Hudson (hilarious to see him in another light!) and Nancy Walker. Regulars on the show included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence. They were incredible together! Truly some good stuff here!
Friday, November 30, 2012
The Carol Burnett Show!
Saturday nights used to be one of my favorite nights for a little TV. The Carol Burnett show was genuis. It was filmed in front of a live audience. Carol Burnett would often start off the show taking questions and requests then they'd move on to comedy sketches along with some song and dance. Sometimes they mocked commercials or famous movies and tv shows.
Today I share with you an episode from 1975 which featured Rock Hudson (hilarious to see him in another light!) and Nancy Walker. Regulars on the show included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence. They were incredible together! Truly some good stuff here!
Today I share with you an episode from 1975 which featured Rock Hudson (hilarious to see him in another light!) and Nancy Walker. Regulars on the show included Tim Conway, Harvey Korman and Vicki Lawrence. They were incredible together! Truly some good stuff here!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Click click. . . . . .click click
Recently my family had to take a little drive out of town. We were on 4-lane highway for most of the drive. At one point though, I found myself blinded by the bright lights of an oncoming car. Even though the car was on the other side of a divided highway and he was a good deal down the road, the "brights" were distracting to say the least.
As only I can do, that moment flashed me back to being a kid and riding with my parents at night. Back in those days we often traveled on roads that weren't so busy at night. My grandparents lived out in the country as did a good number of my aunts and uncles. Traveling at night meant that in my dozy hazy sleep I would hear "click click" followed by a good long pause and then "click click."
Readers of a certain age surely know where this is going. But for my younger readers, I'll connect the dots.
While the controls now for "brights" versus regular headlights are usually on a "stick" on the steering wheel now, when I was a little girl the control was a button on the floor. You stepped on in (click) and released it (click) to turn brights on; then when you came upon another car you would step on it again (click) and release it (click) so that the brights would shut off and you would have your regular headlights only.
OK, for my non-drivers, when you turn on the headlights, 2 would light up. They are bright enough as general driving lights but if you are the only car on an unfamiliar road, brights are nice to give you a better view. On the older cars hitting the clicker for brights meant a second set of headlights would come on as well. The problem with brights though is that the way they are positioned to hit the road, they also hit the passenger compartment of oncoming cars and you just might blind a driver coming toward you. Obviously a bad thing.
Thus, a familiar sound along the drive home was "click click. . . . . . . . . . . .click click."
As only I can do, that moment flashed me back to being a kid and riding with my parents at night. Back in those days we often traveled on roads that weren't so busy at night. My grandparents lived out in the country as did a good number of my aunts and uncles. Traveling at night meant that in my dozy hazy sleep I would hear "click click" followed by a good long pause and then "click click."
Readers of a certain age surely know where this is going. But for my younger readers, I'll connect the dots.
While the controls now for "brights" versus regular headlights are usually on a "stick" on the steering wheel now, when I was a little girl the control was a button on the floor. You stepped on in (click) and released it (click) to turn brights on; then when you came upon another car you would step on it again (click) and release it (click) so that the brights would shut off and you would have your regular headlights only.
OK, for my non-drivers, when you turn on the headlights, 2 would light up. They are bright enough as general driving lights but if you are the only car on an unfamiliar road, brights are nice to give you a better view. On the older cars hitting the clicker for brights meant a second set of headlights would come on as well. The problem with brights though is that the way they are positioned to hit the road, they also hit the passenger compartment of oncoming cars and you just might blind a driver coming toward you. Obviously a bad thing.
Thus, a familiar sound along the drive home was "click click. . . . . . . . . . . .click click."
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Manicotti
So I have a bit of a dilemma this week. I spent so much at the grocery store leading up to Thanksgiving I am stubbornly resisting a trip to the grocery this week. This means being extra creative with the dinner menu each night. But this meal makes it easy. I have ricotta and I have a family that loves manicotti!
1 box of large pasta shells (easier to stuff than manicotti)
1 lb of ricotta
1 egg
1/2 tsp basil
1/4-1/2 tsp crushed garlic
2 tbsp chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1 large jar or can of your favorite pasta sauce
up to 2 cups of shredded cheese--mozzarella or a mix like colby jack
Cook pasta according to directions
Mix the ricotta, egg and spices together.
Stuff cooked pasta shells. I prefer pasta shells only because they are easier for me to stuff than are manicotti.
Pour about 1/4 of the pasta sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Places stuffed shells in the baking dish. Cover with the rest of the pasta sauce and a light layer of shredded cheese.
Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes.
1 box of large pasta shells (easier to stuff than manicotti)
1 lb of ricotta
1 egg
1/2 tsp basil
1/4-1/2 tsp crushed garlic
2 tbsp chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1 large jar or can of your favorite pasta sauce
up to 2 cups of shredded cheese--mozzarella or a mix like colby jack
Cook pasta according to directions
Mix the ricotta, egg and spices together.
Stuff cooked pasta shells. I prefer pasta shells only because they are easier for me to stuff than are manicotti.
Pour about 1/4 of the pasta sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Places stuffed shells in the baking dish. Cover with the rest of the pasta sauce and a light layer of shredded cheese.
Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
That olive green corduroy coat with the fuzzy collar
It wasn't much to look at. I suppose when it was new it was a decent looking coat.
But it was olive green.
And oh so worn.
When I saw it on a stranger, my heart stopped.
My heart stopped because once upon a time my dad had a coat just like it And it was my security blanket. How many times did he carry me in his arms, with my little face burrowed into the olive green faux fur collar. It was soft and warm and snuggly. It smelled just right--like security should smell, as if it has a smell we could all identify. Chances are we would all have our own definition of that one.
But for me, on all those nights when I got the chance to burrow into that coat, I knew I was safe, secure and loved.
PS--I searched high and low to find a picture of this coat. This outward symbol of safety and security from my childhood. But no, while the internet is a great world and offers so many pictures of things long forgotten, I was unable to find a picture of my coat. Crazy isn't it? That the old green coat that meant so much to me, that even as an adult made me stop in my tracks and try not to stare at a strange gentlemen, and that picture doesn't seen to exist.
But it was olive green.
And oh so worn.
When I saw it on a stranger, my heart stopped.
My heart stopped because once upon a time my dad had a coat just like it And it was my security blanket. How many times did he carry me in his arms, with my little face burrowed into the olive green faux fur collar. It was soft and warm and snuggly. It smelled just right--like security should smell, as if it has a smell we could all identify. Chances are we would all have our own definition of that one.
But for me, on all those nights when I got the chance to burrow into that coat, I knew I was safe, secure and loved.
PS--I searched high and low to find a picture of this coat. This outward symbol of safety and security from my childhood. But no, while the internet is a great world and offers so many pictures of things long forgotten, I was unable to find a picture of my coat. Crazy isn't it? That the old green coat that meant so much to me, that even as an adult made me stop in my tracks and try not to stare at a strange gentlemen, and that picture doesn't seen to exist.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Name that voice!
Today is Rich Little's birthday. When I was kid I loved watching this guy perform. He could do impressions of so many people. While there are clips from more recent performances, I feel that the classic clips are the best. Enjoy this one from "back in the day." Good stuff.
From the same era. . .roasting Johnny Carson:
Happy birthday Mr. Little!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Saturday Morning Music Fun!
Lipstick on your collar told a tale on you!
Sweet Connie Francis. Short little song but so much fun. This one wasn't on the records I listened to as a kid but I remember it well from my childhood so it must have been on the radio or something.
Enjoy it!
Sweet Connie Francis. Short little song but so much fun. This one wasn't on the records I listened to as a kid but I remember it well from my childhood so it must have been on the radio or something.
Enjoy it!
Friday, November 23, 2012
Rock Hudson. . .Send Me No Flowers
I always adored Rock Hudson. He and Cary Grant were my 2 favorite actors, even when I was a young girl. Tall, dark hair, and amazing voice (I recently learned he had surgery to deepen his voice--the internet is full of all kinds of incredible bits of information.)
Rock starred in several movies with Doris Day. One of my favorites with the two of them is Send Me No Flowers, the story of a hypochondriac who overhears a conversation and believes that he is dying. So he sets out on a mission to get all his "affairs in order" including locating the next husband for his wife.
It's a hoot. Doris Day is her usual bubbly self while Rock plays the part of a sad hypochondriac to perfection. And this one is available on youtube as a whole movie too. So bookmark this entry if you can't stop to watch the whole show now!
Rock starred in several movies with Doris Day. One of my favorites with the two of them is Send Me No Flowers, the story of a hypochondriac who overhears a conversation and believes that he is dying. So he sets out on a mission to get all his "affairs in order" including locating the next husband for his wife.
It's a hoot. Doris Day is her usual bubbly self while Rock plays the part of a sad hypochondriac to perfection. And this one is available on youtube as a whole movie too. So bookmark this entry if you can't stop to watch the whole show now!
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