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  1. katry's avatar katry Says:

    September 16, 2014 at 11:17 am

    Shannon Wiersbitzky quote

  2. minicapt's avatar minicapt Says:

    September 17, 2014 at 1:33 am

    Stoneham, Mass. Memorial Day Parade 1969, (UMass Library):

    Also:
    http://www.cardcow.com/475554/barbos-furniture-stoneham-massachusetts/

    Cheers

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 1:01 pm

      minicapt,
      Barbo’s Furniture was right down from the square and across from the armory where I used to have drill team practice in the winter. Now the building is affiliated with Mass Eye and Ear and the armory is a hardware store.

      Barbo’s built a store in Dennisport. Old Mr. Barbo would always say hello to me after he found out I had lived in Stoneham and that he knew my grandfather.

  3. GnuFool's avatar GnuFool Says:

    September 17, 2014 at 6:55 am

    The wekend is almost her..Its gumpday (wednesday)

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 12:14 pm

      Gnu,
      This one brings back so many memories. My classroom was right near two French classes where I swear they sang this song every day. My English classes would groan as soon as the music started.

      I went looking and found out this song relegated the Kingsmen and their “Louie Louie” to the number two spot. Who would have guessed?

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 12:23 pm

      Gnu,
      This is a great song. I remember when it was on every radio station. He looks perfect in his tux. I was a bit amazed by the black face until I read a bit. According to The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin, this was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble, and the original version of Berlin’s song included references to the then-popular fad of flashily-dressed but poor black Harlemites parading up and down Lenox Avenue, “Spending ev’ry dime / For a wonderful time”.

      Whenever I hear this, I can’t help but think of Young Frankenstein.

      This guy reminds me a little of Dr. Frankenfurter in the Rocky Horror show.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 12:28 pm

      Gnu,
      I played this on Coffee once after I complained about the squirrels small enough to steal seed from my squirrel buster bird feeders. That’s when I started calling them the spawns of Satan.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 12:35 pm

      Gnu,
      I thought their name interesting as the ? is a part of it. know this song but wouldn’t be able to tell you who sang it. It is a great song.

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 17, 2014 at 12:38 pm

      Gnu,
      This was a sing-a-long with song. I, of course, remember it well. How can you not like a song with toke in the title?

      I saw a video of this from that Lawrence Welk show he mentioned. I’m giving the link:

      This is hysterical!


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