another this and that

-
I have always been a fan of the game show Jeopardy!   I remember watching it with the original host, Art Fleming, and I remember feeling excited when the show was revived in the 1980's with Alex Trebek as host.  Well, thanks to coronavirus, the show is not currently producing new episodes.  to fill in the gap, the producers are pulling out episodes from the vault.

On Monday they aired the very first episode from 1984, and on Tuesday they aired the second episode.  It's interesting to see what has changed and what has remained the same.  But what made me laugh -- when the contestants were introduced to the audience, there was a male contestant whose profession was "registered nurse" and a female contestant who was identified as a carpenter, and Trebek was sure that the man was a carpenter and the woman was a nurse.  Even in 1984 that was a bit sexist, wasn't it?

Last night there was a report on the news that Ellen's Stardust Diner  might be permanently closed, a victim of the virus.  Ellen's Stardust is a Theater District icon, the home of the singing waitstaff.  Seriously, one minute your waiter will be bringing you a burger and fries, the next he'll be grabbing a microphone and belting out the latest Broadway hit.  I've spent so many happy evenings in Ellen's, We had dinner there in May 2019, the night we saw Oklahoma,  I'll be very sad if the diner falls victim to the virus.

Drew has been showing me a lot of old movies.  The other night we saw a comedy/fantasy from 1944.  Really enjoyable film,




And happy happy joy joy, the baseball season finally starts today.





Comments

  1. JanCTJuly 23, 2020 at 10:07 AM

    I've hardly ever watched Jeopardy. My brother-in-law was a MASTER though. My sister, my BIL, and the teen kids would sit and "play" along. My BIL always won!
    Jan
    Our summer goals are quite similar. I've been making digital materials for my class, too. Your spiral review looks great, and your training sounds really good. Our district has been doing writing workshop for a few years, but we wrote our own curriculum. We've been doing reading workshop for a couple years (and we wrote our own curriculum). I'm reading The Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo, and it really is as good as everyone says. I bet you're enjoying your pool in this heat.
    Jan
    Laughter and Consistency

    ReplyDelete
  2. John HoltonJuly 23, 2020 at 11:21 AM

    Sexist, maybe, but in 1984 much more uncommon than today.

    I have to wait until tomorrow before the Braves and White Sox get started, but yes, baseball is back!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Liz A.July 23, 2020 at 5:58 PM

    Now I have something to look forward to. I recorded the episodes, but I haven't watched them, yet. I was amazed that they had new episodes for as long as they did.

    I read the book The Canterville Ghost. Although, not the original. When I was a kid, there was a kid's version that the librarian recommended. That's pretty much all I remember about it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It’s all coming back to me now

-
 So you should know that I am not a “shopper”.  I live in shopping mall heaven — I’m ten minutes from the Broadway Mall,  15 from Roosevelt Field and 25 from Whitman Shoppes — but I seldom go to the mall.  I prefer to shop on line.  And when I do venture into a store, I usually know what I want and buy it as quickly as possible.  I’m not one to browse through stores just to see what’s for sale. There’s a local chain,  Baked By Melissa , that specializes in mini cupcakes.  They’re primarily in Manhattan.  A few years ago Becca introduced me to their product - delicate little cakes, exquisitely decorated, very tasty.  I walk past their shop on 7th Avenue whenever we go to the theater. Well, last week I remembered that they used to have a second shop on 7th, right next to the original shop, but selling gluten-free versions of all their cupcakes. The gluten-free shop closed, but the company continues to make a gluten-free version of their product. So I thought that gluten-free cupcakes wou
Read more

Music Monday

-
Image
Another “your choice” week. How about new music from icons of the 60’s and 70’s? Let’s start with Jimmy Buffett’s posthumous hit, “Bubbles Up”. The Rolling Stones released a new song in 2023, it’s called “Angry”. The surviving Beatles (with some  help from AI) released “Now and Then”. And then Billy Joel …    The AI effects in the video blew me away… A note about the AI effects … the Beatles used it to isolate John’s vocals on an old demo.  Billy Joel had a young man play the piano then superimposed his own face onto the image of the younger man.   
Read more

Ultimate Blog Party!!!!

-
Image
thanks to suzanne , I decided to join the party. I got into blogging last year because of Suzanne. I've known her on message boards for awhile, but I've gotten to know her much better since entering the blogosphere. I've also met several others whose blogs I am starting to love, and look forward to meeting even more bloggers now that I've joined the party. So I guess that means I have to introduce myself. I am a single mom from Long Island. My older daughter, Jen, is a college freshman, going to school in New England. Younger daughter, Becca, is a high school junior. I am also an attorney with an insurance company, with offices in Jersey City, NJ, a really "wonderful" commute. I sit on the board of trustees at my synagogue (which means I do a lot of volunteer work there!), and I am active in various fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, currently planning for this year's Relay for Life. I like ot take photos, so you'll see many of them in
Read more