Saturday 9

 

I Fall in Love Too Easily

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Saturday 9: I Fall in Love Too Easily (1945)

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

1) In this song, Dinah Shore admits that her impetuous romances don't work out. Do you consider yourself impulsive?

Yes and no.  Or, more accurately, I can be impulsive occasionally.

2) The songwriting team of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne composed this in a single evening. Since the song is rather short Sammy considered adding another verse, but Jule thought better of it, saying, "No. That's it." Are you more like Sammy and keep revising, tinkering and tweaking? Or, like Jule, do you find it easy to leave well enough alone?

Back when I first started working, I’d get a letter, dictate a responsive letter, read and revise what my secretary typed, and maybe revise it a second time before mailing it.  Plenty of time to reflect on whether the tone was appropriate, whether the information was accurate,

Now I don’t have a secretary and everything is done by email.  I have to force myself to not act impulsively when responding to an email, but to take the time to reflect on how I should respond. 

 

3) The song was introduced in Anchors Aweigh, a movie about two sailors who find love during a two-day leave in New York. Have you ever enjoyed a romance while on holiday?

 

No.

4) Though Frank Sinatra sang the song in the movie, Dinah's version was also popular. Her record sales in the 1940s were boosted by concerts, radio appearances and performances for the troops. What singer who is no longer with us do you wish you could have seen in concert?

5) Dinah was shy with new people, but discovered as a high school cheerleader that she was good in front of a crowd. Give us one of your high school cheers.

You must have mistaken me for my daughter.  She was the cheerleader, not I. 

6) She loved golf and was so good at it, she became the first woman admitted as a member to the prestigious Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. What's your best sport? 

I’m not much of an athlete.  I hated gym class,  I’m clumsy and uncoordinated.

But I like to walk, I like to swim.  And I’ve discovered chair yoga — I stopped doing yoga when my knees went bad, but chair yoga takes the pressure off.

7) Dinah found her greatest success in television. She was so popular for so long that she was able to afford a luxury home, built to her specifications, in Palm Springs. Leonardo DiCaprio now owns it. Do you know who lived in your home before you moved in?

My current home is a rental.  We met the previous tenants when we were looking to rent the place.  My landlord used to live here, but I’ve never met her — we deal with a property agent, the owner lives overseas.  

The house I grew up in … my parents were the original owners.  We watched them build the house.  

 
8) In 1945, when this song was popular, Abbott and Costello appeared in the movie The Naughty Nineties, which featured their famous "Who's On First" routine. Do you know it?

You know I am a bit obsessed with baseball.

Did you see Jimmy Fallon version?

 

9) Random question – Fill in the blank: After all these years, I still ____________.

expect Alex Trebek  to walk out onto the Jeopardy!  stage …I like Ken Jennings, but I miss Alex.

 

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