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1) 77 Sunset Strip was one of TV's early hits, running for six seasons. Before this morning, were you familiar with this show? Not familiar, but I was aware of it. My mom was a fan and as a kid I listened to her 45 of Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb).
2) The show's jazzy theme is punctuated by finger snaps. When you snap your fingers, is the left-handed snap as loud as your right-handed snap? It's louder.
3) The show revolved around Bailey and Spencer Investigations. Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were among TV first "private eyes." Who is your all-time favorite TV PI? I loved Pierce Brosnan on Remmington Steel and Bruce Willis on Moonlighting.
4) Their office had "a fancy label," meaning an attractive address, on Los Angeles' Sunset Blvd. Tell us about the prestige area of your neighborhood. My neighborhood doesn't have one. We're solidly, working class, blue-collar folk. Now, my town has several more upscale areas, but the most prestigeous area is probably the area directly around the country club...Arnold Palmer owned the club and his home is near it.
5) Next door was Dino's Lodge, the real-life restaurant and bar owned by entertainer Dean Martin. Are you a Dean Martin fan? Yep. I've always like him. His song Everybody Loves Somebody was the #1 song the week I was born in 1964.
6) The valet at Dino's was Kookie. He was known for his perfect hair, his slang ("ginchy" meant cool, "germsville" was the hospital, "a dark seven" was a bad week) and his desire to someday be a private investigator, like Stu and Jeff. Do you think you'd be a good detective? Actually, I do think I'd do okay at it. I tend to be very intuitive.
7) Stu and Jeff had a loyal secretary named Suzanne, played by French actress Jacqueline Beer. In real life, she was married to adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, who famously traveled from Peru to French Polynesia by raft. Does 100 days on a raft, sailing the south seas, sound fascinating to you? No. It sounds like a miserable time...if we are speaking of a raft in the truest sense of a raft.
8) Clint Eastwood was a fan of the show and, in the 1990s, tried unsuccessfully to bring 77 Sunset Strip back. Is there a show from the past you'd like to see "rebooted?" The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Laverne & Shirley, and Welcome Back, Kotter all seem like shows that would lend themselves to being remade and haven't already been remade many times over.
9) Random question: Thinking about the last week, did you nag anyone? Or were you the one who was nagged? I wasn't nagged and I don't think I did any nagging, but I did ask my husband about something twice. He might call that nagging. LOL
Welcome Back, Kotter would be funny in today's world! I loved that show.
ReplyDeleteI think they could go funny or serious...a teacher in an inner city school, kinda timely.
DeleteRemington Steele and Moonlighting were created by the same man: Glenn Gordon Caron. He works on Bull now as a writer and producer, but somehow I don't enjoy that show anywhere near as much as his earlier shows.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that! I've seen Bull a couple of times and it's not bad, but apparently I watch something else since I rarely catch it.
DeleteWelcome Back, Kotter was a good show and I just thought of another show Barney Miller
ReplyDeleteA remake of Barney Miller would be interesting to see.
DeleteLOLOL about the nagging...I might persuade, not nag, LOLOLOL.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day friend. smiles
Yes, persuasion! Since most men think being asked to do the same thing twice in 6 months equals nagging. LOL
DeleteI forgot about Remindton Steele. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteIt was good and it's the first time I was aware of Pierce Brosnan.
DeletePierce Brosnan was the first one that came to my mind, too! Corny as it was, I was a big fan of the Love Boat. ("Exciting and new, come aboard...." Ya baby!) Since Applebee's has begun using the theme from Welcome Back, Kotter for their commercials, I've got that stuck in my brain.
ReplyDeleteWe watch a lot of the older shows these days. I like The Love Boat, but Tim's not a fan. I used to love Friday nights (or was it Saturday) and The Love Boat followed by Fantasy Island.
DeleteGood suggestions for reboots. I was so disappointed in the CW's Nancy Drew show. The thing with a reboot is you simply have no idea what you're gonna get.
ReplyDeleteI never did get to see it! I'll just stick with the CD's I got at a rummage sale a few years back...The complete second season of both Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. It's even got all those shows Shaun Cassidy sang in. I love it...but they sure aren't realistic teens or 20-somethings by today's standards.
DeleteI thought I had heard they were doing something with Fantasy Island, but it would be darker? I may have dreamed that and maybe a movie instead of tv show. I don't know. I loved that show and Love Boat too. Loved your answers! Have a nice weekend.
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I think they did do a movie call Fantasy Island. I don't know if it was an actual remake or not. Some of the original episodes were pretty dark...but the characters always learned a good lesson in the end.
DeleteOh my gosh, I LOVED Moonlighting! How could I forget that one? I watched some Lavern & Shirley reruns a couple of months ago. Loved that show when it was on but I did get aggravated with some of the silliness when watching it now. Had to laugh at your last answer... yes, asking more than once here can be viewed as nagging, too. LOL
ReplyDeleteYeah, they are pretty silly and sooooo innocent by today's standards, but I think if they modern-ed it up it might be interesting if done well.
DeleteI like to watch NCIS and Blue Bloods too. Any news on your pool?
ReplyDeleteThis Thursday or Friday barring any more rain days. It would Have been maybe Tuesday, but they got rained out yesterday and today. So...it will probably be up for Leah's birthday party, but maybe not completely filled and if it's filled it will be cold!
DeleteRemington Steele and Moonlighting, how could I forget?
ReplyDeleteI think that every week over someone's answer about something.
DeleteI remember this show, but mostly the "Cookie, Cookie, Lend me your comb" part. Not much else. ANd finger snapping to the theme song. I'm a lefty so my left snap is stronger. I think I would make a good PI. I love a good mystery.
ReplyDeleteI bet you would be a good one! I'm a righty, but my left snap is louder. Go figure.
DeleteSo funny your last comment about nagging.
ReplyDeleteIt's the truth. Men and women seem to view that a bit differently.
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