Wednesday, February 7
Last Train to Clarksville
This was one of my favorite songs as a kid. The Monkees were one of my favorite groups. I watched the Monkee's sitcom on Nick-at-Nite obsessively. I had a crush on Michael (the wool hat guy) who played the 'smart and serious' one. Yup - I knew he was deep. Why 'deep' seemed like an important quality to my 9-year old brain is beyond me. Peter was my runner-up, and he played the idiot. I think I felt sorry for him or something. Or maybe I felt I could relate.
Anyway, I had to do some googling, cuz Andie got me curious and I discovered from Wikipedia:
As a television show, The Monkees used techniques rarely seen on episodic television. This included characters breaking the fourth wall and talking to the camera (and sometimes even to off-camera studio production staff), fantasy sequences, and abrupt inserts and jump cuts. At least once a week, there was a musical romp which might have nothing to do with the storyline. In retrospect, many episodes included vignettes which now look very much like music videos: short, self-contained films of songs.
Also, it seems that Michael's mom invented Liquid Paper and left him a fortune when she kicked the bucket. Who knew?
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Oh yeah, but did you kiss the tv screen and pretend that you were kissing one of them like I did?
I worked with NKOTB too.
How old are you???
I mean "it worked" I didn't work with them. Although I did pretend to be a back up singer, a lot.
Did you notice that wool hat guy and blond guy seem to have forgotten the lyrics in a couple places?
You had me trippin' for a minute because I *know* you aren't old enough to have watched this as a kid. Then I realized you said you watched it on Nick-at-Nite. So this was like the crush I had on Adam or Little Joe. Man was I crushed when I found out Little Joe and Pa Ingalls were one and the same. Or that Adam's real name was Pernell. Ewww!
LOL - I'm 31 and I wondered for a minute about nkotb! Wow - you got to WORK with them?!?!? Yup - I had a serious crush on them, too. A friend of mine had a concert on tape and we rewound and rewound and rewound their little hip-thrusting dance routine. sigh....
LOL, Jennie! I don't even know who Adam is! I only know about Little Joe because of the VeggieTale "little Joe" which parodied the original show....Bonanza? I loved Little House on the Praire!
LOL - I'm 31 and I wondered for a minute about nkotb! Wow - you got to WORK with them?!?!? Yup - I had a serious crush on them, too. A friend of mine had a concert on tape and we rewound and rewound and rewound their little hip-thrusting dance routine. sigh....
LOL, Jennie! I don't even know who Adam is! I only know about Little Joe because of the VeggieTale "little Joe" which parodied the original show....Bonanza? I loved Little House on the Praire!
I think I'd have required therapy if I found out I'd had a crush on Pa, Jenni! Poor thing.
Not quite the same, but I was pretty freaked out when I discovered that the Motown music my parents played *wasn't* current. In 1983.
WELL?? It's Friday. I've been up since 4am, twitching nervously and checking behind the fridge, under the couch (never know, she might try to trip us up with what we least expect) I even cleaned the soapdish thingy in the shower last night just in case. So, what IS it already? The kids will survive a day without school, woman...but I'm not sure I can take the stress much longer.
Gotta go. I think I hear a dust bunny forming in the office.
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