The Saturday 9.....

Big thanks to Samantha and for Stacey's suggestion for today's Saturday 9.  This meme always makes me HAPPY so it counts for the 20th August Happiness Challenge too!

The Trolley Song

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: The Trolley Song (1944)

... Because Stacey suggested Judy Garland. Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this movie clip, just about everyone (except Judy) is wearing a hat. Do you wear hats for fashion, for warmth or for both?  I look AWFUL in hats. I would love to be able to wear a fashionable, kicky hat, but....I look AWFUL in hats.  Happy that I don't need one for warmth here in Florida!

2) This song is from Meet Me in St. Louis, which was a huge hit and the second highest grossing movie of 1944. When is the last time you watched a movie in the theater?  Just a couple of weeks ago. We saw Jason Bourne.  I love musicals but Joe can't sit still for them so I rarely get to see a musical.

3) The movie follows the Smith family as their hometown, St. Louis, prepares to host the 1904 World's Fair. What's the biggest thing happening in your hometown?  In August, even the downtown Farmer's Market takes the month off. It's too darn hot and humid to do anything other than stay in where it is air conditioned.

4) This week's featured artist, Judy Garland, is best known as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. That movie is shown so often that Sam thinks she may have seen it a dozen times. Is there a movie or holiday special you've seen over and over?  I have loved The Wizard of Oz since I was old enough to watch it and understand that the monkeys weren't real.  I've seen it so many times, I know the dialog and all of the songs.  There are a lot of movies I've seen many, many times, though....Groundhog Day, Independence Day, A Christmas Story....we shouldn't even start naming Christmas movies.

5) Judy admitted to being perpetually tardy. Are you usually prompt? Or are you always running late?  My pet peeve is people who are late. I am always early. If I'm not the first one there, I'm probably sick.  AND....I know that being early is just as annoying to some people as being late is to me. But, that's how I roll.

 
6) Judy's first professional performance was a rendition of "Jingle Bells" when she was just two. How old were you when you entered your chosen profession?  Is this my chosen profession?  I just kind of fell into accounting when I was a wet-behind-the ears newlywed at age 19.  Been doing it ever since. It kind of chose me.  I've strayed a few times, but always end up back at the spreadsheets. Probably Karma of some kind.

7) Thinking of "Jingle Bells," here's a wintery question for a hot summer day: What's your favorite carol?  Mary, Did You Know.

8) Judy was a very demonstrative person. She enjoyed hugs and admitted that, when she nervous, she took emotional support from physically reaching out. Are you demonstrative?  I like to hug and be hugged and don't back away from a kiss on the cheek, but I don't gush over it.

9) She told Barbara Walters that people would be surprised to learn that she was a good cook and specialized in desserts. Do you have a sweet tooth?  You know, I really don't crave sweets. I am happier with pasta and potatoes.  Given the choice between a candy bar or piece of cake and mac & cheese, the mac & cheese would win every time.

 

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