Saturday 9...

Along Comes a Friend

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 me mes, however, and here is today's meme! 

Saturday 9: Along Comes a Friend (Theme from Kate and Allie) (1984)

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

1) This week's song is the theme from Kate and Allie, a sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1989. Were you a fan?  I don't remember this show and have never seen it.  Sorry!

2) The show was about two divorced women who live and raise their children together. Were you ever a single parent?  No.  Were you raised by a single parent?  No. I was blessed with a wonderful mom & dad.

3) Allie is proud that she can make a perfect cup of coffee: "Just the essence of the bean. No acidity." Kate is proud that she can belch the alphabet. What are you proud of?  I'm always proud of Joe and our two 'boys'.  I'm proud of our daughter-in-law and her big heart. I'm proud of our grandchildren and their accomplishments and talents. 

4) Kate and Allie share half of a duplex in Greenwich Village. Many episodes had them doing laundry in the basement. Where are your washer and dryer?  In a laundry closet in our kitchen area.

5) Kate was played by Susan St. James. She was familiar to viewers as the "wife" in McMillan and Wife. Without looking it up, do you know who played McMillan?  Nope. That isn't a show I've ever seen either.

6) Allie was played by Jane Curtin. She was one of three women in the original Saturday Night Live cast. Without looking it up, can you name the other two?  Now, this I CAN answer. I loved the original SNL with Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner!!  

7) On the set, Jane Curtin ran a poker game for the cast and crew. Do you think winning at poker takes more luck or skill?  I don't know how to play poker, so I really can't answer this other than to apply the question to any other card game.  The luck of the draw, for sure, but you also need to know how to play the cards you are dealt.  So a little luck and skill are both needed.

8) The Kate & Allie theme was co-written and sung by John Lefler. Years later, Mr. Lefler wrote the theme for the Pokemon show. Is anyone in your life into Pokemon?  Grandson Tristan was into Pokemon years ago.  Years and years ago. He is soon to be 22.

9) Random question: What's the last thing you whispered?  I have no idea! Joe wears hearing aids and I still have to repeat myself at least twice.  Maybe I whispered to myself some kind of expletive when he said "what" for the hundredth time! LOL

  

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