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You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

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Saturday 9: You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (1943)

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

 
1) In this song, Dinah Shore goes on about listening to the breeze. Is it windy, breezy, or still where you are today?  Still, hot, and humid.

 

2) The August moon is bright in Dinah's musical fantasy. Let's look at your calendar. Is anything special coming up in August (birthdays, anniversaries, vacation getaways ...)?  No celebrations but I do have lunch scheduled with my granddaughter, Lauren.  We will meet in Punta Gorda at our usual meeting place!!  I guess it really is a celebration!!

 

3) Dinah was one of TV's pioneers. Her first show was a 15-minute variety show that ran two nights/week in 1951. What's the most recent show you watched?  I've been streaming the new season of Sweet Magnolias, on Netflix.  

4) She followed that in 1956 with the Dinah Shore Chevy Show. It was an hour long and sponsored by the car company. At the end of every show, Dinah encouraged her viewers to "see the USA in your Chevrolet ..." Today Chevrolets are still the most popular cars manufactured by General Motors. Tell us about your car.  My car is a 2017 Ford Escape.  I traded my Kia Sportage in, after 10 years, for the Escape.  I like keeping my car as long as possible and hope for at least four more years from the Escape.

5) From 1970 to 1991, Dinah hosted daytime TV talk shows and found tremendous success, winning 6 Emmy Awards and repeatedly appearing in the Gallup Poll of America's most admired women. Do you remember her?  I do remember Dinah AND hearing her tell us to see the USA in a Chevrolet.  I'm that old.  I also remember all the hullabaloo about her when she was dating Burt Reynolds.

 

6) Dinah was such an avid golfer that, in 1972, she founded one of the LPGA's major tournaments. Though now officially titled The Chevron Championship, it's still often referred to as "The Dinah Shore" in her memory. Do you golf? If not, would you like to learn?  I played golf back in what I call my former life.  I sold my clubs after my divorce and haven't played since (even though Joe liked to golf).  I was not very good.

7) In 1943, when "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" was popular, so were tablecloths. It was common to have cotton tablecloths for everyday use, fun and festive ones for the 4th of July and Christmas, and linen for formal occasions. Do you use tablecloths in your home?  Yes, I do for special occasions but not every day.

 

8) Beatle George Harrison was born in 1943. Which of the Fab Four is your favorite?  I've never been a big Beatles fan but I'll say John for the sake of the question.  I didn't like Yoko, though!!

9) Random question: Would you rather live on a houseboat or in a trailer?  Some people refer to my manufactured home as a trailer, but it is 1,500 square feet with three bedrooms and two full bathrooms.  No wheels.  If this question is about a houseboat or a travel trailer, 40 years ago I would say the houseboat but now I will choose the travel trailer.

Peace & Hugs

I will not boast in wealth or might – 

or human wisdom's fleeting light 

But I will boast in knowing Christ, at the cross