Thursday, February 6, 2020

IN OTHER NEWS...

6 comments:

  1. I think she's trying to get that gig pole dancing for the Super Bowl next year.

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  2. Is she a lounge singer? When you say 'lounge', I think Eydie Gorme or Rosemary Clooney, not her.

    Here's Eydie showin' you how it's done:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzIVYyVNUY

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  3. Bette started by singing in "lounges" if you want to call it that. My husband caught her act back in the early 70's at a dive bar up in Danvers, MA. She kept making fun of the name Danvers, which wasn't endearing.

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  4. Oh, TLM, I have wanted to hear what you thought of the "Smaht Pahk" ad on Sunday. I thought it was cute and really funny.

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  5. Katherine,
    The first time I saw it, I thought it was the stupidest commercial Id EVAH seen, especially since I knew Rachel Dratch is from Lexington. Then I read a few commentaries on how it was "supposed" to be over the top. Then it made a little more sense and seemed a little funnier.

    In case you didn't know, here's the cast and the "Easter Eggs."
    Chris Evans - Sudbury
    John Krasinski - Newton
    Rachel Dratch - Lexington
    David “Big Papi” Ortiz - Boston Red Sox
    Bob Wahlberg - Dorchester
    Arthur Walhberg - Worcester
    The Delivery Man - Tony Viveiros, a Massachusetts native and Charlestown comedian
    The first car has an “I Love Dorchester” bumper sticker
    Calling the remote a "clickuh" - very Bostonian!!
    Theme music at the end of the ad - “Dirty Water” by The Standells

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  6. Ah, so people from the area weren't as happy with it. I thought it was good clean fun, and that maybe we'd reached the point where a little laughing at our regional variations and quirks could be done again. I didn't know one actor from another, or their backgrounds.

    One of my daughters, here in central NC, had a middle school teacher who was big on environmentalism and took the kids on a "Mahtch for the Pahk." Kids thought it was just as funny as someone with a thick Southern drawl would be, no doubt, in Boston.

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