During a filming of his TV and radio quiz show - You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx was bantering with a young woman contestant. 'Tell me about your family.' 'Oh, I have eleven children!' was the response. Groucho responded 'Eleven Children ...' She answered 'Well, I love my husband.' Read the title of the post again to know Groucho's response.
Urban legend? Groucho denies having said it, but we all know better.
BTW, if you haven't watched a copy of 'A Day at the Races' yet, do so. As I mentioned earlier, not only is Alan Jones the father of pop singer of 80s fame Jack Jones - 'Lollipops and Roses' was the big hit song - I named that incorrectly in a previous post, but Maureen O'Sullivan co-stars with Jones. Well, Maureen is known for at least two things. One, she was 'Jane' to Weismuller's Tarzan in at least sx movies, and what else. Well, if you don't know this one, for shame.
She played Mom to Hannah in Woody Allen's flick 'Hannah and Her Sisters'. Yes, she played Mia Farrow's mom in that flick. And do you know why she was totally qualified to play thar role - I'm sure you know where this one is going ... Yes, she is Mia Farrow's real mom.
Six Degrees of Separation.
Tonight, I am going to watch 'Donovan's Reef' - Wayne. I also have a 'DVD of the 45 undre Rene Clair's direction of 'And There Were None' - the Christie flick I have lectured on extensively here. I haven't seen it yet. Can't wait.
Small pleasures.
So, take it easy.
There was a horrific accident on the local Taconic Parkway up here near Rhinebeck yesterday. Eight people, including five children died. That is hard to understand. Eight people, five children! Somethings is awry. I can only send my heart-felt condolences to all related to these families. I can't even imagine such devestation.
Merce Cummingham died at 91 last night. If you don't knon who he is, get with it. Spend a few minutes on the Internet - Wikipedia or Google. One of the progenitors of modern dance, in the WORLD.
If you want to be a rock, OK. Otherwise, read a bit.
Here is a cute motivational poster. Sometimes you really have to know where you stand in the food chain, to survive. I well remember walking down my little driveway in Red Hook one morning and coming face-to-face with a red fox. Now, we both were doing a 'stand-off' thing. I was staring at him, and he was staring at me. But I realized that, without a weapon of some sort, I was WAY below him on the food chain at that moment. So, I carefully backed-off. He had way bigger teeth and claws than me.
So, little Kitty, yes it looks like a tasty bird. But think! You are about to be someone's tasty lunch. That is a bald eagle, and it can easily pick up a cat, dog, or sheep, in it's talons, while ripping the animals head off.
You can click on the poster to see it bigger.
Well, OK, one more random drop ...Mozart hated two instruments. The harp and the flute. Go figure. When he was finally begged to write something for these instruments, he wrote ONE concerto, for flute and harp. That's killing two birds with one stone. And of course the concerto is considered one of the best ever written, for any instruments. He just couldn't do wrong. Ah, if life were always like that.
Rich
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