IF YOU ARE, LIKE THIS BLOG, GETTING ON IN YEARS, BUT YOU STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THE SIXTIES...
...you will enjoy this.
(Also thanks to Claire Martin)
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...you will enjoy this.
(Also thanks to Claire Martin)
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Jerry Stiller says he never feels old because he dies his hair every three weeks.
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 07:23 PM
Jerry Stiller says he never feels old because he dies his hair every three weeks.
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 07:23 PM
First and second!!!
WTG, BOT.
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 07:24 PM
eh, what? why are they "talkin' about degeneration?"
Posted by: insomniac | April 14, 2007 at 07:24 PM
I LOVE IT!!! Great video.
And to quote George Carlin, "Anyone who remembers the sixties wasn't really there."
Posted by: ArcticAl | April 14, 2007 at 07:25 PM
A hat trick on a Saturday. YAY me. :)
OK everybody, come on out and play.
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 07:25 PM
OOh, El - a bot-assisted hat trick! Nicely done!
*snork* at insom....
How many teeth is this guy missing, anyway?
So, Al - do you remember the sixties? ;)
Posted by: Deskdiva | April 14, 2007 at 07:27 PM
DD - I vaguely believe that I was in the area at the time, but what exactly happened is a little vague, other than where I was when JFK, RFK and MLK were shot. The rest is a blur...Oh ya, seeing the Beatles, I remember that too.
*wanders down memory lane and hopes to avoid flashbacks*
Posted by: ArcticAl | April 14, 2007 at 07:31 PM
Dang, that was funny - did that one guy have teeth? I saw him chewing, or gumming something, but don't think I ever did see teeth....
Posted by: Kathybear | April 14, 2007 at 07:48 PM
GIVE 'EM HELL!! These folks are AWESOME!!
Posted by: Guin | April 14, 2007 at 07:49 PM
Hmmm, bookbabie is suddenly "flashing" forward and seeing the future, gonna go brush my teeth and do my yoga.
Posted by: bookbabie | April 14, 2007 at 07:54 PM
That was terrific!
I gather the guy singing is named Peter and posts on pensioners 'issues' as 'Geriatric1927.' What a fabulous over-turning of the original song!
Posted by: Sylvester | April 14, 2007 at 08:00 PM
he dyes his hair....
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 08:17 PM
Frankly, El, I think you had it right the first time. Jerry's hair always looks like roadkill to me. I just thought maybe you meant he rotated it out for fresh on a regular basis.
Posted by: Deskdiva | April 14, 2007 at 08:23 PM
first to say, "groovy, man..."
Posted by: mm | April 14, 2007 at 08:24 PM
That's cute ... some quite nice visual "almost" puns there ... a nice number ... esp. the No. 1 at the end ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | April 14, 2007 at 08:29 PM
The sixties? Did they really even exist?
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | April 14, 2007 at 09:10 PM
Those are the same folks that told me to turn that music down back then. When did they become so accepting?
(Actually, loved the video).
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | April 14, 2007 at 09:14 PM
....especially the Abbey Road walkers.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | April 14, 2007 at 09:15 PM
That was wicked awesome!
Posted by: Jeannie | April 14, 2007 at 09:52 PM
OK - Movie quote-
"No Bulla, you didn't experience the 60's. You took two 50's and went straight to the 70's."
Name the movie.
Posted by: ArcticAl | April 14, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Hey El..... cye ;-)
Posted by: Jazzzz | April 14, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Field of Dreams
Posted by: Jazzzz | April 14, 2007 at 10:11 PM
Thats right Jazzz. I love that scene and the whole movie.
Posted by: ArcticAl | April 14, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Done, Jazzzz, czech yours. ;)
Deskd, I agree. I find him to be a particularly unattractive man and his humor is a little too blustery for me. I just read that quote in one of those one line 'brief report' thingys and it made me laugh.
Typing in the dark isn't easy so I'll
*zip out*
:)
Posted by: Eleanor | April 14, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Peter is in the chorus, but he's not the lead singer.
Posted by: Jemmy | April 14, 2007 at 10:42 PM
That was great!
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | April 14, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Ah, crap... Do Ho died today
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | April 14, 2007 at 11:12 PM
Steve - not to correct you or anything impudent like that - but that would be Don.... Don Ho died today.... Wow. And champagne bottles everywhere are popping their corks in his memory.
Posted by: Deskdiva | April 14, 2007 at 11:18 PM
Don "Ho"? Please, people. Have we learned nothing from Imus?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 15, 2007 at 12:29 AM
Too much, magic truss!!
Posted by: Stevie W | April 15, 2007 at 12:31 AM
Lol, annie. You've been watching too much Bill O'Reilly again.
Posted by: Stevie W | April 15, 2007 at 12:33 AM
Yup, that's me - an O'Reilly fan. and snork at 'magic truss.'
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 15, 2007 at 12:40 AM
One of the most clever things I ever saw inscribed in a public bathroom was on a hand dryer bearing this graphic.
Someone had etched into it, "Don Ho praying."
Posted by: Stevie W | April 15, 2007 at 12:59 AM
And you do not, I repeat, NOT, want to know what else I found while searching for the graphic in the above post.
Posted by: Stevie W | April 15, 2007 at 01:03 AM
thanks for not subjecting us to any graphic graphics.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 15, 2007 at 01:08 AM
Stevie's comment about the first graphic got me giggling extensively. In fact, I got giggle-induced hiccups. As I just completed my thesis, that was much needed. Thanks.
Stevie's second graphic was "ew"-worthy, but at least it was not a squirrel costume. And I am seeing imaginary spiders and should go to sleep.
Posted by: Jemmy | April 15, 2007 at 01:25 AM
Ahhh!!!! Retina burn!!! Stevie, how could you?
Posted by: marfie | April 15, 2007 at 01:27 AM
THAT
WAS
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: AlanBoss | April 15, 2007 at 01:44 AM
ArcticAl: me too, on seeing the Beatles that is.
February 1964, Carnegie Hall
*goes to search for where he left the geezer bus*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 15, 2007 at 09:48 AM
And the lead singer was Alf, who is 90!
Go, daddy, go.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 15, 2007 at 09:48 AM
I really like the cause this video supports. Too few people appreciate the elderly in our communities or know how awful some of these "retirement" facilities can be. (I work in nursing home/medical malpractice litigation - scary stuff). Old folks are funny and cool and have so much to teach us. It just really touched me.
/soapbox
Posted by: Noob | April 15, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Mornin' Geezers!!!
THAT. WAS. CLASSIC.
I LOVE the Abbey Rd. with the walkers bit LOL.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 15, 2007 at 10:46 AM
*snork*!
Posted by: ScottMGS | April 15, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Loved the video!!
My parents live in a very active retirement center. As I was walking down the hallway with them one day, someone opened a door to an apartment and I heard rock music. Dad turned to me and said "That's one of our newer residents."
I was thinking how lyrics to rock songs would mean different things there.
(Can't get no) Satisfaction.
Who, Who are You?
Posted by: slyeyes | April 15, 2007 at 11:09 AM
According to the comments after the video, the guy at the end with the beard and the finger is UK's eldest worker at 100 years old, who says he continues to work because it keeps him active. You go, grandpa!
Posted by: kj | April 15, 2007 at 01:04 PM
Yeah, didn't spell the name right. Sorry, Don. :-\
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | April 15, 2007 at 02:26 PM
That was a gas! Meanie's right though about that particular age group. My parents barely tolerated the Elvis and The Beatles, and the stuff they said about Motown would make Imus look like a saint.
But they still let me play it all, God rest 'em. Oddly enough, the only song my mother liked was "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter." And she was especially fond of "Hooray for Hazel" because that was here name.
So, for 10 points, who did "Hooray for Hazel?" No fair looking it up.
Posted by: ubetcha | April 15, 2007 at 02:34 PM
Please to be removing the extra "e." Thank you, thank you very much.
Posted by: ubetcha | April 15, 2007 at 02:36 PM
*snitches back the extra "the" for ubetcha*
Here, you dropped this.
Posted by: Deskdiva | April 15, 2007 at 02:55 PM
Well, at least they didn't Disco. I give them props for that.
Posted by: Bethie | April 15, 2007 at 03:11 PM
What's wrong with disco???
*runs and hides*
Posted by: Disco Siouxie | April 15, 2007 at 06:10 PM
Come on, you geezers! I know it never made the Top Ten, but that's what makes it interesting. 1966, and I was 13.
"Hooray for Hazel, she put me down
Hooray for Hazel, she made me her clown
Hooray for Hazel, she's up to her tricks
Hooray for Hazel, she's gettin' her kicks."
Oddly enough I can remember the color of every 45 I bought back then, and this one was black. I can't remember the names (i.e., BT Puppy) because there were so many, but I can remember the basic color of every 45 I ever bought, and I bought them all.
Useless information, but don't play RPM Trivial Pursuit with me. I actually do know how many mothers there are in Nashville.
20 points if you can name that one.
Someday I'll get laid again.
Posted by: ubetcha | April 15, 2007 at 07:02 PM
OK, blogguys! You have a mission. Anyone wanna pony up to help out ubetcha here? Anyone? Bueller?
*psst* (Don't worry, u - I'm thinkin' I'm about as desperate.)
Posted by: Desk Diva | April 15, 2007 at 08:08 PM
ubetcha, it was Tommy Roe... recalled by a geezer who was 10 in 1966. ;-)
Posted by: JerseyGirl | April 15, 2007 at 08:22 PM
Oops, too late I see to contribute Tommy Roe (I prefer his "Everybody" and "Sheila," a little less bubble gum than "Hooray for Hazel," which was on par with his "Dizzy" on the please-you-can't-expect-me-to-take-this-song-seriously scale).
Be you referrin' to the Lovin' Spoonful's "Nashville Cats?" Screw the mothers, how many guitar pickers are there?
Posted by: Stevie W | April 15, 2007 at 11:26 PM
... Screw the mothers ...
... um ... Stevie W ... ???
that would seem to be more or less of a prerequiste ... IYCMD ... merely sayin' ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | April 15, 2007 at 11:30 PM
*tosses an needed "i" up there ...*
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | April 15, 2007 at 11:32 PM
* and a
nup there ... remember, dummy ... preview is my friend ...*Posted by: OtheU(manity) | April 15, 2007 at 11:34 PM
Okay...now I'm all for cloning.
Posted by: Novanglus | April 15, 2007 at 11:44 PM
Stevie, I never liked Hooray for Hazel either, or much else by Tommy Roe.
There's 16,821 mothers from Nashville (and 1,352 guitar pickers). Now THAT song I love.
In 1966 I was just 13 (you might say I was a musical proverbial knee-high).
Posted by: ubetcha | April 16, 2007 at 03:02 AM
So, its good to see Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend in the studio still doing there thing.
Posted by: hd4mtns | April 16, 2007 at 04:31 PM