Saturday 9 Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows.

Saturday 9: Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows (1965)

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

1. In this song, Lesley Gore sings that sunshine is wonderful. It's hard to argue with that. Is it sunny where you are today? Yes, it will be sunny and will be 80 on Thanksgiving. I live in So California.

2. Tootsie Roll is the world's #1 manufacturer of lollipops, and cherry is their most popular flavor. Do you have a sweet tooth? If yes, what's your favorite sweet treat? I do like sweets, but I have to watch my sugars. I like Reese's Peanut butter Cups and Butterfingers. I also like Snickers and Paydays. I don't eat them often. My daughter bought donuts for all the grands. Hubby and I shared one. I only had a couple of bites. I get enough sugar with my vitamins. I try to eat fruit instead. My friends bought mini donuts when we went to Oak Glen on Tuesday. I had one, yummy!

3. According to myth, you'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. If you suddenly, unexpectedly came into $100,000, what is the first thing you would buy? I would give a special offering to church.  I would pay off some bills. I would get my kitchen and exterior of the house painted. I would get new flooring. I would do something with my family.

4. She feels brighter than a lucky penny. Abraham Lincoln was the first person to appear on a U.S. coin, when the 1909 penny was struck in honor of his 100th birthday. Thomas Jefferson is on the nickel, George Washington is on the quarter, and John F. Kennedy is on the half dollar. Without looking, do you know which President is on the dime? No, but I did check. It was Frankin D. Roosevelt.

5. Lesley Gore was very popular in the 1960s, with 11 Top Ten hits. Most people don't know that, while she was making records, she was also attending Sarah Lawrence College and graduated with her BA in 1968. What's something most Saturday 9ers would be surprised to know about you? I still have my original website up that I started around 2000. I started blogging there in 2002.

 

6. She performed "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" in the movie Ski Party. Do you plan to ski this season? No, I have osteoporosis and can't do anything where I might fall. Speaking of fall, I went up to Oak Glen on Tuesday which is at 4300 feet. Weather was sunny and in the 50's. This is the place we took the grands Apple picking in 2021.

7. This song was written by Marvin Hamlisch, who would go on to win three Oscars, four Grammys, three Emmys, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize. That's quite an impressive list! But we believe our Sat 9-ers are impressive, too. So, give yourself an award this morning. (For example, Crazy Sam is now Meme Mistress of the Year.) Bible journal teacher (Pictures on Nov. 10th post) Mema to my grands!

8. In 1965, when this song was on the charts, I Dream of Jeannie premiered. This supernatural sitcom, about an astronaut who finds a genie on a beach, competed for viewers with Bewitched, which was about an advertising executive who marries a witch. Do you prefer Bewitched, or I Dream of Jeannie?

I watched them both and liked them both. I would choose I Dream of Jeannie. 

9. Random question -- Which would you rather have, tacos or pizza? My tacos any day.(we did get pizza today since we were Christmas decorating. It would have to be my mom's recipe. It is one of the last things my dad asked to eat. We use hamburger meat and potatoes.  We warm fresh corn tortillas so that they are pliable. We fill with the meat mixture. Then we fry them in hot oil until crisp. Then we drain and fill. I say we because I am thinking of my siblings and my husband or my kids. We all make them that way. Sometimes we make shredded chicken tacos because my daughters does not eat red meat. Both are great.

The top two are tacos. The bottom is a tostada.