tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post8254137129112307427..comments2023-08-17T08:12:31.706-05:00Comments on Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches: Primed for jazzChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-90166221528910052702010-11-27T10:23:30.866-06:002010-11-27T10:23:30.866-06:00"Mah-Na Mah-Na" is actually from an ital..."Mah-Na Mah-Na" is actually from an italian faux-documentary about Sweden.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXo1ufdQ4sg&feature=fvwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-9266219589958620162009-04-17T12:29:00.000-05:002009-04-17T12:29:00.000-05:00Chris, according to the son of Johnny Costa's drum...Chris, according to the son of Johnny Costa's drummer on MRN, Johnny and Don were not related.<br /><br />Good posts and more interesting info <A HREF="http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Forum/37/topic/001530/Number/0/site_id/1#import" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-22823984685112417062009-04-16T18:18:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:18:00.000-05:00Good deal, Jason. I'm glad I had some part in that...Good deal, Jason. I'm glad I had some part in that happening. Costa is quite a pianist. I wondered if he was related to the arranger <I>Don</I> Costa of all those later Sinatra albums.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-34802640829309680112009-04-15T22:21:00.000-05:002009-04-15T22:21:00.000-05:00Thank you SO MUCH for this post. I thought I read...Thank you SO MUCH for this post. I thought I read that Johnny Costa never recorded an album but I found 5 online and am listening now. I can't express how grateful I am to have found this post.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537940717393513922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-30524593588083169812009-04-14T20:38:00.000-05:002009-04-14T20:38:00.000-05:00Gilligan - "brilliant"? Oh, pu-lease. There is no ...Gilligan - "brilliant"? Oh, <I>pu-lease</I>. There is no such thing as belated praise in my book. I'll take whatever I can get!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-10676015859232881492009-04-14T19:06:00.000-05:002009-04-14T19:06:00.000-05:00Had to join in on the applause, albeit belatedly. ...Had to join in on the applause, albeit belatedly. What a brilliant post!Video Zeta Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418506488234665178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-23420002502519800242009-04-14T18:25:00.000-05:002009-04-14T18:25:00.000-05:00Whoa - awesome response! Some posts are like trees...Whoa - awesome response! Some posts are like trees falling in forests (with no one there to hear them), and some aren't....I'm <I>thrilled</I> this one found an audience and touched a nerve. I have to be careful to not get too used to such feedback.<br /><br />Amy, thank you for that video. Wow, that brings back some sensory memories, doesn't it? Something wonderful usually followed! As far as soundtracks to childhood -- I completely agree. We had so few "media outlets" during the '70s and early '80s, we tended to share such things on a wider scale. For example, I don't think something like <I>Alex Hailey's ROOTS</I> could happen now. Kids today will have such things, but it'll be "pockets" and smaller groups of them - not the entire generation, as could probably be said about us. They'll somehow find each other when they are older to share and reminisce, if they want that. About Peggy Lee -- isn't that great? It's very cool and oh so jazzy.<br /><br />Hi Leigh-sorry about that earworm....Yes, he was cut from a finer piece of material (which was then promptly thrown away) than most of us. It's almost like the world didn't deserve him. We aren't likely to see his kind again. Per Peanuts - can you imagine what network executives would do to something like Peanuts today? It would have to be on a cable channel in order to retain any of its artistic and educational value. So your #1 daughter has excellent taste? She is lucky for that, and you two must have lots to share. I received the miniature communicator last Christmas, and "play" with it weekly. Isn't it astounding Hallmark makes such excellent ornaments for a show that has been off the air for 40 years?? I didn't know about the Linus one. You might check Hallmark's Website, but I think they discontinue those after each season. eBay perhaps?<br /><br />Thank you, Robert. You do great stuff at RetroHound on a more consistant basis.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-19854845901673791242009-04-14T13:46:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:46:00.000-05:00I definitely remember the second Gennie but not th...I definitely remember the second Gennie but not the first. <br /><br />Great post.Retro Houndhttp://www.retrohound.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-92028298920393749572009-04-14T13:35:00.000-05:002009-04-14T13:35:00.000-05:00This post was so good I had to come back for secon...This post was so good I had to come back for seconds! :)<br /><br />Leigh - good luck in your search for the ornament. Linus's speech is a masterpiece and never fails to get me choked up.<br /><br />And, Chris - I didn't get a chance last night to listen to all of Peggy Lee's Bewitched so I just did, and it is ever jazzy goodness! I guess I was aware of the song, just hadn't absorbed it and enjoyed it. <br /><br />Thanks for pulling this all together; loved it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537040734970946456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-5898526895790925032009-04-14T01:27:00.000-05:002009-04-14T01:27:00.000-05:00Oh, and the Hallmark ornament includes the speech ...Oh, and the Hallmark ornament includes the speech itself. It plays when you touch the ornament, I think.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-23036020638721111422009-04-14T01:25:00.000-05:002009-04-14T01:25:00.000-05:00Wow. This was just a spectacular post on many lev...Wow. This was just a spectacular post on many levels.<br /><br />Fred Rogers should be held up as an icon of human decency for all time. What a wonderful neighbor he was!<br /><br />But I didn't realize the music was so very good. That was illuminating.<br /><br />Peanuts, of course, will always be identified with the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez are modern-day artistic heroes for standing up to CBS and insisting that their vision of Schultz's world -- complete with searching questions of faith and materialism, sophisticated jazz score, and real children's voices -- triumphed to create the very best, the #1 Christmas special.<br /><br />I am happy to say that daughter #1 "caught" my passion for Peanuts and Star Trek. I will continue in my pursuit of the perfect Christmas gift for her: the Hallmark ornament that depicts Linus on the stage, giving his speech about the real meaning of Christmas.<br /><br />This post was worth the time you put into it, Chris. Thank you! <br /><br />But now the "ma-nah ma-nah" song is stuck in my head. Oh well, if you have to have an earworm . . .Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377350508311660619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-10512986296642803322009-04-14T00:22:00.000-05:002009-04-14T00:22:00.000-05:00Agree agree agree. You definitely hit the greats....Agree agree agree. You definitely hit the greats. This post totally IS my childhood.<br /><br />You're right: Mah-na Mah-na was vintage Sesame Street, 1969 (according to my DVD set). Cake does a fun remake of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVe2DbhxXQ<br /><br />The Peanuts music always makes me think of this too:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPhhu7e0bE&NR=1<br /><br />The kids today have no soundtrack to their lives...tragic!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537040734970946456noreply@blogger.com