AMC: Erica--caught in a lie!
squeakinby
Maybe.
CHRIS: My cousin Paulie does Senor Wences imitations.
EEK: I remember Senor Wences.
Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm saying
if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
Robin O
Donna L. Bridges
<fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
<squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
>Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm saying
>if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
Careful, you'll have us all smashing each other in the face with cream
pies!!
--
DonnaB <*> 8^>
"You write your first draft with your heart. You re-write with your
head. The first key to writing is to write - not to think." - William
Forrester (Sean Connery) in the movie _Finding Forrester_, [2000],
directed by Gus van Sant
Mary Pelis
> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:48:43 GMT in Msg.#
> <fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
> <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
>
> >Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm saying
> >if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
>
> Careful, you'll have us all smashing each other in the face with cream
> pies!!
>
Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
Donna L. Bridges
<3DC0346F...@physics.umass.edu>, Mary Pelis
<m...@physics.umass.edu> wrote:
>"Donna L. Bridges" wrote:
>> "squeakinby" wrote:
>>
>> >Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm saying
>> >if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
>>
>> Careful, you'll have us all smashing each other in the face with cream
>> pies!!
>
>Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
White Fang, thanks, I was trying to recall if there was a Fang!!
>Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
How about Ruda Lee?
--
DonnaB <*> 8^>
"Vicki, I don't care how many personalities you have, you're the
best!" - Roxie OLTL 10-30-02
Susan Barnett
shall...@rcn.com wrote on 10/30/02 11:04 AM:
> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:48:43 GMT in Msg.#
> <fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
> <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
>
>> Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm saying
>> if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
>
> Careful, you'll have us all smashing each other in the face with cream
> pies!!
Or doing The Mouse!
Susan
Susan Barnett
shall...@rcn.com wrote on 10/30/02 11:40 AM:
> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:35:11 -0500 in Msg.#
> <3DC0346F...@physics.umass.edu>, Mary Pelis
> <m...@physics.umass.edu> wrote:
>
>> "Donna L. Bridges" wrote:
>>> "squeakinby" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Prove it, Ms Buy The People, Forage the People, Off the People ! I'm
>>>> saying
>>>> if she's 39 she isn't even old enough to remember Soupy Sales.
>>>
>>> Careful, you'll have us all smashing each other in the face with cream
>>> pies!!
>>
>> Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
>
> White Fang, thanks, I was trying to recall if there was a Fang!!
Remember Pookie, the little smart-aleck lion puppet that Soupy would talk
to? Loved him!
>
>> Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
>
> How about Ruda Lee?
Yeah, Ruta Lee, the perennial game show celebrity. And then there's Rula
Lenska, who used to be a celebrity spokesperson for some kind of hair care
product -- and it was ironic because no one knew who she was!
Susan
squeakinby
"Mary Pelis" <m...@physics.umass.edu> wrote in message
news:3DC0346F...@physics.umass.edu...
> "Donna L. Bridges" wrote:
>
> > In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:48:43 GMT in Msg.#
> > <fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
> > <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
> Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
I remember Fang but I don't remember Black Tooth. Didn't Fang talk like Tim
Allen doing his male routine, grunts, no words?
I remember Soupy Sales saying "People who live in glass houses should get
dressed in the basement."
Who here remembers Sonny Fox?
>
> Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
I vaguely remember Pinky Lee. Didn't he get into some kind of trouble that
ended his career early?
(So what's next for Erica and Chris to discuss? Topo Gigio?)
Robin O
Swenze
> Lenska, who used to be a celebrity spokesperson for some kind of hair care
> product -- and it was ironic because no one knew who she was!
>
> Susan
>
Yes, who WAS Rula Lenska?? "Five minutes, Miss Lenska," was the line in that
commercial for -- what? hair spray?
martha blum lindstrom
<slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> And then there's Rula Lenska, who used to be a celebrity
> spokesperson for some kind of hair care product -- and it
> was ironic because no one knew who she was!
But whatever the hair care product was (I forget,
but google say Alberto VO5)
It Can Bring out the Beautiful You!
Scott
David
news:mbluml-889471....@news.chorus.net...
Especially when "friends are coming over from London."
David "Rula Lenska, Carol Lynley, Adrienne Barbeau... these were my
childhood icons" Welsh
Donna L. Bridges
>in article 59d0sucjaksdbdp51...@4ax.com, Donna L. Bridges at
>shall...@rcn.com wrote on 10/30/02 11:40 AM:
>> White Fang, thanks, I was trying to recall if there was a Fang!!
>
>Remember Pookie, the little smart-aleck lion puppet that Soupy would talk
>to? Loved him!
Yes, Pookie, most of all!!
--
DonnaB <*> 8^>
"But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where
you are." - Harry Chapin, WOLD
Susan Barnett
squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/30/02 1:16 PM:
>
> "Mary Pelis" <m...@physics.umass.edu> wrote in message
> news:3DC0346F...@physics.umass.edu...
>> "Donna L. Bridges" wrote:
>>
>>> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:48:43 GMT in Msg.#
>>> <fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
>>> <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
>> Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
>
> I remember Fang but I don't remember Black Tooth. Didn't Fang talk like Tim
> Allen doing his male routine, grunts, no words?
Both White Fang and Black Tooth talked like that. Black Tooth was a boy, so
his "voice" was lower, and White Fang was a girl, so hers was higher.
>
> I remember Soupy Sales saying "People who live in glass houses should get
> dressed in the basement."
>
> Who here remembers Sonny Fox?
Ooh, I do! I always wanted to be on "Wonderama." Never happened, though.
Anyone here remember Sandy Becker?
>>
>> Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
>
> I vaguely remember Pinky Lee. Didn't he get into some kind of trouble that
> ended his career early?
I think you're right about that. There was some kind of scandal, but I don't
remember what it was all about. My parents took me to see Pinky Lee make a
personal appearance at the Blue Star Shopping Center in my hometown when I
was about 4 years old. When I saw him, I started crying and begging to be
taken home. No wonder they never tried to get me on Wonderama.
>
> (So what's next for Erica and Chris to discuss? Topo Gigio?)
Keees meee, Eddie!
Susan
squeakinby
"Susan Barnett" <slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:B9E6E404.906A%slbw...@earthlink.net...
> in article d%Xv9.8413$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net, squeakinby at
> squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/30/02 1:16 PM:
>
Yes! Wonderama! If we all pooled our memories, we could write a book!
Sonny Fox went on to be a fairly successful producer, so good for him.
Never happened, though.
> Anyone here remember Sandy Becker?
>
With Geeba Geeba?
> I think you're right about that. There was some kind of scandal, but I
don't
> remember what it was all about. My parents took me to see Pinky Lee make a
> personal appearance at the Blue Star Shopping Center in my hometown when I
> was about 4 years old.
BLUE STAR! Is that retro sounding or what??? (I recommend www.lileks.com
for anyone wanting to indulge in things retro and wanting huge laughs.
Thanks to Mary Pelis, Mary Pelis for that tip.)
When I saw him, I started crying and begging to be
> taken home. No wonder they never tried to get me on Wonderama.
Margaret Smolinksi who lived down the block was on Romper Room. I think she
looked shell-shocked so maybe it's better if you had never been on
Wonderama.
> > (So what's next for Erica and Chris to discuss? Topo Gigio?)
>
> Keees meee, Eddie!
LOL! Thank you for that!
Robin O
Robin Coutellier
dave...@worlnet.att.net says...
The one hair care product that sticks out in my mind from childhood was for White
Rain hairspray. A young lady was busily typing on the old-fashioned manual
typewriter in an office. She sees a handsome man walk in (I think), and, without
missing a beat on the typewriter, pulls open her bottom desk drawer and picks up
the hairspray. She's still furiously typing with only one hand (including having
to grab the platen/carriage-return handle (most people today don't even know what a
platen IS or why some of us STILL refer to the enter key as RETURN) and fling it
back to the left for the next line. She sprays about 1/2 can of White Rain all
over her head, caps the can and puts it back in the drawer, all the time typing as
fast as humanly possible without getting the keys stuck together (man I HATED it
when that happened). She smiles and whips out the finished page just as Mr.
Handsome walks up to her (I think). Mostly I just remember the one-handed typing
and hair spraying.
I never knew who Rula Lenska was, either, and it bugged the shit out of me!
Robin "" Coutellier
--
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Tante Joan
PARTrobinc.org> wrote:
>
>I never knew who Rula Lenska was, either, and it bugged the shit out of me!
Allow me to relieve your anguish. In the 70s there was a British
musical series called Rock Follies, about a three-girl group. Rula
was one of the three. Actually, it was fairly innovative and fun,
although she was the least talented or interesting of the three.
TJ
Rick Kitchen
And Molly Bee?
Rick Kitchen
Mary Pelis
YES! I remember her! Perky blonde ponytailed Sandra Dee wannabee! Appearances on Tennessee Ernie's
show.
Mary "now channeling Loretta Young" Pelis
Susan Barnett
squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/31/02 11:41 AM:
>
> "Susan Barnett" <slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:B9E6E404.906A%slbw...@earthlink.net...
>> in article d%Xv9.8413$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net, squeakinby at
>> squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/30/02 1:16 PM:
>>
>>> Ooh, I do! I always wanted to be on "Wonderama."
>
> Yes! Wonderama! If we all pooled our memories, we could write a book!
> Sonny Fox went on to be a fairly successful producer, so good for him.
Yeah, we should write a book -- an oral history of growing up in the '50s
and '60s. You and I could interview people and then compile the most
interesting and evocative memories into a book. That's a good idea, Robin.
>
> Never happened, though.
>> Anyone here remember Sandy Becker?
>>
> With Geeba Geeba?
I don't remember Geeba Geeba. But I just remember him doing "The Leader of
the Laundromat" -- a parody of "The Leader of the Pack."
>
>> I think you're right about that. There was some kind of scandal, but I
> don't
>> remember what it was all about. My parents took me to see Pinky Lee make a
>> personal appearance at the Blue Star Shopping Center in my hometown when I
>> was about 4 years old.
>
> BLUE STAR! Is that retro sounding or what??? (I recommend www.lileks.com
> for anyone wanting to indulge in things retro and wanting huge laughs.
> Thanks to Mary Pelis, Mary Pelis for that tip.)
Yeah, the lovely Blue Star Shopping Center on Route 22, anchored by
Korvettes. I spent many a happy hour in that store, buying my very first
Beatles album, trying on go-go boots and testing different shades of Bonne
Belle lip gloss.
>
> When I saw him, I started crying and begging to be
>> taken home. No wonder they never tried to get me on Wonderama.
>
> Margaret Smolinksi who lived down the block was on Romper Room. I think she
> looked shell-shocked so maybe it's better if you had never been on
> Wonderama.
I also wanted to be on Art Linkletter's show, where he had a bunch of kids
sitting in chairs and he interviewed them. Can't remember the name of the
show now!
>
>>> (So what's next for Erica and Chris to discuss? Topo Gigio?)
>>
>> Keees meee, Eddie!
>
> LOL! Thank you for that!
Haha! You're welcome!
Susan
Susan Barnett
tant...@SoftHome.net wrote on 10/31/02 1:34 PM:
Gosh, I'm not sure we're thinking of the same person. Because those "5
minutes, Miss Lenska" commercials were on during the 1960s and Rula looked
to be in her early 40s to me. Maybe the Rock Follies Rula took her name as
an homage to the original Rula?
Susan "starting to like the name Rula" B.
Donna L. Bridges
<B9E84D15.90F4%slbw...@earthlink.net>, Susan Barnett
<slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Gosh, I'm not sure we're thinking of the same person. Because those "5
>minutes, Miss Lenska" commercials were on during the 1960s and Rula looked
>to be in her early 40s to me. Maybe the Rock Follies Rula took her name as
>an homage to the original Rula?
>
>Susan "starting to like the name Rula" B.
Think this might be the lady?
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Lenska,+Rula
born in 1947
"Famous for campy commercials that appeared in the U.S. in the 1970s
and 80s."
We can drag it around to RATS* too, BTW, if we've found her, because
she was on EASTENDERS.
--
DonnaB <*> 8^>
An' the Gobble-uns 'll get you Ef you Don't Watch Out!
Susan Barnett
shall...@rcn.com wrote on 11/1/02 12:36 PM:
Well, it certainly sounds like her. She definitely had an eastern European
accent. It seemed to me that I remembered those commercials from the '60s --
but I've been known to be wrong. Too bad the IMDb didn't have a head shot of
her -- I think I would recognize her.
Susan
Tante Joan
No, it's the same person. I saw the series, and Rula the spokesmodel
is definitely Rula the Rock Follies-ette. She was the oldest of the
three girls, but in her 30s, not 40s. For those interested, here's
the web site for the show: http://www.therockfollies.co.uk/
TJ
squeakinby
> in article VHfw9.8570$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net, squeakinby at
> squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/31/02 11:41 AM:
>
'50s
> and '60s. You and I could interview people and then compile the most
> interesting and evocative memories into a book. That's a good idea, Robin.
I'm full of good ideas! I'll interview you, you interview me! That's a
good place to start!
Then we can talk to COUSIN BRUCIE!!! Yea!
>
> >
> I don't remember Geeba Geeba. But I just remember him doing "The Leader of
> the Laundromat" -- a parody of "The Leader of the Pack."
Hey, my neighbor, Lee Pockriss, wrote that song!
>
> Yeah, the lovely Blue Star Shopping Center on Route 22, anchored by
> Korvettes. I spent many a happy hour in that store, buying my very first
> Beatles album, trying on go-go boots and testing different shades of Bonne
> Belle lip gloss.
We weren't allowed to wear boots at BHS. Alex Dumas got sent home for
wearing Beatle Boots. Mr. Breen was so mean! But Mr. Gavel the PE teacher
had been a Marine and we all know what that implies. Yes, marching drills
even for the girls. And only Tina Rosser knew that the only command you can
act upon from at ease is attention. How did she know that???
>
> I also wanted to be on Art Linkletter's show, where he had a bunch of kids
> sitting in chairs and he interviewed them. Can't remember the name of the
> show now!
Kids Say the Darnedest Things.
Between the lot of us, we can remember everything, Alzheimers be damned!
Robin O
Michelle Star
invited him. He was chosen for one of the on-air contests/commercials for
cocomarsh (I think that was the name) chocolate syrup. He had to answer
some questions and got all flustered. Seth did win some cool stuff.
I was pissed, not only did he get to be on with Sonny Fox, but he also got
to miss a day of school, as it was taped on Wednesdays. I argued this
point, and my mom allowed me to miss a day of school of my choice, where we
could do whatever I wanted. We sent into NYC, where I spent a lovely day,
going to the big NYC library (foreshadowing, I guess, as I'm now a
librarian), then on to FAO when it was at its old location with the slide
between the 3rd and 2nd floors, and eating lunch at the automat. We also
shopped at Saks and Lord & Taylor. What a great day it was....
Around the same time as Wonderama, the NBC affiliate had the show "Birthday
Club" on every morning after CBS's Captain Kangaroo. Everyone on the show
was celebrating their birthday that day. I loved when they would lower the
microphone boom and all sing "Hi Mike, Hi Mike, we like you very much"
OK, I was 4 years old....
Shooting forward a few years, does anyone remember watching the Uncle Floyd
show? I always thought Pee Wee Herman was inspired by him.
Michelle "Tv watcher extrodinaire" Star
"Susan Barnett" <slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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squeakinby
> in article VHfw9.8570$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net, squeakinby at
> squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/31/02 11:41 AM:
>
show host in NYC and wore a goofy space suit and a "helmet" and had some
sidekicks of some kind. I don't remember much about him but I have his
button with his photo on it. It's so funny it's cheered me thru some of
life's less pleasant moments since.
Robin O
whodunit
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" ?
Carolyne "Oh, when there were so many other reasons" in CA ;-)
squeakinby
"Michelle Star" <mps...@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> My brother did get to be on Wonderama. One of his friends got tickets and
> invited him. He was chosen for one of the on-air contests/commercials for
> cocomarsh (I think that was the name) chocolate syrup. He had to answer
> some questions and got all flustered. Seth did win some cool stuff.
Cocomarsh! I remember that!
>
> I was pissed, not only did he get to be on with Sonny Fox, but he also got
> to miss a day of school, as it was taped on Wednesdays. I argued this
> point, and my mom allowed me to miss a day of school of my choice, where
we
> could do whatever I wanted. We sent into NYC, where I spent a lovely day,
> going to the big NYC library (foreshadowing, I guess, as I'm now a
> librarian),
Good for you. Much needed by people like me. Thanks!
then on to FAO when it was at its old location with the slide
> between the 3rd and 2nd floors,
Wasn't it great?! I stepped on Victor Borge's foot on the first floor one
day!! My mother was so embarrassed but he was cool, I was just a kid. I
didn't know who Victor Borge was.
and eating lunch at the automat. We also
> shopped at Saks and Lord & Taylor. What a great day it was....
What about the windows at Christmas at Lord & Taylor and B. Altman's? Was
there anything MORE sophisticated than eating in the Charleston Gardens at
Altman's? That was the last word.
What about Ray Heatherton, Joey Heatherton's father? Didn't he have a show
on Channel 11, WPIX? I don't remember Uncle Floyd...I feel deprived.
Robin O
Kim Cornish
> >
> Is this the same original lady who said,
> "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" ?
>
> Carolyne "Oh, when there were so many other reasons" in CA ;-)
>
Kelly Le Brock (the 2nd ex-Mrs. Steven Seagal) said the above.
Rula Lenska did a Alberto V05 commercial in which she starts saying,
"Friends are visiting from America." (or an approximation thereof), then
talks about hold VO5 helps her kept her coif in order through the trials
of guests and dance practice. She also appeared in _The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy_.
Kim
Tante Joan
wrote:
>Susan Barnett wrote:
>> in article j8p5sucmuleru0aku...@4ax.com, Donna L. Bridges at
>> shall...@rcn.com wrote on 11/1/02 12:36 PM:
>>
>Is this the same original lady who said,
>"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!" ?
>
>Carolyne "Oh, when there were so many other reasons" in CA ;-)
Nope, that was Kelly Lebrock, then-wife of Steven Seagall and star of
the movie "Weird Science."
TJ
Mary Pelis
> in article d%Xv9.8413$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net, squeakinby at
> squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam wrote on 10/30/02 1:16 PM:
>
> >
> > "Mary Pelis" <m...@physics.umass.edu> wrote in message
> > news:3DC0346F...@physics.umass.edu...
> >> "Donna L. Bridges" wrote:
> >>
> >>> In rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:48:43 GMT in Msg.#
> >>> <fQVv9.7250$ko1.1...@kent.svc.tds.net>, "squeakinby"
> >>> <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote:
> >> Oh jeez! White Fang & Black Tooth!
> >
> > I remember Fang but I don't remember Black Tooth. Didn't Fang talk like Tim
> > Allen doing his male routine, grunts, no words?
>
> Both White Fang and Black Tooth talked like that. Black Tooth was a boy, so
> his "voice" was lower, and White Fang was a girl, so hers was higher.
>
> >
> > I remember Soupy Sales saying "People who live in glass houses should get
> > dressed in the basement."
> >
> > Who here remembers Sonny Fox?
>
> Ooh, I do! I always wanted to be on "Wonderama." Never happened, though.
> Anyone here remember Sandy Becker?
>
> >>
> >> Mary "but I'm *still* too young to remember much about Pinky Lee!" Pelis
> >
> > I vaguely remember Pinky Lee. Didn't he get into some kind of trouble that
> > ended his career early?
>
> I think you're right about that. There was some kind of scandal, but I don't
> remember what it was all about.
People said he'd had a heart attack on his show, but that was not the case.
Pinkster apparently was suffering from a severe sinus ailment in addition to that
nervous breakdown thing, and had to give up the program. So it wasn't PeeWee
nasty, just an unfortunate set of circumstances.
Mary "Wonder what they did with that giant take-apart-to-show-the-center Tootsie
Pop..." Pelis
Jilly
"I also wanted to be on Art Linkletter's show, where he had a bunch of
kids sitting in chairs and he interviewed them. Can't remember the name
of the show now!"
IIRC it was 'Art Linkletter's House Party'.
I'd have loved to be one of those kids! They missed school, were on tv,
AND got a nifty prize to boot!... Kid Heaven! -Jilly
Michelle Star
"squeakinby" <squea...@tds.netToDamnSpam> wrote in message
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>
>
> What about Ray Heatherton, Joey Heatherton's father? Didn't he have a
show
> on Channel 11, WPIX? I don't remember Uncle Floyd...I feel deprived.
>
Ooh, I forgot about Ray Heatherton. He was the Merry Mailman!
Michelle Star
Ardie
That's what happened to my cousin and me - we got a train ride
into the city, lunch at Horn and Hardardt's and a day off from
school.
Lynn Riley
>
Robin Coutellier
I was SOOOO jealous of them! I consoled myself by haughtily assuming that they
were all stuck-up and thought they were SOOO big -- surely they were smarmy
teacher's pets, right? Well, it made ME feel better :-) Actually, I didn't think
that about ALL of them. Some of them obviously WERE as I thought, but most of them
were probably just lucky kids :-) I still remember a celebrities' children day
with Mickey Mantle's son, though -- and he WAS a stuckup, smarmly little brat.
I think my resentment came more from my own experiences, which were that the
popular kids in the class DID get the perks and they DID consistently get picked
for good things while other children did not. I'm STILL pissed off that I didn't
get the Citizenship Award of the Week in the 4th grade, even though I had the MOST
stars -- instead it went to a perky little blonde with FEWER stars, which was
against the rules. That was typical for those times, though because I was from a
"broken home" and we had to go on welfare when my parents split up. It seems
stupid now, but BELIEVE ME, if you were from a "broken home" in the early 60s, you
WERE treated differently, even by some of the teachers. I knew I would NEVER be
picked to go on Art Linkletter's show.
Robin "it's good to be an adult" Coutellier
squeakinby
"Robin Coutellier" <rc@SLICETHIS PARTrobinc.org> wrote in message
news:MPG.182f25f6...@enews.newsguy.com...
the
> popular kids in the class DID get the perks and they DID consistently get
picked
> for good things while other children did not. I'm STILL pissed off that I
didn't
> get the Citizenship Award of the Week in the 4th grade, even though I had
the MOST
> stars -- instead it went to a perky little blonde with FEWER stars, which
was
> against the rules.
Wow. 4th grade. That was awful for you, the other Robin. We had an
absolute nutcase teacher in 4th grade. She chased a boy around the room
because he had to go to the bathroom. He tried to hide in the closet to get
away from her. (He later became a wonderful chef.) We were terrorized by
her and she was a young woman. And we had a puppet show. I didn't have
creative parents (see how I triumphed over that?) so I just had a sock and
so did Martha but I wrote up a news show. Claire and Linda's mothers could
sew and made the most beautiful puppets. One was a raven I think! Wow.
They even had a real puppet play they put on but Martha and I won! Mrs.
P....... hated me tho so she never awarded our prize. And Linda and
Claire's disappointment was so massive they cried. I'll bet, today, they
don't even remember but I carry the freaking wounds to this day. (Actually
I hadn't thought about that in many years but hearing you dredge up the sour
unpleasantness of grammar school forced me to relive that day of
humiliation. Thanks a lot! ;-) )
I still count on my fingers because of that b*&ch. And I'm pretty fast by
now, lots of practice after all these years.
Robin O
Robin Coutellier
says...
You're welcome :-) I LOVED making up puppet shows (but with cardboard cutouts). A
friend and I made one based on "I Love Lucy". It got raves :-) (I was the writer,
of course).
Yeah 4th grade SUCKED! The teacher was fresh out of college and she actually had
VERY little control over the class of mostly boys. Coincidentally, my absolute
WORST grammar school memory that REALLY haunts me to this day was when the school
bully was going to beat me up. He sat behind me in that very same class and, early
in the day, spit on me for some totally unjustified reason (a really big, gooey,
globby, DISGUSTING spit, I might add). I told on him and the teacher made him sit
out the fun 20 minutes of art that we then embarked upon. He promised to beat me
up after school because he had to miss the art session. Mind you, he was only in
the 4th grade, but he was almost as big as the teacher whereas I was a skinny
little runt and small for my age. I was TERRIFIED! He kept murmuring horrible
threats that the teacher couldn't hear about what he was going to do to me. I ran
to a lesser-used girls bathroom during morning recess and hid in there. His
sister, brat that she was, told him where I was. He had told all the boys in the
class what he was going to do and they congregated outside the bathroom yelling
taunts every time the door opened. I cried and cried and cried for the entire
recess. I can't BELIEVE the teacher didn't figure out that something was VERY,
VERY wrong, especially since my eyes were practically swollen shut from crying.
The boys were clearly VERY excited in anticipation of watching a good sound
beating, even if I WAS just a girl. They could hardly sit still. I then spent
lunch hiding and crying and being taunted. In the classroom, most of the boys kept
finding little ways to let me know I was going to be beaten to a bloody pulp after
school. We went to the library in the afternoon, and the boys kept finding excuses
to look for another book just so they could walk past my table and whisper more
descriptions of how I was going to die; just about every ONE of them tried (and
succeeded) to twist the knife of fear into me. Their pack mentality was
astounding! School was going to let out at 3pm. By ten minutes to 3, I was all
but wetting my pants in abject terror. I watched the clock tick each second off,
my heart racing like a cornered rabbit's. All the while, the bully sat behind me
sneering and whispering his hideous intentions. At 5 minutes to 3, I could stand
it no longer and ran to the teacher tearfully BEGGING her in tortured whispers to
let me go home early because I was about to be beaten to a quivering, pulpy mass
of broken bones. I couldn't believe my luck when she actualy agreed -- leaving
class early was UNHEARD of. I raced out of there with the sure feeling that the
hounds of HELL were nipping at my heels. I raced through the orchard so fast that
the bees didn't even have time to chase me; faster than I had ever (or ever will)
run in my LIFE! I was totally HYSTERICAL by the time I got home and blubbered my
hiccuping tale of horror to my mother. She managed to calm me down by letting me
make some chocolate chip cookies. I joke about CC cookies being something I
absolutely cannot resist, but I'm not ALWAYS joking about it. I believe to this
day that I will ALWAYS associate chocolate chip cookies with the feeling of safety
and comfort. I don't know what happened after I left the classroom, but my mother
assured me that it was safe to go back to school, and it was (but I probably DID
stay home "sick" the next day). When I returned, the boys sneered, but they no
longer threatened me and, in fact, seemed to make a wide berth AROUND me, although
the bully himself still made half-hearted attempts to make it seem like he was
still going to get me. [Paul Throckmorton: To this day you owe me not a beating,
but the most heartfelt apology YOU will EVER make in your life! You also owe me
for quite a few therapy sessions.] I, of course, realize he was just a 9-yr-old
boy at the time and couldn't possibly know the long-term effect he would have on me
or his other victims, but I'm going to hold out for the apology, just the same.
Not all my childhood memories were bad of course, and I DID have friends (notice
the only nasty GIRL I mentioned was the little sister) but this was certainly the
most MEMORABLE one. It was also somewhat comforting to reach high school, after
moving and attending separate Jr. Highs, to see that a) the pert little citizenship
award winner wasn't even remotely popular anymore, and b) Paul quickly discovered
that he had only been a big bully in a small grammar school pond -- high school was
a whole 'nother ballgame and he was merely average (and not particularly bright to
begin with).
Robin "(with apologies to Cynthia Freeman) Youth is something you recover from,
like chicken pox" Coutellier
StanTillyA
rots.Love, Tilly
Donna L. Bridges
<B9E84947.90F2%slbw...@earthlink.net>, Susan Barnett
<slbw...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Yeah, the lovely Blue Star Shopping Center on Route 22, anchored by
>Korvettes. I spent many a happy hour in that store, buying my very first
>Beatles album, trying on go-go boots and testing different shades of Bonne
>Belle lip gloss.
As soon as you say Blue Star I'm lost in another direction. When AW
began to have Blue Star ointment as one of its regular advertisers we
knew the end was near.
>I also wanted to be on Art Linkletter's show, where he had a bunch of kids
>sitting in chairs and he interviewed them. Can't remember the name of the
>show now!
Kids Say The Darnedest Things, and many books of the same name.
--
DonnaB <*> Just finished with THE FOREST HOUSE, Book 1 of 4 with THE
MISTS OF AVALON last. 8^>
"Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably
never happened and those which do not matter." - W. R. Inge
Robin Coutellier
Any time! I got a million of them :-)
Robin "remind me to tell you about the 6th grade some time" Coutellier
Robin Coutellier
says...
> So sorry that happened to you Robin, your story touched my heart. I hope he
> rots.Love, Tilly
Thank you. I actually canceled the post, so you may be one of the few who actually
saw it (or maybe NO servers canceled it) because I got pretty carried away. One
should probably not post emotional posts at 2am. Oh well, he's got to be at least
47 now, so maybe age has humbled him, if not someone ELSE'S fists.
Robin "exorcising the demons" Coutellier
Donna L. Bridges
engine:
--
DonnaB <*> 8^> "(Age) is getting to know all the ways
the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you
want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over."
- Miriam Makeba, Makeba, My Story (1987)