Tuesday, May 18, 2010

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES!



SOUPY SALES.  I WAS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW THAT SHOW.  MY BROTHERS WATCHED THE SHOW.  I CAN STILL REMEMBER GOING TO BED ONE NIGHT AT ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD AND BEGGING, PLEADING WITH MY BROTHER TO WRITE SOUPY SALES A FAN LETTER!!  WHY I SO DESPERATELY NEEDED HIM TO KNOW THAT I WAS A FAN!!

LUCILLE BALL  I LOVE LUCY...MY FAVE AND MOSTLY HOW I HAVE BASED MY LIFE...SHE MADE ME LAUGH FROM A VERY EARLY AGE.  I WAS ENTHRALLED WITH LUCY FROM THE BEGINNING.  SHE MADE ME LAUGH.  SHE GOT INTO CRAZY SITUATIONS WITH HER BFF ETHEL!  SHE WAS MY MOST AWESOME ENTERTAINMENT AT A YOUNG AGE.



CAROL BURNETT WAS MY IDOL.  I WROTE LETTERS TO HER AND I WANTED TO SEND MY PICTURE FROM OUR GIRL SCOUT ART SHOW. MY ART WORK WAS "THE GIRL SCOUT" .....IT WAS MY CRAYON "WORK"....INSPIRED BY THE GIRL SCOUT ON THE CAROL BURNETT SKIT!  I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.  I WANTED TO BE HER. I WANTED TO MEET HER.  I REALLY THOUGHT THAT SHE SHOULD KNOW ME.  I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE THRILLED TO MEET ME! I WANTED TO BE ON THE SHOW!  SHE CHANGED ME AND HOW I SAW LIFE.  I REALIZED HOW HUMOR HELPED EVERYONE TO LIGHTEN UP...IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD!  I LOVED HER SLAPSTICK.  I LOVED HER SWEETNESS AND ZANYNESS AND THE LAUGHTER SHE BROUGHT TO US ALL! I CRIED WHEN HER SHOW ENDED.






I LOVED MARY TYLER MOORE....THROWING THE HAT UP IN THE AIR.  I WANTED HER JOB...WHEN I GREW UP.  I LOVED HER FRIENDS AND THE PEOPLE SHE WORKED WITH.....TO ME, SHE WAS THE ULTIMATE WORKING WOMAN!



MARLO THOMAS IN "THAT GIRL"..."DIAMONDS, DAISIES, SNOWFLAKES, THAT GIRL!"  SHE WAS MY LITTLE GIRL DREAM OF BEING GROWN UP.  SHE LIVED THE ULTIMATE LIFE.  SHE LOVED DONALD HOLLINGER.  SHE HAD HER OWN MIXUPS.  I STILL REMEMBER HER APARTMENT.  WHILE SEEMINGLY GLAMOROUS, WHEN SHE PULLED UP HER SHADES IN THE LIVING ROOM, WE SAW EXPOSED BRICK!  I STILL REMEMBER WHEN SHE WENT BOWLING (A GLAMOROUS DATE, INDEED!).....SHE GOT HER BIG TOE STUCK IN A BOWLING BALL!



THE FIRST BIG MUSEUM EVENT THAT I CAN REMEMBER WAS VINCENT VAN GOGH AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART!  THANKFULLY, MY MOM HAD SOME REASON THAT SHE WAS MOVED TO TAKE ME TO THAT SPECIAL EVENT.  HIS ARTWORK AND HIS STORY MOVED ME.  AT THAT TIME, I WAS BLOWN AWAY THINKING ABOUT VAN GOGH AND WHERE HE HAD COME FROM AND THE WORK HE DID....MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS WORK, "THE BEDROOM" THAT INSPIRED MY LOVE OF CLOGS!  BACK THEN, I HAD NO OTHER EXPOSURE TO THAT KIND OF LIFE....OR LIVING.  THERE WAS NO INTERNET,  T.V. OR PHOTOGRAPHY THAT HAD CARRIED ME TO ANOTHER PLACE.




MRS. D.,  OUR FAMILY FRIEND.  SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO READ.  SHE WAS A FIRST GRADE TEACHER.  NOT MINE.  SHE WAS A MOM WITH 3 BOYS.  MY PARENTS WERE FRIENDS BECAUSE OF MY BROTHERS' FRIENDSHIPS WITH THEIR SONS.  SHE JUST LOVED ME AND MADE ME FEEL LOVED!  SHE LOVED JUST HAVING A GIRL AROUND! SHE SHOWED ME A RESPECT AND LOVE FROM A YOUNG AGE.  JUST GOOD LOVE.  OUTSIDE OF MY OWN FAMILY.  AND.....SHE TAUGHT ME TO READ...ON THEIR LIVING ROOM COUCH!  SHE WAS THERE IN THAT MOMENT WHERE IT TOOK OFF!  ANOTHER GIFT.



MONROE.  THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO CHANGED MY LIFE.  FOREVER.  MONROE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE....MONROE TAUGHT ME AND I TAUGHT MONROE....TO BRING A LEASH!  A DOG THAT GAVE ME SO MUCH!  BECAUSE OF  MONROE, I HAVE GOLDEN RETRIEVERS!


I'VE NEVER MET MY CAROL BURNETT.  I'VE READ ABOUT HER. I STILL DREAM OF MEETING HER!

I NEVER MET LUCY, BUT WE DID GET TO JAMESTOWN, N.Y. AND I DRAGGED THE WHOLE FAMILY INTO HER MUSEUM!


SOUPY SALES JUST DIED AWHILE BACK.  I'LL GET OVER IT.  HE WAS A PASSING PHASE...YET HE MADE ME LAUGH. WHO KNOWS WHY.  I LOVED HIS FUNNY VOICES, I KNOW THAT.


"THAT GIRL" I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO MEET!  I DID GET TO MEET MARLO THOMAS.  SHE SPOKE AT A COLLEGE GRADUATION...NOT MY CLASS....BUT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE KNEW HOW MUCH WE LOVED HER...HE INVITED A SELECT GROUP OF ADMIRERS (MY FRIENDS!) TO MEET WITH HER AND HAVE HIS PHOTOGRAPHER TAKE PICTURES....OF MARLO WITH US!!! WE WERE BABBLING AND RAMBLING AND SMILING AND GIGGLING. NOT MUCH MOVING CONVERSATION BUT VERY MOVED TO MEET SUCH A GO GETTER IN THE WOMAN'S MOVEMENT.  A DIFFERENT GENERATION.

I NEVER MET MARY TYLER MOORE.  I THINK SHE WAS HUGE TO ME AT THE TIME OF HER SHOW....IT WAS THE SHOW I LOVED AND THE HUMOR AND THE FUNNY GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT WJ......MARY WAS FUN....BUT IT WAS THE GROUP I LOVED!


PRINCESS DIANA/LADY DIANA.....THE FIRST PRINCESS OF OUR AGE RANGE.  SHE MARRIED AROUND MY COLLEGE YEARS.  SHE HAD STYLE...WHILE BRITISH AND ROYAL FAMILY STUFFED, SHE STILL HAD STYLE.  I ENJOYED THAT!  SHE WAS FUN TO WATCH.  NOT OBSESSIVELY, JUST INTERESTED, IF HER PHOTOS POPPED UP.  ALTHOUGH, I DID ATTEND A BIG NEW YORK CITY BLACK TIE EVENT WHILE SHE WAS IN THE U.S.A.
WE SAW AN OPERA AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND A TWINKLING AND DELIGHTFUL DINNER AT THE WINTER GARDEN,BATTERY PARK CITY,N.Y.C. .  HER DRESS WAS SPECTACULAR AS WELL AS HER SMILE CITY.

I SAW HER AGAIN ON ONE OF THOSE LITTLEMARYMIXUP MOMENTS WHILE IN LONDON...REALLY WINDSOR....AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.  

VAN GOGH CHANGED MY LIFE AND MY CRAVING TO VISIT ART MUSEUMS.  HIS COLORS AND HIS STYLE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY I LOOKED AT ART .....FOREVER.


SO MANY MORE.  LOTS OF FAVORITES...LOTS AND LOTS. BUT THESE ARE SOME OF MY FIRST FAVES...THAT I REMEMBER.