Cheeky Chicks (and a rooster) Can Cyber Chat For A Whole Year! Part 2

[Sthronds]

Congrats! Yeah Grim!

Sorry you are having a heat wave (pause for everyone to sing the song. . . )

Our weather has been warm but not hot and it cools off at night. It feels very Fallish here. Of course we don't have a typical Fall. Sept/Oct are usually our warmest months. We are very dry as well. There is a huge wildfire burning about 30 minutes south of where I live. We haven't had any problems with smoke but I flew over it when coming back from my cruise and the amount of smoke was amazing. It's now #11 on the list of California's largest wildfires. I love how they name the wildfires here. It's called the Zaca Fire now. I suppose when there are multiple fires, that's what happens.

Today is supposed to be in the low 80's but if I go over the hill to "North County" it is going to be well over 100. I don't plan to go over the hill though. I'll stay right here.

 

[grimley1968]

I was, am, and will forever be a Potsi girl

Huh? What's this? Happy Days fan, huh? Me too!

I'm probably more of a Ralph Malph kinda guy. But my personality may fit in more as one of the Malachi Brothers of Demolition Derby fame:

Pinky Tuscadero will be mine. Oh yes, she will be mine. That Fonzie can NOT hold on to her forever. I know! I'll invent a scheme to have Fonzie try his most foolhardy daredevil attempt yet: skijumping over a shark-filled area near a beach! That'll teach that greasemonkey.

Oh, wait, was that out loud?

Sorry.

 

[Sthronds]

Now, now Grim, please don't hate on the Fonz! The Fonz will jump any shark, any time.

Here is my Fonz collection:

As for that quote. . *cough* I got over Potsi long ago and I don't remember actually saying that. Could you be trying to set me up! (as an aside, I still love that episode where Joanie had a crush on Potsi and sent him all those secret admirer notes. She called him Dren, which of course is nerd backwards. It was so sweet!)

 

[grimley1968]

That bobblehead looks like the actor: a wee thing with a head like an orange on a toothpick.

 

[Sthronds]

That bobblehead looks like the actor: a wee thing with a head like an orange on a toothpick.

Yeah! It does! I bought it at Universal Hollywood and had quite a debate about getting it. It was between the Fonzie and Archie (of Archie Comics fame). The Fonz won but next time, I'm going to be looking for Archie.

 

[grimley1968]

As much as I love Happy Days, it may have actually jumped the shark long before, well, when Fonzie jumped the shark.

I refer to the 2nd or 3rd season when they changed from the awesome "Rock Around the Clock" to the lame knock-off "Days of the Week" song they used from then on. I suppose they did it so they could avoid paying Bill Haley and the Comets royalties on Rock Around the Clock, but I didn't like it, not one bit.

Also, that is about the same time that they switched from the laughtrack to a live studio audience with the different house interior. I know it's cheesy, but I preferred the laughtrack era. It just seems the jokes were funnier, and the humor a little zestier. The live audience era was a little tedious having to listen to the nerds (these were the real nerds) in the audience going nuts over each character's first entrance into the show. This always led to Henry Winkler entering the room to talk to "Mr. C.", then having to listen to the standing ovation, then starting a chat (which should have started in 2 seconds) about 25 seconds later. It was just awkward to watch. Comic timing works much, much better without a live audience, with more natural human interactions.

Also, I thought Fonzie was cooler when he actually wore that white cloth jacket and actually rode bikes than later on with the leather jackets and never actually riding. Aaayyyyyyy.

I asked my Mom and Dad, circa 1976 or so (I was probably about 7 or 8) for a Happy Days 45 record. Mind you, I was referring really to Rock Around the Clock, which is still one of my fave songs. I was too young to realize that it was a 20 year old song even at that time, done by rock pioneers. I just thought it was the Happy Days song.

Nope, my parents got me the then newly-current Happy Days song, that lame-o, cheesy Days of the Week song. I played that 45 a few times, but I think I ended up using that 45 as a frisbee long before the needle wore at on the record player. "Monday, Tuesday, crash, crash, crash ..."

OMG, I'm so old.

 

[Sthronds]

As much as I love Happy Days, it may have actually jumped the shark long before, well, when Fonzie jumped the shark.

I refer to the 2nd or 3rd season when they changed from the awesome "Rock Around the Clock" to the lame knock-off "Days of the Week" song they used from then on. I suppose they did it so they could avoid paying Bill Haley and the Comets royalties on Rock Around the Clock, but I didn't like it, not one bit.

Also, that is about the same time that they switched from the laughtrack to a live studio audience with the different house interior. I know it's cheesy, but I preferred the laughtrack era. It just seems the jokes were funnier, and the humor a little zestier. The live audience era was a little tedious having to listen to the nerds (these were the real nerds) in the audience going nuts over each character's first entrance into the show. This always led to Henry Winkler entering the room to talk to "Mr. C.", then having to listen to the standing ovation, then starting a chat (which should have started in 2 seconds) about 25 seconds later. It was just awkward to watch. Comic timing works much, much better without a live audience, with more natural human interactions.

Also, I thought Fonzie was cooler when he actually wore that white cloth jacket and actually rode bikes than later on with the leather jackets and never actually riding. Aaayyyyyyy.

I asked my Mom and Dad, circa 1976 or so (I was probably about 7 or 8) for a Happy Days 45 record. Mind you, I was referring really to Rock Around the Clock, which is still one of my fave songs. I was too young to realize that it was a 20 year old song even at that time, done by rock pioneers. I just thought it was the Happy Days song.

Nope, my parents got me the then newly-current Happy Days song, that lame-o, cheesy Days of the Week song. I played that 45 a few times, but I think I ended up using that 45 as a frisbee long before the needle wore at on the record player. "Monday, Tuesday, crash, crash, crash ..."

OMG, I'm so old.

You are making me laugh and I'm at work! I liked the later years best myself. I don't like the first season with Chuck. Glad he disappeard. I guess the show got lighter and cheesier and for me that was good. Of course when Chachi came on board I was loving that! Once Fonzie became a teacher and they brought on those cousins it was over for me. I still watched but the fun was gone.

 

[Jeanny]

one time... in band camp.

sorry!!


Hey chicks and rooster(S)..... now that Grim has rejoined us! Yes, Happy Dead Elvis Day... I remember where I was 30 years ago when I heard the news that Elvis had left the building.

Ah, well, this is officially the last day of my "summer"!!! My football players come back to school tomorrow and Saturday, so summer as I know it, is over!

Susan~ are you any where near San Francisco? My daughter's boyfriend is relocating out there for his job (Field Tech for Thermo) and she'll be going out, not sure when yet. They're looking at the San Pablo area? Are you familiar with any of the area?

 

[jtnsami]

one time... in band camp.sorry!!

I've never seen that movie, but the phrase will live on forever. I couldn't watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer with out thinking of it.

As for Happy Days, I was faithfully in the house at 5:00pm every weekday to watch, then Laverne & Shirley @ 5:30.

Remember:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated.
We're gonna do it!

Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated. Does anyone have ANY idea what this means?

 

[fabumouse]

OMG, Susan, I am dying over that Fonz collection.

We had a dog named Potsi.

That's not helping matters, is it?

 

[fabumouse]

And Laverne and Shirley were always on at my house in Oregon at 8:30. Where the heck was it playing at 5:30??

I know this for sure because I lost one of my baby teeth watching Happy Days, and then one watching Laverne and Shirley.

 

[Sthronds]

We had a dog named Potsi.

That's not helping matters, is it?

No. It doesn't help as I never had a crush on your dog.

 

[jtnsami]

And Laverne and Shirley were always on at my house in Oregon at 8:30. Where the heck was it playing at 5:30??

I know this for sure because I lost one of my baby teeth watching Happy Days, and then one watching Laverne and Shirley.

WV We would be playing in the front yard, and all the kids in the neighborhood would yell "Happy Days!" and split for their own homes.

We had Three's Company on at 8:00pm on Fridays. I still love watching that show.

Potsi is almost as hot as Donny Osmond.

 

[jtnsami]

No. It doesn't help as I never had a crush on your dog.

 

[GoofyDad869]

You know what cheesy 70s shows I miss?

The Battle of the Network Stars. Those were so awesome. The pathos. The hubris. And that's just talking about Howard Cosell. And can't you just imagine the locker-room 'secret' conversation where Dick Van Patton tried to talk Willie Aames into "tripping" Scott Baio for the penultimate potato sack race win? And if that had played out right, do you think "Charles in Charge" would have happened? At least in the form that we know it now? I think not. And that one event could have changed cultural history beyond all recognition. For the betterment of mankind. But it never happened. Or so "they" claim.
However, I am in possession of a secret outtakes video I bought on eBay for the bargain-basement price of $450 (plus I had to pay for shipping)... And on it is a fuzzy image that vaguely resembles Dick Van Patton. Or Willie Aames. Or Sonny Bono. Or Cher. And they're doing *something*, I can tell. Or maybe it's Jabberjaw, the cartoon shark. OK, I admit it, I got screwed.

And I also miss "Solid Gold". That show kept the gold lame industry in business for many a year. And I think I vaguely remember dancers of some sort. And just think, there are probably 60-year-old, shriveled up people somewhere out there with "Solid Gold Dancer" featured prominently on their resumes.

I'm off to take my medicine and go to bed.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

A quick hello this morning as I am in the middle of waking little children up for school.

Did I happen to mention it's Friday?

 

[jtnsami]

Did I happen to mention it's Friday?

I'm off this weekend too

The Parkersburg Homecoming starts today so I'm glad I'm off. Traffic is horrid, especially with the parade and half marathon going on. I'm thinking about taking the kids to the fireworks tomorrow night. I think they'd enjoy it. If it gets hot enough this weekend and doesn't rain, we may go to the waterpark in Marietta.

Any great plans for this weekend?

Everyone have a wonderful Friday!

 

[grimley1968]

Good morning, all.

It got to 102 (officially) here yesterday. Uggghhhh. It was as much as 104 in some other areas nearby. Absolutely unbelievable. It's the first time we've had 2 straight days of temps over 100 since 1988.

Today is supposed to be a chilly 90 degrees. Most of the state got storms last night that cooled things off. We got bupkus. But hopefully it will at least cool down into the 80's this weekend.

 

[grimley1968]

Remember:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated.
We're gonna do it!

Sclemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated. Does anyone have ANY idea what this means?

I did some Googling and came up with the following:

Just what is the meaning of those opening lines, the ones Laverne and Shirley chant while skipping down the sidewalk? According to both the Kosher Nosh: Yiddish Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary, schlemiel is a habitual bungler and schlimazel is an unlucky person. Hasenpfeffer is a peppery rabbit stew of German origin. We'll leave the interpretation up to you.

Yum. Rabbit stew. Sounds a little Glenn Closey to me.

I could never stand L&S, most especially the sound of Penny Marshall's voice. I always felt like Happy Days had too many spinoffs. L&S may have been the first of them, but I thought Mork & Mindy was funnier.

Another thing I found out via Wikipedia (wildly inaccurate site but correct in the following) was that it hasenpfeffer was featured in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. When I read the description, I remembered it right away. It was one of my fave Bugs cartoons. It featured Bugs and Yosemite Sam (I love YS). YS was trying to cook Bugs for some king. The king kept yelling for "HASENFEFFA", or at least that's how it sounded, and he would sort of spit the word out. YS knew what it meant and kept trying to cook Bugs for the king. Somehow Bugs managed to escape.

 

[jtnsami]

I did some Googling and came up with the following:



Yum. Rabbit stew. Sounds a little Glenn Closey to me.

I could never stand L&S, most especially the sound of Penny Marshall's voice. I always felt like Happy Days had too many spinoffs. L&S may have been the first of them, but I thought Mork & Mindy was funnier.

Another thing I found out via Wikipedia (wildly inaccurate site but correct in the following) was that it hasenpfeffer was featured in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. When I read the description, I remembered it right away. It was one of my fave Bugs cartoons. It featured Bugs and Yosemite Sam (I love YS). YS was trying to cook Bugs for some king. The king kept yelling for "HASENFEFFA", or at least that's how it sounded, and he would sort of spit the word out. YS knew what it meant and kept trying to cook Bugs for the king. Somehow Bugs managed to escape.