Saturday 9: I'm Gonna Put Some Glue 'Round the Christmas Tree (So Santa Will Stick Around All Year) (1954)

1) This week's featured songstress, Peggy King, sings that she'd like to extend the Christmas season all year. How about you? Do you wish the season was longer? Shorter? Or do you think things are fine as they are? 
🎄 I need a looong vacation. So, I wish holiday season is looongggerrr.

2) She specifically mentions toys. Have you purchased/will you purchase any toys as holiday gifts this year? 🎄 Done. I bought cars for my godchildren.

3) Search for "glue" on The Home Depot's website and you'll get more than 3,000 results. There's heavy-duty adhesives, all-purpose glue, clear epoxy, wood glue, and more. Do you currently have glue in your home? If yes, how many kinds? 
🎄 Yes. I have three.

4) What's the last thing you used glue for? 
🎄 Paper bags. 

5) This week's featured artist, Peggy King, was a TV staple in the 1950s. With her perpetually upbeat persona, she was known as "Pretty, Perky Peggy King." Do you consider yourself upbeat, aka "perky?"
🎄 Yes. I am always on the go.

6) Ms. King got her start singing radio jingles for Hunt's tomato sauce. Prepared tomato sauce, properly stored, can safely be kept in the refrigerator for days. Do you have any leftovers in your refrigerator right now? 
🎄 Yes.

7) Her biggest movie role was in Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955). Do you watch scary movies and shows all year around? Only at Halloween? Or not at all?
🎄 No.

8) In 1954, the year this record was released, President Eisenhower dedicated the Marine Corps. Iwo Jima Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, just outside of Washington DC. If you were to play tourist in our nation's capital, what site would you be certain to visit?
🎄 Statue of Liberty.

9) Random question: Which of these common household items would you miss most if it suddenly went on the fritz -- your bedside lamp or your hair dryer?
🎄 Both.


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Saturday 9: Wouldn't It Be Nice? (1966)

1) In the video for this song, the Beach Boys dive into the pool with all their clothes on. Have you ever ended up in the water while fully clothed? If yes, were you pushed?
 No. I can hit someone on the face if he/she will push me in the water. I can't swim!


2) In this song, Mike Love sings he wishes "every kiss could be neverending." Where did you receive your first kiss? Was it wonderful, or awkward?
 Awkward! Lol. T'was inside a cinema. 

3) Brian Wilson was the creative force behind the Beach Boys. It's possible that the group's legendary and unique sound came from a incident of bad parenting. Brian's father hit him so hard with a wooden plank that he is deaf in his right ear. Which of your senses is sharpest -- sight, hearing, smell or taste?
 Hearing.

4) Brian's brother Dennis was the cutest member of the group, and also the only one who could surf. Have you been to the beach yet this summer?
 Not yet! Too busy doing motherly stuffs at home. 

5) Dennis was also the Beach Boys' most colorful member. In 1968, he struck up an unfortunate and dangerous friendship with Charles Manson. Is there anyone in your life that you worry has bad taste in friends/lovers?
 Yes. One of my closest friends can be easily fooled that most of her new friends took advantage of her kindness.

6) Lead singer Mike Love is the grumpiest Beach Boy. He refuses to perform if the concert promotional materials refer to the group or their songs as "oldies." Does it bother you to hear the songs, TV shows and movies of your youth described as "classics" or "oldies?" 
 No. They are the best songs ever written.

7) This song has appeared on soundtracks for movies as diverse as Shampoo (1975), The Big Chill (1983),  50 First Dates (2004) and It's Complicated (2009). Do you own any movie soundtracks?
 None. 

8) In 1966, the year this song was popular, the Miranda Warning became law. Without looking it up, can you recite any of the Miranda Warning?
 Nope. 

9) Random question: The local college is pleading for models of all ages and sizes to pose for the life drawing class. Would you help the kids by volunteering to pose in the nude?
 NO. I have reasons. 



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Saturday 9: Ballad of Gilligan's Island (1964)

1) This is about the fateful cruise of the S.S. Minnow. If you had a boat, what would christen it?
 The Unsinkable. 

2)  "No phone! No lights! No motorcar! Not a single luxury!" To Sam, those sound more like everyday essentials than luxuries. If you were shipwrecked with the gang, what standard amenity would you miss the most? The grocery store.  

3) The uncharted isle was in the Pacific, near Hawaii. Have you ever been to our 50th state?
 Not yet!

4) Natalie Schafer, who played Mrs. Howell, refused to divulge her age. Are you honest about how old you are? Or do you fudge it?
 I am very honest with my age. I don't need to hide it, proudly 33 with a 16 year old body and looks. How about that? Lol! 
  
5) Gilligan's Island featured many dream sequences. (Like the one where Gilligan dozes off and dreams that he's Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk.) Have you had any vivid dreams lately?
 None. 

6) The pilot was filmed in November, 1963, in Honolulu. The cast and crew were actually onset when they learned of President Kennedy's assassination.* Because on location filming was so expensive, they couldn't afford to take any time off.  Tell us about a time when you had to work, even though your heart and head weren't in it.
 I think when the baby boy started kicking and moving at any time I am teaching I just want to lay down and get a hug from the husband but I needed to finish my job. I am 34 weeks pregnant and still working. Oh, well, at least I am working at home.


7) During the show's run, Mary Ann (Dawn Wells) was the clear fan favorite, receiving twice as many love letters as Ginger (Tina Louise). Have you ever written a fan letter (or posted a fan tweet or Facebook post)?
 None. I wanted to send one to Brad Pitt and ask him why Mr. and Mrs. Smith needs to break up.

8) Sam chose this week's song because it was going through her head, over and over again! Tell us a song that burrows into your head and stays there.
 Secret Love Song.

9)  Random question: You went to a discount store and got an amazing bargain -- a pair of dress shoes for just $4.99. You go to a formal event and someone compliments you on those great shoes and asks where you got them. Do you tell the truth?
 Why not? I should be honored. At least I was able to look great and spent less. 


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Saturday 9: Hold It Against Me (2011)

1) Britney Spears addresses this song to a dance partner when she hears her favorite song. What song always makes you want to get up and dance? Hit me with your best shot! ♫♪♬

2) She sings that she needs a vacation. How about you? If you could escape anywhere for an affordable three-day weekend, where would you go?
 Sweet escape to Maldives with the husband. 

3) Britney shows off her dance moves in this video. Her coordination shouldn't be surprising, since she was already an accomplished gymnast in grade school. If we asked you to turn a somersault right now, could you do it?
 ＮＯ！
 
4) Britney's first and only feature film was Crossroads, written by Shonda Rhimes. Ms. Rhimes is famous for writing popular TV series including Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, The Catch and How to Get Away with Murder. Have you watched any Shonda Rhimes shows?
 Yes! 

5) Britney admits to smoking and biting her nails. Do you share either of these bad habits?
 ＮＯ！The only bad habit I had is shopping and eating. 
  
6) Britney prefers Margherita pizza to thin slice or deep dish pizza. What's your pizza preference?
 Hawaiian and Cheese Overload. 
7) In 2011, when this song was popular, Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton was big news. Are you a royal watcher?
 Not much. 
8) Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died in 2011. Do you have a Mac, and iPad or an iPhone?
 All of the above.
9)  Random question: Which friend annoys you more, the one who interrupts you all the time, or the one who is never on time?
 None of the above! I love my friends for who they are and they respect me for who I am. 
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Saturday 9: Tubular Bells (1973)

1) According to Reader's Digest, The Exorcist is the scariest movie of all time. Have you seen it, and if so, did it scare you?
 No. I don't want to scare myself. I am fond of watching horror movies before not until I discover my third eye is open and it's not fun at all. 

2) The Exorcist has been made into a TV series on Fox, premiering last month. Have you become a fan of any of the season's new shows?
 I was addicted to "Breaking Bad" and waiting for the new season of "Game of Thrones."

3) "Tubular Bells" is a popular ringtone for both Android and iPhone. What's your ringtone?
 My phone is in a silent mode always! I just kept it on a vibrate mode.

4) As Halloween approaches, do you watch more scary shows and movies?
 No!

5) Do you have any recurring nightmares?
 Yes! I always dream of the dead, talking to them about gold and jewelries. It's always the same place wherein I use to play when I was a kid and the same scenario.

6) Have you carved a jack o' lantern this year?
 Not yet!

7) Do you like the taste of pumpkin seeds?
 I love it!

8) What will the trick or treaters who knock on your door get?
 I asked someone to bake some cupcakes and cookies for the kids.

9) A Halloween "let's pretend:" Back in the 1950s, a home in your neighborhood was the site of a gruesome murder/suicide. Relatives retained ownership of the house but declined to live there. During the ensuing decades, a legend grew: The tragic couple haunts the halls. Generations of schoolchildren insist they heard strange sounds and saw curtains often move mysteriously. Now the house is about to be demolished. A local charity is raising money by sponsoring a Halloween sleepover. Would you be willing to stay in this haunted house over night?
 Pass! 



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Saturday 9: Can't Stop the Feeling! (2016)

1) This is an upbeat, positive song. Are you feeling upbeat and positive right now?
 I am feeling TIRED and SLEEPY. 

2) Justin Timberlake is a good dancer. And why not? In this song, he sings he has "good soul in my feet." Consider your own dancing talent and compose your own lyric: I have ___________ in my feet. 
 "good rhythm"

3) In the video, there's dancing in the laundromat. Do you have dirty clothes in the hamper, or are you all caught up with your laundry? Dirty clothes everywhere.

4) There's also dancing in the supermarket. What do you need to pick up at the store?
 I need some energy drink.

5) This song will appear in the upcoming Dreamworks Trolls movie. Some people believe Troll dolls are good luck. Do you have a good luck charm?
 Yes! My SMILE. 

6) Justin Timberlake loves to dunk Oreos in milk. Crazy Sam thinks this is all wrong -- the way to eat an Oreo is to twist the two halves apart and lick the cream first. Which method do you prefer, Justin's or Sam's?
 Sam's way of enjoying Oreo is the BEST. 

7) Justin admits to some fashion fails. He and Britney Spears wore matching denim outfits that he regrets, and he's sorry he ever tried cornrows. What about you? Can you think of a look you thought was cool at the time, but now it makes you shudder?
 Wearing high heels.

8) He is a very good golfer. When were you last on the golf course?
 Years ago!

9) Random question: Think about your romantic involvements. Were you in love with one of them, some of them, or all of them?
 They are all in love with me! 


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