“I Like thee Black One”
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
For some odd reason, there is a Saturday Night Live skit that originally broadcast on November 10, 1984 that has always stuck in my head. It is a parody of a local TV show hosted by two Latin women named Chi Chi (Mary Gross) and Conseula (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss) called The Ghostbusters Show. It is simply dedicated to discussing all things related to the film that had been released that Summer. During the skit, Chi Chi asks Consuela which guy is her favorite Ghostbuster, and Consuela replies “I like thee black one.” To which Chi Chi repeats several times “but he dint do notheeeng.” Read the rest of this entry »
It’s really a crying shame that entertainers like Soupy Sales, who were iconic in the minds of the baby boomer generation, are quickly hurling toward obscurity. As host of the wildly popular kids show Lunch With Soupy Sales, he regaled millions of children from 1959-1966. Today, even folks like me, who have certainly heard of Soupy Sales – and perhaps even seen him on game shows like What’s My Line? from the 1970’s – really don’t have much of a clue what he was all about. 
I was never a huge fan of Charlie’s Angels, although I enjoyed the occasional episode of Jiggle TV when I was a boy. Shelley Hack was the fifth female to portray one of Charlie’s Angels. Playing the part of Boston native Tiffany Wells, she replaced Kate Jackson upon her departure from the series in 1979. Hack only assumed the role for one season before she was replaced by 
If memory serves me correctly, we had a most excellent New Years Eve bash leading into 1978. We gathered all of Mom’s family at Grandma and Grandpa’s house on Kruss, immersed ourselves in good food and drink, passed out party favors, watched the grown-ups get sloshed, and rang in the New Year. There is only piece of memory linking this fabulous party with this particular year and that is the memory of the sisters obsession with the song You Light Up My Life, which just a couple of months prior had topped the Billboard charts. The memory of this party is great one and I’m sure I’ve never topped this one with any New Years Eve for sheer enjoyment.