I memorized the first half of the chorus of “Tout l’monde est musician” (All of Us Are Musicians) by Serge Gainsbourg and revised my translation of the fourth verse.
I weighed 89.05 kilos before breakfast.
I played my old Epi acoustic during song practice for the last of two sessions. It stayed mostly in tune. Tomorrow I begin a four session stretch of playing my Kramer electric.
Around midday I finished applying the second coat of colour paint to my bathroom walls and started on the third and final coat. I got the third coat on the upper left part of the east wall, all of the upper part of the north wall and the right side of the west wall. I don’t think I’ll have time to paint again until next Friday but then I should be able to get the walls done, except for any touch-ups that might be needed when I take the tape off. After that I need to buy the “blue bliss” colour for my bathroom shelves, mirror frame, and door.
I weighed 89.3 kilos at 14:49.
I took a siesta from 15:15 to 16:50 and it was too late for a bike ride.
I weighed 89.9 kilos at 17:20, which is the heaviest I’ve been in the evening since before the summer.
I was caught up in my journal at 18:45.
I finished reviewing the cassette tape of my first interview on CIUT radio in which I was promoting my launch of Orgasmagazine. Near the end of the show the adorable Kelly Lynn Grace interviewed me. She said she understood why I use the word “Orgasm” because my performances are breathless. Say things like that to me and I’ll follow you everywhere.
I uploaded to YouTube the video of my acoustic performance of “Laisses-en un peu pour les autres”.
I opened my “2024-10-08 Song Practice” Movie Maker project. I deleted “I Love You. Neither Do I” and copied the project as “Leave Some for Everyone Else”. I isolated the song, added a fade to black effect and published it. I started taking screen shots from the video to use one of them as the thumbnail on YouTube.
I grilled three chicken legs and had one with a potato and gravy while watching season 1, episode 14 of Car 54 Where Are You?
Officer Schnauzer is in the hospital because a cab ran over his foot while he was directing traffic and he got three toes broken. The officers pay into a “Get Well” fund for their injured colleagues and the last payout was $40 but now it’s down to $9.50. Everybody is embarrassed that’s all Schnauzer is going to get but it’ll be Muldoon’s job to pick up the money from the bank account and deliver it to Schnauzer. Meanwhile an FBI agent comes to Captain Block to inform him that the notorious bank robber “No Face” is operating in the area of the 53rd Precinct. They’ve learned that No Face’s real name is Charlie Zimmerman and that Toody went to high school with him. Toody is called in but he doesn’t remember Chuck’s face but only that he had a big behind because he used to hike the ball to him when Toody was a quarterback (I thought one had to be smart to be a quarterback). Toody isn’t going to be a big help but he’s all they have to catch No Face so he is asked to go undercover and check out the local banks to try to find No Face. They give him one of the notes he passes to tellers to get them to hand over the money. Toody knows that Muldoon has studied handwriting analysis and so to see if he can piece together a profile of No Face he gives the note to him. Toody goes to the bank disguised as a beatnik who dances and jumps and snaps his fingers all the time. Muldoon goes to the same bank to get the $9.50 for Schnauser and he is lined up for the teller when he notices the beatnik. He doesn’t recognize Toody and finds him suspicious because f the way he’s checking out all the men’s asses, thinking he might be No Face. When Miss Berger the teller asks Muldoon for his withdrawal slip he is distracted by the beatnik and absent mindedly hands her the bank robber’s note. Then Muldoon pulls his gun because he’s about to arrest the beatnik and the teller just puts all the money in Muldoon’s bag before fainting. Muldoon finds out soon that the beatnik is Toody and it’s a false alarm. Muldoon takes the money to Schnauzer while Berger announces they’ve been robbed. Schnauzer knows he’s supposed to only get $9.50 and is pissed off, so he doesn’t open the bag before Muldoon is called back to the station. Miss Berger is brought in to describe the robber to a sketch artist who draws Muldoon. Captain Block realizes that there’s been a mistake. Then Schnauzer limps into the station even though he’s still supposed to be in the hospital but he wants to thank his friends for the $35,000. Of course Block realizes that is the bank money and it is returned to the bank. The bank manager is so grateful he donates $100 to the Get Well fund and so Muldoon goes to pick up the money. But when Berger sees him she thinks she’s being robbed again and when Muldoon isn’t looking puts all the money into the bag again.
Miss Berger was played by Charlotte Rae, who met Cloris Leachman in university and they became lifelong friends. She acted in radio soap operas. She dropped out and went to New York to do plays and sing in nightclubs. She wanted to do drama but her stand-up routines were so good that she was steered in that direction. She made her Broadway debut in Three Wishes for Jamie in 1952. She made her TV debut in 1954 in Look Up and Live. She created the role of Mammy Yoakum in L’il Abner on Broadway. She was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in Queen of the Stardust Ballroom. She returned to Car 54 Where Are You? as the wife of Officer Schnauzer. She played Molly the mail lady on season 3 of Sesame Street. She was a regular on The Rich Little Show. She was cast as Edna Garrett on Different Strokes and her character became so popular that she starred in the spin-off The Facts of Life (for which she also wrote the theme song). She was a spokesperson for Mr. Muscle oven cleaner and Charmin in the 70s. Her only album was Songs I Taught My Mother.
No comments:
Post a Comment