I might as well have been doing them because the 70s came flashing back in the biggest way tonight!
After hanging out with an old friend watching college football, I decided to meet some other friends at another casino...
I arrived early so decided to play some slots when I hear a band playing...
"We had it all
Just like Bogie and Bacall
Starring in our own
Late, late show
Sailing away to key largo"
After losing money, I of course had to ask the bartender what band on earth would play that...and just as I was asking, I looked at the stage and the lead singer seemed familiar...
"I think it's the guy who wrote it", the bartender said...
Are you fucking kidding me?
"THAT'S Bertie Higgins?", I inquired.
"Yeah, that's his name."
Fucking A...ok...so I had to meet him.
"I grew up with that song", I said enthusiastically!
"So did I", Higgins replied, less than enthused.
So I got an autograph and his greatest hit(s)...all for $20!
Then I texted people I knew because that's how excited I was! Most people who know me know that I LOVE 70s music...hell, I have "Key Largo" on my iTouch and I can sing it from memory! If you would have told me Pure Prairie League and Firefall were on next I would have been ecstatic!!!
My friends seemed nonplussed.
As did Bertie.
Oh well...
Then a local band came on and when they did a cover of Cheap Trick's "Dream Police", the accompanying video had clips from...
LIDSVILLE
WTF?!?
I know that I'm the only one who remembers that show! It's an old Sid & Marty Krofft extravaganza that wasn't played much...except in my house... ;)
It starred Charles Nelson Reilly! Outside of the Match Game and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, who the hell remembers him from that era (save for his appearances as Jose Chung on the X-Files and Millennium)?
It was about a kid who fell into a magician's hat and was transported to a land where all the inhabitants were hats!
Lol...
On second thought, maybe I do need those 'shrooms to get over my time traveling escapade!
Because I was the only one who was thrilled to have that hearkening back to the days of yesteryear...
*Sigh*
4 comments:
I imagine doing 'shrooms while watching Lidsville can't be a good choice, honestly, although I would give three teeth to see Electra Woman and Dyna Girl again...
Lol...Roxy, I'll make sure you get at least a glimpse of Electra Woman and Dyna Girl again!
Funny...Dyna Girl was my first major crush when I was just but a wee lad many moons ago...
:D
Funny, cuz Electra Woman was one of mine... :)
Roxy,
Well Deidre Hall was no slouch...but I grew too used to her being Dr. Marlena Evens Brady Black, yada yada yada that Judy Strangis was a welcome change!
Didn't hurt that an older girl in my neighborhood looked like her! :D
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