Gael Greene was a Detroit girl. Long time restaurant critic at New York magazine, and connoisseur of pornography, she did an early interview with Elvis. It was fun!
I’m old too. But I didn’t know tho Clooney fam was from the town where I was born. Maybe we’re related! I’m going to look in the mirror to see if I look like George…
I hope that, in not too many years, I will be living back in Michigan. When that glorious day arrives, I will take the first opportunity to attend a Wonkparty at the Wonkmansion at the behest of the Wonkmistress. Enjoy the party, y'all. <3
Pardon me if someone else has already covered this subject ~ Yes, practically everyone (no shade if you didn't) knows of the Rosemary/George familial connection and that George's dad (Rosemary's brother) is Nick Clooney, longtime broadcaster and a host on AMC.
But, about the writers of "C'mon a my house" ~ Cousins (to each other, not to the Clooneys) Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan ("The Human Comedy", "The Time of Your Life") and Ross Bagdasarian.
Bagdasarian was known better as "David Seville" and brought us the "Chipmunks" (ALVIN !) and "Witch Doctor." Oops, gotta go, TCM is showing the clip of all the folks who passed in '23, first I've seen it this year.
Thank you for the invitation and sounds like a nice time fer sure. I've never Detroit-ed, so I'm seriously considering this...but will probably flake out. Super sweet to put this on though and thanks!
Sadly, while Detroit Lake, Oregon, would be a 10 hour drive, Detroit Michigan would be a 35 hour drive per Google Maps. Maybe Gretchen Whitmer could fix this problem?
Every year about this time much discussion in the Wonkette non-comments is devoted to how creeper the lyrics to Baby It's Cold Outside are. If any guy sang Come On A My House we would be having the same discussion about that song too. All it lacks is an unmarked van and a missing puppy. Sample:
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you everything
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you Christmas tree
When I listened to this song today , it was the first time I had ever noticed how creepy it was.
That is the result I believe, of listening to catchy tunes and treating all languages as foreign ones.
I used to not mind going to mass while traveling in Europe since I never knew what they were saying so didn't have to take their sermons to heart.
Like listening to opera. You don't want to realize they are just yelling "who the hell moved my car keys!" or the 18th and 19th century equivalent, just wallow in the glory of the music and voices.
So many Beatles era songs had lyrics that never made much sense to me anyway
I love you, my Queen, but alas...Boise is in a Country too far unless Dok has a "free" Alito seat on his private jet....Love and hugs to all and please teleport my Bloody Mary!
We're all saddened...
PS - What is this comment section? Regerts only?
Sounds like a blast and worth the trip.
I picked a helluva year to quit drinkin'.
Since it's a party of olds will it be over by 8 pm. Who stays up until midnight anymore when people gotta get up and pee at night
Could start at 10 AM and chase everyone out at 4.
Still be sober enough to go out for dinner!
"Early Bird Special"! (Liver and Onions...)
Gael Greene was a Detroit girl. Long time restaurant critic at New York magazine, and connoisseur of pornography, she did an early interview with Elvis. It was fun!
I'm in Detroit at the moment, but leaving for home on the 30th. Bummer.
Have fun, everyone!
I not only know about Rosemary and George, but I know about Nick Clooney, because, as Becca notes, am OLD, but, also, I grew up in Cincinnati.
I’m old too. But I didn’t know tho Clooney fam was from the town where I was born. Maybe we’re related! I’m going to look in the mirror to see if I look like George…
Pause..
‘Fraid not.
I hope that, in not too many years, I will be living back in Michigan. When that glorious day arrives, I will take the first opportunity to attend a Wonkparty at the Wonkmansion at the behest of the Wonkmistress. Enjoy the party, y'all. <3
Pardon me if someone else has already covered this subject ~ Yes, practically everyone (no shade if you didn't) knows of the Rosemary/George familial connection and that George's dad (Rosemary's brother) is Nick Clooney, longtime broadcaster and a host on AMC.
But, about the writers of "C'mon a my house" ~ Cousins (to each other, not to the Clooneys) Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan ("The Human Comedy", "The Time of Your Life") and Ross Bagdasarian.
Bagdasarian was known better as "David Seville" and brought us the "Chipmunks" (ALVIN !) and "Witch Doctor." Oops, gotta go, TCM is showing the clip of all the folks who passed in '23, first I've seen it this year.
Very kind, but I will actually be flying out of Detroit at 9:30 am that very day!
oh man/woman, I would LOVE to come! But I will be there in spirit. Love to you alllll. (heart emoji)
Thank you for the invitation and sounds like a nice time fer sure. I've never Detroit-ed, so I'm seriously considering this...but will probably flake out. Super sweet to put this on though and thanks!
Enjoy!
Have fun!
Sadly, while Detroit Lake, Oregon, would be a 10 hour drive, Detroit Michigan would be a 35 hour drive per Google Maps. Maybe Gretchen Whitmer could fix this problem?
Pete is working on transporter beams, but the rollout is not expected to be soon.
Every year about this time much discussion in the Wonkette non-comments is devoted to how creeper the lyrics to Baby It's Cold Outside are. If any guy sang Come On A My House we would be having the same discussion about that song too. All it lacks is an unmarked van and a missing puppy. Sample:
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you everything
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you Christmas tree
Come on-a my house, my house, I'm gonna give you
Marriage ring and a pomegranate too ah
When I listened to this song today , it was the first time I had ever noticed how creepy it was.
That is the result I believe, of listening to catchy tunes and treating all languages as foreign ones.
I used to not mind going to mass while traveling in Europe since I never knew what they were saying so didn't have to take their sermons to heart.
Like listening to opera. You don't want to realize they are just yelling "who the hell moved my car keys!" or the 18th and 19th century equivalent, just wallow in the glory of the music and voices.
So many Beatles era songs had lyrics that never made much sense to me anyway
I love you, my Queen, but alas...Boise is in a Country too far unless Dok has a "free" Alito seat on his private jet....Love and hugs to all and please teleport my Bloody Mary!