Yes, it's time once again for
BATTLE OF THE BANDS (BOTB).
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Alright, let's get on it. Let's get ON this thing!...
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I received the following comments on my last BOTB installment:
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Al Bondigas here. I guess you already knew I wasn't going to like any of this shiite. I'll have to make a rulin' fer Tom Sawyer because it was the least offensive to my ears. Bring back The Partridge Family!! That's it!! That's muh rulin'.
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Now there's a thought, made for TV bands Battle. Partridge Family vs The Monkees.
.Hmmm.... The Partridge Family versus The Monkees? (Or The Wrecking Crew versus The Wrecking Crew?) Never let it be said that this radio station doesn't take requests from its listeners! Plus, this idea plays perfectly into the fact that next week I will be turning 60, and I play The Monkees every year on my birthday! Why?... Read on and that Q will receive an A. (This will be a lengthy but hopefully interesting BOTB Introduction.)
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| The yakking hand puppet. Yip! I owned one of these, and I played it to death! |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwJ9nFDAcw
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First of all, those of you who don't actually create BOTB installments of your own have no idea of the twists and turns some of us experience when trying to conceive of a competitive Battle. For example, here's the mental (creative?) process that finally led me to the Battle below:
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Oh, this'll be easy! I'll just put The Monkees' biggest hit (I'm A Believer - #1 for 7 consecutive weeks) against The Partridge Family's biggest hit (I Think I Love You - #1 for 3 straight weeks). ...No, no. My brother, Nappy, will vote for the latter, but I don't think this would go well for Keith Partridge. ...I know! I'll make this a 'Christmas In August' Battle' and use The Partridge Family's lovely [link> Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas against one of The Monkees' Christmas tunes! ...No, no. The Partridges would KILL The Monkees. That would be my first BOTB trip to Shutoutville. ...Fuhgeddaboudit! I'm gonna make it The Monkees versus The Beatles. ...Wait. What's this?! YouTube has removed my favorite video for the song Rocky Raccoon? Well, POOP! ...Alright, I'm back to The Partridges versus The Monkees, but which songs, dern it?!
...Think!-Think!-Think!...
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{*...Somewhat stumped, I finally gave up and let my Brother "rule" on which Partridge Family song I should use!*}
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MY PERSONAL HISTORY WITH
MONKEES & PARTRIDGES :
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In 1966 & '67, I was still a little kid, and those 2 years were all about 2 things: Batman & The Monkees. Davy Jones was my favorite Monkee. And people think I'm joking when I say this, but it's true: It was Catwoman (Julie Newmar) who first made my young male mind really begin to seriously contemplate the differences between boys & girls:
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| Holy Cat's-Tail, Batman! |
I turned 8 years old on 8-8-1967 ("The Summer of Love") and my Mom & Dad gave me a Monkees'-model plastic guitar and The Monkees' debut album for my birthday. It was the first LP I ever owned. (4 or 5 years later, I stupidly traded it to Greg Ford for his copy of the album 'Incense & Peppermints' by The Strawberry Alarm Clock. It broke my Mama's heart!)
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| My sister, Bonehead; The Birthday Boy (wearing pajamas and a serious Rock star expression); my brother, Nappy; and The Monkees' first album on the table in the background. |
My Ma passed on less than 2 years later but - GOD BLESS HER! - for my birthday on August 8, 2003, she gave me that first Monkees album *AGAIN* (to replace the original LP I traded to Greg Ford); and this time she gave it to me on compact disc. I play that CD every year on my birthday, as a tribute to my Ma (who is probably dancing to the State Line today). When the CD is playing '(Theme From) The Monkees', what I hear coming through my speakers is "Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!!..."
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The Partridge Family: The show ran from 1970 to 1974, and I only watched it for the first 2 or 3 seasons, but
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Today, I only recall 2 of the episodes: The one where Keith Partridge (David Cassidy) got his own pad and was trying to seduce some girl by playing Bolero (Waiting For Bolero), and the Christmas program Don't Bring Your Guns to Town, Santa. The latter episode was David Cassidy and Shirley Jones' favorite of the series. I guess many folks feel that way. I know this: If you were to sit down at a table to play poker with my Brother and I, it would not be long before one of us would sing (a la Keith Partridge) "Nothing beats a loaded pistol!"
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"Lick My Lolly" from 'Don't Bring Your Guns To Town, Santa'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azllrsg37yE
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I don't think it was until I saw the movie THE SPIRIT OF '76 in which David Cassidy good-naturedly mocked his role as "Keith Partridge" that I fully came to appreciate him. BTW, The Spirit Of '76 is one of my all-time favorite "guilty pleasures". Do you remember the Bicentennial (1976) and all the fire hydrants painted in red, white, and blue? Do you remember the "gas shortages", and hamburgers named after Founding Fathers and Founding Documents? Do you remember the song 'Disco Inferno' & the EXPLOSIVE Ford Pinto? If so, you *NEED* to see the ridiculously silly (but funny) movie THE SPIRIT OF '76.
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Long ago, at Amazon.scum, I wrote a "haiku review" (deleted years ago by Amazon.scum) for this movie:
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THE SPIRIT OF '76
starring David Cassidy
released: 1990
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starring David Cassidy
released: 1990
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Loud clothes! Fords explode!
Seventies: silly, zitful.
STILL want Susan Dey!
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haiku review by...
Seventies: silly, zitful.
STILL want Susan Dey!
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haiku review by...
D-FensDogG
.A very interesting YouTube Video is [link> E True Hollywood Story: The Partridge Family.
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FUN (And NOT-SO-FUN) FACTS: In 1982, about 11 years after having last seen Danny Bonaduce on TV as the conniving and precocious redheaded "Danny Partridge", my Brother and I worked with him in an episode of the (truly atrocious) TV series CHiPs. We were all supposed to be gang members who were into martial arts. Below are some screenshots from the episode:
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| Me with a big rod (only in Hollywood!), and Danny |
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| Me, entering the scene, wearing my 'game face' and ready to whoop-up on someone! |
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| My brother, Nappy, about to "leave a mark" on Officer Jon Baker. |
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| After the trouble, Brother Nappy puts his arm around me and escorts me away from the scene. My big rod is left on the ground, never to be seen again. NOTE: "Danny '71" graffiti on wall above! Wink!-Wink! A nod to Danny Bonaduce in 'The Partridge Family' era? |
One year after my Brother and I appeared in (the atrocious) CHiPs, one of my two very best friends, Marty Brumer, also appeared on the show. He had a pretty decent-sized part playing a thief named Blue in an episode titled [link> 'Day Of The Robot'. Tragically, 6 years later, he was killed by a "real-life" thief in a Los Angeles intersection.
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| Martin Brumer, with big, Bob Dylan-like hair, in (the atrocious) CHiPs. |
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| Marty and accomplice, casing a warehouse. |
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| Bad-Boy-Marty stealing a big box o' nuttin' from a fake warehouse. |
A year or two after having worked with Danny
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The Music Machine was where Twinkie acquired the nickname "Twinkie". It was where Pooh, with rage in his drunken eyes, chased some little guy around the parking meters for what seemed like 10 minutes; and it was where, sometime later, Pooh went after a guy whom he'd been holding a grudge against since junior high school! Ha! The Music Machine was also the site where the infamous expression "I dropped my wallet" was invented as a code for "I threw up". (It originated with some chick who was trying to drink with The League Of Soul Crusaders. Dumb, dumb idea!! "Honey, leave the *serious drinking* to the professionals!")
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Anyway, the times our paths crossed with redheaded Danny Bonaduce in L.A. bars, he remembered working with my Brother and I on (the atrocious) CHiPs and seemed like a cool dude. (You don't meet and easily forget League Members! We always stood out wherever we went!) Despite all the post-Partridge Family negative publicity he endured, I have nuttin' negative to say about Danny Bonaduce. He had a good sense o' humor and I'd drink Mojitos with him any time!
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Alright, the long, long yak is over. Here comes the actual BOTB contest. Vote early and vote often (especially if you're dead in Chicago):
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I Wanna Be Free (1966) - The Monkees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCnlyMXt6Zw
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I'll Meet You Halfway
(#9 in Billboard in 1971) - The Partridge Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU7psHBVyQE
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QUESTION: Well?
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SIKIKE PHTEVEN (3-2): I don't wanna play anymore. I'd rather get hit and killed by a runaway bus.
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QUESTION: C'mon, punk!!
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SIKIKE PHTEVEN: Alright... Mmmm....onkees. I'll say The Monkees will win. But if they don't, I'm a-gonna blame it on my own Magic 8-Ball, and then I'm gonna run right out in front of a bus and get my ass outta this contract!
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Alright now, “you know the gig”... I welcome you (whether I know "you" or not) to vote for your favorite of these songs in the comment section below. And feel free to tell us WHY you chose one song over the other.
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After voting here, I suggest - actually I insist - you pop over to the blogs of the other 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS' participants to see which songs they have chosen and vote there also.
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Voice Your Vote...
@ TOSSING IT OUT by clicking HERE
@ MIKE'S RAMBLINGS by clicking HERE
@ THE SOUND OF ONE HAND TYPING by clicking HERE
@ JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE by clicking HERE
@ THE DOGLADY'S DEN by clicking HERE
@ CHERDO ON THE FLIPSIDE by clicking HERE
@ AI LOVE MUSIC by clicking HERE
@ ANGELS BARK by clicking HERE
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As I've done in the past, I will continue to return to my 'BOTB' blog bits on the 7th and 21st of each month to post my own votes and announce the winners in the comment sections.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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I love these fact-filled botb bits. There is so much to comment on it may take several comments.
ReplyDeleteI am a bit older'n you. I was much closer in age to Susan Dey than you... you little whippersnapper. I had the hots for her big time.
Danny Bonaduci is a likeable guy. I have heard him a few times on the radio and he seemed smart, funny, and quick on his feet.
I also always like hearing about your Ma and Pa. She had great taste in music.
The League stories are fun, too. My not drinking means that the number of entertaining stories I have to tell is much diminished. I had no fights, I chased nobody around parking meters, and... I when I dropped my wallet, I actually dropped my wallet.
I suspect that I would probably vote Monkees 90% of the time in any battle between these two contestants. But I am not super fond of THIS particular Monkees song. The Partridge song has a better melody, a more steady voice, and - of course: lots ‘o Susan Dey. In this battle I will vote Partridges all Dey long.
I think I will vote a second time for The Partridges. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTHE SHEBOYGAN KID ~
DeleteYeah, I just looked her up and Old Lady Dey is now 66 years old. I'm still not quite 60 so... you can have her. She's too geriatric for me.
Ha! Yeah, my Ma DID have great taste in music. Too bad she never got to hear The Dip.
>>... My not drinking means that the number of entertaining stories I have to tell is much diminished.
As the saying goes: No great story ever started with a glass of milk.
Although it began pretty one-sided, so far this Battle has been fairly competitive, and I hope it stays that way.
It's unfortunate that you're not dead in Chicago. You could have voted several more times and really nailed down a victory for... Susan.
~ D-FensDogG
STMcC Presents BATTLE OF THE BANDS
That was a fun "history" lesson and the pictures were definitely cool.
ReplyDeleteI can't recall watching either show that often, but I did see at least a few episodes of each. AS far as show and groups I prefer the Monkees, but Susan Dey was definitely an item of interest and Shirley Jones wasn't all that bad either.
I found both of these songs to be somewhat insipid examples of the music of those times. Okay, but not what I'd normally relish listening to (although I do like relish on my hot dogs).
Between the two I'm wholeheartedly backing the Partridge Family for better production values, performance, and musical quality of the song.
Lee
LEE ~
DeleteGlad you liked the "history" lesson and photos. Phunny thing about the photos:
My brother, Nappy, sent all of those CHiPs screenshots early last November. They've been sitting in my Email InBox all this time. I had no idea what to do with them. And then when I started putting this BOTB installment together, I remembered those photos and went looking for 'em.
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
I used to get a kick out of Danny Partridge on the show. He was always coming up with some crazy money making idea, and most of the time he had me rolling with laughter. When I actually met him years later I thought he was a total jerk that I wouldn't give the time of day. All the same, I have to say that I got a kick out of the Monkees, but the Partridge Family were my favorites. I still have their vinyl albums.
ReplyDeleteCHRIS ~
DeleteWelcome to BOTB. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. (However, I'm not sure if you're voting for The Partridge Family song here. [?] If this Battle ends in a tie, I will count your comment as also a vote for the Partridges. I really hate BOTB ties!)
I know that Danny had some serious drug and alcohol problems and was even homeless at one time. So, God only knows what state of mind he may have been in on the occasion that you met him. He was cool and well-behaved the couple of times that my Brother and I drank with him, but then again, the fact that we had actually done some on-screen work with him might also have helped set the right tone.
Truthfully, Susan Dey was the main draw for me when it came to The Partridge Family, but I did enjoy it for a couple of years. I'm almost the exact same age as Danny Bonaduce. According to Wackypedia, I am exactly 5 days older'n he is.
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Oh, my brother, this post is above and beyond. Note that I'm here earlier than normal, in anticipation of the Monkees vs the Beatles! But, that's fine -- this is superb!
ReplyDeletePersonally, I really love the added info and the screen shots of tender young Danny, Stephen, and Nappy roaming the streets, challenging CHIPS with their kung foo fighting. Those cats were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightening. Why am I experiencing deja vu?
Back to the point of the whole sheebang -- battlin' TV bands are perfect foils! And we could go on and on about actual talent versus acting, but I won't. You want a vote, you get one!
THE MONKEES! As a delicate chick (cough, cough) prone to school girl crushes, I'm in the mood for the breathy, emotive tale of longing to be free from some mystery gal who just might not have gotten the message that Mr. Jones is here from the good time -- not the long time. Not sure if that is anything "like the blue birds flying by" him, or if blue birds have a rep from tying down mates, but okay! After all - he IS Davy Jones and well, I'm...Cherdo.
Great. Battle.
DOC MacSIS ~
DeleteThat Monkees Vs. Beatles Battle may yet materialize here one o' these days. I'm still tinkering with that idea in my noggin.
I'm pleased as spiked punch that you dug this blog bit.
Ha!-Ha! 'KUNG-FU FIGHTING' - that song is included in the movie 'The Spirit Of '76'. It's also on the movie soundtrack. Yip! I has 'em both - DVD *and* CD.
Phunny thing about the video for 'I Wanna Be Free' - I think it was being used in an episode where Davy was being offered a chance to go solo and break away from the rest of the group. The lyrics clearly indicate "romance", but I think someone somewhere got an idea to tweak it a bit for the show (i.e., I wanna be free... from Mike, Peter, and Micky.)
But then again... I could be wrong. (It's bound to happen a second time sometime. ;^)
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
It's so sad when one loses such a dear and close friend. I know he is still close in your heart and thoughts and I bet he is toasting to you. Now as for the atrocious CHIPS...yeah, it was bad and not sure erik estrada could bend down in those pants. That rod you are holding in that one photo looks like you are ready to ram it up Estrada's butt. hahahaaaaaa. I love that pic. I love the Monkees and thought for sure I would vote for them but that one song was just ok for me. I choose The Partridge family which i watched all the time and it is on now on one of our local TV stations, but when I am working. What i find funny is that neither poor Davy Jones or David Cassidy had one chest hair.
ReplyDeleteBIRGIT ~
DeleteYeah, my life has been pretty good, but there have been some very sad events (a murder and two suicides). Those things never quite heal.
Ever since I read your comment which mentioned me ramming that rod up Erik's ridiculously tight pants, I've not been able to see that photo any other way. Damn! Wish I'd thought of it *THEN*. (But, of course, had I done that, I'd have heard: "You'll never work in this town again". And they'd be right; I wouldn't have.)
And you're right about Davy and David having hairless chests. In fact, there isn't any real masculine muscle there, either. They had chests like 8-year-old girls. I guess that didn't matter to the real, screaming and fainting 8-year-old girls.
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
They do look like 8 yr old chests...icky. Yeah, a friend of mine was all over these 2 guys and had posters of them and Leif Erickson, the singer not the actor. I always thought they looked girlie
DeleteBIRGIT ~
DeleteYou wrote "Leif Erickson", but methinks you actually meant Leif Garrett - another one of those teen heartthrobs from the early '70s. Garrett ALSO had a part in the movie 'The Spirit Of '76'. He played Eddie Trojan (or as he called himself, "the bonemaster") and, yes, you know what the name "Trojan" was in reference to. He was actually pretty funny in the movie. Which, by the way, can be seen for free at YouTube. It's really silly, in that 'Idiocracy' kind of way, but it tickles me, because I remember the '70s as being EXACTLY as portrayed in the movie!
If you liked 'Idiocracy', 'Airplane', 'I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka', 'Hollywood Shuffle', 'Better Off Dead', 'Zoolander', and all of the Monty Python movies, then there's a pretty good chance you'll enjoy 'The Spirit Of '76' also.
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
And Stephen,
ReplyDeleteWell, due to my travelin out of the country I missed the last battle. To be honest, I'm with Judge Al on that one and I am actually glad I missed it. Never liked Rush and never will. I too had a crush on Susan Dey back in the day. Re the Music Machine, you have a good memory my friend and I was one to hold a grudge until the alcohol lubricated it out. I ain't got time for grudges any more.
I'll get to the point...my vote goes with the Monkees just a better song which raises a bit of melancholy and you know how I like my melancholy. I forgot you were tough guys in CHIPS as well as Marty's role. Thanks for posting those images. And thanks for the shirt! Happy big 6-0 my good friend. We will need to celebrate in the fall.
JW,
Pooh
...And, POOH, That's Not All!...
Delete>>... I missed the last battle. To be honest, I'm with Judge Al on that one and I am actually glad I missed it. Never liked Rush and never will.
Says the guy who openly confesses to liking U2? Isn't that a little like a guy who openly confesses to liking Justin Bieber calling The Monkees' and The Partridge Family's songs insipid?
But, nevertheless, you're a good friend of mine and I love you {*John Wayne!-John Wayne!*} despite my flaws. Er... I meant "YOUR" flaws. Not mine. I ain't got no flaws... 'cept I still believe in Santa Claus.
Funny thing: This post originally included a couple more Pooh stories from The League Of Soul Crusaders era. Like how you made fireworks explode off some idiot's chest on the Santa Monica Pier. And how you instigated the fight "The Night The Lights Went Out On Bay Street". But after re-reading all that stuffs, and realizing that you were apparently an even bigger troublemaker than Nappy was, I edited those Pooh-instigated incidents OUT of the post. Why? Because...
To quote the most famous line from 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance':
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
The legend is that Nappy was The League's primary troublemaker and starter-of-fights (*except for that one time in Mexico, which we shan't discuss here*), so we'll just leave it that way and pretend you were nothing but the court jester and League bleeder.
>>.... I'll get to the point...my vote goes with the Monkees just a better song which raises a bit of melancholy and you know how I like my melancholy.
Yes, I do. And here is one of the greatest lines I ever read:
Irishmen have a keen sense of tragedy to sustain them in times of joy.
Thanks for checking in with a bote. And please send the shirt back so I can exchange it for the right size. (Either that or lose some weight, you _____!) No, seriously -- Virginia City is just an easy 30-minute drive away, so I can easily exchange it for one you will actually wear... soberly... like a self-loathing Irishman with 0.00 blood alcohol content. {*Tsk!-Tsk!*}
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
You know me...lubricated demons always cause trouble. You'll have to remind me about "The Night The Lights Went Out On Bay Street" next time we meet. My memory aint what is used to be Jeff...
DeleteOK. And stop calling me Jeff, Shirley!
Delete~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
I always thought Susan Dey was too skinny, but there's no denying, she was real pretty (and probably still is).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, no doubt that both performances were both contrived in the studio and had various and sundry Wrecking Crew members backing the singers. Nevertheless, I'm going with The Monkees here, because I like the song better.
JOHN ~
DeleteSusan Dey *WAS* too skinny. Even Danny Bonaduce said so in that 'E True Hollywood' special. He saw her in a bikini one time and, despite being hopped-up on horny, teenaged male hormones, said to her: Oh, my G-d! You need to eat something!
Turns out, Susan had an eating disorder, a la Karen Carpenter. Thankfully, she managed to overcome it. Too bad Karen didn't and it killed her.
>>... I'm going with The Monkees here, because I like the song better.
Sheesh! Is that the best reason you could come up with?!?!
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
McBroMan,
ReplyDeleteI liked ChiPs a lot. People who didn't live in Southern California (SoCal) enjoyed seeing utopian SoCal. If Susan Dey had blonde hair and I was older... neither which was the case. I vote for Marcia Brady. All in favor?
-Aye!
Bangs gavel on the lectern!
Approved!
All in the House Of Representatives approve of passing the law without going through Senate?
-Aye!
Bangs gavel on the lectern! Approved!
The only line I remember from Partridge Family show is when they're in the bus.. okay I remember the intro with the bus... and someone says to the whole bus (likely Kincaid), "What would you do with a million dollars?" And Danny replies, "Tax free?" Ahaha.
Watched the trailer for Spirit Of 1976, looks good, almost as good as your haiku.
The L.O.S.C. got around. I figure as you noted or alluded to before, it likely happened every night.
A vote for The Partridge Family, not just because Shirley Jones has blonde hair. The song is more robust and full. On a sidenote, I can't believe they didn't put Ruben Kincaid in the video! Let him play the cowbell! You're lucky they didn't or then you're looking at a full sclae blowout. "I got a fever! And the only prescription is more cowbell!" (Christopher Walken quote).
Cheers,
G-Dogg
McBRUHTHUH MAN The G DOGG ~
Delete>>... I liked ChiPs a lot.
We have too much good personal history for me to let that get in the way this late in the game. I forgive you. Say ten "Holy Barettas" and tithe ten dollars to The Sanctified Church Of The Excommunicated Cops and all will be forgotten.
>>... If Susan Dey had blonde hair and I was older... neither which was the case. I vote for Marcia Brady. All in favor?
Greg Ford, the guy who lived on my street in Santa Monica, whom I traded my Monkees album to for The Strawberry Alarm Clock album... he and I once got into a physical fight over which of us would get Marcia Brady.
Truth be told, I'd have fought a lot harder had it been over which of us would get Susan Dey. Marcia was OK, but Susan Dey? I say hey-Hey-HEY!!
>>... Watched the trailer for Spirit Of 1976, looks good, almost as good as your haiku.
{*sheepishly, looking down at the ground and kicking a conveniently discarded tin can*} Aww-shucks. ...Yer a good man. Never mind tithing the ten bucks to The Sanctified Church Of The Excommunicated Cops. They don't really need it. They have enough already, after all those years of stealing money, cars and drugs from the poor hapless souls they arrested.
>>... it likely happened every night.
Honestly? Yeah, pretty much. ...But ONLY for about 5 years! :-D
>>... "I got a fever! And the only prescription is more cowbell!"
Or more Susan Dey and less clothes!
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
McBroMan,
DeleteI hear you on the fight over Marcia Brady. Similarly... Jim Funkenwaggal criticized Kylie Minogue. Then I made a marzipan voodoo effigy of him while smoking Bolivian prayer hash with Lauren Hutton, rubbed flour on its nose and he got kicked out of school for cocaine use.
After taking communion with mild Protestant grape juice and animal crackers... I followed your advice and didn't put $10 in the plate. Thank goodness. Because Baretta busted the congregation for bribery. He even rolled on the aisle in a 360 (so hard the cigarettes almost fell out of his t-shirt sleeve) before he gotup with his piece raised.
Cheers,
G Dogg
McBRUHTHUH DOGG ~
DeleteMan, I know better than to ever criticize Kylie in your presence! (I'd hate to have your marzipan voodoo doll send me to prison for cocaine use. Especially since I NEVER!!)
>>... After taking communion with mild Protestant grape juice and animal crackers...
Ha!-Ha! Oh, man, don't even get me started! Their Savior turned water into 908 bottles of fine, high-grade wine, and they celebrate His Life, Death, and Resurrection by drinking a thimbleful of grape juice! SMH!
Helpless, lovely Jesus. Vegetarian, pacifist, tranquil. Oh, wait - that was Ghandi. Not Jesus.
~ John Eldredge
'Beautiful Outlaw', page 37
>>... He even rolled on the aisle in a 360 (so hard the cigarettes almost fell out of his t-shirt sleeve)
Ha!-Ha! LOVE it!
Did I ever tell you that we League members frequently used to imitate Baretta's 360s? We most often did them across the hoods of each other's cars, and we called them "Baretta rolls".
While the Z-Boys skateboarding kids in Dogtown were still practicing their "Berts" (Google it), we Dogtown members of the L.O.S.C. were practicing our "Baretta rolls".
:^D
~ McStephen
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
McBroman,
DeleteIf anyone criticizes Kylie I'll reach through the internet airwaves, put a piece of duct tape on their ass and rip it off. Just kidding.. at least not without the help of Rod Serling's ghost.
You didn't mention before the Baretta rolls, sounds like good L.O.S.C. raucous fun.
I just now saw video of Berts, hopefully accurate, 180s down a slope. I know Tony Hawk did a 720 but A) He was too technical/clinical, no rawness. B) The era of vert skating - too showy and "we're rock stars now" skateboarders - "buy our clothing gear."
360s on the hoods of cars is more pure and spontaneous.
Cheers,
G-Dogg
>>... You didn't mention before the Baretta rolls, sounds like good L.O.S.C. raucous fun.
DeleteSure, it's always fun!
"...Until someone loses a nostril."
(That's an actual, genuine L.O.S.C. quote from Torch, circa 1981. Man, those were the 'Good Ol' Daze'!)
>>... 360s on the hoods of cars is more pure and spontaneous.
Indeed! But even more than that...
Larry Bertlemann or Tony Baretta?...
One could bust a move on a wave and hang-ten on a surfboard for the next 15 seconds to shore.
The other one could bust your nose and railroad your ass to prison for the rest of your life!
Who you gonna idolize?!
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
McBroMan,
DeleteI watched a video of Larry Bertlemann. Thing is, in that genre of sport there's no defense. Until Baretta went undercover with zinc oxide on his nose, paddled out on a long board - and in the tube clotheslined Bertlemann (and Baretta's hat stayed on!) and dragged him by the ear to the interrogation room. Then pointed the light bulb at him and blew cigarette smoke.
Bertlemann - "Wh-Wh-Where's the good cop?"
Baretta - "I Am the good cop! Now where's you get the nose candy, the blow, powder, coke."
Bertlemann - "I want to talk to a lawyer."
Baretta - "I Am the law!"
Cheers,
G Dogg
BRUHTHUH McDOGG ~
DeleteYou write better scripts than the writers for 'Baretta' did. We should collaborate on a Baretta story in our next lifetime. This is a tremendous start!
>>... and in the tube - Tony Baretta lights a cigarette and puts the pack back in his rolled up T-shirt sleeve - and then clotheslines Bertlemann (and Baretta's hat stays on!).
We could also include a scene where Baretta, on his surfboard, with the LAPD logo on it, simultaneously jumps over a shark *AND* over a drowning, black-leather-jacketed Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli. Because, let's face it, jumping just a shark has been done and... the thrill is gone, Charlie. We gotta take it to the next level!
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
Oh man, this did not disappoint, and I'm not just talking about the battle. I didn't know you were on CHiPs. Or Nappy, for that matter. And I see this was Bonaduce before he became a musclebound little badass.
ReplyDeleteSo my bote is for you and Nappy. Even without the sticks, I think you would have taken those tight-pants little sissycops.
Oh wait, that wasn't the battle. Well, maybe it should have been.
The Partridge Family song is fun, but The Monkees has some heart to it, and that's what I likes. Give my bote to them.
JULIO 6-B (as yer Tervis Tumbler reads) ~
DeleteGlad you enjoyed this stumble down Amnesia Lane!
FUN FACT: I don't even remember having ever seen this episode of CHiPs. Nappy found it through his streaming service and sent me the screenshots last November. I remember (vaguely) the day we shot that scene for the episode, but I don't recall having seen the episode on TV.
Truth be known, I worked on CHiPs quite a few times. I remember (vaguely) working on an episode where we filmed in Marina del Rey, down where some of the boats were docked. I'd guess that I worked on CHiPs probably 5 or 6 times, but the martial arts episode and some episode at the Marina are the only two I (vaguely) recall.
Wait! Check that! I think I also (vaguely) remember working on a scene in a car on one stretch of the {*closed down for filming CHiPs*} L.A. freeway.
Brother, I was usually working 3 days a week on different movies and shows for 7 years, and a lot of Bourbon has gone under The Bridge since then. Very few shooting days still stand out in my {*sharp-as-a-tack*} very-nearly 60-year-old brain.
Your bote has been duly registered for The Monkees... who were definitely more fun than a barrel of partridges!
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
Hey there Stephen!
ReplyDeleteI'm running late to this here party, but isn't it fashionable to be a little bit late?
Such a great battle! I love the personal backstories. It makes the post so much better.
Re: Those Tree Birds (aka Partridges)
I watched that show all the time. Nope, I didn't have a thang for David Cassidy. It was Danny's snarkiness that brought me back each and every time. While I was just a youngun in 1971 (just a mere 6yrs old), I had a fine appreciation for his smartassness.
Re: Those Monkees
I watched this show quite a bit as well. I LOVED the theme song and one can never forget the opening scene with the bed in the street.
I think that it was Micky that kept me coming back for this show.
Re: CHiPs
I watched this one all the time as well. I really had a fondness for Estrada. Fast forward to 1986. I was working at the Sun Valley Lodge as a housekeeper. Sun Valley, Idaho is known for attracting Hollyweird types and well-knowns. I got stories for days about this. (My favorite story is about Clint Eastwood) Anyway.. as an employee of Sun Valley Company, we were instructed to treat anyone as regular, normal individuals who put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. No special treatment was to be given. This made for a big draw of celebrities looking for a real vacation experience. Despite their policy, SV Company decided to have their first 'Celebrity Ski Week'. I was really looking forward to this, as I loved people watching and yes, I secretly hoped that my favorites would be assigned to stay in my section of the hotel. One of these people that was assigned to my section was Erik Estrada. I was beside myself! He certainly wasnt the first celeb that I had met, but because I was a fan of his, I was really looking forward. The hotel for some reason decided to upgrade the bedding in his room from the standard hotel bedspread to a very nice comforter. His was the only room in my section that had that comforter. The hotel was only four floors, and the dining facilities were on the second floor. All week long, Mr Estrada walked up and down the hallways asking everyone he came across where the Lodge Restaurant was. He was craving attention so badly. Of course, I would politely tell him where to go... er I mean, direct him to the restaurant. It was this week that I lost all respect for Mr Estrada and his soon to be wife, Anna Rowe. Their room was a complete pig stye. There was barely a place to step to get to the bed to make it and to get to the bathroom to clean. As for that brand new comforter? They put their dirty ski boots on the bed. I had seen some dirty rooms before, but theirs was the worst that I had ever seen during my entire housekeeping career (which thankfully, only lasted about a year).
Oh yes, I bet you want me to cast my vote. Well, I've rattled on so much now that I've completely forgotten who I was voting for.
Give me a few moments, I need to listen again.
Okay, now that my memory has been refreshed - I'm going to cast my vote for Danny Bonaduce and his co-stars.
~MMQE
PS... I forgot to mention -
ReplyDeleteFor some reason the video for the Partridge family isn't playing on your page. I followed the link to YouTube to watch & listen there.
MMQE ~
DeleteThanks for the heads-up on the video, but I think it was either just a very temporary glitch, or the problem was actually on your end. Because I tested 'er several times and didn't seem to have any issues with it.
That comment of yours was what we folks who live in 'The Magic Kingdom' refer to as "E-Ticket". Thanks!
I think you are the first woman of the female persuasion whom I've ever seen say that Danny, not David, was what drew her to The Partridge Family. Yer one of a kind, my friend.
Personally, I don't care for people who exhibit a lot of "smartassness". Sarcasm, snarky remarks - that stuffs doesn't go with me. I would never stoop to such things, and I'm surprised that someone of your caliber is attracted to snarkcasm.
>>... one can never forget the opening scene with the bed in the street
I agree. And there's something about a camel toting a surfboard that really appeals to some abstract, psychedelic part of me. (There are "Green Acres" in my psyche.)
>>... All week long, Mr Estrada walked up and down the hallways asking everyone he came across where the Lodge Restaurant was. He was craving attention so badly.
Are sure he just hadn't been overly self-medicating? He sure could afford to do so!
>>... There was barely a place to step to get to the bed to make it and to get to the bathroom to clean.
Ooh! You got to clean Erik's toilet?! What an honor that must have felt like. Did you save anything from his porcelain throne to sell to Estrada collectors?
I generally hesitate to judge a book by its cover, but if one couldn't do it accurately a good amount of time, then there wouldn't be an admonition against it in the first place because... no one would be doing it.
And some celebrities just give off a kind creepy narcissistic vibe that's impossible for me not to notice. Case in point: Erik Estrada with every blow-dried hair in place, that giant toothy smile and the greased-up, smirking eyes that said: I'm *ALL THAT* and a case of Dom Perignon!
I know it isn't always fair, because sometimes the cover doesn't really represent the book, but... like with Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, and some others I could name, I can't always precisely put my finger on it, but I'm barely able to even look at them without feeling [Link> a negative llirht go down my leg.
I'd say the nicest celebrity I ever met was Gary Burghoff (Radar O'Reilly). And one guy I was apparently wrong about was Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist for The Doors. I never met him, but I always used to think he looked like he just thought he was too cool and intellectual to be in the room with anyone else. Then years later, I saw him in a video program where he was just talking about The Doors' music and he seemed so genuine and down-to-earth that I had to chastise myself for judging by the cover.
Thanks for the great comment and your bote, Mary!
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Yeah, I see that the video issue may have been temporary - or on my end - as it seems to work just fine now. Go figure.
DeleteAfter my long and windy post, I realized that I didn't share my Monkees story. It's pretty anti-climatic compared to my Erik Estrada story, so perhaps I'll hold off on sharing it for now.
Your battle seems to be doing very well - mine, on the other hand, makes me want to reconsider my life choices.
MMQE ~
Delete>>... I didn't share my Monkees story. ... perhaps I'll hold off on sharing it for now.
There will be a BOTB Results post. Feel free to continue your reminiscing there.
Yes, this Battle is a goot juan. But I certainly have had my share of BOTB blowouts also. They can't all be nail-biters, unfortunately.
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
I'll go with the Monkees here!
ReplyDeleteThanks, MIKE.
DeleteYou just tied this Battle up at 5 to 5. Looks like I put together a goot juan this time!
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
Danny was my favorite Partridge, but of course I was in love with David Cassidy! I liked The Monkees, but watched Partridge family til the end. As a kid, I wanted to live with the Partridges, not the Brady's. The Brady bunch was way too conventional.
ReplyDeleteYou are making me feel very old Saint Mac!
I'm gonna vote for Partridges, of course. And Wow, you got to act with Danny? Way cool. I don't mind looking at Erik Estrada's tight butt. Why else did I watch CHiPS!?
WILD THING ~
DeleteHa!-Ha! I didn't know that you could be "in love" with one Partridge while another Partridge is actually your "favorite". Is that fair? Is that what they mean by "a Partridge in a fair tree"?
Believe you me, I'm feeling purdy dern old muhse'f right about now. 60? I thought 50 was "the official age of Grandpas", so what does that make 60? One foot six feet under?
I'm still trying to figure out what to do on the day of this impending milestone. Right now, the idea of staying in bed for an all-day nap is in the lead by seven furlongs as we round the clubhouse turn and head for the stretch.
Thanks for stopping by with yer $0.02!
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
You misunderstand, my OLD friend. "Keith Partridge" had little appeal for me. Even young me recognized and disliked shallow, vain people. David Cassidy the singer is a whole nutter being though!!
DeleteAnd BTW - HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandpa, lol. Sit in the rocker all that day so you don't seem soooooo old, and drink Old Grand Dad whiskey.
WILD THING ~
Delete>>... You misunderstand, my OLD friend.
Watch it, punk! It may indeed be "the dog days of Summer", but you are *still* treading on thin ice!!
>>... David Cassidy the singer is a whole nutter being though!!
Good point. And I getcha. You really *SHOULD* see 'The Spirit Of '76' - which has been uploaded for free viewing at YouTube. There's a scene where David Cassidy (playing the part of "Adam-11") looks directly at a metal "Partridge Family" lunchbox and says, "You mean I am stuck here FOREVER?!" {*I think that the first time I saw that scene - many years ago - was the moment when I truly came to really appreciate David Cassidy... *and* "Adam-11".*}
>>... drink Old Grand Dad whiskey
Wild Thing, THAT *literally* made me GOL! (Guffaw-Out-Loud). And you know what? Drinking 'Old Grand-Dad Whiskey' is *EXACTLY* what I'm going to do on my birthday!! Yer a geneyus!
I have a discount coupon given to me for my birthday by 'Cowboys Liquor' here in Willoughberry. I'd been debating about whether I would use it or not. I was thinking about going to 'Claim Jumper Restaurant' on my birthday; I was also thinking about going to Virginia City and hiking up Sugarloaf Mountain and then having a Mojito afterwards at the 'Bucket Of Blood Saloon'. But your idea is the real winner! Whatever I decide to do on my birthday, it will *DEFINITELY* include some 'Old Grand-Dad' Whiskey. (No, I ain't kiddin' you-uh!)
Winner! Winner! Bourbon Dinner!
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Al Bondigas here. Both songs were good, but I definitely prefer The Partridge Family in this battle. That was a good choice muh bruthu. Do you still have that Monkee's hand puppet thing? Man, we played the crap out of that. How did we not get bored with those stupid sayings? I can remember us filming in downtown L.A. like it was yesterday. That was kind of a fun gig. I remember Erik Estrada berating the director for cheating him on his close up. Hahaha. He looked at me after and said ( paraphrasing ) "He spends forever re-doing every scene and then when it's time for my close up he does it in one take!! Hahahaha, man I couldn't help laughing and just shrugging my shoulders. Actually, he treated us "little people" pretty well, and I remember him asking us if we'd like him to have some pizza brought in. Anyway, I'm going long here, so rulin' fer The Partridge Family!! That's it, that's muh rulin'!!
ReplyDeleteJUDGE MEATBALL ~
DeleteNah, unfortunately I no longer have the Monkees talking hand puppet. It finally broke, probably just before The League Of Soul Crusaders were formed. And, heck, we wouldn't have wanted it after that, anyway. I mean, by then, we had drastically matured and... who would want to play with a talking Monkees hand puppet when they could be stuffing a stuffed pair of jeans and boots in their chimney instead? Pish 'n' Pshaw! Who needs a Monkees hand puppet when they can create and breathe life into a "Filly-Waggot"?! :^D
>>... How did we not get bored with those stupid sayings?
A better question would be: How come we still remember and occasionally use them today?!?!
"How do you like my new drums?"
"What are you building?"
"There's someone at the door about the rent."
You know the answer to all of these, and every bit as well as I do! We still occasionally say them. And - dag-nabbit! - we didn't even know what "rent" was back then!! Think about it! We had no idea what "rent" or a "landlord" was back in them years! :^D Hokey-Smoke! The Golden Years of Orange County living!
You definitely remember that particular CHiPs shoot better'n I do. But then again, as you once told me, you didn't really work all that much. Meanwhile, I was working almost at will and apparently have more shows, sets, and scenes jostling for position in my (very small) memory bank.
>>... I remember him {Erik Estrada} asking us if we'd like him to have some pizza brought in.
Why did he ask? Did he think we might collectively say "No"? ...Don't tell me; lemme guess: I'm guessing that no pizza was brought in for us that night. [*How'd I do?*]
I was sure you would vote for The Partridge Family. Not because I have always suspected you had the hots for Danny Bonaduce, but because I remember the time Peter Tork rebuked your sexual advances toward him. ;^) ("Don't screw with ME, Burt! ..."Peanuts!!")
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
If the hand puppet wasn't broken before the League...you can bet it would have been broken in seconds had it been presented to any of us.
Delete"I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are [couch is] soaking wet"
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis? Ain't nuttin' ever got broke at the Bay Street house!
DeleteEr... well... maybe some skin got broken. Some shins. Some elbows. ...A few windows. ...Some egos may have got busted from General down to private and had to do latrine duty. But other'n that, nuttin' ever got broke at Bay Street!
Mmmm... Well, I guess there were a few bottles what got busted. And that drug dealer who called the cops on us... he got busted.
I think maybe a few livers got broken over the five years, and perhaps one or two...
OK, as you were, soldier!
I stand corrected. But don't let it ever happen again, punk!
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN ~
ReplyDeleteI received two BOTB Email votes. One from my cousin, Johnny, who said"
"One vote for The Partridge Family, please."
And another one from my friend Kevin, who said:
"My vote is for The Monkees. Still listen to them to this day. Also like the version of I Wanna Be Free you posted so much more than the album version. Nez (Michael Nesmith) has always been my favorite. Saw him in Redondo Beach in 1992 with Kat. We also saw him Live in Nashville last year with my niece. Got some great pics."
Two Email votes that immediately cancelled each other "OUT!" (...as the home plate umpire yelled).
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Well this is a fun battle and the Hollywood history facts make it all the more enjoyable. Nothing screams dangerous gang member like the Canadian tuxedo you are wearing in the picture. I used to go up to the Paramount Ranch I would often think of you lying on the ground as a dead Soldier during the filming of mash. Unfortunately that all burned down to the ground in this last fire.
ReplyDeleteAnd now on to the battle. Susan Dey vs Elizabeth Montgomery vs Barbara Eden. Susan and I are about the same age, and I was madly in love with Elizabeth Montgomery, but Barbara Eden stole my heart.
Oh wait wrong battle, I am a huge fan the Boyce and Harts, oh wait I mean the Monkees. I even played with Peter Tork I backed him up at the 1997 Monkees convention. But this tune probably ranks at the bottom and while not a fan of The Partridge Family, I still enjoy their tune, listed here ,more.
I am particularly fond of the Gretsch 6124 Guitar model that David Cassidy is playing. Let's just say that the Partridge Family gets my nod. I'm sure that David, Davey, and Peter are all looking down from above anxiously awaiting the results of this Bo TB
LELLY ~
DeleteMuchos gracias for the visit, comment, and bote! I'm pleased as spiked punch that you enjoyed the Battle - especially since you (and Nappy) inspired it.
I keep chuckling to myself about how much time I spent putting together this post for a Battle between The Monkees and The Partridges. WTH?!
>>... Nothing screams dangerous gang member like the Canadian tuxedo you are wearing in the picture.
Ha!-Ha! "Canadian Tuxedo"! That's a new one on me. But I get it!
Yeah, CHiPs, T.J. Hooker, Hill Street Blues - these were shows to watch if someone wanted to learn how police work ISN'T really done! Embarrassing.
Such a shame about the fire and Paramount Ranch. I sure spent a lot of hours under the hot Sun up there. Of course, there wasn't really much left of the MASH set for the fire to consume - just a couple Jeeps semi-buried in the sand, I think.
Hmmm... Methinks you were partial to the blondes. I, on the other hand, was partial to any woman who would so much as give me the time o' dey. Er... I meant, "day".
I think I remember you once mentioning before that you'd played with Peter Tork. ...Music, I mean. And at least you are very consistent with your lies. ;^) (I jus' jest.)
Peter was my Brother's favorite Monkee way back then, and I could never understand why. I always thought Peter was to the Monkees what George was to The Beatles - that quieter guy in the corner whom you'd sometimes forget was a part of the band.
>>... I am particularly fond of the Gretsch 6124 Guitar model that David Cassidy is playing.
I'm a fan of the 1976 dune buggy he's driving in 'The Spirit Of '76'.
>>... I'm sure that David, Davey, and Peter are all looking down from above anxiously awaiting the results of this BoTB
No doubt about it. I'll bet they're even laying wagers on it when God isn't looking!
Thanks again for the great comment and your vote, Bruhthuh.
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Hi Stephen,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the email alert about your BOTB here. I'm glad you sent me that because I truly wouldn't have made it over here. I'm in a major funk and just don't feel like doing anything at all. Gettin' through the day is about all I can muster these days it seems. Anyway, I know that will pass but right now I'm not socializing much. Right now I'm about to feed the dogs and watching a Lynryd Skynyrd special I recorded from last week.
I loved reading your intro to this battle. So glad you shared all the pics. Love that you had a Monkees hand puppet and so glad you included the video giving us the lowdown on what it said when the string was pulled. Funny stuff. And that photo from your childhood with your Monkees guitar: You and your siblings look like you were gettin' sick of the picture-taking. Not a smile in the bunch! haha I can't believe you traded your Monkees album!
Also loved seeing the shots from your days on CHiPs. Very attractive chin dimple you have there Stephen! Very cool that you got to hang out with Danny Bonaduce. I always adored him on the Partridge Family show. I watched that all the time. I was atypical of most teen girls as my heart-throbs were not the poster boys: I was more into Mike Nesmith and Danny "Partridge" than Davy Jones or David Cassidy.
I had heard all the "hollywood" news and stories about Danny Bonaduce's troubles but it sounds like he turned it all around. Glad you got to experience him on a personal level.
As for your battle, my vote is definitely going to the Partridge Family. I liked that song much more: it had the better melody and rhythm than the Davy Jones song. (In watching that music video of the Monkees song: how on earth was Davy Jones a heartthrob? He's so skinny and scrawny! My goodness! I like a man with meat on his bones!... :) )
Thanks again for the invite to come over. I'll get it together one of these days soon, I promise. It's just taking me a lot longer to get through this than I thought it would...
Have a great week, my friend.
XOXO
Michele at Angels Bark
MICHELE ~
DeleteI'm truly sorry to hear that you're still in a major funk - although that's fully understandable. And therefore I feel even more honored that you took some time to come by here, listen, and leave one of your trademarked A-List & E-Ticket comments. THANK YOU!!
Phunny that you mentioned Lynyrd Skynyrd because originally THIS Battle was supposed to feature them as one of the two contestants. But I put that BOTB installment on hold in order to do this Monkees / Partridges one instead. However, barring any more unforeseen last-minute change o' mind Plan B's, Skynyrd should be here on August 15th.
>>... You and your siblings look like you were gettin' sick of the picture-taking. Not a smile in the bunch!
Ha! Actually, I think I was just trying to look like a serious Rocker, and my Brother and Sister were just grumpy because I was getting all the presents and they weren't gettin' nuttin'. (They shoulda planned ahead and been born on Aug. 8th if they wanted some birthday booty!)
Oh, yeah, the cleft chin. Got that from my Pa. I got my Pa's chin and his hairline. One look at me and anyone could see that neither the milkman or postman had anything to do with me being here. That was clearly my Dad's fault!
>>... how on earth was Davy Jones a heartthrob? He's so skinny and scrawny! My goodness! I like a man with meat on his bones!... :)
Ha!-Ha! Yeah, Birgit and I have been discussing that above. Both Davy and David had chests like 8-year-old girls. Not exactly what one thinks of as virile, masculine, rugged. As my Pa would have told them: "Drink some of *this! It'll put hair on your chest" (*"this" could have been anything from black strap molasses to cod liver oil. He was always using us, his kids, as guinea pigs for his latest health food finds). Hilarious! Good times, good times!
Thanks again for stopping by, and hang in there, Michele. I'll keep you in my prayers for mental / emotional peace.
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
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~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
oh, one last thing:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uANs-Cn7uCw&list=PL3l7lIIGj8dHGWVSSfa7YT0i6WHzwUQ_3&index=8
Hehe. But really, Happy Birthday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViJWqfgyHJc
Rock on my friend...
MICHELE ~
Delete>>... oh, one last thing:
Who do you think you are? Lieutenant Colombo?!
:^D
HA! That first one made me literally laugh-out-loud multiple times!! I never heard / saw that before. LOVED IT!
It reminded me that many years ago I came up with the idea of 'funny Sympathy cards'. Thought it was going to make me rich but... for some damned reason {*still scratching my noggin over it*} the Hallmark company didn't think it was as great an idea as I did.
Losers! Hallmark lost out on billions of dollars worth of card sales. (And, hell, it don't matter to me that much nohow. Because I still has a bottle of Old Grand-Dad bourbon on muh birfday! So... screw Hallmark!)
Don't worry 'bout me, Michele. I'm one year older but bitter'n ever! (Uhm... I think I meant, "better'n ever"?)
~ D-FensDogG
'Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends'
Hi Stephen, Sorry I’m late for the battle, but I’m glad I’m early for your birthday. Happy Birthday, my friend! I cannot believe you’re turning 60, as you look much younger. My older son was supposed to be born on 8/8/88, but he arrived early on the 6th.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching both The Monkees and The Partridge Family. Mickey was my favorite Monkee and I was more of a Bobby Sherman than a David Cassidy girl. Any Monkees song will always win over any Partridge Family song for me. I think David Cassidy was the only star on the show who actually sang on the albums, whereas all of the Monkees joined in. Great haiku by the way and I loved your CHIPS photos.
Hope you have a wonderful birthday celebration, Stephen!
Julie
Ahh, GEM JULIE, it is always a joy to find you here with two-cents for the kitty! I thank you, my friend, for stopping by to play BOTB, and for the good birthday wish! ...And let us not forget the nice compliment. THANKS! Day made! (There's just no substitute for good genes and a daily intake of Lecithin to keep one looking... a little less... geriatric-y. Ha!)
Delete8/8/88 - Wow! That would have been really cool. I'm the opposite of your son, in that I wasn't even supposed to be born in August at all. According to my Ma, I was 3 weeks late. They wouldn't allow that to happen today. I've always joked that I really DID NOT want to be in "this world", so I fought it tooth and nail and clung on for dear life. "No! No! I won't go! You can't make me!"
Finally, God had enough and He said, "That's it! You have GOTTA GO! Now GIT!!" and He shoved me out. (A lotta people don't realize that God sometimes says "gotta" and "git" ;^)
>>... Mickey was my favorite Monkee
Fun Fact: Tiny Tim did a song titled 'Mickey The Monkey'. Unfortunately, it's safe to assume that he didn't have Dolenz in mind.
Glad you enjoyed the haiku. I did a series of haiku reviews for Amazon back in the day. To be honest... I was just being kind of lazy, and I could write a haiku in, like, about 5 seconds. Well, maybe 7 seconds if I was stumped, but more usually just 5 seconds. (See what I did there?;-D
Thanks again, GEM JULIE. I think I'm gonna keep my birthday tradition alive (which started with my Ma back in Phoenix) and drive to Reno on my birthday to have a 'California Quesadilla' at the Claim Jumper restaurant. ...Then I'll just drive home, settle into my rocking chair, pour me some Old Grand-Dad whiskey and catch some episodes of 'Hee Haw'. (Ha!-Ha!)
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Howdy, Stephen T - and Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI would have voted for the Monkees, but jeez, I really like the Partridge Family song! So I ACTUALLY would have voted for the latter (this time). If I'm as late as I thought I was, why did this post come up first? Gremlins. That's what it is.
I always enjoy the interesting band tidbits, and your stories and family pics are so cool!
Did you run into any grasshoppers on your birthday journey?
Happy August!
dIEDRE ~
DeleteThanks for your $0.02! Normally, you would indeed be too late, but this time, I'm even later'n you are. So your bote will count.
I shoulda had the BOTB Results post up yesterday, but I watched an episode of 'Columbo' instead. And I should have had the BOTB Results post up today but... I drove to the Claim Jumper restaurant in Re(no)tard instead to have my traditional birthday lunch: "'California Quesadilla'... hold the chicken!"
Glad you liked the tidbits, pics'n stories, my friend! Hopefully I'll (FINALLY!) get the Results posted tomorrow morning.
No grasshoppers here where I live, dIEDRE. Grasshoppers are fine for Vegas, but *this* is KAOS! We don't "grasshopper" here!!
;^)
~ D-FensDogG
'Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...'
Happy birthday, a day late. And many many dollars short.
ReplyDeleteSay... were any of these stage names you or Marty or Nappy? They are from the IMDB page on this Chips episode.
John Barrett ... Karate Fighter
Alan Marcus Alan Marcus ... Karate Fighter
Steve Hulin Steve Hulin ... Karate Fighter
Jason Randal Jason Randal ... Karate Fighter (as Jason Allen Randal)
Missed one!
ReplyDeleteJohnny 'Gyro' Potter ... Karate Fighter
BRUHTHUH SIXGUN ~
Delete"Don't know no Iris."
Don't know none of them names, neither.
I've heard of Marcus Allen but not Alan Marcus.
And if Steve Hulin was actually Steve Hurlin', I'd probably think I'd met him in the Bay Street years. But... nope. None of those boys mean a thang to me.
Besides, Karate's not really fighting, anyway. 30 winos on Skid Row and ONE bottle of Thunderbird... NOW *that's* fighting!
~ D-FensDogG
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