Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] We open with another gift from the vault of silliness with a Norm Nathan Show. Dumb Birthday Game. Norm Nathan show from December 10th and 11th, 1993. The title of this latest installment of merriment is Big Words, Fancy Ad Libs and Punning around the Christmas Tree. Sid Whitaker producing. And I'm hanging around in the studio quietly for the most part, if you can believe that. Well, until the Dumb Birthday Game, but that's to be expected. Get your pencils ready as here comes the lineup. Pre and post game callers Bob Coffey talking about George Shearing, who just happened to be the guest the previous hour or so. Nutty Pat. But this time it's the most surprising conversation. Another classic with Robert from Everett, Kevin in Dorchester, Tony from Swamp, Scott Betty in Sudbury. And we close with an entertaining call from John and Lowell. But before that last call, we have a Dumb birthday game from December 11th that begins with some Bob Raleigh impressions. The Players Al, John from Charlestown, Jenny in Plymouth, Mark, Sid Whitaker. I'm in studio. Jack in Traffic. The Birthdays Rita Moreno, Brenda Lee, Jermaine Jackson, Carlo Ponte, Terry Gar, Donna Mills and John Kerry. And a Date in History. In what year did Boston's Bijou Theater become the first American playhouse to be lighted exclusively by electricity? And because it is the season of giving, I've included the ABC News with Bob Aronson and the WBZ News with Daryl Gould. Our cup continues to runneth over with regards to commercials. Norm reads a heritage radio spot. We hear about the auction for Children's Hospital, this time at the Liberty Tree Mall, Silver City and Barbosa's Auto World. It's a weird one. The New Hampshire State Liquor Commission. Norm reads a spot for the National Credit Group not once but twice. Triple Action Gold Bond with Jim Brown from Grand Prairie, Texas, the Huntington Theater, rich chocolate Ovaltine and ADT Home security. And a real bonus here is Norm's Hungarian Gypsy princess grandmother imitating Arthur Godfrey. Or was it the other way around? Episode 213 Big Words, Fancy ad libs and punning around. The Christmas tree pronounces its way to your ears in 3, A, 2 and 1.
[00:02:31] In fact, I can't remember if he's still playing now or not. But anyway, George did tour in various parts of the country, and he was booked one time with the Quintet with Denzel playing drums and so forth at a spot somewhere in the southern climes. And somebody came up to him. They said, well, didn't you know that your drummer is colored? And he said, No, I didn't. What color is he?
[00:02:59] That sounds like George. George, although that's one of his better jokes, is most of them are pretty awful. Oh, boy. Yeah.
[00:03:06] But he has such an undying appreciation of the person behind the music, of anybody's talent, you know, I mean, whether you sing or whether you play trumpet or you play drum. I know because we talk. You're talking about, you know, who recorded first or who first met Frank Sinatra. Actually, George has worked with just about everybody in the entire world or had been on everybody's show, from Ed Sullivan to the Steve Allen show to the Merv Griffin. And, you know, so he says, you know, just about everybody.
[00:03:43] Anyway, I'm sure they're prouder probably to meet him than he was to meet them. I don't know. This is an incredibly talented man. Oh, yeah. And always so quick with the mind.
[00:03:55] In fact, Don Thompson, who was the bass man that preceded Neil Swainson, he. To begin with, first of all, Neil comes from Canada, as you probably know. Yes. And he is a bass band who has played with the Boss Brass as well as Ed Bigger trio and so forth. Well, Don Thompson preceded him and Don not only plays bass, but he plays piano as well as vibes. And when he was with George, they used to do a lot of two piano things. And I got to know Don along with some of the other Canadian musicians in the Rob McConnell's band and so forth. And don't said to me one time, he said, the greatest lesson and the greatest experience of learning in my life was the years that I spent with George Shearing. So you think you know harmony, but George has more substitute chord ideas than anybody he had ever met.
[00:04:53] Oh, that's nice.
[00:04:55] I'm taking an awful lot of your time. You're most patient with me. Well, what the heck, you're an old guy and, you know, I know how it is with old people. No, it's always a pleasure to talk with you, Bob, and I really thank you very much and I wish you good luck. Okay. I'm going to get in on the next time you have a contest there about music, you know, jazz and stuff like that. I got a new question for you, so I'm waiting when you're going to spring that again. I'm going to jump on the phone. Oh, I can tell I'm going to be.
[00:05:22] I'm not going to get it. I can tell just by the last time I asked you remember about the Western Star that recorded was Stan Kenton, and you gave me too quick an answer because you come up with the correct answer when you thought about it for a little bit. Oh. Kind of like what we used to call cowboy singers. Yeah. Was that Tex Ritter? Yeah, Right. Hey, I answered that twice and I forgot that I hit it the first time. Okay. That's right. I'd forgotten. Hey, Bob. Okay, we'll be doing probably another one of those things. Probably maybe the week after next, I think, because I'll be sitting in for Bob Rawley that week. So I'll be on the whole week. We may do another meeting, music quiz at that time. How would you like to co host a jazz show?
[00:06:08] Sounds like fun. Well, I'll give you an open invitation. Okay. Anytime. Just send me a note, tell me what you want me to do, and I'd love to do it. Well, I mean, probably coming up live, you know, picking music if you want to.
[00:06:20] Where do you. Tell me, where are you? Well, every Sunday morning, my regular gig is 6am to 12 noon out of Brattleboro, Vermont.
[00:06:30] Oh, boy.
[00:06:32] That's because I'm working here all night the night before as well, you know. Oh, yeah, that's right. Okay. So I'd have to leave immediately and drive to Brattleboro. Well, maybe you just. In the southern part of Vermont. I know, but it's still. No, I have a nephew and stuff who live in Williamstown, which is not too far from there. That's right. But that's still. That's way across the state. Yeah, I know. It's a good. Probably 125 miles away. Physically, I don't think I could make it in that short of time. Okay, well, maybe you could tape a few jokes that. No, because I'd love to. I'd love to be working with you on that. Sounds like a great deal of fun. And I don't get to do jazz. Maybe you noticed I had George on for an hour and a half and I never played one of his records. I know, because we don't even have a music license. I know. The ASCAP license is gone. Yeah, bmi, too. Yeah. I can't play music except our theme music. Yeah. Anyway, Bob, maybe we can do something else, but it's always a pleasure to talk with. I'll be in touch. Norman, thank you so much for the company and. Yeah, all that kind of stuff. As always. Okay, Bob. Bye. Bye, Bob. Coffee? Do you need a Visa? Metro Mall in Danvers that Sunday afternoon. Would you drop by and say hi? Norm, I'd like to bid heavily so I can help the kids at Children's Hospital.
[00:07:51] That's children. The Liberty Tree Mall. Did I tell you the time? 2 to 4 Sunday afternoon, 2 to 4 at the Liberty Tree Mall.
[00:08:00] Thank you just so much. It'd be kind of fun to see the Liberty Tree Mall, by the way. They just redone the whole place, added to it and all that kind of stuff. I think it's so nice. I may just put on a clean shirt and everything. Hey, I don't care, man. I pulled it out. All stops. Okay, we'll take some calls right after this. Just wait. Well, I am. I'm half asleep just talking. But, Norm, I'd like to ask you. I'd like to. I can ask you this question also, I think. Yeah. Have you ever experienced the tingle of a chandelier, a crystal chandelier, while practicing or playing the piano? Very often. I do that very often. Oh, you do? Oh, you have also, yes.
[00:08:42] What I'd like to ask you then is do you attribute that to the touch on the keys, to the tone, or is it something that has repeated, happened repeatedly, say, probably with the same measures? Yes, yes. I would say yes to all of that. I do play the piano at home, as you know. I have a grand piano that's about 10ft long and a chandelier that measures about 7ft, I think, across and hangs down very low. Fortunately, we have huge rooms and a big, tall ceiling and. Yeah. And you especially notice it then. Have you been in a room that size? Because that's when you really notice the ticket.
[00:09:24] I don't want to say too much.
[00:09:27] Mine was devoted to two piano concerto. Oh, yeah. And that's just the kitchen. That's just the pantry area, actually. I want to see the rest of the house. But there is that tinkle you've noticed that you play the piano. Oh, well, I don't want to say that I do, but I have. Well, you don't want to say that you do, but you do. Yes. Okay. And do you play pretty well? Well, that's not for me to just conclude. Well, do you have a piano nearby? Could you play a little song? Oh, yes, yes, yes. You have a piano nearby, near the phone. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's all right. No, see, if you put the piano. The phone near. At the piano, you could play it a little. So what do you play, for example? Well, I've had to devote so much time, say, like to Grieg and to Chai and to Beethoven and Schumann and that there. That you just don't have time for jazz. No, I don't care about the jazz part. I just wondered. Now you play all those classical. You're naming some pretty difficult musicians like Grieg and Beethoven. You play that. I'm committing suicide if I say it. I have to live up to it. Well, no you don't. I've been to the standstill too long. Well, I mean, nobody's going to give you a test and hit you on the head if you miss. But you do play. You play composers like that. Would you want me to wake up the neighbors over here just by opening with the opening of some of them? Sure, I'd love you to do that. They would probably love it. It's 24 minutes past 2:00 in the morning now. Well, that's. Well, it's a little earlier here. As you know, we're on central time, but believe it or not, it was 3:00 in the morning. It was 3:00 yesterday morning. Something just stuck in my head and I went to the piano and just very, very light, as light as I possibly could and everything and. Boy, what kind of a piano do you have?
[00:11:18] Well, this one that I have now is Baldwin. But I. But we've always been furnished with the best pianos. The Steinways, you mean. Oh, Steinway's also. The Steinway was also included. Well, because the bald one's a great piano too. What kind of. What kind. What is it? Is it a grand piano or is it an upright or what? You're putting me on the spot now. No, I'm just asking you what kind of a piano you have.
[00:11:43] Is it an upright or what kind of a Baldwin? I haven't got the space for it.
[00:11:49] I used to have three pianos. No, no. What kind of a piano is this, Baldwin, that you now have? Is it an upright? No. Yes. Is it. It's not a small.
[00:12:01] A Baby Grant or something like that? No, it's a upright. It's not the Baby Grants. No. Okay, well that's still. That's a fine piano. But that's. We're all provided with those though, at the studio though.
[00:12:15] Are you playing with Russell Blake Howe?
[00:12:18] No, I'm not. Who's Russell Blake Howe? Well, he was one of my teachers. Son of a gun. There's a whole part of you he's gone with the Albert teachers now in New York. And there's a part of you, Pat, that I never knew about Europe. You're a pianist. That's why I don't want to say too much. Well, you don't need to. I think we've Already determined that you, you play the piano, you play it on a good piano and you know all the, you know, you know about music. I didn't know that about you. Oh, well, okay. Is the piano right nearby where you are right now? Yes, I have. Can you just play a little bit softly just to get an idea?
[00:13:00] Oh, no. What do you want me to, you want me just a little bit. You don't have to play a whole lot. Just play. Put the piano on the, you know, near the.
[00:13:15] Oh, that's just one chord, though. I thought, you know, just a few notes. Few, few, little bit beyond that. Just a little bit. You don't have to play a whole thing. Just maybe four or five chords or something.
[00:13:29] Just dropped off of my ear. No, I, I, I can't at this hour of the morning. They'll be all right. Well, I appreciate that, Pat. Maybe one day when I, if I, maybe I can bump to 3:00 in the afternoon news and we can do it then or something. Okay. All right. I appreciate hearing from you, Pat. Take care. Bye. Bye. Isn't that kind of interesting? I'd never heard Pat in that kind of a role before.
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[00:14:01] What kind of segue was that? I beg your pardon? What kind of segue was that? I thought that was a smooth segue. Now we got Pat playing piano. Next thing you know, I bet you Robert will have jokes. Are you kidding me? That's too much of a miracle. Even at Christmas time there's a segue. I know it. At Christmas time you expect miracles. But not from Robert. No, not from Robert. Remember? Let me check with him. Robert, do you have a miracle for us?
[00:14:28] Oh, great, he's listening. Oh, no. He's here. Yeah, well, he's been hanging on the line for about an hour and a half now.
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[00:16:15] Oh, that was nice. That was rhythmically done, that. Talk to anybody he doesn't know. He still doesn't know he's on the air. That's how stupid he is. Heritage Radio Post Office Box 16, Boston 02167. And give a distinctive vintage radio gift from Heritage. Put them on hold and we'll get back on the news. Okay. Robert, do you know you've been on the radio all along?
[00:16:38] I've been here. Right here. Yeah. Why don't you hold on? Maybe we'll talk after the news. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why what? Why? I want to talk to George Sherry, and you put me on hold for hours. Yeah, hold on just a minute. You'll talk to George Shearing right after the news because I know where he's gonna go. I know where he's gonna be and we'll talk. Just hang in there. Now, if it's happening now. You're hearing it now on.
[00:17:06] Be part of the auction is to be there at the Liberty Tree Malden. Beautiful spot. Okay. It's Sunday afternoon, 2 to 4. I hope you'll come by because otherwise I'll be. Just sit down lonesome.
[00:17:19] Okay, let's get back to Robert. What were we talking about anyway? Robert? I want to talk to George. Sheriff. Okay, just a moment. I'll get him for you.
[00:17:29] Don't lie to me. Okay, here he is. Here he is. Don't lie to me. I'm so. So you're getting. You. You're getting excited, aren't you? Of course, because I worked with the man in Montreal many, many years ago while you were playing as a disc jockey.
[00:17:43] You said that in a derogatory manner. I did not say I wanted. The man played my ass. Well, he's not here now. Anyway, so what do you want? I want to talk to him. If he remembered about Montreal. The Ashton Cafe was a jazz band.
[00:18:03] Bass, drums. And they booked a comic in the Bob Hope of Canada. Who's that? You, of course. You're the Bob Hope of Canada. I was Mr. Entertainment.
[00:18:19] I sang, I danced. And when I. I want to tell you the truth. If you listen well, say something that's worth listening to.
[00:18:29] I put my arrangements. I have arrangements for 18 piece band.
[00:18:34] I put my arrangement chart. Do you know what charts our arrangements are for an entertainer like Frank Sinatra, Anybody else? Do I know what a chart is? I do. Music. Music.
[00:18:46] Don't yell at me. Don't yell at me, Robert. I know what a chart is. Why do you tear me down all the time? You're tearing me down. It seems to me you're yelling at me now. Can you hear yourself with that anger in your tone, screaming at me, no, you're my best friend. I'm not your best friend. I'll never be your best friend. Never was, never will be. In fact, I look upon you in a very negative way. But anyway, go on with your stupid story. I went in and put my music down. He says, and this man is sightless, as you call it. And I says, you do it this way, you do it that way. He says to me, he says, bob, you go out and do it. He says, I'll follow you. I'll ad lib. And you know my music. And this is a jazz place.
[00:19:35] And my music was the greatest that I've ever heard with these musicians who call themselves.
[00:19:43] They can read music.
[00:19:45] This man backed me up so bad, so beautiful that I thought, oh, my God, I need all this music. And I paid all this money for it. That's all I wanted to talk about. And you kept me on for two hours.
[00:20:02] You're lucky to get on the air at all. Nobody else will talk to you. No, you're still my best friend. No, I'm not your best friend. Norman. Yes. May I hang up on you? Go ahead. It'll make you feel good. He did. He really did hang up on.
[00:20:17] God love him, God bless him. He's a. He's a. He's a man with spirit. But he asked you and the kind of fury on it. Yes, it did. Yeah. Yeah, he was.
[00:20:29] Yeah. If you mind if I hate your guts and hang up on you in total fury and anger.
[00:20:35] Not at all. Thank you very much.
[00:20:38] A little too polite, I think. Okay, let me see how we. Let's get to Kevin in Dorchester. I Think that'd be nice. Hi, Kevin. Hey, long time no talk. Hey, that's a good opening line. Yeah, and I'm very pleased to be here. And guess what? Tonight must be DJ night because I too was a dj. You too were a dj? Where was that?
[00:21:02] In Pennsylvania, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at Moravian College. Oh really? Yeah, I had my own show called Sounds of the City.
[00:21:13] Sounds of. Sounds of Sounds of the City. Now what city was that? Well, it was basically inner city music. It was rb, jazz, reggae. Oh yeah, and rapidly. So it was, it was a mixture of it. Were you great? Oh, I was good. I was the best thing on college radio.
[00:21:34] What are the, what were the call letters of the stage? All letters was wrmc. And what's kind of crazy, because I think it should have been MCR for Marie. Moravian car was radio, but instead they decided rmc. Well, maybe they were already there, man. It may have already been a W.
[00:21:53] MRC well, no, we, we tried, we tried to get changed, but if that didn't go through. Well, no. Did you. Everybody wanted to keep the old, the old name, I guess. Oh, I see. Now what, what was your, where were you on the dial?
[00:22:08] We were actually in the one year that I was there, we had two stations with originally at 64 and it was, it was in a campus and. And then we went to 59. Okay, well you just, you went on campus station then. Yes, I see. But if you're within one mile of the campus, you could, you can still hear us. So it is pretty good. We had calls, I got calls and requests from off campus too.
[00:22:41] Did you graduate from, from Arabian? No, I didn't. I plan to transfer but I got sidetracked with this rap contract and. Well, now what kind of a contract is that? What? Last, last time I spoke to you, I had received a rap contract and I had put together some lyrics and got into the studio only to be told that they. That my producer's business had went belly up.
[00:23:13] So my, my, I never even had a chance to perform. Oh, that's too bad. I'm sorry. I did make a recording or two which is in the possession, possession of my producer and he's not willing to give that up, so. Well, I wish you good luck. I hope it works out for you. Actually, I was sidetracked because what I originally wanted to do is stop my own business and I'm gonna do that now. What kind of music business you mean? Yes, it's going to be production, okay. It's going to be producing, bringing big name entertainers into town, into the Boston area. And I don't want to say too much because someone with more money make it the idea.
[00:23:58] That requires a little bit of money though. Yes, it does.
[00:24:02] It requires. It requires thousands of dollars which you have a backer. No problem. No problem. There'll be no problem after the first. The year, sir. Well, good luck. Hey, when you keep me in touch, it sounds like you get something good going there. Something else. There's another side you haven't known to me. Yeah. I also play jazz piano. Do you? Yes, and I've been playing piano for about seven years now and I was taught classical music and I just never quite caught on to classical music and I self taught myself jazz piano since it is emotion and improvisation.
[00:24:46] So I self taught myself. Are you pretty good? Oh yeah, I'm pretty good. But I don't have a piano around with me because my piano is still on the cape. And the funny thing is the piano was donated to me and at the time I had a keyboard. So since I had a piano donated to me, what I decided to do is donate my keyboard to two young inspired girls who wanted to learn piano. One was nine and her sister I believe was six. What a nice person. You're a nice person, Kevin. Yeah, well I, I learned on that keyboard and I side decided to let someone else learn on it too. So.
[00:25:27] Well, that's, that's very kind of, you know. What's, what's the next step? The next step that is producing. I have to. January. Yes. Well actually I have to speak to my consultant and we are going to.
[00:25:40] It probably would not actually get started into the fall because there's a lot of setup work that I have to do first and there's a lot that has to be done before you actually jump into that.
[00:25:57] So also we'll be putting on talent shows throughout the communities too of Boston. So I probably will be advertising on DC on dv. Well, we'd love. We welcome you and wish you well. One other thing. Yeah. Is the game full tonight?
[00:26:14] Let me check. Is the game full?
[00:26:16] Yeah, I'm sorry.
[00:26:19] Yeah, Sid, the Whitaker is just a producer just told me it is. Yeah, tomorrow night we'll be doing it again. Just call earlier. Okay. Okay. And then talk with the. Is that you want tomorrow night too, Sid?
[00:26:31] Oh good, good. Yeah, call, ask for Sid Whitaker. Well, you just call this number and Sid will answer after 11 o'clock tomorrow night and he can line you up then. All right then. Thank you. Good luck, Kevin. Yep, thank you. Okay, maybe we'll Talk to Sid tomorrow and I know we'll talk to Sid tomorrow. I mean, you know what I mean? Okay, let me see. It's Tony in Swampskin. Hi, Tony, you're on wbz. Hi, Norm. I was listening. You happened to wake up with George and I couldn't figure out who you were talking to. You know, then there was. When it all, you know, it start to be put together. I know I should have mentioned his name more often. I forget to do that. You know, he was. She know is missing in all these lounges. What George Shearing was, what he did, what his. He was a lounge pianist type of thing. They don't have that anymore. I mean it was nothing more.
[00:27:28] Well, they do. They do have lounge pianists who still. Who still play. So today you go to the lounges, all you hear is noise bars. No, but, but no, if you go to certain places. The Hotel Colonnade, for example, has a room there where they have a pianist.
[00:27:44] The Hotel Lennox has Al Vega, who's there one or two nights a week playing along with a vocalist. Now, I know the kind of lounge you're talking about. And there are not a whole lot of them. There used to be many, many more than there are now, but there's still some of them. Did that exist, one of the albums that George made his way. He did one with Kenton, I think Lush. I think it was either Lush, Interlock, George Shearing, remember way back, could you imagine Kenton and Shearing together? And they put a very lush. The piano with him, you know, featured with the lush music. Strings behind back of him.
[00:28:23] I mean, I remember George Sherry was absolutely a marvelous man. I couldn't believe. I thought he retired. He has, you know, he must. You said he's in his 80s. No, no, he's. He's 70.
[00:28:35] Let me see. I'll tell you exactly. He had a birthday last this past August. He was born in 1919. What would that make him? That would make him 74. Yeah, he just turned. He turned 74 in August. Because he is. He is a remarkable man. I mean, absolutely incredible pianist. It was the Shearing touch. There's nothing like it. Now he's going to be at Gulliver and his wife sings along as that? No, she doesn't sing though. She is a singer. But she does not perform in his act. No. What is it just him along? Him and a bass player named Neil Swainson.
[00:29:14] Just a piano and bass. Oh God. I think maybe. Maybe drop over there. Give me the time again. So I. 8:30 and 10:30. And Saturday is the last last of it.
[00:29:26] Okay. I appreciate, you know, you. You have heard music and people today don't get a chance to really appreciate. Well, that's true, but there's still. There's still some jazz around. Yeah. So if you want to hear it, you still can. I gotta get going, Tony. But I appreciate. The car traded based on nada guideless damage dealer to subsidize 6 month payments to buyers source till March. 94 discounts and rebates in a little offer. Hey Eddie, what are you doing Saturday? Saturday I'm taking my car to Silver City and Barbosa's Auto World's. Any trade goes sale. Any trade goes. What's that? This week only Silver City and Barbosa's Auto world are paying $2,000 more than your trades actually work. Your car wasn't worth two grand back in the 50s. It doesn't matter. This week only it's worth $2,000 or more. Guaranteed. Guaranteed? Yes, it's guaranteed during Silver City and Barbosa's Auto World. 2000$. Any trade goes sale. 2000 is 4000, 4000 is 6000. Even your 6000 dollar trade becomes $8000. New Ford, Hyundai, Dodges, Toyota, old mobile GMC truck. Even new Cadillacs and Coachman RV. All with no down payments and no payments till spring of next year. Get $2,000 more for your trade. Now through Monday, only Silver City, Ford, Hyundai, Coachman and Silver City, Dodge, Toyota, Raynham and Barbosa's Auto World in Fall River.
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[00:31:50] Okay, let's see. Why it's Betty in Sudbury. How you doing, Betty?
[00:31:57] A long wait tonight. I know it's better earlier in the morning, I mean, later in the morning I woke up when I heard George Shearing on. And you just answered something he said. 57 years in the business and he's 74 years old. Yes. You were talking about Perkins. Now did he go to Perkins or how did that come up? I don't know. I don't, I don't think he, I don't know that he attended Perkins or maybe he visited Perkins or was in touch with Perkins in some way. Yeah, because when I woke up they were talking about different teachers. I was wondering if anyone out there was old enough to remember Mr. Hartwell who taught at Perkins when I was a little girl. I was in his junior choir at First Baptist Church in Waltham and probably in influenced one of the people who influenced me to go into music teaching as a career.
[00:32:56] But that would, I'm talking back in the early forties during the war years. So he was teaching, he taught music at Perkins at that time. Yeah. I don't know. I know a couple of people did call when he mentioned Perkins who had remembered some of the people he talked about, but neither one I think would go back quite that far. I don't believe. Yeah, not too many around it. Yeah. I don't know. I really don't know his exact connection with Perkins. Actually. I know you threw out a question to him about whether young people were interested in jazz.
[00:33:37] And what I find is, as you know, I'm music teacher and I find that the kids with high IQs are the ones who are interested in both jazz and classical music. They seem to go together. I mean, very much so, yes. People who, you know, I find that the kids, and they're introduced to it usually by one parent or grandparents parent who has a jazz collection or has classical music. And of course they don't get it from their peers at all. But these are the ones that I find are really interested in.
[00:34:25] They are the ones that are a joy to teach.
[00:34:28] Well, I think jazz and classical music both are complicated kinds of music and you just don't, you don't pick it up that quickly and a lot of people don't have patience enough to listen to a whole lot of it until it begins to make sense to them. They, you know, they either like something or they don't. You've got to go through the baby stage. Like you mentioned, you're starting piano. Well, you have to go through the beginning book just like everybody else. Even just like the six year old. You have to. To start at the beginning. If you've never done it. And it's hard to start something when you're older because you know it's supposed to sound better.
[00:35:09] Well, when you're learning about it, it's most pop music. You listen to a song and it's not complicated. It's pretty easy to catch on. So that's as far as most people get. And to go a step further into classical music or jazz, which is much more complicated, you really have to listen a whole lot until it begins to kind of grab you, until you understand what's happening. And a lot of people don't have the patience to do that, and they quit too quickly. So they don't like classical, they don't like jazz, but they haven't given themselves any time to learn it. And it's neither one. Can you learn all that quickly? I don't mean as a musician, but I mean just as a listener. Yes.
[00:35:53] Well, it's sort of a developed taste, in other words. Sure. Yes. And anything that is worthwhile doing always takes a while to, you know. If it's simple, you can pick it up easy, but if it's more complicated, it takes a little while to do it. I was just telling that to my dog, Valkyrie, just the other day. In those very words. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, you gonna call me off here? Yes. Yes, I am. I'm sorry. I've been very promise on a stack of Bibles. Yes, even. Well, yeah. Okay. Okay, Betty. Take care. All right. Bye. Bye. Oh, she wants me so badly.
[00:36:35] No, we were. It sounded like that didn't. No, we were talking about something. She wanted me to talk to one of her great kids in her classroom, and I. I've been kind of uptight about that because they're little. They're young kids, you know, elementary grade, and she wants me to talk about jazz. And I'm. I'm just. I'm just kind of up, you know, I'm nervous about whether they're going to pay any attention to really care what I have to say in that age group.
[00:37:04] And I'll be back in a moment with some explanation of what it is I just said, which I don't quite figure. Anyway, do you need Visa, MasterCard, a home or car loan, or. As we speak. Yeah, Couple of hours. Been in, kept. Really Stinks. Yeah. You're with the National Credit Group, are you? This group that I'm supposed to call. Yes, I am. And you. And you use kind of big financial terms like stinks, like your credit stinks. Yes. Well, we try to put it in layman's terms. Yeah, you do. That's. I suppose that's kind of nice. Nothing fancy about the way you talk. Yeah, yeah. So serious about this, by the way, I detect a giggle in your voice. No, there's no giggle. No giggle? No, no. Having. Being able to have those kind of credit cards, having plastic, as we call it, having my credit updated. That's no giggling matter. So what I will do then is I'll call your main Office at the 617-536-0639.
[00:38:02] I know it sounds like I'm giggling, but the giggling is in your set. It's not me. Like I said, we are updating our files as we speak. And the last I checked, you had said you had bad credit about 40 years ago. I'd say.
[00:38:14] Yeah, I'd say about 40 years ago. Looks like you have even worse credit. Yeah, it could be our. A mistake. It may be because I did charge a package of big pens to our stationary store the other day, next hour. And I made jokes about the stationary store. Remember I said Staples is the stationary store. I wanted to see whether it was really a stationary store. And so I parked outside and watched it for about six hours. And in that length of time it didn't move hardly at all. So that was a stationary store. Were you eating? That's the time you had your takeout lunch. Wasn't. You went to. That's right. I went to a place that's specialized in Szechuan and Cantonese and Mandarin cooking, which was kind of unusual because it was an Italian restaurant back. What A credit report, sir.
[00:39:05] We're going to run right into the news if I don't get on with this. 617-536-0639. That's the National Credit Group. If you used to have bad credit, but now you. It's. It's good again. You think it ought to be good, but they haven't updated it. Call National Credit Group 617-536-0639. That's 617-536-0639. And tell them that Sydney Lefkowicz suggested you call and you'll get one whale of a greeting.
[00:39:42] This is it. W.
[00:39:46] Field. Anyways, you know, Glamor Field and Westinghouse, they don't. They don't skimp. You probably noticed that. No. Skimp or scrimp. Skimp. They do scrimp, but they don't skimp. That's true.
[00:39:59] And Tony Nesbitt, of course, is here. Good morning. On your ears.
[00:40:05] I like that. That's A good one. Yeah. I love that. That's nice. And we have Jack Hart. Hold on a minute. Jack and I plug in. Let me see. How do I. He's up there. Oh, you're already there. He's up there. Where you're gonna press. Where you gonna. This is behind the scenes, right? There he is. Hi, Jack. Well, thank you very much, Jack.
[00:40:23] Hi. What do you have for my people, Jack? Yeah, what. What do you got? What kind of traffic you got on our ears? Because the. The brain is. The rain is coming down pretty fiercely, as you well know. Yes, indeed. Yeah, it's Mike Dam.
[00:40:39] Hold on a minute while I do another WBZ Westinghouse eyewitness meteorological check.
[00:40:46] Boy, it is. Yes. It's just not letting up at all. No, it's not. It is Neo Diluvian of all. If it's. I'm sorry.
[00:40:54] Neo Diluvian is very good. Okay. Okay. So now you've met our panel and we're ready to play the dumb birthday game. Today, December 11th is the.
[00:41:06] Incidentally is the day before Frank Sinatra's birthday. He has a birthday on Sunday. He'll have to call tomorrow night. Yeah, tomorrow. Yeah. I'll tell you how old he's going to be. So you get one up on it. I'll tell you right now, he's going to be 78. And he's still saying so much for me getting the one tomorrow. Well, there'd be other people there, including Connie Francis. You can look up her age. Well, the boys, right? Is that her? No, no, she's saying who's sorry now? And Mama, she also do lipstick on your collar?
[00:41:39] I think that was somebody else, so. No, maybe. Might have been. Might have been her. Anyway. Okay. Today's the birthday I mention of Rita Moreno, born Rosita Dolores Alverio in Puerto Rico. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in West side story back in 1961, I think also, as I recall, Rita Moreno has won one of the only people who's won four awards in. In different aspects of the entertainment. I think she's won not only the Oscar, but she's won a Tony, an Emmy, and I think an Obie, which is the Off Broadway kind of stuff. Or maybe a Grammy. A Grammy, maybe. It might have. Might have been that. Yeah. But she's won four separate awards. I think the only person to do that. Wow, Very impressive. Yeah. She's also very attractive lady. And great legs.
[00:42:31] Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, sure. Yeah, yeah.
[00:42:35] Al, what do you think? How old is Rita Moreno?
[00:42:38] Say about 58. 58. Okay. And what do you think, John? 53. 53. Jenny?
[00:42:49] 56. 56. And what do you think, Mark?
[00:42:54] A healthy 63. A healthy 63. Okay. Sid?
[00:43:01] 55. 55. 55. Okay. Nobody said anything that time. That's the limit. Thanks.
[00:43:09] That was the only reason I said that. Tony. What do you think? Think so. 61. How was 61?
[00:43:23] Are you having an outburst of some kind of dread disease or are you trying. No, I'm trying to figure out 61. She could have been.
[00:43:31] Oh, 61. You're just repeating. I thought you. Yeah, the year of a West side Story. Right? West side story was 61. Yes.
[00:43:38] Well, geez, I'd be surprised if she's. That's 30. 32 years ago. Yeah.
[00:43:45] Yeah, she could be 62.
[00:43:49] I don't know. No, I don't think so. I'm gonna have to say she's 59. 59.
[00:43:54] Okay. Jack Hart, what do you think? I'll say 62. No, Jack is right. You should have stuck with her.
[00:44:02] She's 62. No, that's said. Yeah. 16 years old today. I felt so bad when you changed it. But you know, put. Put a little asterisk there and say that he would have got it. He would have got it had he stuck with the. You got to. You got to stick with your. Your. Your first thoughts. Deep inside. I know, I really have. I know, I know. You got to have confidence in yourself. Say, where does that guy work? An all night puppet show?
[00:44:26] No. Is it. Is it a. A Miller Mill plate? No. What is a work.
[00:44:31] Oh, Sheetrock. Okay. Brenda Lee. Remember Brenda Lee? She was no relationship collar. That's. Was that lipstick on your collar? Oh, no, no, no, no. Sweet nothings.
[00:44:43] It says her. Her biggest hit. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So sorry. Is that the one? I don't know. Yeah, she recorded that in 1960.
[00:44:52] And her. Her name was at birth was Brenda May Tarpley. But she apparently liked Molly B, Peggy Lee and somebody. D. Wasn't there a D, E, E, Ruby D, Ruby Dee. So she became Brenda Lee and they formed a quartet and they're known as the Andrew Sisters or the Mills Brothers.
[00:45:16] Anyway, let's start with you, Jack. How old do you think Brenda Lee is on this very date? December 11th. She was but a child when she recorded it, if I recall.
[00:45:31] Born in Atlanta, Georgia. That doesn't help much. Atlanta, Georgia. Yeah, yeah, she was a child back then too. She was born. So that was. I'm sorry, it was 34 years ago. 33 years ago. That helps you kind of hone in on it. Sure, sure.
[00:45:50] I'll say. She is just 50. 50 years old. Okay. And Tony, what do you say? She just is 49. 49, yeah. Okay. And Sid.
[00:46:07] 52. 52 says Sid. Okay. Mark, what do you think? I think he's. I think she's 52 also. 52. Okay. The lovely Jenny in Plymouth.
[00:46:20] 54. 54. And what do you say, John? I agree with Jenny. 54. 54 also. And Al. 55. 55. And that's the limit.
[00:46:34] And that was kind of the dispirited little introduction rejection there. I was having a drink. I'm sorry. That's the limit.
[00:46:42] All right. Okay. Brenda lee actually is 49. Yes. I would have had two, but I have one. Tony said 49. Hit it right on the button. How about Jermaine Jackson? How about him?
[00:46:55] There's no end to those Jackson people.
[00:46:58] He's from Gary, Indiana, which has to be one of the ugliest cities in the world. Well, when you went through. It was what? Well, when I went through horse and carriage back then, it was about 35 years ago. Yeah. It was ugly then. It must be even uglier now. I drove through there about 16 years ago or so and it was just ugly. Ugly. It's right outside of Chicago and near Hammond. It's Sandy. To Hammond, Indiana, which is equally as ugly anyway. Why is that? Well, because it's very heavily industrial. They got the power lines cutting right through the whole place. It's a big steel here, man. It's in a suburb. Yeah, it's. It's a industrial part of the outskirts of Chicago, sort of. Did they film that movie, the Romance Grand Blake. They filmed the romance of steel ingots. Okay, Gary. Gary. And some of the. Some of the close shots were filmed in Hammond. Matter of fact, some of the Jackson family appeared right in. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. In fact, let's. Let me tell you about the Germaine Jackson. I know you don't care, but his biggest hit was daddy's home in 1973. I'm a few bars. We missed it. Sorry. Yeah, 73.
[00:48:12] In 1973 is when he. He did that. Yeah. He also did a hot number with. With Devo Tickle your Fancy, which was. Yeah.
[00:48:21] And with the Jackson 5, the biggest hit was I'll be there. I'll be there. In 1970, he married Berry Gordy's daughter, Azel. I thought you want to say he married Barry Gordy.
[00:48:35] No, he married his. He was going to, but he was Turned down. So he married his daughter instead in 1973. And they're still married? I don't know. Does not say. But that would have been 20 years ago. That helps you get an idea of the age. I'm going to start with you, Jenny. How old do you think Jermaine Jackson is? How about 42? 42. Okay. And John, what do you think? 37.
[00:49:00] And Al? 41. What do you say, Mark? 46.
[00:49:06] And we'll just. Let's see. Sid, what do you think?
[00:49:11] I have to go with 39.
[00:49:15] Did you hear what he said? I tried to make it as nasal as possible that time, Norm. I hope that was good enough. That was. It was actually, you know, it was really, you know.
[00:49:28] Anyway, 39 will mark down. Tony, what do you say?
[00:49:34] When was. I'll be the other date on? I'll be there. When that was. I'll be there. What's the date on I'll be there. You ask. The date was 1970. That's correct. How many that. Huh? Yeah.
[00:49:47] He was probably about 70. 80. 41. 41. Okay. And what do you think, Jack? 43. 43. Okay. Jermaine Jackson today will be or is 38.
[00:50:11] He was younger than I thought he was. Wow. 38. And Sid said 39.
[00:50:17] And John over there in the noisy shop said 37.
[00:50:24] So John. And John and Sid both were correct on that. Wow. All right, so we. Nobody's won more than once. But the jacket, Tony. I almost won more than one. You almost did. That's true. Emphasize that again. You keep saying that over and over again, won't you? Maybe. Maybe it'll make a difference by the end of the game. I don't know. Wait. How many times did you almost win, Tony? Once. Oh, so I would have had two? Yeah. Yeah. But I only have one. I just wanted to make sure. Okay. Yeah. Was that once. You almost won just once?
[00:50:53] A couple of times before, but tonight only once. How about Carlo, Pa. Auntie, who's of course married to the woman I adore. I love her, but I'm still riding the range.
[00:51:06] Forget. Forget I said that. Wow.
[00:51:09] One of his most successful movies was Marriage Italian style. Hey. In 1965. Remember the theme song? Marriage Italian Style.
[00:51:21] Like love American style. True. With evergreen green, white and blue. Yeah, Green, white and orange. Oh, that's all right. No, no. What? It's. But it's green, green, white and blue. It's not green, white and blue. Red. I'm sorry. Yeah. The spur of the moment. Yeah. Kind of a little French in there. Green, white and red. White.
[00:51:41] No, actually, the way they. Flags of the World. With Tony and Jack. Obviously none of you know music very well. The way this song went was, oh, Marriage Italian Style is certainly Worthwhile. And it went on like that. Yeah, that was the way it went. If you don't know the song, just forget it. Okay? Just don't make a deal.
[00:52:02] Let's make a deal. Wait a minute. Oh, no. Mark. Mark, how old do you think Carlo Ponti is? I think he's probably 76. That's the spirit.
[00:52:16] Oh, by golly, chicas. The way you guys said that just inspired me to rise from the dead.
[00:52:24] They'd come into your studio. I wish I were alive. I'd love to take part in that game, you know.
[00:52:33] Jack, how old do you think Carlo Ponti is? Let's see, he's got children 21 years older than her and six inches shorter. He's. He's 21 years older. They have two sons who are six inches shorter than he is. That's right. No, they're seven feet taller than he is and six inches shorter than she is. However, their arms going to put them all together, they look like a pan pipe. That's right. Pain persistors unusually severe. See, your doctor didn't make any sense, but kind of funny. Show me a woman who has a husband 6 inches shorter than she is and I'll show you an ice cream cone made of pimento. Boy, that didn't make any sense at all.
[00:53:28] Your Romanian gypsy princess Grandmother. Hungarian, please. She hated the Romanian. She was Hungarian. You know, you could gather her sayings in one volume and market it as the sayings of the. I have on a loose leaf notebook with reinforcers at the moment. But I may go the next step. Do they still sell reinforcers? Those things never work, did they? No, but they're a lot of fun at parties. Yeah, these would be great just to find them on the floor in school. They never stayed in the book. No. So what do you think, Jack? How old is Carlo Ponti? Carlo. Carlo Ponti.
[00:54:10] I'd say he's.
[00:54:13] He's 21 years old.
[00:54:21] 83.
[00:54:24] How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? Jack? Three. Three.
[00:54:31] Okay, Al, what do you think? How old do you think Al Carlo Ponti is?
[00:54:36] 74. 74. Okay. And Sid, let's see.
[00:54:46] 72. 72.
[00:54:48] Okay. Where was he born? That won't help you. Just says Italy. It doesn't say what part of Italy.
[00:54:55] Jenny, what do you say? 74 too. 74. Se tanta. Does that say Santa? No, seatanta cuatro se. And Giovanni, that is John. 84. 84. Otante cuatro.
[00:55:13] They're probably saying it all wrong. But I'm so cute. Who cares? Tony, what do you say?
[00:55:19] 70.
[00:55:21] I'm sorry. Huh? 70 something 2. 72. Same as what Sid said. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Actually, Carlo Ponty, I like the way you. Well, all except John, who. No, I guess a couple of you guessed kind of high. He's actually 80 is what he is. How old is the face, sir? So she would be 90. She would be. Actually I thought she was a lot younger than that. She was only 50. No, she's. She's an incredibly attractive woman and shows you 59 year old ladies can be okay.
[00:55:52] She's okay in my book. Okay, so let's see. 80. The closest would have been Jack Hart. Who said 83?
[00:56:03] Yeah, that's it. Nobody said 77 on the other side. So you won that round. You're leading by two. There we go. And Tony again. Sid and John both have one apiece as we go to Terry Gar. Didn't Tony almost get one? Yeah. I didn't want to mention it again though. Oh yeah, you did almost get one, didn't you? Yes. We would have been tied. There was a reporter from the Christian Science Monitor just called to make sure that they wanted authenticated. It'll be in the Monday edition. Yeah, World Monitor. Most don't get the cigar.
[00:56:37] That's right, it doesn't. You know, I never thought of that. Almost never gets the cigar. Son of a gun. Yeah, yeah. Almost only counts in horseshoes. And something else too, isn't it? Hand grenades. Hey, that's it. Hand grenades. Oh, Terry Guy born in Lakewood, Ohio, moving right along. Appeared in Tootsie in 1982. And was that that far back? She just got married. Did she? Yeah, she did she. Yeah. Secret. In a. In a kind of a secret ceremony in Mexico or something. She was probably not legal. She was out of that NAFTA agreement in 1983. She was in Mr. Mom with Die with Michael. Yeah. And also has been on the David Letterman show a lot because he seems to like her a lot.
[00:57:20] And she's a very leggy lady. Yeah, she is. She's an attractive lady. Yeah. Okay, Terry Gar, we'll start with you. Speaking of leggy ladies. We'll start with you, Jenny. Okay, how about 36? 36. Okay. What do you think? John?
[00:57:39] 41.
[00:57:41] Okay, 41. And Tony? 40.
[00:57:46] Tony says 40 and what do you say, Mark? 38.
[00:57:51] Mark says 38. And what do you say, Al? 39.
[00:57:56] Oh, swallows a lot. That's right. Terry Gar says Al is 39.
[00:58:08] Sorry, guys. Alice, 39.
[00:58:11] She. She thinks she's 39 also. Yeah, they both guess the same age for each other. And Sid, what do you say?
[00:58:19] Geez. 38. 38.
[00:58:23] Oh, never mind. Did you have a question? That's okay. No, no, that's okay. You sure?
[00:58:29] Jack, what do you think? Well, she was in an episode of Start the original Star Trek once, and she was more than 11.
[00:58:37] Yeah, that's good. She's.
[00:58:40] She's actually about 47.
[00:58:43] Actually about 47. He is not. Come on, Jack, 46.
[00:58:49] She's lovely and delightful, but she's about 47. No, she's actually 44. See? Yeah, but he, he was as close as John was on the other side. So John, who said 41 was three years off. Jack, who said 47 was also three years off. She wasn't 47, though. That was my only point. No, she was not. No, but. So Jack and John win that. And Jack now has three correct answers and Tony has one. And then almost. Yeah, and it wouldn't have mattered right now because I'd be behind. And of course, my Miami one is offset by the fact that she actually got married.
[00:59:28] Huh.
[00:59:30] The joy in elation is set off by the fact that Terry Gar got married. Oh. So I either read that or I read that. Otherwise. Otherwise, you think that you were in the running? Was that what you're suggesting?
[00:59:40] I see. People always say that. Sorry, girls, he's already married. Like, you know, like.
[00:59:47] Yeah, yeah, like Richard Gere is going to marry some 12 year old kid. Well, never mind. You never know.
[00:59:57] Donna Mills, born in Chicago, appear to Knott's Landing as Abby Ewing.
[01:00:05] They come up with some great names for these things. Abby Ewing, Donna Mills. Anyway, look over there. It's Abby Ewing.
[01:00:14] Well, somebody get her a doctor. She looks pretty sick. And she keeps Ewing.
[01:00:21] It's just a. Just put a cold compress on her forehead and the wife away the spittle from her mouth and she'll be all right in a few days. Just take these pills, sweetheart.
[01:00:33] Donna Mills. Anyway, I understand her maiden name was Normal.
[01:00:39] Normal Ewing. No, Donna Normal. What are you saying? Normal Mills. Abby Normal. Her maiden name. Abby Normal. Oh, from the show. Abby Normal. I see. Yeah, I see.
[01:00:54] Why don't you go first with this and let's get you out of the way right off.
[01:00:59] Speaking of Abby Normal, it was meant More as a historical point than.
[01:01:08] No wonder it was even more. Sure it was. Yeah. Obscure. It was a historical point. I have the. I have a feeling that she's the one that's 47.
[01:01:18] She's the one who's really 47. I can believe that. Okay. And Tony, what do you think? I can believe that.
[01:01:27] I'll put that out. How do you translate I can believe that into an age 47? 47, yeah. Okay, sure.
[01:01:35] You know who. I bet you John, they will know. Who? How old? Well, let's ask him right off there, John, what do you think?
[01:01:42] You know why I'll know? 45. 45 for Donna Mills. Because he's working in one, that's why. Oh, I see. He's working in the Donna Mill. Yeah. Another historical point.
[01:01:58] Phil. Dot. Where is he calling from? Where is he? John is in Charlestown. Oh, yeah. Donna Mill in Charlestown. That's right. There we go. And that's like the most Donna's around. That's like the Malden Mills. Sure, they make lovely Maldives.
[01:02:14] Sid, what do you think?
[01:02:16] How old is Donna Mills and her orchestra?
[01:02:22] I'm still trying to recover from Jack's last remark, but he'll never recover. The best bet is not to listen to him. This man can have a terrible influence on your entire soul.
[01:02:34] If only I'd known this in advance. Well, you're a young kid. You'll get over it. You've got a lot of years to get over it. Us old guys never do.
[01:02:45] 46. 46. Okay, Mark, what do you think? 48. You're kind of quiet, Mike. You don't have any snappy ad libs or anything. Why is that? I don't know.
[01:02:56] I think you guys are all paid to do this or something.
[01:03:01] All you guys are. The libs all seem to work there, you know. Oh, really? Salary stay low because of this? Yeah. Don't feel self conscious about this at all. Because. No, that's. That's not at all true. Yeah, we take donations. That's right. I'm not practiced at 3 in the morning. Yeah, no, no, because we're gonna. We're gonna do another one after this and I want to hear a lot of ad libs from you. Okay, Mark? I'll do my best. Okay.
[01:03:26] As a matter of fact, to tell you the truth, not only are we not paid for this, but if management could hear us, we wouldn't be working here.
[01:03:33] It's. Unfortunately, they can't stay awake at night. Or fortunately for us anyway. Al, how old do you think Donna Mills is 46. 46. You can ad lib a little too if you want, Al. Yeah, yeah.
[01:03:47] That's not a bad one. Pretty good. A lot of years. Yeah. Of steps. A lot of people fall apart. After the second yacht. He went through four of them. They could put that in a song. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Let's see. She loves you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got a hit on a hand, Jenny. Okay, how about 48? How about 40? Does it feel good for you to be surrounded by all these good looking guys? I'm enjoying it, actually. They're most of the guys. Exactly looking. Three or three of the guys. I'm enjoying it myself. Being surrounded by these good looking guys. Hey, actually three of the guys are pretty ugly, but I'm not going to say which ones.
[01:04:27] Donna mills is actually 50. Oh, today that means Mark and Jerry. She's Jenny rather. Mark and. And. Yeah, Mark. She's a mighty fine 50 then. Yeah. Wow. Half century. She's a half century old. Old. Wow. Yeah. Half century. Doesn't that sound awful or half century? Not to me it doesn't. Sounds like music.
[01:04:49] If I were only a half century.
[01:04:52] I remember when I was a half century, I could skip and jump and play with the kids and it was really nice. And now. Now, well, what's the sense?
[01:05:03] Anyway, next. Next is John Kerry, United States Senator. Do you know he was born in Denver, Colorado? I didn't know that. But he's the Democratic senator from Massachusetts originally, I believe from Lowell. I think he grew up in Lowell. Live shot Kerry.
[01:05:21] Live shot Kerry. Yeah. You sound like a Howie car. Well, I just. I was just. That's not my. You know, that's not me. Who said that? I'm just saying. Repeating what I read.
[01:05:32] Sorry. I see. Okay. You know, it's true though, don't you think? Live shot. Yeah, he's kind of. He's there a lot. Every time there's a camera he's got his face. Well, you won't find too many politicians who shy cameras. No, there's certain reasons I like John Kerry and I won't. I won't go into him now. But. But he's. I think he's okay.
[01:05:53] But anyway, aside from that, John, let's start with you this time. What do you think you wanted? Ad you wanted at least from Mark on this one. This is really. No, no, we're gonna go to Mark next. I know, but John Kerry. What? John Kerry. Well, I know you can do political jokes. Okay, like that. What did you say? John? 48. 48. Okay. And Mark 53. Okay. Any ad lib you want to accompany that with?
[01:06:18] Okay, I'll keep. I'll keep your telephone live and hot. So anytime you want to just come in, you just make sure you not not in the house when he's doing that.
[01:06:29] I'm sure he's not at. Well, you said you're going to keep. His telephone is live and hot. I don't know. Does it make any sense at all? No, but does the show make any sense at all? Of course it doesn't, but I never claimed it did. Well, I think his makes sense. Maybe if you were looking at it from a prurient attitude.
[01:06:49] Meaning? Meaning nothing. Just don't. Don't question him anymore. You talking about. What was that word again? Pruria? Prairie. Because you're in the Prudential. Is that what you're talking like that? Yeah.
[01:07:00] Okay.
[01:07:02] Tony, what are you.
[01:07:04] Donna Mills. Donna Mills. Oh no, I'm sorry. John. Senator John Kerry. Whose initials of course are jfk as you know. What's his middle name? His middle name is Francis. No, no it's not. I forgot what his middle name is.
[01:07:19] John.
[01:07:21] No, I forgot. You know anybody know it is. It begins with an F. Whatever it is. Fine. I think it stands for anyway. What do you think? Who did I ask was that? You tell me. That was me. Yeah, I'm still trying to think of an ad lib for this and there isn't much.
[01:07:38] John kerry, huh? No.
[01:07:41] 40.
[01:07:43] No, no, no. What were these guesses so far? 53 and 48. Okay, 51. 51. No, no, no, no, no, No. 50. 50. 50. 50. I think I read that. And even 50. Yeah, I think I read that. Okay, I just remembered.
[01:08:02] Okay, let's, let's, let's go to you, Al. What do quarter.
[01:08:09] So you're going to stick with 50 then to round it out, eh? Okay.
[01:08:14] And Sid.
[01:08:16] 50 said. I'm telling you, I don't know. No, I'm gonna have to. Oh, 48. Serves you right. 48. Same as John said. Oh, okay. And Jenny. Oh no, John is a nice man. Are you. Are you denigrating my friend Jenny? What do you say? 51. 51. Okay. Jack. And boy can he carry on.
[01:08:46] You know there was a. Yeah. Also you could have said. Oh, the days of the Carrie dances. Yeah, there's something in about karaoke too. Karaoke is probably there too. Yeah.
[01:08:59] Yeah.
[01:09:00] Or speak softly and carry a big stick.
[01:09:05] The old Kansas tune, that rock band. Carry on my your wayward, wayward carry nation. Carry me back to old Virginny. Sure. Yeah, that'd be good. That'd be nice too. Yeah. Okay. We've given you enough time to stall there, Jack. You think. You think when he goes on the plane, he takes on a carry on. Carry on. Luggage. Luggage, yeah. Yeah. Wow.
[01:09:31] You know, I think I'm gonna have to go with 50. 50 is correct.
[01:09:37] That's right. Yeah. So we had. Read it. I told it is 50. 50 is correct. So we had three winners. Al, Tony and the very lovely Jack.
[01:09:46] So that means Jack now has four correct answers. Tony has two and would have had three and. Yeah, that's right. Would have had three. John has two and Al, Jenny and Mark and Sid all have one of. Everybody's won at least once. So that's pretty good. It's like these that make me proud. I got into radio. Makes them wise. Yeah. Makes me proud that I'm an American. Yeah.
[01:10:15] Because no other country would give you this type of freedom.
[01:10:19] No, they wouldn't. And rightly so. I say, okay, yes. You'll have to find a better name than you have for that game. The Dumb Birthday Game. Yeah. What would you suggest? What do you think?
[01:10:33] Dating Game.
[01:10:35] Dating Game would be good. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Jeopardy's already been taken, so we can't call it that. And Wheel of Fortune. Wheel of Fortune would make too much sense. Price is Right. Pyramid. The pyramid would make sense. The birthday. How about the Birthday is Right. Price is Right. Why don't you have a contest?
[01:10:56] I name the Dumb Birthday. Name the Dumb birthday. Give it a new name. Yeah. Rename the Dumb Birthday. And if you win, you get two workers.
[01:11:04] Okay, I'm gonna. Here's. Here's an event that happened. I'm going to ask you what year it happened, okay? Because it happened right here in Boston on this very day, December 11th. Boston's Bijou Theater, the first American playhouse to be lighted exclusively by electricity gave its first performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe. But that was right here. The Bijou.
[01:11:31] I don't know where that was. Maybe somebody does. There was a Bijou right on Washington Street.
[01:11:39] Might have been there. Or it might have been where the Wang center is. Near the Wang Center. I'm not sure. Anyway, what year would that have been? First American playhouse to be lighted exclusively by electricity. And on this date, December 11, gave its first performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan operations. You know, one interesting thing I'm curious about. It was Bijou the name of a theater chain or was that, you know, like you would apply either savings and loan or household finance or whatever. No, Bijou. Bijou was a name. It wasn't a chain, I don't believe. Not like a Lowe's chain or one of those. Bijou, I think means Jewel and I think they. A lot of places use that as a. As a name for a theater. As a name. It didn't mean theater or anything like that. It seems as though theaters all had this, you know, same names. The Bijou, the Biograph, etc. Well, yeah, there was the Paramount of course, which would have been owned maybe by the Paramount Company. There was. They came up with Rialto, which of course is another way for the Great White Way. The Theater Mysterium, The Strand. That's right. It's another way of staying Rialto. There was the Olympia in Everett where I grew up. There was the Rialto, the Capitol and the Park Theater. I don't know why they called it. The Park Theater was not on park street with an arrow park. No, there was not a near park either. There's no reason for it. Could you park around there? You could park around there. That must have been the reason for that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The only federal you can park. Yeah. There was another theater in town that didn't last too long. It was called the Sidewalk Curb because it was there. It was near that, you know, the walk. Yeah. Another one was called the Fire Hydrant Theater because it was very close to one of those. But you can't get there by car. You can't get there by car.
[01:13:36] Okay, the B shoe. Anyway, what year did that, that. That open with that and had first to show. Have electricity? I think Mark is going to know the answer. Was the show electric or just the theater was lighted? No, everybody was electric and everybody was lit. Oh, they were all lit. They had a welcoming party and man, they were. Oh yeah, they were lit. Yeah. Yeah. How festive. It was festive. Mark, what do you think? Let's see, when used to be called the City of Lights, which Lynn. Yes. Because. Because of General Electric there, you mean. Oh no, no. Actually it was one of the first lit cities in, in North America. Is that right? I didn't. Nothing. They might have had a, an all electric theater before the Bijou was around. Maybe. But this says here that. Or did they like the Bijou and then said hey, why don't we just try test this in Lynn and light up the whole city. They lit the rest of the town but kept the theater with gas lights and, and flying. Yeah.
[01:14:39] Okay. What do you say, Mark? What year do you think the Bijou first was lighted? I don't even know what we're talking about. 1909. 1909. Okay.
[01:14:53] And, Jenny, I cherish your answer. 1910. Because I was there. Okay. 1903. That was the year my mother was born. Well, you were born in 1903. You know, you're much younger than that. That's right. You have to be 90 now, wouldn't you? She was in the chorus. My mother would have been 90 years old this year. I'm not going to tell you.
[01:15:14] Even today she can kick almost as high as she did back then. Who? Your mother?
[01:15:19] No, my mother. Yeah.
[01:15:22] Quite. Her anymore? No, but Jenny, maybe. Oh, okay. Alone, you go off the air. 1910. Al says 1910. He's a ball of fire, isn't he?
[01:15:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And Sid, what do you think?
[01:15:41] Let's see.
[01:15:42] 1906. 1916. 1906. Yeah. 1919. Six. Sure. Yeah. Oh, yes, sir. Jack Hat. What do you think?
[01:15:55] 1900 and four. 19 ought. Four.
[01:15:59] Okay. Tony? 1899. 1899 is good.
[01:16:06] John, what do you say? 1900. 1900. 19. Odd. Art. And sure. So somewhere into two ot. Art soon? Before you know it. A couple, few years. Is he another wife? What's that, please? Izzy Art in other ways. Izzy Art. Yeah. Are you going by the Izzy Orts Grill?
[01:16:29] Is that what you were implying? I've heard the name before. Oh, yeah.
[01:16:34] I not only heard the name. I. I was there once, I believe. Oh, sure. You were not. And is it. Get it? You were not. Yeah, but it wasn't odd. It actually wasn't odd like in. No, it was ort. Ort. Oh. Or you were. You were Norse. You know, that's not a good name for a restaurant.
[01:16:55] It wasn't a restaurant. It was a sleazy bar is what it was. It's a great name for sleazy bar. Yeah, it's actually bad for a restaurant, but good for a sleazy bar. Oh, because they have, like, chips and little snacks. So those would be orts of food.
[01:17:11] Does that mean something? Am I. Is this. Where am I? You know an or. You do crossword puzzles. It's in there in every puzzle. An ort. Small bit of food. Ort. An ort. Oort. O R T.
[01:17:24] Hold on, hold on. We've got the dictionary. I got the dictionary. You're not going to get away with that one. Or t. We're gonna learn something from your cockamany performance. If nothing else.
[01:17:36] As long as we don't enjoy your jokes, at least if we can learn something from that.
[01:17:46] Okay. Ort. Ort. Well, you got that Random House unabridged second edition dictionary on the way. So next week we can look it up too.
[01:17:54] Okay. Ort's actually.
[01:17:56] Son of a gun, he's correct. Really? It's in there. Yeah. It says a small scrap or leaving of food after a meal is completed. A scrap. Bit Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch or te. Contraction of or.
[01:18:13] It goes on and on, more than you care to know. Wow. There's that much information on that word. Right. A small scrap of leaving of food after. We always called of garbage.
[01:18:24] But it wasn't. We don't. We leave. Obviously. We're making. Or if you. You know, I'm the art man. So the art man come to pick up your art. The art man. He's the art man. Well, I mean, now, when you eat a cookie and you always left crumbs, would they be nice? Say, look at all the cookie orts. Yeah, yeah. That's the. Or the leaving of food, huh? Yeah. How about art?
[01:18:49] If you leave a little bit of that. That'd be the art of. You know. I went to a place that. That specialized in showing bits of food throughout. Throughout history. It was an art museum. Oh, wow. Sorry. That was crummy.
[01:19:07] Get rid of him.
[01:19:09] Okay. The Bijou. There's. I. I don't think anybody cares anymore. But the year that it was the first electrified theater and opened anyway played.
[01:19:25] 1882. Wow. And so Tony said, 1899 years off. But he was the only. Well, you're the only one who got back to the 19th century. Everybody else had it up in the 20th.
[01:19:39] And. Okay, so that means that you. I would have tied him. That you would. You almost almost tied him, but didn't quite make it. So when did Edison discover electricity? Edison has not yet discovered electricity was a myth that he had way back when he said. He had. He had somebody come in and he said, look, I've got electricity.
[01:19:58] He said, please, that's a bowl of peaches. Don't give us that. And I don't. And he put his. He went up to the bowl of peaches and he pressed his lips up against it and said, hello, operator? Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. For this. This moment. He's never known what he's. What. What it is he's invented at all. The banana. Put it up to his ear. Hello? Hello?
[01:20:22] Long distance call.
[01:20:25] No, he thought. No, he. You know, I'm terribly sorry. If you're trying to be funny, that's another Thing? No, he put a banana up to his ear and he thought he'd invented the fax machine.
[01:20:38] Oh, thank you for saving me, Norm.
[01:20:41] I don't know why I said that. I don't know why you insist upon topping it. Anyway, okay, so here's the final thing. Jack Hart has come out with the four closest answers. So, Jack Hart, you are the champion. Were putting this crown on your head. The Ironman Rover on your shoulders. And you are. This is Queen for a Day.
[01:21:03] My life. I hope you're manly enough to be able to fight your way through the day with that title. Okay. And keep the hat on. Yeah, yeah.
[01:21:12] And Tony had three correct answers, which is very good. And Princess for a day. Right? Yeah, he's Princess for a Day. John got two correct answers and one apiece from Al, Jenny and Marks and Sid. So everybody's won at least ones for a Day Gestures for a day. So. So I want to thank you all. And since one of our staff people, Jack Hart. Yeah. Is one, that means we'll send them an art. Yeah, we'll send him a big plate of orts. Yeah.
[01:21:45] Well, we'll see what we have for life tomorrow. Well, don't you remember that famous Dr. Seuss story from England, Orton Ears and who I remember. That was a wonderful story. You'll have to tell it one day.
[01:21:59] Anyway, I want to thank everybody for taking part, including you, Al. Norm. I like the way I see. And your family and all your listeners out there. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you, Al. Thank you very, very much. And a Merry Christmas to you, Big John. Merry Christmas to you. Not Nate. What do you say? Nate Norton or something like that.
[01:22:20] Usually they call me Nasal Norm. Nasal.
[01:22:25] Anyway, Jenny, Norm, I have one thing to say. You all have class. I've enjoyed it.
[01:22:32] Well, you obviously have no class yourself.
[01:22:35] You have no standards at all. That's where he's sick. Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas to you, Jenny. People don't plan on calling you for a couple of weeks, I guess. I know, because we're kind of premature with the Christmas greeting. But it is the season, you know, you can get help for that premature Christmas greeting. Oh, that's right too. Yeah.
[01:22:54] Unless you ask for her permission or her father's permission or something.
[01:22:59] Mark, thank you very much for playing the game with us. You're okay. Hey, thank you. Take care. Happy Christmas to you. And also to you, Jack. Oh, same to you. And thank you very much. We're going to hear from you in a few minutes, so we're excited about that toot. Okay. And I'm going to have to say thank you very much quickly to you guys because we want to make the news.
[01:23:17] Thank you very much, Tony. And just sit.
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[01:35:25] Hey, here's Norm Nathan.
[01:35:28] He's my kind of man.
[01:35:31] I listen to Norm Nathan every time I can on WBZ in Boston. The Norm Nathan show time is 10 minutes after 4:00. Okay, I'm ready to take phone calls if we only had any. Yeah, the doctor is in at 254-1030, area code 617. Let's go to John up in Lowell. Hi, John. Hey. I'll tell you what, this is almost instant radio. Hi, Norman. Hello, John. I just called and bingo. No, you gotta, you gotta. You called it a good time because we just playing the birthday game which tied up all the lines and they were all open. They were all open. And you called it exactly the right moment. Well, that's just exactly what I am. An exact person. Off. You are not only an exact person, but you're a person of timing, a person of taste and a chivalrous individuals. Not according to my wife. Last night. Oh, she gave you a bad time? Well, no, we haven't talked in a long time. You and your wife, are you. Well, yeah. You and me and the wife and me and you. We haven't spoken in a while. I know we haven't. I know that. And I. You know how badly I felt. Well, probably not as badly as I felt looking. We went out Christmas tree shopping last night. Oh. And with my wife, it's like going out with Lucy Ricardo when it Comes to buying a Christmas tree, I mean, you know, it has to be just so. I mean, to me, it's either tall or short and fat. You know, it's not like, you know, you're going into a department store with different men's sizes. It's either. It's. What do you want? You want something that goes to the ceiling, or do you want something that fills up three quarters of the corner of the room over in, you know, on the left wall?
[01:37:18] And she drove the guy nuts. And we looked at about 300 Christmas trees. And I mean, if I was a guy, I mean, it was a shovel guy named Marty with a. With a cigar, you know, white owl hanging out of his mouth. And, you know, I would have said, hey, take a hike and go someplace else, you know? Well, my luck, there were five girls in her family. I had to get the alpha female.
[01:37:43] What's new, Norman?
[01:37:46] My kids gonna be hard for me to top that. Not too much, actually. My life has been. In comparison with yours, it's been dreary. Yeah, well, I'll tell you right about now, the irony of the thing is, no, I did not come home with a nine point buck on the roof of my car. We do not have a Christmas tree. We didn't get one last night. Oh, yeah, she. I mean, of all those Christmas trees available, she'd never found one she liked. Find one to her liking, you know. So today I'm going to a secondhand store and I'm gonna get one of those aluminum trees. Oh, was she one of those back in the 60s? I certainly do. They still sell them, don't they? No, the aluminum one, the one that they used to have the. The rotating green, yellow, white, blue light. Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah. The real tacky one. That's what we're getting. The hell with it. I mean, you know, Christmas be damned. I'm gonna do it my way now. Okay, but I haven't spoken with you for a while and. But I do listen, so I appreciate talking with you whenever you can make it, because I know even though there are times when you're terribly busy, you're still a nice person and.
[01:38:48] Well, actually, I work a lot at nights, Norm, so, you know, especially in the weekend sometimes. So you got it. You got to earn a lot of money to buy Christmas trees. To buy Christmas trees. I know it, huh? I mean, what happened to that old pioneer spirit where people just. Excuse me, hon. I'm gonna go out and get supper and a Christmas tree. They just, you know, went out put the put the shotgun on their shoulder and went out in the backyard and the ax on the other shoulder and went out and brought back a deer and a Christmas tree. Let's go back to those days. You and I can we could set a whole trend in that direction. We could be pioneers again and we could lead other people to follow in our footsteps if we really wanted to. Are you game for that? John no, Norman My idea of roughing is going to a holiday, going on vacation like to a Holiday Inn that doesn't have an ice machine on every floor, you know.
[01:39:37] Golly jeekers, that was a lot of fun. Please check out the links in the description box to support the silly loads of credits to get to. So let's close the vault and leave this world a little sillier than we found it for Children's Hospital Liberty Tree Mall Putting on a clean shirt waking up the neighbors Baldwin and Steinway pianos Heritage radio George Shearing Musical charts yelling at Norm Al Vega the Perkins School for the Blind Jazz and classical music Moravian University Sounds of the City WRMC Valkyrie the Newfie I working for the National Credit Group Non fancy talk Bic pens Watching the stationery store and it doesn't move Szechuan Cantonese and Mandarin Cooking at the Italian restaurant Sydney Lefkowicz live Westinghouse meteorological checks Sticking with your first thoughts Molly B Peggy lee and Ruby D55 that's the limit Gary, Indiana the romance of steel ingots Jack Benny riding the range Flags of the world with Tony and Jackson 76 that's the spirit Arthur Godfrey rising from the dead Norm's Hungarian gypsy princess grandmother Loose leaf reinforcers Tootsie Pops Norm speaking Italian Sophia Loren World Monitor almost never getting the cigar spittle Abi normal snappy ad libs keeping the telephone live and hot John Kerry puns orts the electric bowl of peaches and the banana phone Crowns and ermine robes Premature Christmas greetings Stepping into a breeze the Bobs Bob Aronson, Bob Coffey and the Bob Hope of Canada Robert from Everett piano Pat Dale Moeller Daryl Gould Sid Whitaker Neo Danubian Jack Hort and the secret lover of Sophia Lorenzo Nat Northen I'm the cigarless Tony Nesbit if it's simple, you can pick it up easy but if it's more complicated, it takes a little while to do it. I was just telling that to my dog Valkyrie just the other day in those very words.
