MUST SEE-TV!
September 26, 2016. Are you ready for tonight's presidential debates? How are we going to stand it? But it is MUST-SEE TV!
I thought of a way to make it more tolerable. I am going to turn it into a game. I first learned about this game years ago when one could catch reruns of THE BOB NEWHART SHOW in the afternoons. TV Land channel? I don't know. And this could be an urban legend but the story goes that some frat boys were sitting around their fraternity house in the afternoons between classes at the time Newhart's reruns were on. If you remember this 1970's show (which I do because of the line up of comedy I watched every chance I could - Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and then Carol Burnett on Saturday nights), Emily Hartley, Bob's wife on the show played by the lovely Suzanne Pleshette, when speaking to her husband, seemed to always say his name in conversation. For instance, "Where are you going, Bob?" "What do you want for dinner, Bob?" "Did you have coffee this morning already, Bob?" "Why do I always say Bob, Bob?"
So, when she spoke his name, the boys who were drinking their beer in the social area of the house where the TV was, took a gulp. Drinking beer during the week in the afternoon? You're not surprised are you, Bob? So, every day at the same time when the show came on and Emily said "Bob" in her conversation, beer was consumed.
So, I decided to tweak it. My editor and neighborhood friend, Miss Scarlett, started coming to my house around season 20 of THE BACHELOR so that we could watch it together instead of just talking about it afterwards. For years I called my friend, SWOOZIE, who lived in another town, while the show was on. But we only talked during commercials so as not to miss a thing on the "reality" show. Now with Miss Scarlett over at my house, we could talk or not while the action was taking place. We decided to play the "Bob Newhart" game. If you've ever seen THE BACHELOR, you know it's not real reality-tv. It's scripted also. One way to tell is they, too, use the same verbiage over and over. Example dialogue in EVERY SEASON: "She's not here for the right reasons." "It hurts my heart to see him falling for her." "My date was AMAZING!" "I think we have a CONNECTION!" Those last two were really good if you wanted to get hammered.
And we must have wanted to get snockered because once we ended up slobbering syllables from Peach Bellinis that I made. We had 3 each, I hate to admit. Recipe below.
So, tonight. Let's play, want to? I know that Trump doesn't drink. His revered older brother was an alcoholic and died so he stays away from the stuff. What does Hillary drink? I found this: "...She likes to get her drink on. Hanging out in Cartagena in 2012 with her staff at the Summit of the Americas, then-Secretary of State Clinton was photographed with her hair down and a drink in her hand. Hillary apparently outdrank Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) when they were touring Estonia in 2004. According to a witness, 'Hillary won. She stayed correct after four shots.' Terry McAuliffe, new governor of Virginia and Clinton ally, said, 'She loves to sit, throw ’em back…She’s a girl from Illinois who likes to throw ’em down with the rest of us.' ”
(http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme... )
So, tonight - shots it is. The article didn't say what liquor was in her glass, so you have your choice.
What are we drinking to? Let me give you some help:
Trump: crooked, liar, show us your health physical report, not qualified
Clinton: show us your tax reports, not qualified, doesn't have temperament, racist
Take your pick. Aw, find your own repetitive comment. Aw, hell, just drink the entire time.
Just think: BOB!
Peach Bellini recipe:
Ingredients:
2 oz peach nectar
1 tspfresh lemon juice
1 oz peach schnapps
3 ozchilled, dry Champagne
1/2 cup crushed ice
Mix the peach nectar, lemon juice and schnapps in a chilled glass. Add half a cup (or more) of crushed ice, stir, and add the champagne. (Serves 2).
I thought of a way to make it more tolerable. I am going to turn it into a game. I first learned about this game years ago when one could catch reruns of THE BOB NEWHART SHOW in the afternoons. TV Land channel? I don't know. And this could be an urban legend but the story goes that some frat boys were sitting around their fraternity house in the afternoons between classes at the time Newhart's reruns were on. If you remember this 1970's show (which I do because of the line up of comedy I watched every chance I could - Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and then Carol Burnett on Saturday nights), Emily Hartley, Bob's wife on the show played by the lovely Suzanne Pleshette, when speaking to her husband, seemed to always say his name in conversation. For instance, "Where are you going, Bob?" "What do you want for dinner, Bob?" "Did you have coffee this morning already, Bob?" "Why do I always say Bob, Bob?"
So, when she spoke his name, the boys who were drinking their beer in the social area of the house where the TV was, took a gulp. Drinking beer during the week in the afternoon? You're not surprised are you, Bob? So, every day at the same time when the show came on and Emily said "Bob" in her conversation, beer was consumed.
So, I decided to tweak it. My editor and neighborhood friend, Miss Scarlett, started coming to my house around season 20 of THE BACHELOR so that we could watch it together instead of just talking about it afterwards. For years I called my friend, SWOOZIE, who lived in another town, while the show was on. But we only talked during commercials so as not to miss a thing on the "reality" show. Now with Miss Scarlett over at my house, we could talk or not while the action was taking place. We decided to play the "Bob Newhart" game. If you've ever seen THE BACHELOR, you know it's not real reality-tv. It's scripted also. One way to tell is they, too, use the same verbiage over and over. Example dialogue in EVERY SEASON: "She's not here for the right reasons." "It hurts my heart to see him falling for her." "My date was AMAZING!" "I think we have a CONNECTION!" Those last two were really good if you wanted to get hammered.
And we must have wanted to get snockered because once we ended up slobbering syllables from Peach Bellinis that I made. We had 3 each, I hate to admit. Recipe below.
So, tonight. Let's play, want to? I know that Trump doesn't drink. His revered older brother was an alcoholic and died so he stays away from the stuff. What does Hillary drink? I found this: "...She likes to get her drink on. Hanging out in Cartagena in 2012 with her staff at the Summit of the Americas, then-Secretary of State Clinton was photographed with her hair down and a drink in her hand. Hillary apparently outdrank Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) when they were touring Estonia in 2004. According to a witness, 'Hillary won. She stayed correct after four shots.' Terry McAuliffe, new governor of Virginia and Clinton ally, said, 'She loves to sit, throw ’em back…She’s a girl from Illinois who likes to throw ’em down with the rest of us.' ”
(http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme... )
So, tonight - shots it is. The article didn't say what liquor was in her glass, so you have your choice.
What are we drinking to? Let me give you some help:
Trump: crooked, liar, show us your health physical report, not qualified
Clinton: show us your tax reports, not qualified, doesn't have temperament, racist
Take your pick. Aw, find your own repetitive comment. Aw, hell, just drink the entire time.
Just think: BOB!
Peach Bellini recipe:
Ingredients:
2 oz peach nectar
1 tspfresh lemon juice
1 oz peach schnapps
3 ozchilled, dry Champagne
1/2 cup crushed ice
Mix the peach nectar, lemon juice and schnapps in a chilled glass. Add half a cup (or more) of crushed ice, stir, and add the champagne. (Serves 2).
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