WEANED ON WESTERNS
I spend my first 5 years or so listening to the Lone Ranger on the radio and watching the Roy Rogers show on TV on Saturday mornings. Hop-Along Cassidy, the Cisco Kid, Gene Autry, etc. were my heros. I guess you could say I was weaned on westerns.
My Aunt Millie was in her teens when I was born and many times taking care of me fell on her shoulders. This one particular winter Saturday when I was about 5 years old, my grandmother asked Millie to take me to see a Roy Rogers film at the theater. She knew that would keep me busy for a few hours and out of her hair.
Children wore snowsuits then....the kind that zippered up on both sides in the front. I wanted to bring my 2 cap guns, but my Aunt Millie vetoed that idea in a heartbeat. As my grandmother was bundling me up in my snowsuit, she hide a cap gun on each side of my snowwsuit.
We arrived at the theater just as the lights were dimming to show the Roy Rogers movie. I started to undo my own snowsuit. Before my aunt realized what I was doing, I had propped one of the cap guns on the ear of the woman in front of me and fired. Pandemonium broke out in the theater.
My aunt tried to get the guns away from me, but I was too fast for her and began running up and down the aisles yelling, "Look out Roy...they are behind the rocks!" The usher and my aunt proceeded to try to catch me as I scurried under the seats and up and down the aisles. Finally I was trapped and we were told to leave the theater. Imagine getting kicked out of a theater at the age of 5!
ANSWER TO LAST TRIVIA QUESTION: What 1950 movie featured this great line spoken by Bette Davis as Margo Channing “Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!”? All About Eve
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What were the 4 original flvors of Jello?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Clones are people two.
My Aunt Millie was in her teens when I was born and many times taking care of me fell on her shoulders. This one particular winter Saturday when I was about 5 years old, my grandmother asked Millie to take me to see a Roy Rogers film at the theater. She knew that would keep me busy for a few hours and out of her hair.
Children wore snowsuits then....the kind that zippered up on both sides in the front. I wanted to bring my 2 cap guns, but my Aunt Millie vetoed that idea in a heartbeat. As my grandmother was bundling me up in my snowsuit, she hide a cap gun on each side of my snowwsuit.
We arrived at the theater just as the lights were dimming to show the Roy Rogers movie. I started to undo my own snowsuit. Before my aunt realized what I was doing, I had propped one of the cap guns on the ear of the woman in front of me and fired. Pandemonium broke out in the theater.
My aunt tried to get the guns away from me, but I was too fast for her and began running up and down the aisles yelling, "Look out Roy...they are behind the rocks!" The usher and my aunt proceeded to try to catch me as I scurried under the seats and up and down the aisles. Finally I was trapped and we were told to leave the theater. Imagine getting kicked out of a theater at the age of 5!
ANSWER TO LAST TRIVIA QUESTION: What 1950 movie featured this great line spoken by Bette Davis as Margo Channing “Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!”? All About Eve
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What were the 4 original flvors of Jello?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Clones are people two.
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