Thanks go to Cactus Lizzie for pointing out that Ovation TV — which, yes, I have on FiOS — is showing Petula Clark: This Is My Song. The FiOS DVR is all set to record it.
Year: 2007
Horror Classics?
Did you order your Bulldog Christmas Tree? Great! Now it’s time to start getting ready for Halloween with the Village of Horror Classics. We enjoy Eric pointing out these ads for charming collectibles that we’ll treasure forever. But what about Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy and Wolfman? Wimps! Freddie, Jason and Leatherface will make mincemeat of ’em — literally! Click the small picture to enlarge. It’s a big scan, so you can pore over every excrutiating detail. I’m looking for a total price to buy the whole set, but I’m not seeing it.
Wait! I just checked the Collectibles Today Web site, and there’s also a Hawthorne Village collection for the classic Universal Studio monsters. We’ll buy ’em both and stage our very own monster battles!
Clearasilliness
I suppose it was inevitable that a TV commercial like this one would be made, but it still stunned me when I saw it for the first time. Consider it an updating of the Eddie Haskell and June Cleaver relationship. But will it sell more Clearasil?
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I almost didn’t blog this, but then I saw Bridge To Terabithia, which has a similar story element. It’s just not as blatant.
Pet To Perfection
Before the Petula Clark blog links to a particular video, I’d like to post it here. This is from an appearance in France, early in 1973, after Pet had her son and had turned 40. She appeared with the late Claude François, who she obviously liked very much.
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If this isn’t sexy and fun, I don’t know what is. Contrast this captivating performance with the video I posted of Pet from about 12 years earlier.
Pet Sings for the Queen
The blog “Petula Clark: Drive by Emotion” has a post about a special performance that Pet gave in commemoration of the end of World War II for Britain. There’s a link to a recording of her performing just three weeks ago, but for convenience I’ll post it here. CORRECTION: Denro pointed out that as it’s been 62 years since the end of the war, it seemed odd this performance happened this month. He is correct. It was July 10, 2005.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/JUL07/ANightingaleSangInBerkeleySquare.mp3]Pet turns 75 in November, and considering that, the tricky notes she hits perfectly spot-on more than make up for the few that present more of a challenge for her than they once did.
C’mon, UK residents! Sign the online PETition to award this very special lady the acknowledgment that she deserves. Let there be Dame Petula Clark! Sir Michael Caine has spoken up. Perhaps Dame Julie Andrews could lend her support to the cause, as well.
Amanda Baby?
I just did a quick search to see if anybody else is thinking what I’m thinking about everybody’s favorite video blogger, Amanda Congdon. She looks pregnant to me, but apparently I’m alone in this opinion. For now. That’s just a screen grab, by the way, so don’t bother clicking it.
