The summer heat is hitting the west coast hard, with record sustained temperatures, wildfires and drought. But where I am the ground is saturated and there’s street flooding, with more rain to come.
I don’t know if Andrew Sandoval coined the term Sunshine Pop, but this record is one of the most enjoyable examples of the musical genre. The reference to lemon curd in the song got me started buying the delicious stuff!
In the absolutely delightful film Here Come the Huggetts, perfectly adorable Petula Clark mistakenly believes that her father is involved with a teenage girl. This premise was taken even further a year later in The Romantic Age.
Petula was seventeen when she appeared in this film, playing a girl whose father has fallen under the seductive charms of a classmate. As in the Huggetts, Petula’s sweetness is contrasted with a much more womanly girl her age. But unlike the previous movie, with Diana Dors being only months older than Pet, the libidinous Mai Zetterling was 23 years old.
I’ve asked Prue what she knows about this photo, but so far she hasn’t said. Such long hair! The Ferguson TV set is a British brand, so I know she wasn’t in New York.
The novelization of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is out, and as befits the material, there’s no hardcover edition.
Here’s an interesting photo I found, that Prue was surprised to see.
The caption on back explains the situation. Prue was the compère, or host, for the event. Note the reference to Noel Harrison.
Oopsie, I missed one, and it has naughty lyrics!
