05/11/2023
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"Pomp and Circumstance March", Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra  - RCA Victor 49-20616 B

This week's theme: The Recent Coronation of Charles III and Kamala

Wait ... that doesn't sound right ... ya, ... who cares :-)

Pomp and Circumstance Marches
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Last Saturday morning I turned on the TV.

I thought I was watching a "reboot" of that classic, gem of a daytime TV quiz show, "Queen for a Day" (1940s-1960s), but I wasn't.

I don't know if you remember that show, but each weekday they would have four women contestants, each with a horrible sob story about how desperately miserable their life was.

Things like, their kid had some terrible disease that was bankrupting their family while they were desperately trying to get treatment for him. 

Then they would ask her what she wanted most if she were chosen "Queen for a Day".

They'd usually answer with something crazy like "our family needs a new toaster, but we can't afford one - so I'd really like to get one of those".

Anyway, the audience would vote, by applause meter, as to who had the sobiest sob story and she was then crowned "Queen for a Day" and would wear a fancy robe and a crown and get a bunch of flowers.

Plus she'd get a stack of prizes like a new washer/dryer and a toaster and stuff like that. 

(I don't remember what the three losers got - but I don't think it was much :-)

Also, it's not exactly clear to me how a new dinette set was suppose to help the winner with her problem. 


"Would YOU -- Like to BE -- QUEEN for a day?"

Me? Nah - but then I'm not a 1950s housewife :-)

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Queen for a Day
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Thanks to YouTube you can experience this yourself :-)

Queen for a Day - Voting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVoaKJbkE-Y

History of Queen For A Day - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AJ1EeP8vLk

History of Queen For A Day - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWcjzOMLEho

Queen for a Day - Episode #4 | Jack Bailey, Gene Baker, Jeanne Cagney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9QJApyljCw

QUEEN FOR A DAY THE MUSICAL - TEASER #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Tu4S_xvU4

QUEEN FOR A DAY THE MUSICAL - SIZZLE REEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ZvFEY3ExU

QUEEN FOR A DAY THE MUSICAL - SHOW MONTAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JItXUKzao


I think I'm going to start using the royal "we".
"We are your Monarch!"
So Stay Jazzed! "We" command it!
Ya, I think "we" like that :-) 
--Tom Swezey
And this little prince went "we" "we" "we" all the way home :-)



"I'm Henry VIII I Am", Herman's Hermits - MGM KGC 174 (1965)

This is actually a "cover" of a popular World War One era song British troops used to like to sing as they went off to war. 

I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am
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Herman's Hermits
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"Lady Godiva", Peter and Gordon - Capitol 6156 (1966)

Lady Godiva (song)
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Peter and Gordon
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I didn't see her during the coronation ceremony - maybe I would have watched more of it if she was there :-)

Lady Godiva
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva

"The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or dead." 

I think I misunderstood what riding "bareback" really means :-)



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