Sunday, June 8, 2008

"The Sunday Funnies"

When I was a little girl, my mother taught me a lot of silly songs and silly rhymes and sayings, which I in turn, passed on to my children, and then my grandchildren. One of the silly sayings started out, "Mellow greetings, Yookie Dookie! You remind me of a man . . ." That was one of my favorite silly things to say; I taught it to my kids, and my grandchildren always giggle when they're saying it with me. Several years ago, I was watching an old movie on TNT, "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and a beautiful 19 year-old Shirley Temple, and I was so surprised to hear Cary Grant saying it in the movie! I had never known that this is where my mom learned it when she was young! Enjoy . . . and have a great Sunday!

5 comments:

The Feathered Nest said...

Children just LOVE funny little things that you say ~ you can always get a smile!! What a sweet little tradition and how cool that you just happened upon it in a movie! Have a great Sunday Jann, :) xxoo, Dawn

Anonymous said...

Hi! I found you through Patti at Treasure Barn. I've spent abit of time reading. You have a nice site. I enjoy how thoughtful your posts are. I forgot about that little saying. Do you know "the man with the power" was used in a song by David Bowie? He sang it in his movie Labyrinth. Happy Sunday!

Vickie

pchickki said...

How funny !

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for adding my link to your blog. I always enjoy visiting your blog.

God Bless You Jann
Hugs
Patti

Cathy ~ Tadpoles and Teacups said...

Love these old movies--and Cary Grant.
Have a great week!

Rebecca Ramsey said...

I LOVE Cary Grant and so enjoyed the clip!
Becky