Saturday9: "Candy Man"

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THE CANDY MAN (1972)
Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it HERE

1) This song is from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder. The movie was remade as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Which Wonka did you prefer?   My kids liked the first movie.  I've not seen the re-make.  It wasn't something that interested me, sorry Willy! 

2) In the movie, this song is sung by Bill, the candy store shopkeeper. Think about the last counter person you dealt with. We know that he or she likely didn't break into song, but did you two engage in conversation?  My latest encounters with "Counter Folk" are the medical kind, and they have been polite and good ones.  But, alas, nobody was singing ... lol  

I have sung in an Operating room, though.  Before an Angiogram.  The Acoustics were AWESOME in that place.  I sang "Que Sera Sera".  Something in the piped in music had that certain harmonic vibe to it that blended with that song.  No singer could resist those acoustics!  Fun stuff!  But, this surgeon was not my surgeon.  Can you imagine a patient doctor duet?!



3) The lyrics tell us that The Candy Man can make the world taste good. What's the last thing you ate? Was it delicious, or just OK?  The last thing I ate was a little handful of macadamia nuts, and they were delicious!

4) The most popular recording of this song was by Sammy Davis,  Jr. Sammy was in a horrific car accident when he was 29 years old. His cheek and nose were broken and he lost an eye. That he survived at all left him reflective and after his hospitalization, he converted to Judaism. Do you still worship in the faith you were raised in?  No, but close.  Methodists and Quakers seem to migrate back and forth across the "Mason Dixon Line" of membership all the time.  A new, at the time, Quaker friend told me this. Lol..

5) Sammy was proud of the honorary college degrees because he received because never formally attended school. As a child, he performed on the road with his father and uncle. In addition to depriving him of an education, that lifestyle kept him from kids his own age. He would later describe his childhood as, "in a word, 'lonely.'" Give us a one-word description of your childhood.  Horrendous.

6) Because he spent so much of his youth on the road, living on buses, trains and hotel rooms, he loved eventually having his own kitchen and being able to cook his own meals. This weekend, will you spend much time in the kitchen?  No. I'm basically not allowed in the kitchen for awhile. 

7) Sammy enjoyed experimenting with clothes and jewelry. What about you? Do you consider yourself conservative in dress or are you fashion forward?  I was always Fashion forward.  I once made almost all my clothes, Jr. High through the age when we were "allowed" to wear pants (peddle pushers) in college - '60 -'63.  Where you in college in the time of  "Loco Parentus"?  I was.

And then, the rise of the Counter Culture ripped right through it all...
Hard to believe isn't it?  A LINK to a page of 60's Fashions

And yes, we have COME A LONG WAY, BABY! 

8) When he died, Sammy was in debt to the IRS. Do you handle your own taxes, or do you use the services of an accountant?  Accountant.
 
9) Random question: If you had to tell nothing but the truth (not even the tiniest white lie) for 24 hours, do you think you'd get yourself in trouble?  Let's just say I would stay away from some people. No one besides Mr.Z. needs to know how I reaaaally feel about some things.  
Truth?  I'd probably just take a pill and sleep the WHOLE time, to be on the safe side.