Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ...

 

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Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here.

1) Bette Midler sings that the bugle boy wakes up Company B every morning by playing reveille. What awakened you this morning (phone, alarm clock, sunrise, etc.)? Or did you wake up on your own?  Our little dog is getting frail.  He wakes me up by Crying because he thinks he's alone, as he can't see in the dark.  Or, he does this because he wants a drink of water.  It happens every morning between 3am and 5am.

2) This single was produced by Bette's arranger/piano player, who went on to have a successful singing career of his own. Do you have a favorite Barry Manilow song?  I guess it would be >"Mandy".  I'm not much of a fan except that he could play really well and wrote this lovely song.  The only one I remember.

 3) Bette was named after Bette Davis. Her sisters, Susan and Judy, were named for Susan Hayward and Judy Garland. So now we know who Mother Midler's favorite actresses were. Who are yours?  My favorites are, Cameron Diaz, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, Cate Blanchet, Emily Blunt, to name a few,

4) Bette has been married since 1984 to artist Martin von Haselberg. She was 39 years old, already a star, and had never married before. Yet within six weeks of meeting him, she was so sure Martin was "the one" that they tied the knot. Have you found that love takes time, or, like Bette, have you fallen in love quickly? I knew right away.  Right away. It took Mr. Z a little while longer to know. It's the only time I ever thought, "this is the one".  Of course, I was very young and hadn't met a lot of people.   Soon I knew this young man was a gentleman.  Pretty hard to find in those roaring 60's.

5) When their daughter Sophie was growing up, it was Martin who taught her to cook. What was the last thing you prepared in your kitchen? Did you use the microwave, stovetop, convection oven, blender, coffee maker ...?  The last thing I made was too long ago.  Mr. Z has gotten pretty territorial about the kitchen.  I'm about to elbow my way back in to it.  Be warned. He's kind, and is only thinking of my safety, since I fell in there and blasted my shoulder, memory, and elbow into oblivion in it. 
 
6) Bette says that listening and compromise have been the key to their happy marriage but adds, "Compromise is hardest of all." On what have you compromised recently?  My compromise?   I've decided to let the Big Dogs hang someone out to dry.  Hang onto your hats folks, it ain't over 'til it's over.  An ex-Russian spy just stuck his head around the door.

7) Bette and Martin have a farmhouse in upstate New York. She enjoys feeding the chickens (whom she has jokingly named The Kardashians) and puttering in her garden. Do you have a green thumb?  I used to.  And I will again.  I don't like not having a garden and I intend to rebuild that sucker...

8) In 1973, the year this song was popular, actor Neil Patrick-Harris was born. He's best known as Barney on How I Met Your Mother, which ran from 2005-2014. Were you a fan? I only vaguely remember something called that and have no idea who the actor is. 

9) Random question -- How often do you put crackers in your soup: Always, often, seldom or never?  I never do now that I don't eat Lipton soup from a packet.  I was a kid that last time I did that. 

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