Groovy Friday – The Basics
It’s Friday! Two clips this week that are somewhat related. First, it’s the opening credits for “Girl in the Golden Boots.” Wikipedia, the unquestionable source of knowledge on the...
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Groovy Friday – Go West
It’s Friday! By now, you all know about the passing of actor Adam West last weekend at the age of 88. He had a long career, appearing in such classic television shows as Maverick, Bonanza, Perry...
Groovy Friday – Miami Go Go (again-gain)
It’s Friday! Although it isn’t yet summer by the calendar, Memorial Day is behind us and in the USA, summer is here. Let’s kick the season off with a Groovy Friday Summer Re-run. Who doesn’t...
Groovy Friday – Les Girls
It’s Friday! This week we’re going to look back at the origins of Groovy Friday. About five years ago, I began posting weekly groovy clips to my Facebook timeline, exhorting friends, “It’s...
Groovy Friday – Ladies and Gentleman, Arnold Dorsey
It’s Friday! Arnold George Dorsey was born in 1936 in what was then British India. His family moved to Leicester, England ten years later. It wasn’t until twenty years later, after several failed...
Groovy Friday – Speedy Gonzales
It’s Friday! This week we return to the groovy world of Scopitones to sample the work of Danyel Gérard. Born in Paris to an Armenian father and an Italian mother, Gérard grew up mainly in Rio de...
Groovy Friday – Friends of Judy
It’s Friday! There’s nothing particularly groovy about Judy Garland, unless perhaps you were to watch “The Wizard of Oz” on LSD. Not that I’ve done that. I’m just guessing. This week I...
Groovy Friday – 60s/70s Often-poems and Songs
It’s Friday! Twice before we’ve dipped into the Malaysian film “A-Go-Go ‘67” for a Groovy Friday clip, first with this: And later with this: Both times, I wrote precious little about what I...
Groovy Friday – Annette, Annette, Annette
Last week we had “Land of 1000 Dances”. This week, it’s land of one dance. “The Clyde.” Of course you’ve heard of it. In 1964, on dance floors, table tops and car hoods across the...
Groovy Friday – Land of 1000 Dances
It’s Friday! We have a lot of disparate information to go over this week, so let’s get right to it. There have been many well-known brother-sister acts in entertainment history: Fred and Adele...