Mental Sampler 42
While I don’t remember ever seeing the show as a child, the theme song to Love, American Style has been stuck in my brain for weeks. Josh and I thought it was an early reality television show, but the Wikipedia page describes it as a comedy series with “multiple stories of romance, usually with a comedic spin.”
But before we saw the page, Josh thought it was like Real People with a romantic twist. That led us down a rabbit hole where we discovered you could watch Real People episodes on YouTube.
YouTube also has Circus of the Stars clips and Battle of the Network Stars.
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Back in February, Jellycat featured a jerboa in their daily email. I held onto the email, and told my nibling about it because we share a love of all things jellycat. But a week or so ago, my sister randomly sent me a package. I opened the box, and my fingers touched those long, soft ears, and I shrieked.
MY SISTER AND NIBLING GOT ME A JERBOA.
After making a shortlist of names, I decided to call him Kitto, which is Cornish for Christopher.
I set him on my side table at night so he can watch us sleep, which creeps out Josh a bit. But at least the stuffed version means I don’t spend all night anymore asking him how often he wishes we could have a real jerboa friend. So there is that.
I have the best sister and nibling.
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I used to watch Loce, American Style after school. Your sister and siblings are awesome!
I remember that coming late at night. I recall it being risqué (at least for a kid).
Okay, as a kiwi, this post was almost entirely a mystery to me. lol Nothing about it was familiar. Just a good reminder that we’re from different countries!
I’m glad you have Kitto though – the google pic link was cute. The google pic of a real one was creepy!
They used to show Love American Style reruns in the afternoon when I was at my grandma’s in the summertime. I immediately started singing the theme song in my head when I read your post! 🙂 I’m not sure if The Cowsills sang it over the opening credits, but they did sing it on one of their albums. 🙂 Obviously, slightly longer than the TV version (more verses).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee3P6K084zc&list=RDee3P6K084zc&start_radio=1
I just did a search on YouTube and you can watch full episodes there. 🙂
P.S. The Cowsills have their own podcast! — I’ve listened to it several times. They often interview members of other family bands (the Osmonds, the DeFrancos, etc.), and other 60s/70s teen idols, etc.