<snip> Can anyone tell me how Solid Gold lasted so long? They couldn't even get the actual artists in to sing their songs, so Marylin McCoo and some other buttmunch would try to sing hit songs like "Beat It" as a duet. Then there were the comic stylings of the puppet, Madame. <snip> SO strange that you mentioned those two things in one paragraph! My husband, Sean, lived with his mom in Vegas, and they rented a house that was originally rented out to performers for the Desert Inn while they were in town. Each room had sort of become "claimed" by each performer while they were there. Wayne Flowers, the gay guy who was the puppeteer for "Madam" had one of the rooms, and it was a horrifying orange, pink, and metallic mirror-like silver wallpaper with stripes and flowers, AND it was wallpapered on not only all four walls, but also the ceiling, AND it had matching floor-length curtains. Whew! My husband will remember that room until the day he dies. Also, Sean again, said he was CRUSHED the day he figured out that Solid Gold was lip-syncing (do you all remember that crushing blow when you were a child? What an upsetting discovery!) when Thomas Dolby performed "Hyperactive" (awesome song), and during the horn solo, he played the trombone with his NOSE. HAHAHA!!!! What a slap in the face to Solid Gold! I'll bet he didn't rehearse it that way!! Tommy go get a fish feeder chunk from any pet store. It's a big ass blob of fish food that releases small bits of fish food for up to seven days (check the package). When you get home, just scoop the remainder out. NEW DISCUSSION: I'm turning thirty next weekend, and I'm curious if I'm one of the elders in this group. If so, I'd like to change my name to HipIndieMama or maybe even XHotEmoGrannyX. When I read the post of the four-year-old who danced in her tutu to Don Henley's "All She Wants to do is Dance" I *shivered*. I was in high school grinding to that stupid song! Stace
