Ken Levine has a nice piece about her this morning that captures much of my sense of her - except I am young enough (though not young) that I never did really see how my mom could claim Steve and Eydie were great singers. But I always did kind of like them anyway, in much the same way that I liked and loved, in spite and because of their rather corny characteristics, many of my mother's relatives: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-thoughts-on-eydie-gorme.html
"But there were many great performers. Why this one? Maybe it’s because she > was a Jewish girl from the Bronx. My parents had a friend who went to high > school with her. Every Jewish parent had a friend who went to high school > with her. Or was her neighbor. Or they were in camp together. There was > something relatable about her. She could have been my aunt. Had she showed > at family Thanksgivings she would have fit right in. I can’t imagine Barbra > Streisand sitting at our Thanksgiving table. I can’t picture Barbra > Streisand arriving with her homemade carrot compote. Aunt Eydie I could. > Yes, they were billed as Steve & Eydie, but they really were Leibowitz > &Gormezano. Jews make it to the premier showrooms of Vegas!" -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
