When I was young you could tell what a sitcom
was going to be about by hearing the theme song"
"JUST SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOU'LL HEAR A TALE,
A TALE OF FATEFUL TRIP,
THAT STARTED FROM THIS TROPIC PORT, ABOARD
THIS TINY SHIP"
Just from that jingle you knew the whole synopsis of
Gilligan's Island.
"HERE'S A STORY, OF A LOVELY LADY,
WHO WAS BRINGING UP THREE VERY LOVELY GIRLS,
ALL OF THEM HAD HAIR OF GOLD, LIKE THEIR MOTHER,
THE YOUNGEST ONE IN CURLS"
None other than the Brady Bunch, of course.
Then there was the Beverly Hillbillies...
Back in the day, you didn't have to guess what the
show was about, there was no online tv guide to tell
you what the sitcom was about so you had to rely on
the opening theme song.
I can still sing most of these theme songs.
After school it was a ritual,
run into Randolph's to say hi to Mom, grab
a handful of olives as Mr. Randolph chased my out
telling me to leave his olives alone.
Go home for change, run to Chouest's drugstore
for a chocolate candy. For me, it was always
chocolate, it was either a Marathon Bar...
a chocolate braided bar with caramel
that I would dip in cold water to get the chocolate cold
or a Hershey's plain candy bar that C and I would
take a butter knife too and chop into little bitty pieces
before eating it...
Then we watched, watched our favorite sitcoms"
Gilligan's Island
Brady Bunch
Beverly Hillbillies
by this time Daddy was fussing at us to get our homework done.
Good memories right there, good memories!
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