My dream husbands

i guess it's just the sweet little American girl that i was raised as, but i wish i could marry a crooner. i don't know what it is about Bing, but he always held so much promise to me. he was always smooth, always knew what to say. he always looked polished and neat, he could pull off that pipe, too. he didn't look like some boy trying out daddy's pipe, he was just the pipe smoking type.

and that voice, it was so him. some of those guys you you heard their voices and then saw their picture and you were like, 'wow, that's the guy with the amazing voice?' but with Bing, he looked like his voice. You could picture him sitting there at the piano, singing something he had just whipped up. (then again, we saw him do just that in about every movie he was in) he had those dashing good looks, the perfect voice, the right clothes, the smooth way with the ladies. yeah, Bing was a pretty perfect dude. it's not surprising that he's still stealing hearts beyond the grave. with movies like White Christmas and Holiday Inn still being holiday staples (at least in my family), I expect him to keep doing just that for many years to come.




and there's also this guy. Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton. i'm a sucker for a funny guy, and Red is one of my all time favorites. his show gives me some of my best inspiration when it comes to comedic improv. another good looking guy, he was more entertaining than about half of today's TV shows combined. he also seemed like a guy you would love to sit down and have a conversation with, like you would be too busy rolling on the ground laughing to keep up your end, but you'd always walk away feeling like you really got something out of it.




And so there was my post of substance. I've been getting in the holiday spirit and both Bing and Red are popular in my family, so I'm seeing two of my best boys rather frequently recently. But it just goes to show what has happened in our society. it was Andy Warhol who said "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes." and that has, sadly in some cases, become true. But I'm proud to be part of a society that can still admire the oldies and see that there used to be really people with real talent. None of these disgusting reality TV stars that are popping up more and more often. But luckily Mr. Warhol was right, and they die off rather quickly.

So here's to you, old movie and television stars. Thanks for being so terrific. Thanks for giving me something to look back on and say, 'if it happened once, it can happen again.'

Hope you guys are all getting in the holiday spirit. Have a hot cocoa and pop in some of Bing's holiday stuff, and know that I'm here, wishing you the best.

xx