Not sure when it started: was it the romantic collection being sold by that couple in front of the roaring fireplace where the lady pushes the man away and says, "These songs really bring out the animal in some people!" or was it "Freedom Rock?"
No matter; what matters is that they are Time-Life infomercials for collections of classic popular music, and I love them. Time-Life's dream customer? Hardly; I'm they're biggest nightmare. With not a chance in Hell that I will actually buy one of these multi-disc sets, I say, "screw four payments of $29.99!" What really fascinates me is this rare video footage that shows what these artists looked like in their original era & environment. Where did they get all this insanely interesting footage? How come there were all these videos that preceded MTV by, like, 10 years? How is this possible? And how can I find it? Nowhere, except at 12:30 a.m. on the WB.
Eight-year-old Michael Jackson; how beautiful, his physical features! Gilbert O'Sullivan, scarf-swaddled, afro-ed & looking for all the world like a despondent nephew of Dr. Who, just as you'd expect! Cheesy jokes from original episodes of Hee Haw or Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts!! I can't get enough! I cycle through this shit until I'm seeing the same footage twice, still sitting criss-cross, applesauce and stuffing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into my face; hours until I need to be up for work well under six and still dwindling.
Just needed to get that all off my chest.
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Some things change, while others stay the same.
Am I alone in this addiction?
I get sucked in too. Just this past weekend (after your show I think), I was sucked into the Classic Country, hosted by The Gambler himself.
"Sitting criss-cross, applesauce?" I think the proper term is "injun style."
Not anymore, brother.
Think they're still saying "injun style?" Then you've been watching too much "Time-Life Hee Haw" infomercial.
1: Kriss Kross'll make you...jump..jump. Mac Daddy'll make you...well...you know.
2. Cross-legged.
3. Don't get terms like that from Dan. Ever. Or you'll being taking monkey baths and wearing wind pants.
4. When they said 'injun', they meant 'from India' - like a yogi or the Buddha might do. The pose of repose, under the lotus. Not nearly as offensive.
I don't think your #4 is necessarily accurrate. How would your average Southerner/Old West-type have had any knowledge of far-Eatern traditions? Also consider any picture you've ever seen of our Native American "injuns" sitting around in a tent or smoking a pipe. What's the position in which they're sitting? Yup, that's right. Injun-style.
On a side note: would an Eastern Indian be offended by being called "injun?"
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