Trivia

Well, as usual, it is Saturday night and we are setting here, myself on the laptop and the hubby on his Kindle.  Boring, as usual, but to make this little scenario more boring, we are watching The Lawrence Welk Show.  No need for snickering here.  Tonight, with Doc Severinson as host, PBS is featuring big band music from Mr. Welk's shows through the years; trying to generate a little money.  For those of you who don't know, the hubby's favorite music is, by far, big bands.  He and my dad had so much to discuss back when for Dad loved his big bands, too.  The thing is, the hubby is one generation beyond that genre, but he loves it just the same.

In addition to naming the songs before Doc finishes his intro to each one, the hubby manages to fill me in on all sorts of other trivia.  Here is just a small sampling of what my hubs had to say tonight.  He's in his element.

"A Train - Do you know what the A Train was?  The subway train to Harlem."

"Ted Lewis - He wore an old battered top hat that he supposedly won in a crap game.  He always said "Is everybody happy?""

"Bob Crosby - His most famous song was "Big Noise From Winnetka"."

"In addition to the Ted Lewis orchestra, there was a Ted Weems orchestra with a hit named "Heart Aches".

At the mention of the top hat, I just stared at him and teased him that he was just a 'wealth of information'.  You cannot beat this man in Trivia Pursuit.  Just not possible and when he was paired with my dear brother-in-law, well they were a force to be reckoned with.  I think the hubby has a protege in the works though.  Our 8 year old grandson, Blaine, is just a wealth of information, moving on from his fascination and knowledge of Russia to the presidents of the United States.  Would you believe he has checked out the almanac from the library and finds it fascinating reading?  Give that boy a flashlight and almanac and he entertains himself before he falls asleep---dreaming of becoming the president?????

FYI:  Our home is filled with music, all genres - well maybe not much country, definitely no rap, and no hard rock, but filled with music.  The hubby could have his own radio station with his reel to reel tapes (old stuff), all sorts of vinyls, tapes, CDs, and tons of MP3s (got rid of the eight tracks).  It is very hard for this man to get rid of any form of music......last hold out!

I love you.  Night night everybody.  I hope to have a little story about my home place tomorrow or Monday.