Makin’ It!

I’m makin’ it
I’ve got the chance
I’m takin’ it
No more, no more
Fakin’ it
This time in life
I’m makin’ it (oh-oh-oh)
Makin’ it

Remember this song?! I heard it this morning, and I remembered ALL the words. No lie. (Well, maybe there were a couple…whatever…ALMOST all the words.) I was dancing around while G was getting ready for work. So much fun. Better yet – who remembers the TV show? No? Maybe because it jumped the shark after the opening theme song? It was about a guy in Joisey who works at an ice cream parlor during the day and dances out all night ala Tony Manero and Saturday Night Fever! The series even had it’s own Travolta!

ETA: Makin’ It starred David Naughton as Patricia said – who also starred in her favorite movie: An American Werewolf in London. Am I right? 😉

I TOTALLY remember this show. It was perfect for me because I was nine in 1979 (the whole freaking year – funny how that works out. 😉 ) and seven in 1977 when Saturday Night Fever came out. I wasn’t allowed to see SNF (R rating and all) and it just about KILLED me! I was DISCO QUEEN with my baby brother shining the flash light all around my room and lip synching with the Tickle Deodorant bottle as a microphone (tell me you did that too!?!). We used to slip the deodorant bottle out of the plastic case and voila! Instant microphone. My sister and I had THE BEST choreographed dance to Hot Stuff. Ah. Those were the 70s.

Speaking of The Fantasticks – it was, um, slightly LESS than fantastic. I’m thinking it was a really weird interpretation of the show. They set up bleachers on the stage – so we were basically on stage with the actors. There was no orchestra (this we REALLY missed – I mean what’s musical theater without an orchestra!?!) only a piano, a harp and something else. The performances were uneven at best (but they did look like they were having fun and trying) and half the time I didn’t get what was going on in the show. What’s with the old actor and the indian? Completely lost on me. Georgie thought they were a version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – which I agreed with, but not so much. You know you’re in bad shape when reading the playbill you find that NOT ONE of the cast members had appeared on Law & Order (in any incarnation.) I mean, c’mon! How can you call yourself an actor if you haven’t been on L&O?

And of course the show ended about ten minutes too late for the train we wanted to catch so we had to wait another forty minutes for the next one. We didn’t leave Stamford until after 11. And here we were bitching about the show and practically the entire cast was in the next car – about ten rows from us. I felt bad. But really, the whole thing had the feel of high school.

The best part though was that G bought a tub of Swedish Fish while he was waiting with me in the hotel lobby near the theater. When we got to the reception, it was clear he needed to ditch the candy – it really didn’t fit in his briefcase and I didn’t have room in my bag (those socks don’t need a lot of space do they? I took the small bag.) Anyway, he tossed the candy.

Or did he? I found out later that he had dumped half the tub into his suit jacket pocket so we could snack on them during the performance! How SMART is my guy? So all night long I was slipping my hand in his pocket for fishies. YUM!

Another real problem was that I have a lot of trouble sitting so close to G in the dark and keeping my hands to myself. But I had to be on my best behavior last night since it was a work thing. It was tough, but I managed to behave (okay – I was a little bad….)

THANK YOU all so much for your yarn suggestions for FBS. I’ve made up my mind again and am eagerly awaiting the yarn delivery. I had them fedex it because I’m desperate to start and have to go to Philly this weekend for family obligations (there’s that F word again!) I won’t be back until Tuesday and I’m not waiting that long to start this thing. I’ve got a least two train rides that can be put to good use. I’ll be back later on with an update – if all works out as planned.