Oh, dear, for
sadness. Roger Federer has been beaten in the quarter-final. That was the
hurdle at which he fell in 2018, depriving me and Rachel of our hope of seeing
him play in the semi-final and condemning us to an afternoon of exquisite
tedium, mentioned here recently. This time it was sadder. He had a standing
ovation when he came out to serve for what was likely to be the last time in
the match (it was), but also fairly likely to be the last time Wimbledon will
ever see him.
I have ribbed
heroically on, and am well past half-way. However, it has occurred to me that
with four days of possibly thrilling tennis yet to come, finishing the ribbing
will not be much use. I can hardly re-group on wee Hamish’s Calcutta Cup vest
while watching tennis. So I must ensure that I do finish the ribbing, and then
just knit on until next week.
I continue to trudge
around the garden daily, and to record step-counts with which you are all too
familiar. 2264 today.
Comments
& Miscellaneous
Jean, your story
is tragic! But at least, if I understand you, you got to see the original
broadcast? What glory!
I must have seen
and heard much else on Kukla, Fran and Ollie, but what I remember is a sea
chanty which came to mind on the last day of our cruise, when we saw a couple
of minke whales. The sighting didn’t involve much excitement – grey shapes
heaving very briefly out of the water. But I thought of Kukla, Fran and Ollie:
“Thar’s a whale,”
the Captain shouted.
“Thar’s a whale on
the starboard bow.”
“Thar she blows,”
the Captain shouted.
“Goodness knows
what we’re s’posed to do now.”
Yes Jean, we did see the quiz at the time - just fuzzily. The reception was so poor, and I belive it was just after that that the cable loosed from the aerial, and we changed to a cable company. But too late to make the recording watchable. Our present set doesn't even have a DVD slot.
ReplyDeleteI have a vague recollection of Kukla and Fran hosting some show. I really remember Shari Lewis and Lambchop!
ReplyDeleteYou can find anything on Youtube. Here is the episode with the song you remember from Kukla, Fran, and Ollie.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqioJhsa8Og&list=PLF9ywKpReVTmJ_G-H6u2z1ghXSkspGyZP&index=5
Wow. For what it's worth, the actual sea shanty begins at around 24:00 into the episode.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, I had mostly heard of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie rather than watching them, as I only saw TV at other people's houses. I also occasionally saw Shari Lewis and Lambchop.
I remember watching and loving Kukla, Fran and Ollie, but not remembering any of actual goings-on in the episodes. Too young, maybe. I do remember Fran's gentle presence. Wikipedia (again) says it was watched, eventually, by more adults than children. Chloe
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