Merry Christmas, 80s style
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I love hutch — 4 years ago(December 26, 2021 12:52 AM)
Sorry! Sounds/songs and smells are powerful triggers. Sometimes if you replace the old song with an unfamiliar one, that can help do the trick.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
cryptoflovecraft — 4 years ago(December 25, 2021 08:59 PM)
Anybody remember this great song?
Of course! I still have my original cassette copy of The Waitresses'
I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts
EP from 1982. "Christmas Wrapping" and "Square Pegs" are on it. -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(December 26, 2021 01:06 AM)
I watched the Christmas episode of "Square Pegs" an hour ago. It was a two parter, so I got to have the main course and my dessert in one sitting. I love it when that happens.
It was a typically great episode. I don't think SP really had any klunkers. What was atypical was how they paired off Johnny Slash with Jennifer DiNuccio and Patti with LaDonna. That was sweet and it worked. Also any episode that can work in Ms. Loomis has got to be a goodie. She is hilarious.
This is the song by The Waitresses that my first boyfriend introduced me to in college.
Long live the New Wave!
"It's a totally different head! Totally!"
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(December 26, 2021 01:40 AM)
I agree. The show was extremely clever and very funny, and it was a shame that it got cancelled after just the one year. It definitely could have run for at least one more year. The characters would have been sophomores then, so they could have had an episode centering on Patti getting her driver's license, but will she have to get a stronger prescription for her eyeglasses and an episode where Jennifer is having a big party for her sweet 16. Maybe Lauren could have gotten her braces removed. And why not have Blondie show up for a big song at the end of a Prom episode.
Obviously the show couldn't have really worked for more than 3 seasons at the most. But I have always thought that a second season would have been just great.
I think Patty is my favorite character, though I love them all. Except Marshall, whom I only like. La Donna and Muffy are, imo, the two funniest characters. Johnny is a sweetheart. The scene where he bonds with Muffy's grandmother (episode - "Muffy's Bat Mitzvah") is absolutely inspired.
"You! With the head full of vivid violet! Yes! You! I have a futon in that color!"
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!"