Happy St Patrick's Day

MacNamara's Band

I'm an Italian-American from Long Island transplanted to white-bread Upstate NY farm country, but I'm told that everyone's Irish on St Patrick's Day.

In honor of the day, here's The Emerald Isle, a 1949 Paramount Famous Studios sing-a-long cartoon.

"A hot dog makes her lose control..."

Here's the theme song from The Patty Duke Show -the early 60's TV classic starring Patty Duke in two roles as Patty Lane (All-American teenage girl), and her identical twin British cousin Cathy Lane (that's right - her identical twin cousin; anything was possible in the wacky world of 60's sticoms).

I'm sorry but I can't listen to the line "a hot dog makes her lose control" without laughing. I have a friend who has a theory that (in most cases) the male emotional development stops at the age of 14. I suppose this proves his case.

Bat Villains

Here's a fun video compilation that I found on YouTube...