Here’s some old school Hollywood Squares.

 

Wally Cox, Charlie Weaver, Mamie Van Doren, Michael Callan, Rose Marie, Dick Williams (manager of the Red Sox), Barbara Feldon, Noel Harrison, Peter Marshall, Paul Lynde and Abby Dalton.

Not sure of the date, but I’d guess around 1966. (That’s the year it debuted.) Photo Submitted by WH pal, William Mattiford Jr. via Weird Hollywood

I've always had a soft spot for both Rose Marie and Barbara Feldon, but in TOTALLY different ways....

Count me in!

 

Rest in Peace.

Show Business Icon Rose Marie Dies At 94 via NPR

I grew up watching Rose Marie on the Dick Van Dyke Show and have posted pictures and songs from her several times.  I'ms till hoping to see her movie above. She will be missed.

Indeed!

Rose Marie gets a house call from Dr. Bombay

Aren't we cute? That's Ann B. Davis (famous for The Brady Bunch) and the prolific character actress Kathleen Freeman on the set of The Bob Cummings Show. via

He was STUNNED I tell you!

Happy Birthday!

Baby Rose Marie turns 93 today.

That calls for a cake:

Rose Marie's Dream Cake

1/2 cup Crisco

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup white sugar

1 cup walnuts, broken in pieces

1 can coconut

Cream butter and Crisco. Add brown sugar. Add flour and salt. Mix well.

Press dough into a jellyroll pan or shallow baking dish and bake in 325 degree over for 15 minutes.

While this is baking, beat the 2 eggs and 1 cup of white sugar in mixmaster. Folks in 1 cup of broken walnut pieces. Spread this mixture over entire top of cake and sprinkle top with 1 can of coconut.

Bake another 15 minutes 'till brown on top.

Allow to cool and cut into squares. Serves many!

"this was Lucille Ball's favorite dessert. Rose Marie always fixed it when Lucy and Desi came over for dinner"

With many thanks to Veg-o-matic

All the single ladies...

Which song is you?

caffeine withdrawn mind wanderings

The problem of working out of town, in the middle of suburbia, on a campus surrounded by wetlands, is that you are cut off from everything the entire eight hours you are on campus. Every errand becomes a chore involving getting your car and driving off campus.

This morning I wanted coffee and I wanted it BAD, in the way only a true addict can crave his or her caffeine fix. Now do we provide coffee on campus? Yes. Is it palatable or even drinkable, NO! Do I own a car? No. Is there a Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts anywhere less than a mile and a half away? NO! You see how the universe is against me.

If I worked in Dick Van Dyke’s office, not only would I have the benefit of working all day with the likes of Buddy and Sally wisecracking it up, (not to mention being located in New York !!!!) But at any given moment I could simply call downstairs and have the coffee shop send up coffee and danish all delivered by an extra in need of a walk on role.

The only thing I could get by calling downstairs right now is one of the tutors from the skills center.