Easter Parade
Saturday 9: Easter Parade
Revised and revived from the archives
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is best known from the 1948 movie of the same name, but it was originally written for a 1933 Broadway play called As Thousands Cheer. In the play, a young man reads about the parade in a New York newspaper and decides to go and show his lady love off to parade goers. What's the most recent parade you attended? Our town Christmas Parade. It goes in front of our house and friends come to our house to watch with us. So that was in December.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is best known from the 1948 movie of the same name, but it was originally written for a 1933 Broadway play called As Thousands Cheer. In the play, a young man reads about the parade in a New York newspaper and decides to go and show his lady love off to parade goers. What's the most recent parade you attended? Our town Christmas Parade. It goes in front of our house and friends come to our house to watch with us. So that was in December.
2) On Broadway, the song was performed by Clifton Webb. He'd had a busy stage career, appearing in musicals as well as plays by Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward, but when he was in his mid-50s, he was considered too old to be a leading man. Broadway offers stopped coming. He was unexpectedly cast by Otto Preminger for the film noir Laura and a new career was born. He worked steadily in Hollywood for 20 years and earned three Oscar nominations. Tell us about a time you were grateful your life took an unanticipated turn. When I left my old job as an early childhood special education teacher and went to work at another school district. It has been so much better for me.
3) Today he's fondly remembered by the students at UCLA who have benefited from The Clifton Webb Scholarship of the Arts. If you could give an endowment to a school or charity, what would you like it to be used for? Honestly, it would probably be to animals. There are so many out there that have no home.
4) The biggest chocolate Easter egg was made in Italy, measured 34 feet tall and weighed a staggering 15,000 lbs. Do you think it's possible to have too much chocolate? oh definitely. It will make you sick if you eat too much. Now having too much chocolate in storage is different. Sometimes when I get chocolate from the kids at school, I save it for a special time.
5) After chocolate, the top-selling Easter candy is Peeps Marshmallow Chicks. They're so popular that they were once the subject of a Jeopardy clue. Do you often watch Jeopardy? no
6) Jelly beans are also popular this time of year. In a 2024 poll, jelly bean fans responded that black licorice is their favorite flavor. It's Crazy Sam's least favorite. How about you? What jelly bean flavor is at the top of your list, and which is at the bottom? Top would be red or orange and bottom would be black. I like to get the starburst or jelly belly ones where I can eat any of them and they are delicious.
7) We've been talking a lot about sweets this morning. The only holiday that generates more candy sales is Halloween. When do you eat more candy: Easter or Halloween? Halloween
6) Jelly beans are also popular this time of year. In a 2024 poll, jelly bean fans responded that black licorice is their favorite flavor. It's Crazy Sam's least favorite. How about you? What jelly bean flavor is at the top of your list, and which is at the bottom? Top would be red or orange and bottom would be black. I like to get the starburst or jelly belly ones where I can eat any of them and they are delicious.
7) We've been talking a lot about sweets this morning. The only holiday that generates more candy sales is Halloween. When do you eat more candy: Easter or Halloween? Halloween
8) According to the National Retail Federation, Americans are doing more of their holiday shopping this year at discount "dollar stores" than at department stores like Target and Walmart. Do you often make trips to the "dollar store?" If yes, what do you usually pick up there? Medicine, body soap, gifts, deodorant. I pick up a little of this and that.
9) Easter is considered the season of rebirth. What makes you feel refreshed or rejuvenated? a shower
