[78-L] Jimmy Boyd Obit

[David Lennick]

Cute one..I was going to mention it myself once I'd dug it out and memorized 
the title.

When a child star from your past dies and it's not in sordid circumstances but 
of illness or old age, BOY does that make you feel ancient!

dl

Andrea Walsh wrote:
> I always liked "I've Got Those Wake Up 7:30 Wash Your Ears They're Dirty Eat
> Your Eggs And Oatmeal Rush To School Blues".   Rip, Mr. Boyd.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:48 AM, <soundthink at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Very strange. I was just reading about Boyd in Hecky Krasnow's daughter's
>> book about his years as the head of Columbia's kiddie record division. She
>> had a crush on him and said that he was forced to wear his little cowboy
>> outfit to school every day to remind people of who he was. The most
>> incredible story in the book is about George Kleinsinger's walk-up New York
>> apartment (the elevator rarely worked) which resembled a jungle, complete
>> with tropical plants, snakes, birds, and native insects.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 2:26 am
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Jimmz Boyd Obit
>>
>>
>>
>> rshirer at neb.rr.com wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> Just saw this on the NYT website.
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/arts/10boyd.html
>>>
>>> The Mommy Santa Claus record is truly one of the most annoying and
>> cloying of
>> the Christmas novelty songs. (I actually like "I want a Hippopotamus for
>> Christmas".)
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bob Shirer
>>> _______________________________________________
>> I was 12 at the time and understood the meaning of the lyric, even
>> though the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston didn't! And they're
>> supposed to be the purveyors of wisdom.
>>
>>      Julian Vein
>>