Dog3 wrote:
> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little Jewish
> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I *think* they
> are called Bookala (spelling is way off). They are really easy to make and
> very good. We found the recipe scribbled on a napkin in one of the
> cookbooks the SO's grandmother had. I have been tempted to tinker with the
> recipe. I would love to add some onion or chives to the batter to begin
> with but I don't dare If anyone has any variations of this recipe, let
> me know. The closest I've found is a similar recipe with 1/2 cup sugar. I
> want savory rolls and the recipe below works well.
>
> Michael
>
> 'Roll without a name'
>
> 1 Cup of water
> 1/2 Teaspoon of salt
> 1/3 Cup of vegetable oil
> 1 Cup of Matzo Meal
> 4 Egggs
>
> Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine water, salt and oil in a pan and bring
> to a boil. Remove pan from heat and add Matzo Meal. Stir until batter
> leaves side of pan. Set aside to cool slightly. Add eggs one at a time,
> beating well before adding the next egg. Spoon drop on greased cookie sheet
> and put in oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
>


Sounds a lot like matzoh profiteroles (creampuffs).

gloria p

Dog3 wrote:

> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little
> Jewish
> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I *think*
> they
> are called Bookala (spelling is way off). They are really easy to make
> and
> very good. We found the recipe scribbled on a napkin in one of the
> cookbooks the SO's grandmother had. I have been tempted to tinker with
> the
> recipe. I would love to add some onion or chives to the batter to
> begin
> with but I don't dare If anyone has any variations of this recipe,
> let
> me know. The closest I've found is a similar recipe with 1/2 cup
> sugar. I
> want savory rolls and the recipe below works well.
>
> Michael
>
> 'Roll without a name'
>
> 1 Cup of water
> 1/2 Teaspoon of salt
> 1/3 Cup of vegetable oil
> 1 Cup of Matzo Meal
> 4 Egggs
>
> Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine water, salt and oil in a pan and
> bring
> to a boil. Remove pan from heat and add Matzo Meal. Stir until batter
> leaves side of pan. Set aside to cool slightly. Add eggs one at a
> time,
> beating well before adding the next egg. Spoon drop on greased cookie
> sheet
> and put in oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Ever hear of "kichlach" its not exactly the same but similar. Tayglach
also comes to mind but neither names are even close to your name
"bookala" though ingredients and procedure are similar and a google
search turns up a "power rangers" plot regarding the planet "Bookala".

I wonder if your SO's grandmother was Askenazic or Sephardic? Often
times there are completely different names for the same things. Though
now that i think about it i wonder if maybe it might be an simplified,
unrisen, no yeast "Babka"
--
Joseph Littleshoes

> Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
> violence.
> -- Hebrew proverb

Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> Dog3 wrote:
>
> > I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little
> > Jewish
> > rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
*think*
> > they
> > are called Bookala

Try "boomkahs".

> Ever hear of "kichlach" its not exactly the same but similar.
Tayglach
> also comes to mind

Kichelach (egg kichelach) are tiny round egg 'crutons" for floating on
chicken soup, Manichewitz makes them... there are also larger ones
(kichel), but both are crispy (cookie/cracker-like).

Teglach are more a honey confection... often with nuts, and also
candied fruits


TEGLACH

Dough:

4 eggs
3 tbl oil (as needed)
1 tbl sugar
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder (it really shouldn't be a FULL teaspoon)
1/2 pound filberts (more or less)
1/2 pound pecans or walnuts (more or less)
Syrup:

1 1/2 pounds honey
4 tbl sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp ground ginger (more if you like the taste)
DIRECTIONS:

Sift sugar, flour and baking powder together. Add eggs, and enough oil
to make a soft dough. Take pieces and roll into a rope about 1/3 to 1/2
inch thick. Cut into small pieces as long as it is thick. Roll to make
them little balls. Place on a jelly roll sheet and bake in 375F oven
about 10 minutes, until lightly brown.

When dough balls are ready, heat the honey, sugar, water and ginger
until it comes to a boil. Drop in the nuts and dough balls, cover, let
simmer about 10 minutes and then uncover. Let it simmer slowly; keep
stirring until all the honey is absorbed; then turn out onto a wet
board. Form into a cone, or whatever shape you wish, and let cool.
---


Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

> Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
> > Dog3 wrote:
> >
> > > I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little
> > > Jewish
> > > rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
> *think*
> > > they
> > > are called Bookala
>
> Try "boomkahs".
>
> > Ever hear of "kichlach" its not exactly the same but similar.
> Tayglach
> > also comes to mind
>
> Kichelach (egg kichelach) are tiny round egg 'crutons" for floating on
>
> chicken soup, Manichewitz makes them... there are also larger ones
> (kichel), but both are crispy (cookie/cracker-like).
>
> Teglach are more a honey confection... often with nuts, and also
> candied fruits
>
> TEGLACH

My recipe is much simpler and calls only for eggs, flour, salt and
ginger or nutmeg, almonds or other nuts optional and boiled in a honey
syrup composed of honey, sugar, and ginger. Lifted out of the syrup with
a slotted spoon and allowed to cool, though a variation has the dough
droped bit by bit inot the syrup, cooked about 20 minutes and then all
poured on to a slab or cookie sheet, molded flat and allowed to cool
then sliced to deired size and shape
---
JP

>
>
> Dough:
>
> 4 eggs
> 3 tbl oil (as needed)
> 1 tbl sugar
> 4 cups flour
> 1 tsp baking powder (it really shouldn't be a FULL teaspoon)
> 1/2 pound filberts (more or less)
> 1/2 pound pecans or walnuts (more or less)
> Syrup:
>
> 1 1/2 pounds honey
> 4 tbl sugar
> 1/4 cup water
> 1 tsp ground ginger (more if you like the taste)
> DIRECTIONS:
>
> Sift sugar, flour and baking powder together. Add eggs, and enough oil
>
> to make a soft dough. Take pieces and roll into a rope about 1/3 to
> 1/2
> inch thick. Cut into small pieces as long as it is thick. Roll to make
>
> them little balls. Place on a jelly roll sheet and bake in 375F oven
> about 10 minutes, until lightly brown.
>
> When dough balls are ready, heat the honey, sugar, water and ginger
> until it comes to a boil. Drop in the nuts and dough balls, cover, let
>
> simmer about 10 minutes and then uncover. Let it simmer slowly; keep
> stirring until all the honey is absorbed; then turn out onto a wet
> board. Form into a cone, or whatever shape you wish, and let cool.
> ---
>
> Sheldon

Dog3 at wrote on 4/23/05 11:55 AM:

> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little Jewish
> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I *think* they
> are called Bookala (spelling is way off). They are really easy to make and
> very good. We found the recipe scribbled on a napkin in one of the
> cookbooks the SO's grandmother had. I have been tempted to tinker with the
> recipe. I would love to add some onion or chives to the batter to begin
> with but I don't dare If anyone has any variations of this recipe, let
> me know. The closest I've found is a similar recipe with 1/2 cup sugar. I
> want savory rolls and the recipe below works well.

I never heard of Bookala...my mom just called them Pesach popovers.
She liked to make them for breakfast during the week.
Come to think of it, I've never made them. But I remember liking them.

Breakfast tomorrow will be matzo brei with leftover charoses spread on
top!!!

Yummy

Dog3 > wrote:

> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little Jewish
> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I *think* they
> are called Bookala (spelling is way off).

I'd guess "bulka" (singular). It is Russian/Ukrainian/Polish for small
white/wheat breads/rolls which can be savoury or sweet. Plural is
"bulki" or, in the oft used diminutive, respectively "bulochka" and
"bulochki". They can be and are indeed made with matzo for Passover.

Victor

Victor Sack wrote:
> Dog3 > wrote:
>
> > I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these 'little
Jewish
> > rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
*think* they
> > are called Bookala (spelling is way off).
>
> I'd guess "bulka" (singular). It is Russian/Ukrainian/Polish for
small
> white/wheat breads/rolls which can be savoury or sweet. Plural is
> "bulki" or, in the oft used diminutive, respectively "bulochka" and
> "bulochki". They can be and are indeed made with matzo for Passover.
>
> Victor

I agree that "bulka" describes a rather large risen round wheat roll,
soft crusted like a hamburger bun but larger and more dense. But there
is another name for the matzo meal passover rolls... been on the tip of
my tongue all day. If either of my parents were still here I would
have posted it long ago. There are many recipes for this passover roll
on the net but so far none I've checked have given a name, not any name
other than "Passover Roll".
One day it will come to me.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> Victor Sack wrote:
>
>> Dog3 > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these
>>> 'little
>
> Jewish
>
>>> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
>
> *think* they
>
>>> are called Bookala (spelling is way off).
>>
>> I'd guess "bulka" (singular). It is Russian/Ukrainian/Polish for
>>
>
> small
>
>> white/wheat breads/rolls which can be savoury or sweet. Plural
>> is "bulki" or, in the oft used diminutive, respectively
>> "bulochka" and "bulochki". They can be and are indeed made with
>> matzo for Passover.
>>
>> Victor
>
>
> I agree that "bulka" describes a rather large risen round wheat
> roll, soft crusted like a hamburger bun but larger and more dense.
> But there is another name for the matzo meal passover rolls... been
> on the tip of my tongue all day. If either of my parents were
> still here I would have posted it long ago. There are many recipes
> for this passover roll on the net but so far none I've checked have
> given a name, not any name other than "Passover Roll". One day it
> will come to me.
>
> Sheldon
>


I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.

Margaret Suran wrote on 24 Apr 2005 in rec.food.cooking

>
>
> Sheldon wrote:
> > Victor Sack wrote:
> >
> >> Dog3 > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these
> >>> 'little
> >
> > Jewish
> >
> >>> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
> >
> > *think* they
> >
> >>> are called Bookala (spelling is way off).
> >>
> >> I'd guess "bulka" (singular). It is Russian/Ukrainian/Polish for
> >>
> >
> > small
> >
> >> white/wheat breads/rolls which can be savoury or sweet. Plural
> >> is "bulki" or, in the oft used diminutive, respectively
> >> "bulochka" and "bulochki". They can be and are indeed made with
> >> matzo for Passover.
> >>
> >> Victor
> >
> >
> > I agree that "bulka" describes a rather large risen round wheat
> > roll, soft crusted like a hamburger bun but larger and more dense.
> > But there is another name for the matzo meal passover rolls... been
> > on the tip of my tongue all day. If either of my parents were
> > still here I would have posted it long ago. There are many recipes
> > for this passover roll on the net but so far none I've checked have
> > given a name, not any name other than "Passover Roll". One day it
> > will come to me.
> >
> > Sheldon
> >
>
>
> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
>
>
>

This sounds like petit choux dough...except jewish.

--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic Since Aug 2004
1AC- 7.2, 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
Weight from 265 down to 219 lbs. and dropping.
Continuing to be Manitoban

Monsur Fromage du Pollet wrote:
> Margaret Suran wrote on 24 Apr 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
> >
> >
> > Sheldon wrote:
> > > Victor Sack wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dog3 > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I am going crazy trying to figure out the name for these
> > >>> 'little
> > >
> > > Jewish
> > >
> > >>> rolls'. The SO isabout to make a batch to take for Passover. I
> > >
> > > *think* they
> > >
> > >>> are called Bookala (spelling is way off).
> > >>
> > >> I'd guess "bulka" (singular). It is Russian/Ukrainian/Polish
for
> > >>
> > >
> > > small
> > >
> > >> white/wheat breads/rolls which can be savoury or sweet. Plural
> > >> is "bulki" or, in the oft used diminutive, respectively
> > >> "bulochka" and "bulochki". They can be and are indeed made with
> > >> matzo for Passover.
> > >>
> > >> Victor
> > >
> > >
> > > I agree that "bulka" describes a rather large risen round wheat
> > > roll, soft crusted like a hamburger bun but larger and more
dense.
> > > But there is another name for the matzo meal passover rolls...
been
> > > on the tip of my tongue all day. If either of my parents were
> > > still here I would have posted it long ago. There are many
recipes
> > > for this passover roll on the net but so far none I've checked
have
> > > given a name, not any name other than "Passover Roll". One day it
> > > will come to me.
> > >
> > > Sheldon
> > >
> >
> >
> > I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
> >
> >
> >
>
> This sounds like petit choux dough...except jewish.

It is, but more eggy, less sweet, and slightly heavier/denser. But
"petit choux" is not Yiddish... we need the Yiddish term for cream
puff/=E9clair shells. I'm surprised some lurker hasn't come foward.

Sheldon

Sheldon > wrote:

> I agree that "bulka" describes a rather large risen round wheat roll,
> soft crusted like a hamburger bun but larger and more dense.

Not in Russian, Ukrainian or Polish. In those languages, "bulka" is
more generic and can be most any kind of white/wheat bread, usually not
large (though in in the old Russian, as well as the current St.
Petersburg usage, *any* white bread is often called "bulka"). It is not
always round and can be oblong or rectangular (even though the origin of
the word is the French "boule", "ball"), and can have any texture.
"Bulochka" is almost by definition small.

> But there
> is another name for the matzo meal passover rolls... been on the tip of
> my tongue all day.

Not in those three languages, anyway. Maybe in Yiddish it's different
(generic bread roll is "bulke", so maybe it's "Peysach bulke"?). In
Russian, for example, the things are called "paskhalnye (or Pesach)
bulki (or bulochki)".

Victor

Margaret Suran > wrote:

> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.

You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
small breads, but all different.

Victor

"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
. ..
> Margaret Suran > wrote:
>
>> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
>
> You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
> small breads, but all different.

Who would have thought they would have Laverne and Sherly there!!!

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Victor Sack" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
>>Margaret Suran > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
>>
>>You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
>>small breads, but all different.

What language is this? Are these the same as Plaetzchen, Semmeln and
Stangerln? Yumm!
>
>
> Who would have thought they would have Laverne and Sherly there!!!
>
> nancy
>
>
Please, Nancy, I cannot figure this one out, so could you enlighten
me? Thank you, M

"Margaret Suran" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> "Victor Sack" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>>
>>>Margaret Suran > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
>>>
>>>You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
>>>small breads, but all different.
>
> What language is this? Are these the same as Plaetzchen, Semmeln and
> Stangerln? Yumm!

>> Who would have thought they would have Laverne and Sherly there!!!

> Please, Nancy, I cannot figure this one out, so could you enlighten me?
> Thank you, M

Oh, no! Can someone help me out here? What was the Laverne and
Shirley song? Shlamegal, Shlamagle, Hopenstop Incorporated!

Struck me as funny, what Victor said. You have to forgive me, I am
sick as a dog and haven't eaten in days.

nancy (not looking for sympathy )

Margaret Suran at lid wrote on 4/25/05 6:54 PM:

> What language is this? Are these the same as Plaetzchen, Semmeln and
> Stangerln?

Oh My!

(Whenever I see a series of three things in a sentence, each one 2
syllables, or the first 2 words 2 syllables, the third word, one syllable, I
am reminded of the scene in the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy, the Scarecrow
and the Tin Man are walking through the forest towards the Emerald City, and
it's right before they meet up with the Cowardly Lion, they are afraid of
the wild animals in the forest and they begin to chant "Lions and tigers and
bears...Oh my!" repeatedly.) Whenever I'm faced with a list that has a
similar meter to that chant, I cannot resist adding "Oh my!"
Sorry!

>>
>>
>> Who would have thought they would have Laverne and Sherly there!!!

Laverne and Shirley was a hit tv show from about 1976 until 1980 or so. It
starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams. They were two working class
early-20'ish women in Milwaukee. They worked in brewery. Very funny program,
lots of physical comedy. One of my all-time favorites, in fact. At the
beginning, the women would run down the street, and recite a little...I
don't even know what you'd call it...it's not really a song.... I guess it's
sort of a poem...maybe like a jump-rope chant--that Penny Marshall and her
brother, Producer Garry Marshall, used to sing when they were kids growing
up off the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. It went like this:

Five, Six, Seven, Eight....
Schlemiel, Schlemazel
Hassenfeffer Incorporated!


Now the funny part is, the Marshalls are Italian, not Jewish. But as you
probably know, back in the 1950's when they were growing up there, it was
mostly Jews and Italians who lived off of the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
Anyway, it was this silly thing from their childhood and they incorporated
it into the theme song of the shoe. And for a lot of people, it was their
first encounter with the Yiddish words "schlemiel" and "schlemazel".

Nancy was trying to be funny. And for those of who know who Laverne and
Shirley are, she succeeded!

>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
> Please, Nancy, I cannot figure this one out, so could you enlighten
> me? Thank you, M
>

Nancy Young at wrote on 4/25/05 7:25 PM:

> Oh, no! Can someone help me out here? What was the Laverne and
> Shirley song? Shlamegal, Shlamagle, Hopenstop Incorporated!
>
> Struck me as funny, what Victor said. You have to forgive me, I am
> sick as a dog and haven't eaten in days.
>
> nancy (not looking for sympathy )

Five, Six, Seven, Eight....
Schlemiel, Schlemazel
Hassenfeffer Incorporated!

I posted it, with an explanation for M. about what the show is!!!!

My favorite, one of them, anyway!

Margaret Suran wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "Victor Sack" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> >
> >>Margaret Suran > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
> >>
> >>You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
> >>small breads, but all different.
>
> What language is this? Are these the same as Plaetzchen, Semmeln and
> Stangerln? Yumm!
> >
> >
> > Who would have thought they would have Laverne and Sherly there!!!
> >
> > nancy
> >
> >
> Please, Nancy, I cannot figure this one out, so could you enlighten
> me? Thank you, M


_Laverne And Shirley_ was a lousy 70's sitcom centered around two loudmouth
Eyetalian female characters. Very unfunny, crass and b - o - r - i - n - g.
It's aged very badly, along with it's other sitcom ilk _Happy Days_, etc...

--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:

>
> _Laverne And Shirley_ was a lousy 70's sitcom centered around two
loudmouth
> Eyetalian female characters. Very unfunny, crass and b - o - r - i -
n - g.
> It's aged very badly, along with it's other sitcom ilk _Happy Days_,
etc...
>
> --
> Best
> Greg



You know Greg, I thought those were two of sorriest shows to e-v-e-r
hit television. I couldn't stand them then and I certainly can't
stomach them now. There's more, but those two come readily to mind.

itsjoannotjoann wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> >
> > _Laverne And Shirley_ was a lousy 70's sitcom centered around two
> loudmouth
> > Eyetalian female characters. Very unfunny, crass and b - o - r - i -
> n - g.
> > It's aged very badly, along with it's other sitcom ilk _Happy Days_,
> etc...
> >
> > --
> > Best
> > Greg
>
>
>
> You know Greg, I thought those were two of sorriest shows to e-v-e-r
> hit television. I couldn't stand them then and I certainly can't
> stomach them now. There's more, but those two come readily to mind.
>


There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows exclusively.
Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's that I look at and
think "THIS was once popular!?":


- Joanie Loves Chachi

- Eight Is Enough

- Taxi (at least Tony Danza had a hot bod...)

- Barney Miller

- The Jeffersons

- Sanford and Son

- The Carol Burnett Show (the musical guests can be okay, but the comedy is
SO forced and obvious, "Hey look at US, aren't we FUNNY!?")

- Mork and Mindy

- The Facts of Life (was there ever anyone more OBNOXIOUS than Mindy Cohn?
You really want to SLAAAP her across the face with a tire iron...)


As you said, there's more, but those are some that immediately come to mind
:-|

--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
> > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > _Laverne And Shirley_ was a lousy 70's sitcom centered around two
> > loudmouth
> > > Eyetalian female characters. Very unfunny, crass and b - o - r -
i -
> > n - g.
> > > It's aged very badly, along with it's other sitcom ilk _Happy
Days_,
> > etc...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best
> > > Greg

Some of these were pretty funny at the time - like you said, age hasn't
been kind.

> There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
exclusively.
> Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's that I look at
and
> think "THIS was once popular!?":
>
> - The Carol Burnett Show (the musical guests can be okay, but the
comedy is
> SO forced and obvious, "Hey look at US, aren't we FUNNY!?")

Carol Burnett Show had me falling on the floor laughing - Tim Conway
and Harvey Korman, plus Carol - hilarious. You must have a more
"unreachable" sense of humor. The Carol Burnett take-off on Gone with
the Wind is the funniest thing I've ever seen on TV, emphasize "ever."

N.

In article .net>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

> There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
> exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
> that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":

Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated in late-April.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>>There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
>>exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
>>that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":
>
>
> Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."

Oh I agree about "Friends" but I LOVE Seinfeld!!
And I also love "Sex And the City" reruns
Goomba

Margaret Suran > wrote:

> > "Victor Sack" > wrote
> >
> >>Margaret Suran > wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was thinking of Chremsel, but that is a sweet roll.
> >>
> >>You could as well have been thinking of pletsl, zeml or shtengl... all
> >>small breads, but all different.
>
> What language is this?

(Anglicised) Yiddish.

> Are these the same as Plaetzchen, Semmeln and
> Stangerln? Yumm!

Of course!

Bubba

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article .net>,
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>
> > There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
> > exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
> > that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":
>
> Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."


Yup, me too...and I never found Lucille Ball all that funny either, all that
mugging and shrieking...

--
Best
Greg

>
> Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."

I think both are generational things. I never got into Friends
(thought it was stupid) but loved Seinfeld. I was born in '63.
Seinfeld reminds me of me and my friends. We even did the "sponge"
episode ourselves.

-L.

In article et>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > In article .net>,
> > "Gregory Morrow"
> > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
> > > exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's -
> > > 80's that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":

> > Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."

> Yup, me too...and I never found Lucille Ball all that funny either,
> all that mugging and shrieking...

Our appreciation for different types of humor changes with our age.
What I thought was funny when I was 25 wouldn't necessarily amuse me
now. Some of the broad slapstick still does; some does not. <shrugs>
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated in late-April.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

On Wed 27 Apr 2005 07:19:30a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
> nk.net:
>
>>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>>> In article .net>,
>>> "Gregory Morrow"
>>> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> > There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
>>> > exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
>>> > that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":
>>>
>>> Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
>>
>>
>> Yup, me too...and I never found Lucille Ball all that funny either,
>> all that mugging and shrieking...
>
> I could never figure out why the 'I Love Lucy' show was so popular. I
> never really found her that funny. I do not like 'Friends' either. I do
> not like most of the reality shows either. Gawd, I sound like an old
> scrooge
>
> Michael
>

LOL! You ARE an old Scrooge! (but I'm older and scroogier) Actually, I
think you needed to be from at least 1-2 generations earlier to really like
"I Love Lucy". Once in a while I really enjoy seeing a few of the old
original shows. I thought "Friends" was kinda cute for a while, but it
wore very thin. "Seinfeld" I had to be in the mood for, but thought was
very funny. I think I'm just not that much into comedy.

--
Wayne Boatwright
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Dog3 wrote:

> You might not feel the same way about Seinfeld if you saw him in person.
> He was in St. Louis for something years ago. He was touring my old
> neighborhood (The Central West End) and he was dining 2 tables away from
> us. He was a completely obnoxious ******* and incredibly rude to the wait
> staff. He acted like he was God. I never watched another of his show. Oh,
> he stiffed the waitress too. What a prick.


IOW no diff from the way he acts on his show...


> Now Morgan Fairchild was a sweetie. She and her agent were dining at the
> table next to us at Hershel's Deli (now defunct) and we struck up a
> conversation about our pets. She was very nice as was her agent.
>


Others have said the same thing about her. ISTR too that she's done a lot
for charities (AIDS, etc.).

I wish they'd start showing reruns of _Flamingo Road_ !

--
Best
Greg

Dog3 wrote:

> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
> nk.net:
>
> >
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >
> >> In article .net>,
> >> "Gregory Morrow"
> >> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
> >> > exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
> >> > that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":
> >>
> >> Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
> >
> >
> > Yup, me too...and I never found Lucille Ball all that funny either,
> > all that mugging and shrieking...
>
> I could never figure out why the 'I Love Lucy' show was so popular. I
never
> really found her that funny.


For the day her schtick was revolutionary...and it was the first big major
sit - com.


I do not like 'Friends' either. I do not like
> most of the reality shows either. Gawd, I sound like an old scrooge
>


No dear you just have good taste :-)

--
Best
Greg

On Wed 27 Apr 2005 10:56:41p, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
> .net:
>
>>
>> Dog3 wrote:
>>
>>> You might not feel the same way about Seinfeld if you saw him in
>>> person. He was in St. Louis for something years ago. He was touring
>>> my old neighborhood (The Central West End) and he was dining 2 tables
>>> away from us. He was a completely obnoxious ******* and incredibly
>>> rude to the wait staff. He acted like he was God. I never watched
>>> another of his show. Oh, he stiffed the waitress too. What a prick.
>>
>>
>> IOW no diff from the way he acts on his show...
>>
>>
>>> Now Morgan Fairchild was a sweetie. She and her agent were dining at
>>> the table next to us at Hershel's Deli (now defunct) and we struck up
>>> a conversation about our pets. She was very nice as was her agent.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Others have said the same thing about her. ISTR too that she's done a
>> lot for charities (AIDS, etc.).
>>
>> I wish they'd start showing reruns of _Flamingo Road_ !
>>
>
> Flaming Road was good. Lots of interesting sub plots floating around. I
> can not remember which network ran it initially. Hmmm... if I can find
> out, I'll send a letter to them.
>
> Michael <- Met Debbie Boone at The Second Cousin restaurant after the
> Muny where she sang. She was unimpressive on stage and in person.
>

What a surprise...not.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Dog3 wrote:
>
>
>>"Gregory Morrow"
>><gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@ea rthlink.net> wrote in
link.net:
>>
>>
>>>Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>In article .net>,
>>>>"Gregory Morrow"
>>>><gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@ earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>There is a new channel here in Chicawgo that shows old shows
>>>>>exclusively. Here are some more turgid losers from the 70's - 80's
>>>>>that I look at and think "THIS was once popular!?":
>>>>
>>>>Kind of the way I feel about "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
>>>
>>>
>>>Yup, me too...and I never found Lucille Ball all that funny either,
>>>all that mugging and shrieking...
>>
>>I could never figure out why the 'I Love Lucy' show was so popular. I
>
> never
>
>>really found her that funny.
>
>
>
> For the day her schtick was revolutionary...and it was the first big major
> sit - com.
>
>
> I do not like 'Friends' either. I do not like
>
>>most of the reality shows either. Gawd, I sound like an old scrooge
>>
>
>
>
> No dear you just have good taste :-)
>
Dunno how we got from rolls to 'I love Lucy', but it really made me feel
old.. I remember tooooo many of those shows and I agree - I hate
slapstick. Sex in the City was cool, though.