It’s Thursday again – time to be THANKFUL and then poetic. But Thankfuls are always first – – – and if you want to tell everyone what you’re thankful for this week just click the badge above, link up with Brian’s blog and we’ll read what you have to say.
I’m super thankful that we’ve had some decent weather – “playing in the yard” weather. Mom, Dad and I played with a ping pong ball (one of my favorite toys) yesterday in the grass out front. They’d throw it and I’d chase it and bat it around for a while before asking for more. I bat them around inside too but outside I can whack them harder and sometimes they go pretty far – in the house they don’t. I’m also thankful that my Dad goes for his second vaccine shot tomorrow. I will feel better when both of my parents are protected and after tomorrow they will be.
I’m pretty happy that Angel Sammy sent me his poetry information last night – it’s ready to share with you all……………see below!
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Thursday is our day for poetry!
Did you write one for the photo I gave you last week? Good – tell us about it in comments and give us a link to it so we can read it. SO MUCH FUN seeing what you’ve written. I love having a theme in the form of a photo that all of us use each week for inspiration, don’t you?
Here’s the photo I gave you last week – let’s see what you did with it and I’ll share my poem below. Some of you had no idea what this lady was doing in the aisle – well this is the “Usherette” who served snacks in movie theaters from the 1920’s into the 1950’s in many movie theaters. Not just snacks – sometimes cigarettes or ice cream, etc. It was considered a rather glamorous job to have.
“Snacks Anyone?”
Poem by Angel Sammy Kimmell ©April 14, 2021
There’s no need to leave your theatre seat
She’s walking the aisles with her tray full of sweets!
She’s got nuts, candy bars, gum and the like
She will bring it to you and save you the hike!
She can tell all her friends that she “works in the theater”
They’ll think she’s a star – everyone wants to meet her
At the end of the night though she kicks off her shoes
And her poor tired feet will be singing the blues.
Apparently there was some amount of prestige being an Usherette back in the day. And notice that everyone in the theater is dressed up. These days you sure won’t see that! It’s flip flops and shorts propped up on the seats in front of you……it’s dumping boxes of popcorn on the floor when you’re finished……it’s sticky spills from soft drinks on floors and seats. Oh well…………… I thought this would be a fun one for poetry and I can’t wait to read yours.
Here’s what I found for us to use for next week………………..
Mom and Dad see tons of places like this when they go for drives out in the country. I thought it might make for some fun poetry. Let’s see how that goes shall we? Hope to see you again next week right here where we’ll SHARE SOME POEMS!
Love and Peace, Angel Sammy
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I like that poem you wrote for today Angel Sammy ! Our Mom isn’t QUITE old enough to remember these Usherettes but it would be kinda nice to have someone deliver snacks to you so you won’t miss anything going on with the movie. Thanks for visiting us every week – it’s a real treat for me…..I’m your brother but we never met in purrrson – but I still miss you and so do Mom and Dad.
we would love that for our crib… oh wait… we have the mama who brings da snacks while we watch tv hehehehe
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You’re lucky to have your own private usherette!!! 🙂
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My biped says that there were usherettes delivering snacks in cinemas well into the 70s here in England.
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It may be that was the way it was here – I was mostly going to movies on military bases as my Dad was in the service so we had “bare minimum” theaters!!
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I remember the usherettes from children’s Saturday morning movies.
After I had met Ivor, one of the cinemas converted the circle into the “Luxury Lounge” with better seats and tables for drinks between them. They had usherettes up there bringing around drinks and snacks. We thought we were the bees knees sitting up there.
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WOW – that’s pretty darn nice! I don’t remember any theaters I ever went to doing that but what a GREAT idea!
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Good Morning Angel Sammy and Teddy! JUNE here and I’ve just written my first poem for Sam’s Poetry Corner. I’d been pawing at my Mom to let me join the fun as we both like to try and write silly poems … she says she “thinks” she might remember “these movie girls”, but maybe not … unless she went to the picture show as a toddler!!! Maybe, maybe not. But we had fun joining in … and we’ll be back, thank you!
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What a super duper job you did with your poem for today’s photo! My Mom has no recollection of the usherettes either. We’re so happy you joined us in our Thursday poetic fun with Angel Sammy as our host. It’s tons of fun to read everybody’s poems. We hope you will continue to join us every week – you’re a GREAT poet!!!!
Hugs, Teddy (and Mom Pam)
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Well done Angel Sammy! I would have been happy if she brought CHEESEburgers! My little town was so small that it didn’t even have a movie theater until I was around 7. Teddy, it is so nice to see you being you on the sidewalk right in front of the house… you look like you are watching for lizards!
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Oh yes! Mom would have been UP for a cheeseburger usherette for sure……!!!! Good thought. I love sitting on the sidewalk – but then I also will lie in the wet grass which means Mom has to torture me with a towel before I’m allowed back in the house. It’s too early for lizards here but trust me – I will be looking for them once they begin appearing!!!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Oops, forgot about the temps up there… easy to forget! Ha!
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I love this photo of you Teddy. Excellent poem, times sure have changed. Have a great day. XO
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They sure have! Not necessarily for the good in all cases either! 🙂
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Thank you Sammy for the nostalgic trip. I’ve got the feeling this is from the 1950s, before my time of attending theaters. Good pose, Teddy!
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Guardian of the house – that’s me on the front sidewalk! Mom doesn’t remember usherettes either but apparently they WERE around in the 50s and 60s.
Hugs, Teddy
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Wonderful poem, Angel Sammy, and cute pic of you, Teddy! Here’s my poem today and next week’s pic looks like a fun inspiration: https://thesedaysofmine.com/2021/04/15/poetic-thursday-snacks/
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Well done poem – have read a lot of super poetry as usual today – lots of people DO remember usherettes…..I think if I’d lived in places other than where I lived back then I would have seen them too!
Pam
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Teddy, that photo of you is such fun to see! I love seeing the cats in the front of the entry way too. Mom has one in the yard. I enjoyed that picture for the poem..the one of the usherette. I never saw one of those so I can’t think when they were being used in theaters. I saw male ushers occasionally. But only in a large city. One was helpful to me once upon a time.
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I can remember how nice it was to have someone take me to my seat when I was going to live theater but never remember anything like that in a movie theater. Teddy quite often sits out on the sidewalk to watch all the activity in the yard and down on the street. We’re up on a hill so it’s perfect for spying!
Hugs, Pam
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Mom remembers those usherettes (and being dressed up at the theater) We loved your poem.
Mom wishes we had produce stands like that here.
The Florida Furkids
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When I lived in Florida there were only orange and grapefruit stands. I love the farmers’ markets and fresh veggie stands we have all around here.
Hugs, Pam
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Great poem Angel Sammy. Cute photo Teddy.
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The man quoted the pretty ladies
Saying “Coffee,tea or me”.
A bit chauvinistic of him
Don’t you agree?
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Hello! I like your poem for this week’s photo – and for the record – YES I do agree! HAHAHA I can remember that being the joke with airline stewardesses back in the day too. Thanks for playing along with us this week – hope you make a regular THING of it.
Hugs, Pam and Teddy too
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Angel Sammy I love your poem….King Teddy of Baconia OMCs look at your handsome ginger-ness on the sidewalk. Yay for good weather
Hugs Cecilia
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Hope it hangs in there but it’s gotten DARK and breezy here Miss Cecilia I’m afraid we’re in for some WET!
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I love that poem! That vegetable stand is the cutest I’ve seen, what a good idea. Teddy, you are such a beautiful Ginger kitty.
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Thank you!!! I love that stand too – looks friendly AND they have great looking produce! There are lots of stands around here………….best place to get veggies!
Hugs, Teddy
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Aww, look at how handsome you are in front of your house. Enjoy that nice weather!
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It was nice earlier today – now it’s cloudy and breezy……I smell rain!
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Those were great thankfuls Teddy and we enjoyed the Angel Sammy poem too. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
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Thanks again to you Brian for hosting a really IMPORTANT Hop – it’s great to have us share and focus on our THANKFULS!
Hugs, Teddy
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Great thankfuls and a wonderful poem too Sammy and Teddy. Dad remembers those days when there was the usherette bringing treats. Around here it was only at the evening shows and Dad only remembers it once or twice so it was going at his age (wow that was a long time ago.) Purrs friends
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What a fun poem, Angel Sammy!!
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I’ve heard if you know the secret password, you can buy some homegrown GOOD STUFF at that stand. Tax free!
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Do you know it? 🙂
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“The cows come home at 4:20”
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Ahhh….yep – I know what that secret code is all about! 🙂
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Yay for both pawrents being vaccinated!! xoxo
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I didn’t even notice they dressed up. Great poem. Hope your having a great day.
Sue
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I think Ping Pong Ball sounds like a very fun game, T. Mom got me a new ball that has TREATS inside. I bat that around like crazy. It’s a delicious game.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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I’ve seen those balls with holes in them that let treats fall out – sounds to me like something you’d play with CONSTANTLY right Cupcake? Very cool!
Hugs, Teddy
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Lovely poem 😀 And great photo of you Teddy ❤
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Hooray for being protected! Excellent poem, yes, those were the days, when you didn’t have to climb over people and miss part of the show to get another snack.
My poem is over here.
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Well done poem!! Interesting that back in those days snacks came to you instead of you having to go to them!
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I’m glad you got some outside time, Teddy. Aren’t ping pong balls fun?? ~Ernie
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YES – ping pong balls really fly when you smack them don’t they Ernie?!
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Oui Oui ‘angel’ poe-et Sammy!!! Yore poe-em iss magnifique!
An Teddy yore foto out front iss lovelee……mee understnadss you miss ‘angel’ Sammy. Mee missess ‘angel’ Unkell Siddhartha alot…sum dayss mee waitss fore him…LadyMew shedss a few teerss (OK alot of teerss) butt shee allwayss tellss mee shee lovess mee two!
**purrss** BellaDharma
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The Angels are always around us – if we think of it that way, we can maybe not miss them as much – we have them!
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We are glad that you are out and about and playing in the sunshine! We finally got some nice weather. We to have been doing that. We LOVE Sammy’s poem today! We would love to have someone come and deliver ice cream when we are watching movies…But Mom says that would be a little creepy as it would be in our house…Thanks so much for stoipping by our blog and thank you for being such wonderful furrends!
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Howdy! Glad you liked Angel Sammy’s poem today – I thought it was fun too. Glad you are having some nice weather – us too!!
Hugs, Teddy
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Hooray for warm sunny delights in your yard!
Peeps used to get dressed up to just even go to the grocery store…even I remember that much!
Life was more sophisticated and polite back then…and my old fashioned ancient self wishes we would think more about how we appear to others…and get out our manners too!
The ‘joys’ of working In the theater, back in the day:
Would you like a treat?
Brought over to you
Wending my way to you
on my dainty dressed up feet.
I am all dressed up,
Looking fancy and smart,
But I’m frowning a bit
Cause these pumps don’t fit…
I wish I had a cart,
to push these snacks around.
I ‘d throw my shoes in there,
So that my work
Would be easier to bear!
The poor gal can’t even see the movie, sheesh, she has her back to it…
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I agreed when I saw this photo – she does NOT look happy. I think they did this snack thing during intermissions or before the movie but not sure. I just know she’s not a happy camper! WELL DONE POEM!
Hugs, Pam
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You always write the best poems, Angel Sammy and you looking super cute Teddy💗We hope to participate Thursday again, Granny can’t hardly resist all that homegrown veggies😸Pawkisses for a Happy Day to all of you🐾😽💞
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Thanks Binky! I think Angel Sammy has lots of time at the Bridge to write poems – I have to keep an eye on our Mom and Dad and the house but he is always “on my shoulder” helping me!
Hugs, Teddy
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