Comments on: Eating Family Style

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:01:00 +0000

My grandparents lived in Glendale, too… but I doubt they ran in the same circles. He was an engineer and she was a librarian. :D

By: Ma Keckler

Ma Keckler — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:15:00 +0000

And then there is the story about
your grandmother cooking for Bing Crosby and friends in Palm Desert, California in the 1960s. She was not shy about ordering Groucho Marx out of the kitchen when he began to get in the way with his comments and suggestions. As I recall, it was a rather profane command.

By: cucina testa rossa

cucina testa rossa — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:42:00 +0000

so that’s where you get it from! ;) what a fabulous family history.

By: Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:25:00 +0000

Hee — I WISH! My sister and I used to twirl around in gauzy things and say that line all day long! No, she was non-speaking in the fashion show sequence at the zoo/monkey house. I believe the hat she’s wearing — depending on what version of the movie you see — is red with a feather — sort of Peter Pan/Robin Hood style. Other versions (for some reason) didn’t release that scene as in color, even though the intent was always for that scene to be in color.

I never got to meet Bing but I know that when my uncle was killed, he insisted my mom and grandparents stay out at his trout ranch on Rising River until being back in Glendale was manageable again.

By: Michael Procopio

Michael Procopio — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:48:00 +0000

Your grandfather was a gag man for Bing Crosby? Are you serious? My uncle used to golf with him. I was friends with one of his grandsons. What a messed up family that was…

I have this vision (hope) that your grandmother was the model from The Women who got to say “Our latest foundation garment…zips up the back and no bones.” Please tell me that was your grandmother!