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THE GAL HERSELF Really Feel Her Age Hi. I'm old. And these little news items have hammered that fact home. Now if you born in 1965 or later, you may look at these 13, yawn and say, "so what?" or "who?" But if you're a Baby Boomer, I bet you that at least one or two will make you say, "OUCH!" 1. Sally Field is a grandmother who promotes osteoporosis meds 2. Donnie Osmond is a grandfather 3. So is Ron Howard 4. Mare Winningham, the sweetheart/mascot of the “young adult drama” St. Elmo’s Fire, played Meredith’s stepmother on Grey’s Anatomy 5. JFK would have turned 90 on May 29 6. Luci Baines Johnson, whose wedding entranced me when I was a little girl, is now the grandmother of 8 7. “Gilligan, the Skipper, too, the Millionaire and his Wife” are all dead (“The Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann” are fine, though) 8. Jane Fonda had both hips replaced 9. Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Cosby kid Lisa Bonet, is 18 and will make her acting debut this year 10. “Charlie’s Girls,” the Manson Family hippie chicks who are doing time for the Tate-LoBianco murders, are all in their 60s 11. Mary Wilson of the Supremes had heart bypass surgery 12. The only surviving member of The Mama and the Papas, California Dreamin’ blonde surfer chick Michelle Phillips, now preserves her complexion by staying completely out of the sun 13. 17-year-old American Idol winner Jordin Sparks says she “grew up on the show.” Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!) |
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Happy TT. I've posted 13 photographs from a garden I visited recently.
ReplyDeleteI just read the Gilligan's island one to my husband. I do love how you write!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that I didn't recognize Gray's mother, that one slipped by me.
what an interesting list..Fun to read!
ReplyDeleteThey all made me wince!
ReplyDelete#2 made me say ouch...and #3...and of course #8 (glad I didn't do those tapes of hers!)
ReplyDeleteGreat list :-)
Lisa Bonet's kid is eighteen???
ReplyDeleteOy. Now I feel old, too.
Have a happy TT anyway; we're only as young as we feel, and there's no reason to feel old! (despite Lisa Bonet's kid.)
Opie is a grandpa??? Time flies!
ReplyDeleteMine is up at Special K Family
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ReplyDeleteTo me, that last one is just another sign that American Idol has been running for far too long. (And terrifyingly enough, I can almost remember its debut-season ad hype...)
ReplyDeleteOMG. I was born in 1966, so I am close enough!
ReplyDeleteSigh. Now WHERE did I put my teeth?
Ouuuuuch.
ReplyDeleteI admit, I'm sitting on the very narrow tail of the baby boom generation, but EVERY ONE OF THESE scared the crap out of me.
ReplyDeleteDonnie's a grandfather?!? Shit.
I was born in 1971 and I said "ouch" to several of those!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm too young for most of this list, but I didn't realize that Cosby Show girl's kid was 18 already!
ReplyDeleteI'm sniffing 'cuz I feel old and I'm not a baby boomer. I grew up with the reruns of some of these folks and others just always seemed young. Some of them really hit hard. JFK 90! Lisa Bonet with an 18year old kid??!! Jane Fonda getting hip replacement. Somehow, I think I was happier not knowing all this. ;-(
ReplyDeleteVery interesting list. Happy TT
Jane Fonda had both her hips replaced?!? I knew aerobics weren't good for me!
ReplyDeleteOkay, this is uncanny...our topics were the same, our approaches completely different.
It's way past this old gal's bedtime. Great list.
Omg! Yeah, I felt the pinch on several of these, and I'm a '67 baby. Only thing, for me its "Ritchie Cunningham" - not "Opie" s'much - being a grandpa! Oy.
ReplyDeleteYa got a giggle for #7; that was good.
Great list!!
Happy T13. Those were great celebrity trivia facts. Thanks for the info. :o)
ReplyDeleteThough I was only born in 1980, number 5 struck a chord with me.
ReplyDeleteI never really thought about how old JFK could potentially be had he not been assasinated.
I got many a chuckle from the other things mentioned on your list. Soon enough I'll be creating a list much like this one.
Ouch! Even those of us born after 65 can understand the examples you gave! Great list, mine is up @ http://emeraldcityguy.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/thursday-thirteen-3/
ReplyDeleteOk, the Kravitz one even struck me with an ouchie. I figured all the mamas and the papas were dead, then I changed my thought to oh just the talented ones.
ReplyDeleteI was stunned to realize paris was 26!! I remember seeing her naked at just 21, oy
I can identify with lots of these things. I graduated the year before JFK became President. I've also had a hip replaced, but because of a bad fall. And, my Mother turned 90 on March 17th. So I understand about feeling older - I also have 5 grandchildren, the oldest graduated HS this year.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my TT.
I was feeling old and grumpy but you've made me feel young again...
ReplyDeleteMy mouth literally fell open at #2.
ReplyDeleteRemember the Donnie and Marie barbie dolls?
Ouch.