Kiss mah Grits!

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Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 8:15am

Season 1 &2

Early to rise, early to bed.
In and between I cooked and cleaned and went out of my head.
Going through life with blinders on, it's tough to see.
I had to get up, get out from under and look for me.
*There's a new girl in town and she's looking good.
*There's a fresh freckled face, in the neighborhoood.
There's a new girl in town, with a brand new style.
She was just passing through,
but if things work out she's gonna stay awhile....ba ba bum bum bummmm
(the two short versions omitted the lines marked with a *)

Season 3 & 5
Used to be sad, used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to get out and start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
there's a new girl in town on her own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

Season 4
I used to be sad, I used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to take off, start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
Things are great when you stand on your own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

Season 6-9
I used to be sad, I used to be shy
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why...
Kickin' myself for nothin' was my favorite sport
I had to take off, start enjoyin' 'cause life's too short
There's a new girl in town, 'cause I'm feelin good.
Get a smile, get a song, for the neighborhood
Things are great when you stand on your own two feet
and this girl's here to say
with some luck and love life's gonna be
so sweeeeeeeeeet!

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:34am

Lyrics in the song from the movie on which the TV show is based:

Corrected lyrics below

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

Updated On: 7/22/06 at 09:34 AM

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:39am

The TV show was based on the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:40am

do you remember when Vera's hamster died & she locked herself in the bathroom?
Flo recited the poem MY BUDDY, MY BUDDY ("mah buddee...mah buddee...") to her thru the bathroom door.
that is one of my favorite teevee memories & still makes me laugh/cry thinkin about it.

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:44am

Rathnait62, totally correct:

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail and the sun burns hot on the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Liverpool docks to the
its a mighty long way down rock n roll and your name gets hot as your
its a mighty long way down rock n roll from the Bradford City to the
old steel rails and you act like a bum and crawl like a snail
and the Oreole and you look like a star and your still on the dole
Holywood bowl and you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes
heart grows cold and you gotta stay young you can never grow old
Oreole and you look like a star but you're really out on parole
All the way from Memphis

Other songs also featured were "You'll Never Know", "Cuddle Up a Litle Closer, Lovey Mine", "You'll Never Know" and "I Will Always Love You" (yes the Dolly Parton song).

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

Updated On: 7/22/06 at 09:44 AM

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 9:54am

The freakiest thing about seeing the film and seeing the sitcom which is SO different in almost every way possible is that they share "Mels." Vic Tayback played the part in both... and it's like watching this disturbing and bizarre parallel universe.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:52am

I loved "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" but hated "Alice". Also hated "One Day At A Time" except for Valerie.

"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 10:54am

The same holds true with MASH. Gary Burghoff played Radar in both film & TV series & both were radically different

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re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:08pm

Just released on DVD - best of compilation.
New Girl in Town

"Oh Link...your pork is ready..." - Edna Turnblad

#10

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:20pm

Alice was one of the best TV shows ever. It was gritty and real long before Roseanne hit TV. The entire cast was exceptional. As a grown man recently watching the episodes, I kinda did wonder why all those men thought Flo was hot. As a boy, I thought Flo was hot-even though I was gay. Now she looks kinda beat. She must have been really easy. Anyhow, Linda Lavin was incredible and I wish they'd release the entire series on DVD. They've released everything else. Polly Holliday rocks my world. :)

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

#11

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:21pm

I watched for Flo. Linda Lavin's whine got on my nerves.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#12

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:26pm

Rait-you raise a good point. Sometimes Lavin did a kinda scream/sing. Like she would yell, but you could tell she was a singer and she would float some angry notes. I don't know if that makes any sense but it would annoy me. Alice was angry alot too. But I still adore Linda Lavin and would kill to see her live.

#13

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:26pm

There is a episode on this disc that I totally forgot about! The one where Mel's college football star buddy comes out of the closet and Alice does not want her son Tommy to go on a fishing trip with them afterward. It was written REALLY well.

"Oh Link...your pork is ready..." - Edna Turnblad

#14

re: Kiss mah Grits!

Posted: 7/22/06 at 12:33pm

Cheez-it really was. I was concerned at first because Alice and Flo were really closed minded and spouting awful things. Then I realized that Alice came around and learned a lesson. It was a great episode and clearly ahead of its time.

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