The President's Council on Physical Fitness came up with this song in 1961 to encourage children to do their exercises and become physically fit. I started school a few years later, and I don't recall ever hearing this recording before. But I will never forget how our gym teacher sang it and had us sing along. (via Boing Boing)
Monday, May 08, 2023
Chicken Fat
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Robert Preston! "Friends, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are unaware of the /caliber of disaster/ indicated by the presence of a /pool table/ in your community."
OMG. Am I that old? I remember this song from elementary school.
I was in either first or second grade in 1961, depending on whether or not this was released in the spring or the fall, and I don't recall ever hearing it. However, I attended a parochial school, and we had 'recess' outdoors instead of a regimented phy-ed class. In addition, our teachers were pretty much all nuns who probably had first-hand memories of when Roosevelt (Teddy, that is – not Franklin D.) was president – and there was no way in hell they were going to be leading calisthenics in habits, starched collar, and full veil and wimple.
And just to nit-pick, the video listed Meredith Willson's last name wrong (two 'L's is the correct spelling).
-"BB"-
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