{"id":18194,"date":"2015-05-11T11:41:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=18194"},"modified":"2015-05-11T11:41:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T18:41:30","slug":"hot-toddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/hot-toddies\/","title":{"rendered":"ONLY IF YOU REMEMBER &#8220;GIRL GROUPS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HotToddies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18196\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HotToddies-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Toddies\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HotToddies-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HotToddies.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Although I never especially cared for \u201cgirl groups\u201d (The Angels\u2019 \u201cMy Boyfriend\u2019s Back\u201d being one notable exception), what I love about this recording is how faithful they are to the original form. Not even for a moment do they lose their focus or stop to wink at the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That&#8217;s a great lesson for radio people who attempt to do comedy or satire on-the-air: Write it funny, play it straight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The group is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheHotToddies\"><strong>The Hot Toddies<\/strong><\/a>. I first heard this in 2008*, at which time I contacted them for permission to share the song on my blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">*Hence the reference to &#8220;Ask Jeeves.&#8221; And, for that matter, &#8220;DSL.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/127518460\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I never especially cared for \u201cgirl groups\u201d (The Angels\u2019 \u201cMy Boyfriend\u2019s Back\u201d being one notable exception), what I love about this recording is how faithful they are to the original form. Not even for a moment do they lose their focus or stop to wink at the audience. That&#8217;s a great lesson for radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ONLY IF YOU REMEMBER &quot;GIRL GROUPS&quot; - DAN O\u2019DAY TALKS ABOUT RADIO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What I love about this recording is how faithful they are to the original form. 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