Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Saturday 9

Hello, dear friends.  I am reporting to you smack dab in the middle of our first Nor'easter of the season. 

I have spent most of the morning coaxing our diva of a Maltipoo, Chili, outside to take care of business.  She does not like to get her hair wet.  Speaking of hair, her stylist canceled on us this week.  
Can you blame her? 

Her brother, Chowdah, on the other hand, loves rain because he is a huge fan of mud and could play in it for days.

My struggles are real, people.  Anyway, I had so much fun linking up last week with Sam and the Saturday 9 crowd that I decided to make an encore appearance.  If you are a blogger - join in.  If you are a wonderful reader, leave a comment with your answers.  I love reading them.  Have pity on me.  Have I mentioned the Nor'easter?

1.  The master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was born in England.  Name another pop culture contribution England has made.

Bond, James Bond.
The Mister's Idol is the first thing that comes to mind.

2. This week's song is recognized as the theme to Hitchcock's long-running TV Show, but "Funeral March for a Marionette" is a classic piece written for piano in the late 1870s by Charles Gounod.  Do you often listen to classical music?

I don't listen to classical piano music.  Don't judge.  However, I am a fan of Jim Brickman's so you can usually hear plenty of piano throughout the house Brickman-style on my Sonos.  If you haven't heard of him, you can listen to a sample here.

3.  Janet Leigh's shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho is considered one of the scariest sequences ever filmed.  What's the most frightening movie you've ever seen?

The Mister and I went to see Silence of the Lambs when we were dating.  I was scared, but not nearly as much as the Mister who spent most of the movie squeezing his eyes shut and practically sitting on my lap.  Definitely not 007 behavior. 

Needless to say, that was the first and last scary movie that we have seen as a couple.

4. Hitchcock admitted that he never trusted birds, and he took that fear and turned it into the movie, The Birds.  Is there a member of the animal kingdom that gives you "the creeps."

I've never warmed up to sloths.
Especially the one who goes to my nail salon and never shuts up.

5.   Halloween will soon be upon us.  Will you carve a jack o'lantern this year?

Mashable

I will not carve a pumpkin for fear of being apprehended for pumpkin abuse.

6. What candy will trick or treaters get at your house?

I have a whole new game plan for this Halloween.  I usually don't buy my candy until minutes before the first Halloweener rings the bell.  That way, I escape the embarrassment of greeting the trick-or-treaters with chocolate smeared on my chin and the news that I inhaled all of our treats.  They are never happy with my very fair alternative - an expired can of soup or green beans.

No sirree... it's a whole new ball game.   This year I plan on purchasing bags of candy that I hate.
We'll see how that works.
Unfortunately, I am gifted with very adaptable taste buds so my hopes are not high.

7. When you went trick or treating, did you prefer fantasy costumes (like a storybook character) or scary ones (like a monster)?

I preferred TV Characters which is not a surprise to anyone who knows me.

When I was about 8 years old, I dressed up as my idol and style icon, Sr. Bertrille.

As an adult, I dressed as Martha Stewart leaving jail in a poncho and ankle monitor.

Easiest costume in the world.
Even Martha would be proud.

8.  Which candy was your favorite?  

Q103

It's a tie.

And this would be an appreciated bonus!

Which one were you disappointed to find in your trick or treat bag?

A box of "nature's candy" could throw me into tears for days.

9.  Which do you find scarier - cemeteries or haunted houses?

Neither.
This contraption is a lot scarier.
Especially the day after Halloween.
Anybody know the calorie count on a box of Good & Plenty? 


Until next time...