saturday 9: Here Comes Peter Cottontail

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1) Which do you prefer: colored hard-boiled eggs, chocolate marshmallow eggs, or plastic eggs with coins inside?

Or another option… Reese’s peanut butter eggs! Or a Cadbury creme egg. Yum!

2) What’s your favorite color of Peeps (yellow, purple, or pink)?

Pink! I’m the weird person who actually loves Peeps.

3) All this talk of sweets is making Sam hungry. What’s for lunch?

Probably leftover chicken pesto over cellentini.

4) This song was introduced by country singer Gene Autry and it’s still a favorite. Please share some of the lyrics. (And you’re on your own; Sam didn’t include a link to the song this week.)

It’s been years since I’ve heard this, so my memory is reduced to the first few lines…

Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping down the bunny trail,
Hippity-hoppity, Easter’s on its way!

5) Gene Autry was so popular that a town in Oklahoma named itself for him. Have you ever been to Oklahoma?

Nope.

6) He and his horse Champion also had a TV show. Can you name another famous horse?

Mister Ed, although he was before my time. Shadowfax, Gandalf the White’s horse from Lord of the Rings. Sophie, Colonel Potter’s horse in Korea, from M*A*S*H.

7) Gene Autry also recorded “Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer,” and it was, of course, wildly popular, too. Who is your favorite recording artist?

I don’t have a single favorite. Among my favorites… Sully Erna, Teddy Swims, Metallica, Shinedown.

8) In 1950, the year Autry recorded this song, Diner’s Club issued the first credit card. Think of the last thing you purchased. Did you use cash, a credit card, a debit card, an e-wallet service (Visa Checkout, Paypal, Google Pay, Apple Pay …) or a check?

What did I last buy? Washi tape from Etsy with Paypal.

9) Easter is recognized as the start of the spring season. What are you looking forward to this spring?

I don’t have anything specific here!