tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post7094346815581620817..comments2024-03-19T19:34:23.525-07:00Comments on Comparative Video 101: Malvina Reynolds' "Turn Around"Jim Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-35602898299352341652011-02-03T23:45:45.230-08:002011-02-03T23:45:45.230-08:00Thanks for the correction,lemmelone - I thought it...Thanks for the correction,lemmelone - I thought it was Ames and based the comment on (erroneous) published sources. Does sound a bit like Ames, though...Jim Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-39958135242770280222011-02-03T17:08:17.315-08:002011-02-03T17:08:17.315-08:00Like most aging boomers, I have fond memories of t...Like most aging boomers, I have fond memories of the commercial - the vocalist is not Ed Ames, I know that - did some research and it is apparently a fellow named Paul Arnold. I also have fond memories of Perry Como's version - (not afraid to say it!).<br />Got to know Ms. Reynold's a tiny bit in the few years we overlapped in Berkeley - she was a real force of nature, and this song is every bit HER as is "Little Boxes" or "It Isn't Nice" - we sang all those songs in my elementary school choir...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00868738236756258429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-4079248501382194482009-09-27T12:52:45.751-07:002009-09-27T12:52:45.751-07:00It was a real pleasure actually to find the commer...It was a real pleasure actually to find the commercial on YouTube. That Instamatic was a fine tool, kind of a people's camera in that it was well-made, efficient, and inexpensive. The pictures I took with it still look good decades later.Jim Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-38711333733571416292009-09-26T23:07:37.862-07:002009-09-26T23:07:37.862-07:00I remember that commercial. I remember the Instam...I remember that commercial. I remember the Instamatic camera, too; I took one to the 1964-1965 NYC World's Fair.Linkmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576347754628145004noreply@blogger.com