Bobby-soxer

Women cried.

Bobby Soxers cried.

never did it with benny goodman they never did the deal it was i mean they something happened with sinatra something happened he was not at all what you would call attractive he looked for a skid look at like a lizard but he could say he did something i don't know what it was elvis didn't really do that i mean yeah you know but you know it still was rock and roll he did The Beatles, and a lot of it, believe it or not, was kind of egged on, but it was the Beatles, and go through the annals, through the moments of history, Charlie Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin was one of the biggest, when the French auteurs came and the film industry, Remember in the 70s when they shut down the old forms, when people like Brian De Palma and Corsese and Lucas and Coppola, remember them? The whiz kids, they changed it.

Norma's party for you.

And there she is again, at Ted's side, gazing at him like a crooner struck Bobby Soxer as he played.

And

then

And he is already famous because he later talked about he would recall from this being, quote unquote, scared stiff.

Because there was 5,000 Bobby Soxers screaming continuously through the entire show.

It would become a familiar thing in subsequent decades.

Yes.

We actually had bathroom attendants.

Dead Elvis singing in the men's room and a phantom Bobby Soxer gal in the ladies room.

And I was told by my staff, you'll never... be able to get people to work that.

On the contrary, they were dying to work that because there was a tip jar there and you can make hundreds of dollars being a restroom attendant at Spooky World, especially if you can sing.

You were close to

the old man as we affectionately refer to him, right? Joe, I'm telling you, what's really crazy about it is that my mother was such a big, you know, she was a Bobby Soxer.

And so she made me crazy about him when I'm like eight.

I was like, hey, she's feeding me Sinatra.

What

did you expect? Chit-chat about the weather? I quit acting like a Bobby Soxer within squealing distance of Sinatra and try a cigarette.

It'll calm your...

What is it, Phil? Why are you smiling like that? What's wrong?

It's great.

Well, you know, to hear these pieces, this is why you can understand why Iturbi had legions of fans with his groupies, the Bobby Soxers of the time, swarming the stage at the end of his concerts as he took his final bows on stage with fans throwing their scented handkerchiefs and flowers at Jose Iturbi, the maestro, with looks of adoration accompanied by thunderous applause.

At the end of his concerts, Iturbi performed encore after encore.

And after his concerts, there were long lines of fans waiting at the stage door and outside his dressing room for an autograph, which José happily gave.

Feel like a jerk.

I'm no Bobby Soxer, but I really had it bad for that crumb, Vic.

It's all over now.

I'm glad to hear that.

Quote, Oh my god, sorry.

The Bobby Soxer epidemic we talked about early on was like one of my favorite things as well.

The hypnosis of the Beatles.

The hypnosis of the artists.

That is like, again, if you want to ever wonder if there's any new conversations in the world, there

isn't.

Bobby Soxers can be stans.

They can be the K-pop army.