Comments on: Like Jackie Gleason or is it a Duck Duck Grey Duck Thing?

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:45:12 +0000

I just stumbled across your post today, while googling “like Jackie Gleason” in an effort to find out why he’d go down in history, and why on earth we’d sing that. Anyway – I’m rather amused, having been raised in MN, that I recognized all of the references (like poker and grey duck) in your post. Makes me wonder how strange us Minnesotans are. Which is a good thing. Thanks for the smile. 🙂

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:33:36 +0000

We didn’t add any lines to our Rudolph-singing and nobody else went down in history, I’m sorry to say. Now I want to go back and redo that part of my childhood. Luckily we did have Gray Duck, hotdish, pop, and jello salad. We also said phy. ed. instead of phys. ed. and tennis shoes instead of gym shoes (take that, Chicagoans). And a stop light was just a stop light, not a stop-and-go light, Wisconsinites, although I do bow (slightly) to the correctness of that funny term!

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:07:31 +0000

In reply to james. That's the first Kennedy. My friend Steve said Nixon.

By: james

james — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:06:21 +0000

we said “Kennedy”

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:24:28 +0000

In reply to Matthew Baiocchi. When you're under 10, it is the most dramatic thing ever.