Wednesday, January 22, 2014

DO THAT TO ME NO MORE TIMES: Toni Tennille has filed for divorce from "the Captain" Daryl Dragon after nearly forty years together, a sentence of zero relevance to any readers below ... 35?  Here's a performance from happier days.

16 comments:

  1. Terri Mauro8:20 PM

    Is there an equivalent of premorse for divorce? I had no idea they were still together.

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  2. Jordan9:08 PM

    YOUR NAME IS DARYL DRAGON AND YOU NEED A STAGENAME!?

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  3. Joseph Finn9:18 PM

    45, maybe. My remembrance of C&T is pretty much zilch.

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  4. D'Arcy9:42 PM

    Agreed. I'm 40 this year and have heard of C&T, but couldn't name anything they've done.

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  5. Kudos on the tagline. It made me laugh. Which then sent me into a paroxysm of coughing. But you couldn't have known, so I don't blame you.

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  6. Adam B.11:21 AM

    I figured the other one was too obvious.

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  7. Alex_Gordon11:50 AM

    I'm 45 and Toni Tennille was one of my first boyhood crushes. I think I wore out the grooves out on my 45 of "Love Will Keep Us Together." Who get's custody of Muskrat Sussie and Sam?

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  8. If you follow the "her blog" link in the article, then go to the home page from there, you get a rather understanding and conciliatory statement about the divorce.
    Then scrolling down to the bottom of the page you find that the site is maintained by a "Frank Dragoninni". A brother or cousin that didn't adopt the family's nom-de-showbiz? The family may be in on it.
    http://www.captainandtennille.net/index.shtml

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  9. Adam C.11:55 AM

    Wow, I would not at all be surprised if bd's comment were on the mark. As for relevance, I'm 43 -- not only do I remember them, I remember their TV variety show on ABC; not only do I remember their TV variety show, I remember a specific skit with David Soul (also then an ABC star) parodying Starsky and Hutch, as Staircase and Hutch.

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  10. Jenn.2:28 PM

    41 and I definitely remember them.

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  11. The Pathetic Earthling3:30 PM

    Although almost 44, I have pretty strong memories of these guys. It helps that I have a sister three years my senior, so my memory probably digs a bit deeper into the early-1970s pop oeuvre than many of my contemporaries. (Set me up with Air Supply on karakoe and I'm good to go!).

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  12. The Pathetic Earthling3:30 PM

    And thank you. It pleases to me to no end that my neologism "premorse" has traction around here.

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  13. Adam B.7:51 PM

    Air Supply is, like, 1981? I remember an HBO concert.

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  14. Becca8:32 PM

    I'm 39 and I remember them, but maybe because of Love Boat? Also, Mom always listened to pop music in the car, so I knew Love Will Keep Us Together from way back.

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  15. Adam B.10:13 PM

    http://stereotypedlife.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/mashed-up-joy-division-and-captain-and-tennille-love-will-tear-us-together-malcom-mclaren-remix/

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