Rip Taylor Delivered My Baby
Hey Superstars! Just took Kid Lulu to school, and thought I'd check in before I head back to the hospital to be with the Forever Fiancee and Maybe Maya. All my girls are doing great -- in fact, the newest Daly is hoovering so much food, she's gonna head home a Butterball Beauty.
Thanks to everyone for the well-wishing and such. I read your messages to the FF over the phone, and she got a kick out of them. I saw one msg especially inquired about my delivery-room skillz. Well, I'm not squeamish, so I kinda get into all the horrifically life-affirming delivery action. And I usually like to entertain the FF with an assortment of nervous-dad buffoonery. But this time, someone beat me to it.
You see, we had Rip Taylor for an anesthesiologist. This guy was a nightmare of bad zingers and constant chatter. Really, it was brutal. I'm surprised my daughter didn't come out covered in confetti. "Gimme that camera, Dad! Oops, dropped it! Just kidding, just kidding! Hey you know when my wife would always get pregnant? Scuba lessons! HA! Get it? Scuba lessons! SCUBA LESSONS!"
I still don't get that. Does anybody get that? What the hell do scuba lessons have to do with anything?
Anyway, just for fun, just to keep you sharp, here's a speed-round playlist. See how many you can come up with in, say, one minute. Ready? Okay, here we go:
THE BABY PLAYLIST
"Baby, What a Big Surprise" -- Chicago
"Baby I'm-a Want You" -- Bread
"Baby Baby" -- Amy Grant
"Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" -- Chris Isaak
"Can't Get Enough of You Baby" -- Frankie Valli
"Baby Makin' Hips" -- Fantasia
"Baby, Now That I've Found You" -- Alison Krauss
"Baby Got Back" -- Sir Mix-a-Lot
"Baby Come to Me" -- James Ingram
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
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"Baby, baby, baby" - TLC
Congratulations Daly family! We're so happy for you. How did Lulu's first meeting with Maybe Maya go?
Posted by: BossFansWife | January 31, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Do you think the doc was dropping an allusion to Hank Azaria's character in "Along Came Polly"?
A pop culture reference that obtuse would even make Dennis Miller say "Huh?".
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | January 31, 2008 at 11:11 AM
"Baby, I Love Your Way" -- Peter Frampton
"Big Bang Baby" -- STP
"Baby Be Good" -- Smithereens
And as someone who has a pretty good grip on pop culture, I gotta say that scuba reference has me baffled. I got nothin.'
Love the Rip Taylor reference -- did the anesthesiologist come armed with his own bottle of selzer?
Posted by: jane | January 31, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Sean,
While I appreciate your analysis of your delivery room game, the FF has the definitive say. When she gets a chance, she needs to post her review.
And I'd be curious to see if she shares your opinion of her anesthesiologist. As a rule, laboring mothers rarely have anything bad to say about the person with their epidural.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | January 31, 2008 at 11:35 AM
No clue on the scuba business.
But I can tell you that you're the number-one result of a Google search for "pregnant scuba lessons."
So you've got that going for you.
Posted by: Brad | January 31, 2008 at 01:44 PM
The hard, fast rule is no diving while you're pregnant, so maybe the joke is that whenever he shells out for SCUBA lessons his wife gets pregnant and then can't do it.
Sort of like "It always rains when I wash my car," only 100 times less funny.
Posted by: Jeff in Cuba | January 31, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
...Baby One More Time - Fountains Of Wayne
Baby Can Dance (parts II-IV) - Hoodoo Gurus
Babe - Styx
Baby, Oh No - Bow Wow Wow
Baby Talk - Billy Idol
(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka
Baby Hold On - Eddie Money
Baby, It's Tonight - Jude Cole
Baby's On Fire - Sammy Hagar
Baby-O - Dean Martin
Posted by: Bassnote | January 31, 2008 at 01:58 PM
Nicole Sherzinger-Baby Love
George Strait-Baby Blue
Posted by: Ms,Ha Le | January 31, 2008 at 03:46 PM
One for My Baby -- Sinatra and many others
Don't Worry Baby -- Los Lobos
oh, and
Don't Worry Baby -- Beach Boys
Rock a Hula Baby --Elvis and Junior Brown
Ruby Baby -- Donald Fagen and, um, Fabian or something?
Please, Please Baby -- Dwight Yoakam
Posted by: | January 31, 2008 at 04:30 PM
Baby Love - The Supremes
Baby It's You - The Beatles
Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Animals
Baby Plays Around - Elvis Costello
Baby I Love You - The Ronettes
Baby I'm A Star - Prince & The Revolution
Playing Your Game Baby - Barry White
Posted by: DG | January 31, 2008 at 05:16 PM
Bella Bella Bambina ~ Dean Martin
Happy to see you're still keeping an eye on us, Sean. At least on this hiatus, FF won't be offering up locks of your hair for auction ... or will she?
Posted by: Marissa | January 31, 2008 at 07:39 PM
Since the new one will obviously take after her father, attitude and all, how about:
Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue
Posted by: Ian from Down under | February 01, 2008 at 01:38 AM
Hey Sean, a big congrats! I'm adding Talking Heads Stay Up Late to your lineup!
Posted by: The Mouth | February 01, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Baby Please Don't Go - AC/DC
Posted by: Tim Watson | February 03, 2008 at 03:52 PM