"Sky's Niece Penny" (re "Pencil Thin Mustache") passed away.
Posted: August 28, 2010 6:42 pm
The real-life actress behind the character Penny, Schuyler J King's niece in the 1950's TV series "Sky King" (and mentioned in Jimmy Buffett's song "Pencil Thin Mustache") passed away on August 14, 2010.
Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/arts/ ... obituaries
An interesting piece regarding Winters and Radio Margaritaville's Carson Cooper is here:
http://74.6.239.185/search/srpcache?ei= ... 6_Mry8Ew--
(snip)
One day, as Gloria Winters was in her car, a song came on the radio that caught her completely by surprise. In "Pencil Thin Mustache," Jimmy Buffett reminisced about the past, when he was "bucktoothed and skinny," and sang of the memory of "writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny."
"I thought, 'That's me!" Winters exclaimed. "I was driving along the main street of Vista, on my way to the bank. I heard this music, and was tapping my foot--not accelerating though. I pulled into the driveway and sat there. I got the biggest kick out of that! It's not every day that someone sings a song to you!"
In December 2004, three decades later, Carson Cooper, from Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, located "Penny" with help from Airport Journals, and requested she come on the air. Excited to talk about "Sky King," the television series that affected so many lives, Winters was happy to oblige.
(snip)
Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/arts/ ... obituaries
An interesting piece regarding Winters and Radio Margaritaville's Carson Cooper is here:
http://74.6.239.185/search/srpcache?ei= ... 6_Mry8Ew--
(snip)
One day, as Gloria Winters was in her car, a song came on the radio that caught her completely by surprise. In "Pencil Thin Mustache," Jimmy Buffett reminisced about the past, when he was "bucktoothed and skinny," and sang of the memory of "writin' fan letters to Sky's niece Penny."
"I thought, 'That's me!" Winters exclaimed. "I was driving along the main street of Vista, on my way to the bank. I heard this music, and was tapping my foot--not accelerating though. I pulled into the driveway and sat there. I got the biggest kick out of that! It's not every day that someone sings a song to you!"
In December 2004, three decades later, Carson Cooper, from Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, located "Penny" with help from Airport Journals, and requested she come on the air. Excited to talk about "Sky King," the television series that affected so many lives, Winters was happy to oblige.
(snip)
