November 9, 2007 | Filed under: NaVloPloMo 2007, la famiglia
The best thing about going through old footage is unearthing a gem you didn’t know you had. This is a treat from my family’s last visit to Planet Nana down in Miami. My 86 year old Nana is just too much. She’s sweet and sassy and ornery and funny and can at times be bitingly cruel, but damn, that old broad can dance!
She also really hates being filmed. She’ll pose for photos, but she made it clear early on that she didn’t want to be videotaped. It worked out well that half the time I had my camera out she thought it was a cellphone. Actually, she made it clear in 1983 that she hated being recorded. I guess I was a born vlogger: I was one of those annoying kids who carried a cassette recorder everyplace and tried to take interviews of friends and family or record important life events like my first unsupervised New Year’s Eve party. It was impossible to get Nana to talk on tape about her life.
I should dig that New Year’s Eve tape out.
November 9, 2007
@ 4:23 pm
I LOVE that song! No wonder she was up dancing… I WOULD BE TOO! Coolness…
November 9, 2007
@ 4:50 pm
You were spotted! But thankfully too late. Brilliant bit of guerrilla filming. Very naughty.
I hope I’m still dancing at that age. In fact, I hope I’m still standing at that age!
November 9, 2007
@ 5:29 pm
Ha! What language is she scolding you in at the end?! “Spppsfbppfffk dib-na-ma!” THAT is an annoyed Nana! Words cannot express my wrath!
November 9, 2007
@ 7:12 pm
So that her pet name for you “The Stinker!”
Loved it but you might have to start using hats or ear rings to hide the camera next time.
November 9, 2007
@ 8:33 pm
did you edit out her cursing?! that was so funny…
November 10, 2007
@ 3:04 am
Oh MissB, Nana rocks! I’m so glad you found this and posted it. Hurray for Nana. She’s wonderfully crazy.
November 11, 2007
@ 9:45 am
Nana’s been one of my absolute favorites in the Miss B canon.
November 12, 2007
@ 4:54 pm
With every video, her legend grows.
November 12, 2007
@ 10:43 pm
Now that is indeed a gem!!
July 16, 2008
@ 6:50 pm
Oh that’s Good!