Saturday, October 27, 2007

A RECORDING SESSION

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Last night we recorded one more song for "The Traveling Companion" called "It Must Be Destiny" sung by the characters of...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

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Well, today is a brief entry, but I just had to commemorate the birthday of one of my very favorite comedy stars from the "golden age...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007

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So you think you're too old is a phrase that should be booted on it's ear. And the reason is this: Mr. Tony Martin, singer and enter...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

AMAZING WISDOM FROM GEORGE CARLIN

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Dear George Carlin lost his dear wife of many years this week. The man who gave me my favorite saying "I want to know something-- why i...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

MY FIRST DAY AS A MANAGER AND BROADWAY DATES TO REMEMBER

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I assume my post as manager of the Ritz Camera store in Sherman Oaks this day. The store is located in the "Fashion Square" mall o...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

A BIG BROADWAY EVENT AND A FATIMA MEMORY

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Broadway comes to television today as the very first currently running Broadway show is broadcast on MTV. The show is "Legally Blonde...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

CALL ME MADAM AND A SUPERSTAR PREMIERES

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Well, today came the premiere of two great but amzingly different Broadway musicals. The first was Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madam...
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Saturday, October 06, 2007

MACK AND MABEL AND TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE

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Today, my very favorite musical, "Mack and Mabel" written by the great Michael stewart (book) and the amazing Jerry Herman premier...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007

A BUSTER BIRTHDAY AND BEAVER TURNS FIFTY

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Today is the birthday of a "Buster"-- Buster Keaton to be precise. What an amazing gifted man whom I discovered about halfway into...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

I BECOME A MANAGER

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Put on a happy face, today I get my promotion and start as the manager of the Ritz Camera store in Sherman Oaks in the Westfield Mall. I ...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GROUCHO

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Today would have been the birthday of the greatest comedian this country has produced! Bar none-- no one has ever matched or beaten Groucho-...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

MANHATTAN TRANSFER SOLD AND BACK TO WORK

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Many years ago when I was in the agency business I represented an amazing novel by John Stith called "Manhattan Transfer". John is...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

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Today is my 60th birthday! Wow! What a great birthday this was. First my writing partner and best friend sponsored a visit to a big banquet ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKEY ROONEY

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EARLY MICKEY ROONEY SCENE A VERY SHORT MICKEY ROONEY ACCEPTING THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD FROM JAYNE MANSFIELD -- MICKEY'S QUO...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007

FAY WRAY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY AND A BIRTHDAY FOR ROBERT BENCHLEY

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" The Reluctant Dragon" released in 1941 was the only motion picture to feature Walt Disney himself. In it, the great Robert Bench...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

A NEW MUSICAL : LOOKING FOR SINGERS

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Today the ad goes out formally in Backstage West for the upcoming musical recording of the new musical I am writing with John Nugent called ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

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What can one say about the anniversary of one of the saddest days in American History: the day of infamy that even Abraham Lincoln declared ...
Monday, September 10, 2007

FAREWELL LUCIANO AND A BRAND NEW WEBSITE

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Farewell and Arreverdercci to Luciano Pavoretti who was laid to rest over the past weekend. What an amazing performer! I was reading that o...
Friday, August 31, 2007

ALAN JAY LERNER'S BIRTHDAY

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Today would have been Alan Jay Lerner's 89th birthday. What an amazing lyricist, librettist and even screen writer. There wasn't a l...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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Imagine if you will that "Trouble" was just awarded twelve million dollars by the "Queen of Mean" herself- Leona Helmsly...