Sunday, August 30, 2009

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Today, August 31st, Alan Jay Lerner would have turned ninety years old. He died when he was sixty-seven years old. He died absolutely pennil...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

MEETING MILT LARSEN

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Last night I was able to visit the Magic Castle in Hollywood and I had such a wonderful time. There on old Franklin Street near the classic ...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

A VISIT TO THE MAGIC CASTLE

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Well after living almost sixty-two years, I am finally getting the opportunity to visit "The Magic Castle". John's friend, Bo...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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The last of the Kennedy Brothers has gone to his reward at age seventy-seven-- quietly in his sleep with his family at his side. Thank you,...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

TODAY IN 1960 WE LOST A MUSICAL GIANT

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Today way back in 1960 we lost our beloved Oscar Hammerstein: perhaps the finest lyricist and libretto (book) creator of any artist in songw...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAY BRADBURY

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Today is Ray Bradbury's 89th birthday, the amazing science fiction and fantasy author who was close friends with Walt Disney. Happy Birt...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

WE REMEMBER GROUCHO

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Significant things have always happened in my life on the nineteenth of every month-- good things and bad things. The 19th of October was my...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

WOODSTOPCK REMEMBERED

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Although only scheduled for three days for August 15, 16, and 17th, the amazing Woodstock concert was actually extended one additional morni...
Monday, July 27, 2009

RICHARD NIXON & BUGS BUNNY AND A NOD OF HOPE

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" Always Exit With A Smile"-- it fools creditors and history all at the same time" ...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

A SECOND BANANAS 100TH BIRTHDAY

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Today would have been the 100th birthday of one of the greatest second bananas of all time. She was of course the legendary and the absolute...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

I GOT A JOB... SELLING WHAT?

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Praise God! It looks like I have found a job selling of all things-- packing tape! The interview was flawless, even though I still have my ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

TOTAL ECLIPSE PARTY

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Tomorrow will hold a total eclipse of the sun-- the longest eclipse this century and the last for several decades. Some people need an excus...
Monday, July 20, 2009

MOON DAY-- FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY

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Where were you on July 20th, 1969? Well for me, I was still living in my family's home in San Gabriel, California at dear old 142 West ...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

A LONG TIME IN COMING

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Well, indeed, it has been a long time since I posted something here. But running out of disability and down to fourteen weeks of unemploymen...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

BIG MARKETING CAMPAIGN BEGINS AFTER AN ACT OF KINDNESS

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A GREAT DAY GETS EVEN BETTER Don't ask me what made me do it, maybe I was a little "Mad Hatter" --but I noticed that yesterda...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

WE REMEMBER LOSING JUDY, ANN, GEORGE AND FRED ASTAIRE

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Today is the day that we have lost some amazing celebrities over the years. Judy Garland died forty years ago this day at the tender age of ...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE RUSSELL

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Does anyone remember movie star Jane Russell. Today the old girl is eighty-eight years young. In her heyday, this volumptious and gorgeous w...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LILLIAN HELLMAN

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FROM THE MOVIE "THE CHILDREN"S HOUR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMwoQYVfvo 9 minute sample Today...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY< STAN LAUREL

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Today is Stan Laurel's birthday! He was born in England in 1890 as Stanley Arthur Jefferson and changed it wisely to "Laurel" ...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

A DAY OF GREAT LAW AND GREAT GOOFS OF THE LAW

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The writing is long faded and the language is not our own, but this is the "Magna Carta" Perhaps the most important first document...