In 1947, James Karen made his acting debut on the Broadway stage in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. He went on to appear in over 20 more Broadway plays and over 200 films and television shows, plus a stint plugging the Pathmark supermarket chain that spanned several decades. James passed away in October 2018 …
As a child, Ettore Boiardi was taught to cook by his mother in his native Piacenza, Italy. He came to the United States at 16 and began working in the kitchen at the Ritz Carlton in New York City. Three years later, he found himself as head chef at the Hotel Winton in Cleveland, Ohio, where …
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 43rd Vice-President of the United States. He was the longest living ex-president in the history of the United States. His downfall came when he famously asked the citizens of the United States to read his lips. Bush passed away in November 2018 at the age of 94. My annual …
I liked Ken Berry. I think, however, he never achieved the recognition that he deserved. He was featured as a regular in four TV series, not including a four-episode run of his own variety show in 1972. He starred in a number of movies, on the Broadway stage and in countless guest roles on episodic …
My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD at ge.tt for a limited time. This year, it’s a whopping 82 minutes of pure Christmas wonderment that’ll have you wondering why you downloaded it in the first place. But, as long as you did, why not share it with your family and friends. It’s …
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy Was he? My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD at ge.tt for a limited time. This year, it’s a whopping 82 minutes of pure Christmas wonderment that’ll have you wondering why you downloaded it in the first place. …
Although classically trained, Amy Farris had a gift for improvisation of the violin. She confessed, “I just play what comes into my head.” Her improvisations caught the attention of guitarist-singer Alejandro Escovedo, who asked Amy to join his bare-bones tour. Amy, who was working in a law office at the time, told her co-workers that …
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Six films and and six years into her career, young Peggy Ann Garner hit the height of her success. She starred in 1945’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Peggy Ann was honored with a Academy Juvenile Award (a category that was discontinued in 1961, with 14-year-old Haley Mills as its final recipient). She achieved additional …
Teresa Brewer was one of the most popular and prolific singers of the 1950s. The pixie-cute redhead released over 600 songs in her career — spanning rock, pop, jazz and country music genres. She was an inspiration for a young Elvis Presley, who sang her song “Till I Waltz Again with You” at one of …
