I am not embarrassed to admit that one of my all-time favorite movies is The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. The film was released in 1966 and starred comedian Don Knotts who had just left a five season run on The Andy Griffith Show. Knotts played nervous deputy “Barney Fife,” a role which earned him (incredulously) …
Carol Lynley started off her career as a child model, eventually transitioning to actress in such films as the controversial Blue Denim with Brandon deWilde and Otto Preminger’s Bunny Lake is Missing. She is best remembered for her role as ingenue “Nonnie Parry” in The Poseidon Adventure, wherein she sang (actually lip-synched another actress’s voice) …
This past weekend celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival that took place over three days on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in upstate New York. Thirty-two acts performed at various — sometimes drastically-postponed — set times, filling the days and nights with an eclectic mix of folk, rock and blues. The …
“I’m a muscle fa-an!”
And now, Kelloggs proudly presents a show that has the whole town-cooking! A-speaking of meat, let’s tell them what happened down at the chicken coop, eh? A hungry fox boldly walked in through a hen house door. Too bad for him, he met a hen, who stood at ten foot four! He won’t forget the …
Malachi Throne was a busy guy in the 60s and 70s. The veteran actor had roles in nearly every popular TV series. He was featured in Westerns like The Big Valley and The Virginian. He was in science fiction shows like Star Trek, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Lost in Space. He …
In 1695, two years before he wrote Cendrillon (“Cinderella”), celebrated French author Charles Perrault wrote a tale called Peau d’Âne (“Donkey Skin”) that included elements of Cinderella. But Peau d’Âne was just a little strange. Once there was a wealthy king who got his riches from a donkey that he owned. The donkey was special, in that it …
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. …
