IF: rain
What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again.
Archive of entries posted by joshpincusiscrying
DCS: cilla black
Cilla White took a job as a hat check girl at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in hopes it would advance her chances at being a singer. She eventually got the chance to sing, performing with club regulars Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and other local bands. She also struck up a friendship with a group of guys …
IF: orange
The original Carrot Top.
DCS: phyllis schlafly
A woman who did for women’s rights what matches did for forest fires.
IF: traffic
And the thing that you’re hearing is only the sound of The low spark of high-heeled boys
DCS: gene wilder
“I want everything I’ve ever seen in the movies!” — Leo Bloom, The Producers (1967)
IF: tarot
… but to the regulars, she was just “Millie.”
DCS: choo-choo coleman
Young, eager Choo-Choo Coleman was drafted by the Washington Senators in 1955, however he was soon released. He was picked up by the Brooklyn Dodgers but signed with the Philadelphia Philles in a Rule 5 draft. In 1961, after getting hit by a pitch in his first Major League plate appearance, he played in 33 …
IF: gold
I’m not one for watching the Olympics, but this guy is pretty fast.
DCS: fyvush finkel
Philip Finkel was born in in Brooklyn in 1922. Using the Yiddish name “Fyvush” he made his stage debut at nine-years-old in New York’s thriving Yiddish theater. He performed all types of roles, including stand-up comedy. In 1964, he made his Broadway debut in Fiddler on the Roof. He stayed with the show for many performances, …