“I’ve been searchin’ So long To find an answer” — “I’ve Been Searching So Long” by Jimmy Pankow, as recorded by Chicago In early 1974, I would go every Saturday afternoon to Art Levin’s apartment in Northeast Philadelphia for Bar Mitzvah lessons. Art was the son of the rabbi that married my parents in 1955. …
A man is in a strange town and he has to catch a bus. He looks down at his watch and sees that the crystal has cracked and his watch has stopped. He’s upset and he frantically scans the street for some help. Up ahead, he notices a storefront with a giant clock hanging outside …
In 1973, I was in 6th grade and I thought I was hot shit. When I entered Watson T. Comly Elementary School as a lowly first grader, I was scared and intimidated by the upperclassmen. They were cool and, to my tiny, impressionable eyes, they were so… so… grown up. Some of the 6th grade …
“Hey, Farney, I don’t know if that was you who really caught that ball, but that was pretty good if it was.” After an unremarkable debut with the Toronto Blue Jays, Ryan Freel came into his own with a free agency signing with the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan showed himself to be a pretty reliable and …
Charles Boyer will be remembered as one of Hollywood’s most romantic leading men. Starring opposite some of the silver screen’s most desirable leading ladies – Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon – Charles was a first class charmer. He succeeded in making the female members of the audience swoon along with his female co-stars. Warner …
She was Hollywood’s first cowgirl. Mary Louise “Texas” Guinan burst out of Waco, Texas and kept her home state’s name as a moniker when she appeared in a slew of silent films in the early part of the twentieth century. She earned herself the nickname “Queen of the West.” but soon, the always opportunistic “Texas” …
Meredith MacRae was born with show business in her blood. She was the eldest daughter of actor-singer Gordon MacRae, the star of movie musicals Oklahoma and Carousel and his wife, actress Sheila MacRae, best remembered as succeeding Audrey Meadows in the role of “Alice Kramden” in The Honeymooners, as performed in sketches on Jackie Gleason’s …
In an effort to save a little time, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future decided to just beat the Christmas spirit into Ebenezer Scrooge. * * * * * My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 27 unusual holiday songs and a custom full-color cover …
Trying to stay modern and relevant, Santa reviews some new patterns for his suit. The word “pattern” was suggested by Illustration Friday in September 2009. I did two illustrations then… here and here. * * * * * My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 27 unusual …
My annual Christmas music compilation is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time. 27 unusual holiday songs and a custom full-color cover with track listings – all for you and all for FREE! (That’s three more songs than last year and it runs a full three minutes longer!) Just CLICK HERE for A …
