IF: lush
Dean Martin was a lot of things. Singer. Actor. Variety show host. Comedian. Womanizer. But, one thing Dean Martin was not. Lush.
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from my sketchbook: anissa jones revisited
WFMZ, a local affiliate just outside of Philadelphia, picked up MeTV, the syndicated retro television network that presents programming exclusively from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, around the same time that Meredith Viera stepped down as co-host of The Today Show on NBC. When the insipid and unwatchable Ann Curry took over Meredith’s duties, I …
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from my sketchbook: evelyn ankers
Evelyn Ankers was born in Chile to British parents. Once her family moved back to England, young Evelyn was bitten by the acting bug. She took in small parts in British films, including The Bells of St. Mary’s with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 1937. Evelyn left England at the start of World War …
IF: rescue
They’ve fallen… and they can’t get up. * * * * * It seems that “rescue” was the Illustration Friday word in March 2010. HERE is my submission from that date.
IF: power
“Hey McFly, you bojo! Those boards don’t work on water! Unless you got POWAH! “
from my sketchbook: william talman
After serving in the US Army during World War II, William Talman found work in Hollywood as a character actor, first in films then in various roles in anthology television series. In 1957, he went to an audition that would change his career. He read for the lead in a proposed courtroom drama series opposite another character actor Raymond …
IF: fresh
And then, over at the zombie supermarket…
from my sketchbook: dudley dickerson
As a young boy, Dudley Dickerson was inspired by the Ringling Brothers Circus. After a stop in his hometown of Chickasha, Oklahoma, Dudley gathered some props left behind by the circus. He cobbled together an act, calling it “Pin-Penny Circus” and performed acrobatics under the name “Paddlefoot” Dickerson. Soon, Dudley was off to California in …
IF: hybrid
In an effort to create a species of docile bees, the African honey bee was cross-bred with various European honey bees, like the Italian bee and the Iberian bee. Oops. The result was the total opposite of expectations. The new subspecies tends to swarm more frequently and travel further than other honey bees. They exhibit …
from my sketchbook: sheb wooley
Sheb Wooley was the real deal – born in Oklahoma on a ranch; grew up as a cowboy; became a rodeo star and formed a country & Western band. In the 1950s, Sheb moved to Hollywood and starred in dozens of Westerns, including High Noon, Giant and The Outlaw Josie Wales. On television, he appeared …