This week’s Illustration Friday word is “tall”. Daniel Boone was a man, Yes, a big man! With an eye like an eagle And as tall as a mountain was he! Of course, the portrayal of Daniel Boone on the NBC television show that ran from 1964 until 1970 was very inaccurate. It was just actor Fess Parker …
I entered George Washington High School in the Fall of 1975, just a short summer vacation after my older brother, Max, took his diploma and his reputation and headed off to college (as a commuter, but college just the same). Max was smart, athletic, good looking, a very good student and quite popular. I was… um…. …
I love television. But, my relationship with television has changed over the years. My formative years with television were the late 60s and early 70s. In the pre-cable days of television, I watched weekly series with diligent regularity – both comedies and dramas. On local UHF* stations, I revisited some of the classic shows from …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “freeze”. With the Batman movie franchise wrapped up and no chance for a featured role, Mr. Freeze took a part-time job at the BirdsEye packing plant in order to make ends meet.
While she attended Textile High School in New York, Maggie McNamara worked as a teen model, becoming one of the most successful models at the John Robert Powers’ modeling agency. At 23, she made her acting debut, replacing Barbara Bel Geddes in a stage production of The Moon is Blue. Later the same year, she debuted on …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “bounce”. When Tigger announced his retirement, a slew of hopeful replacements showed up for auditions with resumes highlighting their ability to bounce.
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “lonely”. In 1939, Judy Garland won a Juvenile Academy Award (the category no longer exists). She went on to receive two Academy Award nominations. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. She had a 40-year career in movies and television. The American Film Institute placed her among the …
This week’s Illustration Friday‘s challenge word is “carry”. Hawkeye Pierce, Chief of Surgery at the 4077 M*A*S*H, offers his view on gun control. “I’ll carry your books, I’ll carry a torch, I’ll carry a tune, I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even hari-kari if …
The current challenge on the Monday Artday illustration website is “avengers”, with inspiration coming from the movie. That big-screen bomb with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman that didn’t come close to capturing the quirky coolness of the classic 60s TV show? They’re the only Avengers I know.
After her five-year contract expired, silent film sex symbol Theda Bara retired from the silver screen. Fox Studios scrambled for a suitable replacement. Stage actress Betty Blythe fit the bill. Betty was recruited to appear in a series of costume productions originally tagged for Bara, including the famously risqué The Queen of Sheba in 1921. …
