This week’s Illustration Friday word is “lost.” Let me tell you about Pudge. In the summer of 1982, just after Mrs. Pincus and I met, we went on a day trip to Hershey Park. Just barely into our 20s, the appeal of an amusement park still held excitement for us. In between turns on the roller coasters, …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “suspend”. Suspended high above the city, Spiderman realized he should have topped off his web shooters before he left home.
Little Lizzie Borden invited a few friends for a sleepover. Then, things got a little out of hand.
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “refresh”. There’s nothing more refreshing than lemonade. Even if you drink it.
Brian Keith had show business in his blood. The son of stage actor Robert Keith and actress Helena Shipman, young Brian made his motion picture debut in the 1924 silent film Pied Piper Malone at the age of 3. After his parents’ divorce, Brian’s father briefly married actress Peg Entwistle, whose claim to fame was …
The current Illustration Friday challenge word is “space”. Blast off for adventure with Rex Afterburner, Defender of Spaaaaaaaaaaaace!
I was always a big fan of George Carlin, the original purveyor of counterculture, hippie humor. I remember watching him on The Tonight Show, always amused by the hearty laughs he coaxed out of host Johnny Carson. I remember hearing a George Carlin comedy album at a friend’s house and rolling on the floor in hysterics at …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “secret”. “Bachelor number one is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the darkroom at the age of 13, fully developed. Between takes you might find him skydiving or motorcycling.” Host Jim Lange’s introduction of Rodney Alcala on The Dating Game, …
By the late 1920s, Helen Chandler was a huge star on Broadway. Her credits numbered twenty plays ranging from broad farce to Shakespeare. As the 30s approached, she hoped her popularity would continued as she headed for Hollywood. Helen had roles in a few pictures including the film version of her popular stage production Outward Bound, about passengers …
The 1950s were Martine Carol’s time to shine. The seductive blond bombshell was a top box office draw in French cinema. She starred in 15 films and was regularly compared to Marilyn Monroe. She was married to Stephen Crane, fresh from his divorce of Lana Turner (and father of Cheryl Crane, who was accused of …
