I have been a frequent attendee at memorabilia and autograph shows for over twenty-five years. Among the special celebrity guests, seated at long tables stacked with a modest selection of eight-by-ten glossy photos depicting their most notable roles, I always spotted this spry little man at a table overflowing with photos, scripts, booklets, DVDs and …
“The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt Charles Kuralt, the avuncular newsman and original host of TV magazine CBS Sunday Morning, exuded family values and a warm, comforting wholesomeness as American as apple pie, baseball and fireworks on the Fourth of July. …
When Suzanne Crough passed away in 2015, I was sad and I was moved to write this piece on my other blog, It’s Been a Slice. Suzanne was only 52 when she died. After her very brief time in the spotlight, she led a fairly normal life. Suzanne’s TV “big brother,” David Cassidy passed away at …
Robert E. Howard spent a good portion of his youth traveling through the boomtowns of Texas with his family. His father, a physician, moved from town to town for patients in the early part of the 20th Century. Young Robert was a quiet, studious boy who loved reading as well as boxing, the most popular …
Singer. Actress. Minister. Angel.
Emmaline Henry began her career as a singer on local Philadelphia radio before heading to Hollywood in the 1950s. She got work in the chorus of several musicals. Producers, though, began to notice that her skills at comedy outshined her singing abilities. She was featured in the touring company of the Phil Silvers musical comedy …
Vincent Price, star of the 1953 3D thrillfest House of Wax. You might say his performance was dripping with terror. No one could hold a candle to him. The whole ball of…. oh… you get it.
Following a few small, uncredited film roles, John Candy came into prominence with his comic talents in Canada’s SCTV, a skit-based version of the respected Second City comedy group. Portraying such memorable (and hysterical) characters as horror host “Dr. Tongue,” sleazy “Johnny LaRue,” folksy fishin’ musician “Gil Fisher” and talk-show sidekick “William B. Williams,” John was …
He loved what he did in life and he died doing what he loved.
All right, guys, uh, listen. This is a blues riff in “B”, watch me for the changes, and try and keep up?
