Showing posts with label Appreciation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appreciation. Show all posts
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Sunday, January 9, 2022
To Sir, With Love
First of all, how about them Buffalo Bills, as of today AFC East champions for the second straight season! Let's see who's up Saturday... hmmmmm...Patriots? Chargers?
UPDATE: Patriots.
Second, I was shocked to read about the passing of the world champion of telling the "the Aristocrats" joke, Bob Saget. I really hate it when the funny ones die.
Third, To Sir, With Love.
Propelled by the recent death of Sidney Poitier, after the Big Sunday Dinner, we landed on this for a movie. And, I mean, it's all right. Dated. Kind of weird. Kind of after-school special. Lulu as that generation's Adele. Contrived situations that kind of make no sense. An extended dance scene betwixt teacher and student without even the benefit of John Travolta's choreography. It's kind of a squeaker. Better than Birdman, I reckon.
But without it, is there a Dead Poet's Society?
Yeah, probably. Maybe we should have gone with Lilies in the Field.
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Monday, July 21, 2014
This is Jim Rockford. At the tone leave your name and message, I'll get back to you.
"For the same price I can get an actor with two eyes." (Studio Boss Harry Cohn, upon rejecting Peter Falk's screen test for columbia Pictures. One of the wrongest guys ever.)
For a guy who gets mighty nostalgic about '70s television, whose Tivo more often than not tops out with content from MeTV, it's been quite a week. First, James Garner, primarily known as private eye Jim Rockford, dies. Second, filed under "Hollywood is out of ideas," talk of a Columbo re-tread surfaces.
Of course, when a guy as iconic as Garner discorporates, it makes a guy like me go look him up. Here are a few things I found in his Wiki you might not expect:
- He was a veteran, having served 14 months in Korea with the 5th Regimental Combat Team in the Korean War.
- He was a Sooners fan. Garner was a native of Oklahoma and frequently attended football games at OU. He never graduated high school but received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at OU in 1995.
- He marched on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr. "In his autobiography, Garner recalled sitting in third row listening to King's 'I Have a Dream' speech."
- He was a lifelong Democrat. "For his role in the 1985 CBS miniseries Space, the character's party affiliation was changed from Republican as in the book to reflect Garner's personal views. Garner said, 'My wife would leave me if I played a Republican.'"
- Garner died one month prior to his 58th wedding anniversary. The story goes that he met her at an Adlai Stevenson political rally in 1956 and they married two weeks later.
Seems to me the guy was every bit as likeable as he seemed on the TV machine.
Aaron has mixed feelings about the idea of a Columbo remake with Mark Ruffalo in the title role. I got a better idea: Let's do Baretta first.
Now. Let's get to one more little thing you may or may not have known: One of Steven Spielberg's first jobs? Directing the first episode of "Columbo."
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
Keep Reaching For The Stars
There were only two (2) radio shows that I considered to be so vital that I would regularly record them to listen to later.
The other one was The Howard Stern Show.
However, way before I was a rabid fan of the KOAM, I was listening to American Top 40. The show, which began airing when I was two years old, was certainly required listening for me by the time I was, oh, what, eight?
I can specifically remember acts and songs Casey introduced me to. "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward. "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh. "Emotion" by Samantha Sang (and the Bee Gees). "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. And on and on and on and on.
Kasey Casem long passed on his mantle to Ryan Seacrest, and I have long stopped listening, except occassionally when I think to catch the rebroadcast on satellite radio. (And rebroadcasting the Casem-era countdowns is such a stroke of genius that I'm certain Sirius will end the practice soon if it has not already.) Because there's only one fella as far as I'm concerned who was up to this task. (And also, admittedly, because I am an old man who is no longer interested in most of the product touted by the good ol' Top 40.
Anyway, so long to the steadiest voice ever to air, and thanks for feeding me music for many, many years.
Radio Legend Casey Kasem Dead at 82
Not to mention: "A political liberal, he narrated a campaign ad for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign,[16] hosted fundraisers for Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988,[17] supported Ralph Nader for U.S. President in 2000, and supported progressive Democrat Dennis Kucinich in his 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns.[18]"
And now for something glib and probably inappropriate, but utterly unavoidable:
Or this
Also of interest
"But [O.J. Simpson's manager Norman] Pardo also says [O.J.] Simpson asked that race not be the focal point of his Nevada defense because Illinois senator Barack Obama was running in the presidential election that November and Simpson didn't want to hurt his chances."
Maybe the man is redeemable after all.
(C'mon. JOKING.)
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The other one was The Howard Stern Show.
However, way before I was a rabid fan of the KOAM, I was listening to American Top 40. The show, which began airing when I was two years old, was certainly required listening for me by the time I was, oh, what, eight?
I can specifically remember acts and songs Casey introduced me to. "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward. "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh. "Emotion" by Samantha Sang (and the Bee Gees). "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. And on and on and on and on.
Kasey Casem long passed on his mantle to Ryan Seacrest, and I have long stopped listening, except occassionally when I think to catch the rebroadcast on satellite radio. (And rebroadcasting the Casem-era countdowns is such a stroke of genius that I'm certain Sirius will end the practice soon if it has not already.) Because there's only one fella as far as I'm concerned who was up to this task. (And also, admittedly, because I am an old man who is no longer interested in most of the product touted by the good ol' Top 40.
Anyway, so long to the steadiest voice ever to air, and thanks for feeding me music for many, many years.
Radio Legend Casey Kasem Dead at 82
Not to mention: "A political liberal, he narrated a campaign ad for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign,[16] hosted fundraisers for Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988,[17] supported Ralph Nader for U.S. President in 2000, and supported progressive Democrat Dennis Kucinich in his 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns.[18]"
And now for something glib and probably inappropriate, but utterly unavoidable:
Or this
Also of interest
Dad got one of these for Fadah's Day. Clear eyes. Full hearts. Hope it fits. (He confirms that it does fit. Can't lose!) |  |
"But [O.J. Simpson's manager Norman] Pardo also says [O.J.] Simpson asked that race not be the focal point of his Nevada defense because Illinois senator Barack Obama was running in the presidential election that November and Simpson didn't want to hurt his chances."
Maybe the man is redeemable after all.
(C'mon. JOKING.)
Twenty years after infamous Bronco chase, O.J. Simpson still a mystery
"A sewer worker is like a brain surgeon. We're both specialists." (Edward Lillywhite Norton)
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