"Do you enjoy throwing up every five minutes, Claude?" -Aunt Edna, "National Lampoon's Vacation"
It was at the Hollywood ‘80 Sons of the Desert convention when I first became acquainted with the flight of steps that Laurel and Hardy encountered in their 1932 Acadamy Award winning film The Music Box. This short film had been the first one that I had ever seen from my favorite comedy team so […]
If I were to argue that Noel Neill was the very first and most prolific actress to portray Superman heroine Lois Lane, you might respond that Phyllis Coates was actually both the first Lois Lane in both the movies and on TV. And you would be correct. Phyllis Coates portrayed Lois Lane for the duration of […]
As I recall, following our Christmas Eve celebration, I spent the night at Christi’s and spent Christmas morning at her house with her parents, brothers Keith and Eric, and cousin Jennifer. I got a Laurel and Hardy collectors plate from Bob and Joy (which Christi had already spilled the beans about). That afternoon, we had my Mom’s annual Christmas-day […]
Christmas 1990 was indeed a special one as it was Ashleigh’s first. She wasn’t quite old enough to be ‘into’ the spirit of the season, but she was beginning to make some serious wide-eyed reactions to the lights and decorations. I remember standing by the tree at Christi’s parents’ house and telling her that the […]
After my ‘last hurrah’ in Florida, I had roughly three weeks before my first days of college at Wright State University were to begin. Christi would be making her return to Beavercreek High School for the first time since before Ashleigh’s birth and was ready to complete her senior year. Things began to evolve unfavorably almost immediately upon my return. […]