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"Roses are red
Violets are blue
Milk, eggs, coffee."
- Leo, "That 70's Show"

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While the day’s earlier events are now relatively lost from memory, I can distinctly and vividly recall most of the evening’s activities on Thursday June 29, 1995. The afternoon doubtlessly consisted of Laurel and Hardy location scouting and cemetery haunting. But this was the night that the Los Angeles Conservancy presented a screening of the […]

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Bonnie Blue

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

She lucked into eternal film fame when her sister, who was slated to play the part, became too old-looking by the time her scenes in Gone with the Wind were ready to be filmed. So Cammie King ended up with the role of a lifetime, that of Bonnie Blue Butler, beloved but doomed daughter of […]

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I Saw a Monkey

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Yes, as ridiculous as it sounds, Bob and I took a special drive all the way to Palm Springs to meet up with a monkey on Monday, February 12. That morning we left Las Vegas after a hearty breakfast buffet at the hotel and headed back to his place in San Bernardino. On the way, […]

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The Walt Disney Studios - Scene 2

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Continuing with our incredible tour of the Disney tours - as begun here:
Following our walking tour of Dave’s work area, we continued along our interweaving path through the Disney buildings. We next came upon the building in which models are crafted for film and animatronic characters. There was one lone worker in there, toiling away at […]

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The Walt Disney Studios - Scene 1

Monday, February 26th, 2007

One of the most interesting things I saw during my California trip was the Walt Disney Studios - and it was virtually the first item on the docket. After Jimmy and I killed a couple of hours in Santa Monica, we headed to Burbank to find the Walt Disney Studios and meet our friend David […]

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