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"Your car is uglier than I am!" - Carol, "American Graffiti"

Archive for October, 2007

After our whirl around the Haunted Mansion - which Adam did not care for - we headed back over to the Hall of Presidents to catch the next showing. As a Presidential buff, I always eat up this attraction and will be anxious to see the representation of our 44th President during one of my […]

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So What About Those Music Box Steps? - Part 1

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

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 […]

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Dad and Vicki Get Married

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Dad got re-married on December 1, 2000 to his girlfriend Vicki Burns. The two had met at the March 1998 annual Chevy Club 50’s dance. This was one I hadn’t attended - but I soon got to meet Vicki as she began coming to some of my Sons of the Desert Meetings. Vicki had come […]

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A Super Villain

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Most people wouldn’t know Jack O’Halloran from a jack-o’-lantern if it wasn’t for his appearance as Non, the mute super villain from the planet Krypton in Superman and Superman II. I, of course, have a Superman fetish so I was well aware of who he was. Therefore I had already requested that Bob pick me […]

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A Package of Cool Stuff from Jean Darling

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

I didn’t get the chance to actually meet Our Gang member Jean Darling until the Nashville convention in 2002, but I was thrilled that she actually knew my name as soon as she heard it. We had exchanged some letters and such over the years, the first being her response to the letter and $9.00 […]

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