"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son" - Dean Wermer, "Animal House"
For Christmas 1979, Dad bought the family a black and white video camera. On that Christmas, we opened it up on Christmas morning, so we were only able to actually record the aftermath of the holiday morning. 1980 was the first time where we were able to create a nearly complete record of the events of Christmas Eve […]
It seems like I spent much of the early parts of March preparing for some of my upcoming trips this year. For starters, I finally applied for my passport with that hideous photo from January. I also wrote to Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang co-star Buz Buckley in hopes that Bob and I might […]
I remember that as we entered into the Summer of 2001, my first with Carolyn, she remarked as we assembled our ‘fun drawer’ in the kitchen that it was “going to be a great summer!” Our fun drawer included gift certificates and coupons for places and events that we could enjoy over the coming months. […]
My first birthday was October 2, 1972. I guess there was quite a fuss made. In fact, the folks had two different birthday parties for me at our house on John Glenn - the first with my Mom’s family and the second with my Dad’s family. Since my birthday fell on a Monday, I have […]
Monty O’Grady certainly isn’t the most recognized among the names of the Our Gang child actors, but her certainly held one of the most unique roles in the history of the series. He was in five of the very earliest of the comedies, beginning in 1922 with the first entry in the series, simply entitled […]