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Archive for August, 2008

Harvey Korman: Splendid, Splendid

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

I grew up watching syndicated reruns of Carol Burnett and Friends, and one of my favorite parts of the show was always waiting to see how long it would take for Tim Conway to crack up Harvey Korman in the show. It was like a game that we were all in on. Korman always did a remarkably good […]

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As Lisa and I settled into our new apartment at the Peppertree Villas on 1455 Bell Pepper Court, Apartment 203, she and I went about our business of unpacking and decorating while awaiting the arrival of Summer - not that we didn’t continue to take part in numerous activites all the while. As we attended […]

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“A Christmas Story” in July

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The classic 1983 film A Christmas Story has become ingrained in my mind - and I’m sure on the minds of anyone else under the age of 40 - as a necessary staple of the holiday season… especially now that it seems to play on a continuous loop for the entire month of December. In fact if […]

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James A. Garfield and Me

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

President James A. Garfield is a name virtually lost among the United States Presidents. Having served just six months and fifteen days of office - the second shortest term of any President - he was shot on July 2, 1881 by a disgruntled Federal office seeker named Charles Guiteau. For the last two and a half […]

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Cruella de Vil

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Betty Lou Gerson was a character actress who could be seen in numerous televsion shows throughout the 1950’s and 60’s - most notably in one of my favorites The Twilight Zone, in which she starred in the episode Ring-A-Ding Girl. But Ms. Gerson really sealed her fame when she was cast to voice the evil […]

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