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Category Archives: Comedy
SCTV – The Funniest TV Show Of The Late 70′s / Early 80′s
John Candy and Cast Lampooning Leave It To Beaver Canada’s SCTV (Second City Television) was one of the most brilliant comedy sketch shows ever created. The ensemble cast featured John Candy, Robin Duke, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick … Continue reading
Our Gang / Little Rascals Star Norman Chubby Chaney No Longer Has An Unmarked Grave
“Chubsy-Ubsy” Finally Gets A Headstone Norman “Chubby” Chaney, a star for Hal Roach’s Our Gang comedies, (aka the Little Rascals) had been buried in an unmarked grave at Baltimore Cemetery since 1936. He was the first former cast member to … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Movies, Television
Tagged Cemetery, Entertainment, Epitaphs, Hal Roach, Jackie Cooper, Norman Chubby Chaney, Our Gang, The Little Rascals, Tombstone, YouTube
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Two Baseball Greats Pass Away- Stan Musial & Earl Weaver And Remembering An Infamous Interview
Cardinals Superstar Stan Musial Dies At 92, Orioles Manager Earl Weaver Dies At 82 And One Very Dirty, Funny Radio Show If you are like me, Saturday, January 19, 2013 will be remembered by baseball fans as a very sad day … Continue reading
“Mongo” – Alex Karras NFL Star Dies At 77
Karras, Famous For Stellar NFL Career, Will Always Have A Place in Movie Comedy History Alex Karras died in Los Angeles at the age of 77 on October 10, 2012 due to kidney failure and other health complications. The Detroit Lions … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Movies, Obituary, Television
Tagged Alex Karras, Blazing Saddles, Detroit Lions, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Mel Brooks, YouTube
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The Best Baseball Card Error – Ever!
Something Even Babe Ruth Couldn’t Do I stopped collecting baseball cards in 1981 after it became speculative and was more about card values rather than flipping, trading and completing sets. This was one of my favorite baseball cards simply because … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Comedy
Tagged 1964, Baseball Cards, Philadelphia Phillies, Topps
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Great Band Publicity Photo And Video
Ensoku – Deserving Worldwide Attention Rarely will my mouth hang open in disbelief. I’m too jaded. This photograph of the visual kei band Ensoku with the nightmare Disneyesque theme did not make my jaw drop. But their music video did. … Continue reading
The Excitement of BookExpo America
A BEA Exhibitor’s Exciting Booth In 2011 Publishing boring? No way! BEA is one only month away! June 5-7.
Posted in Books, Comedy
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The Best Woman Presidential Candidate Ever
Comedienne Gracie Allen Enters The 1940 Presidential Race In this newswire photograph, Gracie Allen, the zany half of the Burns & Allen comedy team “tosses her hat into the ring” to run for President in 1940. Gracie put out a very … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comedy, History, Photography
Tagged 1940, Burns & Allen, Entertainment, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Old Time Radio, Radio Show, Vaudeville
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Unbelievable Looney Tunes Cartoon From 1933
You’ll Never See This Cartoon On Saturday Morning Decades before South Park, Warner Bros. put this cartoon out in theaters. Bosko’s Picture Show, from 1933 features this incredible scene. Language warning here – play in front of children at your … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Movies
Tagged 1933, Animation, Cartoon, Entertainment, Friz Freleng, Leon Schlesinger, Warner Bros.
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The “Artwork” Of The 110 Harbor Freeway Los Angeles
Why Go To The Museum of Contemporary Art or The Getty? If you live around Los Angeles and are too busy to go to a museum to see paintings you can always get your fill of art while driving to … Continue reading →