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Soupy Sales

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

It’s really a crying shame that entertainers like Soupy Sales, who were iconic in the minds of the baby boomer generation, are quickly hurling toward obscurity. As host of the wildly popular kids show Lunch With Soupy Sales, he regaled millions of children from 1959-1966. Today, even folks like me, who have certainly heard of Soupy Sales – and perhaps even seen him on game shows like What’s My Line? from the 1970’s – really don’t have much of a clue what he was all about. Read the rest of this entry »

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I Dream of Jeannie’s Autograph

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

As a huge fan and collector of all episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, I am thrilled to have autographed photos all three of the principals of the show. In fact I met Larry Hagman and his co-star Bill Daily both in 2009. Unfortunately, I have not been so lucky with Barbara Eden. She was, however, kind enough to sign a nice cheesecake photo of herself back in the latter part of 1997.  It is unfortunate that I didn’t get her to sign the photo from the show first– and then add Hagman’s signature later. As it is, I’ll have to be satisfied with the lone autographed photo from Barbara Eden seen below. At least her belly button is visible. Read the rest of this entry »

Dante’s Info #16

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

On July 4, 1996, I made the notation in my little Sunshine Pocket Planner that read “D.I. Day on I.D”. For those not accustomed to Bradspeak, this indicated that I had put the finishing touch on my latest edition of Dante’s Info on Independence Day. This issue had been a long time coming and had begun earlier in the year when I was still living at Woodman Park. Amidst the move to Peppertree, it took forever to finally get it finished – all of which is indicated in the Sim Sala Bim Editor’s Notes. I have no doubt that the final puah came from wanting to get this done before the convention began less than two weeks later. Things wouldn’t get much easier, and there would only be one more issue of Dante’s Info over the next six years – by which time the publication would undergo radical changes…as my life had. Read the rest of this entry »

Dick Van Dyke, Friend of Stan Laurel

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Dick Van Dyke is obviously one of the most well-known names in television, having received three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series in The Dick Van Dyke Show, and then going on to star in the long running medical drama Diagnosis Murder. He is known for his filmwork in the Disney Classic Mary Poppins and his roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie, and his more recent appearances in the two Night at the Museum films. Read the rest of this entry »