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On the Case With Nancy Drew

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

psm2.jpgPamela Sue Martin was best known for her role as Nancy Drew in the late 70’s series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Although I never watched the show at the time it was aired, I do now have the first two seasons of the show on DVD. She also had significant roles in The Poseidon Adventure and as Fallon Carrington Colby on the nighttime soap opera Dynasty. Although her acting career has never included anything personally significant to me, I did request that Bob pick me up a signed photo when she made an appearance at the Hollywood Collectors Show in the late 90’s. The photo he chose must certainly be one of the hottest photos ever taken.

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Miss Carol Kane…and Two Other Misses

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

carolkane.jpgOn the evening of Tuesday, October 7, 2008, Jimmy and I had worked our way back to the Pantages Theatre in the hopes of catching David Garrison on his way out of the evening performance of Wicked. I had brought along my It’s Your Move photo that I had had Adam Sadowsky sign the day before, but in the excitement and anticipation of meeting him, I plum forgot to bring along the cast photo of Taxi that I had found at the Hollywood Collectors Show a couple of days before. From that sad fact alone, I should have known that the evening would be jinxed. Read the rest of this entry »

One Night in Salzburg…and the Trip Is Over

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

sz9.jpgIt was bittersweet to come to the end of the day of Saturday, July 19, 2008. For all intents and purposes, this was our very last day in Europe. It had been a busy one from the start when we visited the Olympiapark in Munich, then on to the horrifying Dacahu concentration camp, the frantic drive to Salzburg, and The Sound of Music tour. In fact it had been a very busy two weeks! We had just enough time (and energy) left to take a brief walk into Salzburg and grab something to eat before officially wrapping up our trip. Read the rest of this entry »

Brad Goes To Billy Jack

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

billyjack3.jpgThe Billy Jack films were a series of lowbrow Western movies featuring Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, an American Indian Green Beret Vietnam War vetern, hapkido master, and gunslinger. One can only imagine the action in this series of four films that were made from 1967-1977. In fact I can only imagine, because to date I have not seen any of the films. Laughlin also directed these films under the name T.C. Frank. The films in the series were The Born Losers, Billy Jack, The Trial of Billy Jack, and Billy Jack Goes to Washington.

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Chris Runck…Small World

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

runck2.jpgTo the best of my recollection, I first met Chris Runck at the RYC (Regional Youth Conference) at Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana during the Spring of 1988. Along with Lee McAdams, he would join me as we stole away for a cigarette amidst the Brethren Church proceedings (under some bridge as I recall?). We bacame fast friends and would go on to hang out quite a bit over the next three years’ worth of Youth Camps during the Summers. And like Lee, the last that I saw him was when I drove away from my last week of Youth Camp at Woodland Altars during the Summer of 1990.

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