Forest Lawn Glendale
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Although I had visited this cemetery back in 1995, I didn’t make my triumphant return until April 30, 2018. It’s a very important cemetery for Hollywood history and is packed to the rafters, er, the sod, with movie royalty. And yet I wasn’t really looking forward to tackling it again, because 1) the cemetery doesn’t want you taking pictures so you have to be sneaky, 2) the cemetery is not helpful in assisting with locating graves, 3) the cemetery is huge, and 4) the cemetery is exceptionally hilly. Nevertheless, with my friend Bob in tow – or rather towing me – we set out to conquer at least a smattering of these very important graves. We did fairly well considering most of them are flat with the earth and thus not easy to spot… which would explain why this group took part of one day (even if it was only about fifteen minutes) and then a second visit on May 2 when we spent another three hours and fifteen minutes. So here’s who we were able to see during this visit: Read the rest of this entry »
Beatlemania was a bit before my time, but in the 1980’s the closest thing to it came into the country’s lives around 1983 when Michael Jackson released his album Thriller. Everyone liked it: the kids, the parents, the critics, the industry. In fact, even if Michael Jackson didn’t quite achieve the commercialism heights of the Beatles (at least I don’t recall Michael Jackson wigs in the department stores), the release of his video Thriller was probably as anticipated as the Fab Four starring in the film A Hard Day’s Night.