"I had a much nicer voice until I ran a nail through it." - Stan Laurel, "The Bohemian Girl"
Bruce Abbott’s film career was rather brief, and mostly he starred in low budgt flicks. In fact, these days he works as an architect and is semi-retired from performing. However, he did star in one over-the-top, entertaining, cult classic that made it a must to get an autograph from him. That movie was the insanely and disgustingly entertaining 1985 sci-fi horror flick Re-Animator. Read the rest of this entry »
Ernest Borgnine falls into the classification as ‘legendary actor’ – and was one of the driving forces that inspired me to travel to Chicago on October 17, 2009. Although he looked great, he was 92 years old, so I didn’t know when there might be another chance to get to meet this Oscar-winning performer. Borgnine had claimed the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in Marty in 1955. Read the rest of this entry »
On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Thanksgiving came around swiftly and without warning. Literally, I think this one creeped up quicker than any other have as I was still reeling from the the unexpected arrival of Halloween. After this, there were two down and the final of the big three to go. I had been up late the night before at Sly and Kristy’s house playing cards. I ended up sleeping in their guestroom so I only got about two hours of sleep before they had gotten up and headed off to work. Read the rest of this entry »
Back home in Dayton, I was so tired from the road trip that Bob and I had taken across West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey on the morning of Sunday, June 20, 2009, I almost considered sending Bob out alone to see the few sites in my own backyard of Dayton, Ohio, that he wanted to see. Then I thought better and decided to be a good host…and get some photos with some of the cool things that we actually have in my little old home town. Read the rest of this entry »
Of all of the celebrities whom I have met, I must say that Jenilee Harrison has to be one of the nicest. As a buff of Three’s Company, I was excited to meet the gal who replaced Suzanne Somers in the series, portraying her almost-as-dumb but way-more-clumsy cousin Cindy Snow. She appeared throughout the entire fifth season of the show as the third roommate, but then was relegated to a lesser role in the sixth season having moved out of the apartment to make way for Terri Alden, played by Priscilla Barnes. Read the rest of this entry »