Archive for 2010
Laugh-In Across America
Sunday, November 14th, 2010
It’s been quite a while since I’ve enjoyed an episode of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, but I used to really dig the zany blackout humor of the show when it was being broadcast on Nick at Nite during the last few years of the 1980’s. I didn’t really start my collection of autographs related to the show until I ran into Gary Owens at a Hollywood Collectors Show in 1995. I only had him sign a couple of notecards and finally got my chance to get a picture with him in 2007 – as seen here. Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: Halloween Weekend – Featuring Celebs in New York, the Record-Breaking Hard Rock, and Free Miniature Golf in Yellow Springs
Saturday, November 13th, 2010Leif Garrett
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
It was around 1979 and I couldn’t wait for issues of 16 Magazine to hit the stands. My favorite rock band KISS was almost always on the cover and there were articles and pinups throughout. Also in every issue were the likes of Sean Cassidy, Kristy McNichol, the Bay City Rollers, The Dukes of Hazzard, and a young man with wavy blond locks and a baby face named Leif Garrett. I had absolutely no idea what Leif did – or how to say his name. (It’s not pronounced like leaf, it’s said like laif.) After all, I wasn’t actually sixteen; I was merely approaching eight years old. So the allure of most of these teen idols completely escaped me. After all, They didn’t seem to wear make-up, spit blood, or breathe fire.
Miss Beadle
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
It’s kind of hard to believe that the roles for which Charlotte Stewart is best known are so diametrically opposed. I knew her best for her sensitive portrayal of Miss Beadle, the teacher of the Ingalls sisters in Little House on the Prairie. She came across as the type of teacher that you would want for your children, kind-hearted, caring, but stern enough to keep them on task. But Charlotte Stewart was actually appearing at the Hollywood Show on Saturday, October 9, 2010 as part of the Twin Peaks reunion. Read the rest of this entry »