The Sound of Von Trapp Kids
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
I’ve added another item to my list of pre-death accomplishments that I’d like to achieve. Having grown up with the periodic screenings and then a VHS recording of The Sound of Music, I’ve always had the hope of meeting all of the Von Trapp children at some time or other. While we’re at it, I wouldn’t snub Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer if I ran into either of them either. If you have any doubt about the sincerity of my love for the film, just check out my 2008 visit to many of the film’s locations in Salzburg, Austria. My track record of meeting the cast of the film, however, isn’t quite as stellar. And unfortunately this posting won’t add any new ones to the list. But I thought I would take this chance to show off the few photos and signatures that I do have – along with the reminder of my two Von Trapp encounters (one of them whom I just got to meet a second time). I’m hoping that I can add to this posting in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Not trying to be too punny, but the sound of the wake up the morning of Saturday, June 11, 2011, was rather alarming. As such, it was alarming in its own right that Dean and I had self-inflicted this punishment at 4:30 in the morning – all in the name of driving into town and lining up to get tickets that would enable us to meet the three major celebrities of the 2011 annual Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois. But since we had, we went ahead and followed through with it. Ugh. 
I’ll admit it. I watched Cagney and Lacey at some point during its seven-year run throughout the 1980’s. It was a female cop show that tried not to exploit the fact that the cops were women, barring of course the telefilms known as The Menopause Years. Tyne Daly played one of the female police officers. Let’s just be nice and say she was the ‘less glamorous’ one. She was the tough, gritty brunette who had the bulk of the street smarts. I can never remember which was Cagney and which was Lacey. But she was one of them. 
I was rather impressed with the initial four celebrities that were going to be attending the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois, over the weekend of June 11-12, 2011. I have already covered Tracy Roberts, Mark Pillow, and Alaina Huffman (as seen