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Foster Brooks

Today is the birthday of perhaps the greatest comic drunk of all time, Foster Brooks (1912-2001). While he got his start in radio in the 1930s, it wasn’t until he was in his 50s that he started… more →

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Seriously Funny

michaelmagras wrote 13 hours ago: In my last post, I mentioned a 2003 book by Gerald Nachman, Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of … more →

Tags: Books 2, Brainless/Comedy, Comedy, Dick Gregory, Elaine May, Gerald Nachman, Jonathan Winters, Mike Nichols, Seriously funny

Facing The Music

dobiemaxwell wrote 1 week ago: Monday May 13th, 2013 – Fox Lake, IL      Here’s another major life’s regret to toss on my ever grow … more →

Tags: Entertainment, alice cooper, bassoon, Bernie Taupin, caucasian, Comedy, Creativity, Frank Zappa, George Clinton

Foster Brooks

travsd wrote 1 week ago: Today is the birthday of perhaps the greatest comic drunk of all time, Foster Brooks (1912-2001). Wh … more →

Tags: Television, Comedy, TV variety, comedian, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Foster Brooks, Drunk

Jack Paar

travsd wrote 3 weeks ago: Today is the birthday of Jack Paar (1918-2004). I’ll admit to you right here and now that my e … more →

Tags: Television, Comedy, TV variety, johnny carson, Tonight Show, Jack Paar, Shelly Berman, charlie weaver, Hermione Gingold

Louis "Louie" Nye

travsd wrote 3 weeks ago:   Today is the birthday of the hysterically funny Louie Nye (1913-2005). Born Louis Neistat in … more →

Tags: Television, Comedy, Jews/ Show Biz, TV variety, Louie Nye, Harper valley PTA, Steverino

KING ME!

WilliamsProjects wrote 3 weeks ago: May 1st in history: May 1st seems to be a big day for “kings” … On May 1st of 1328 … more →

Tags: Today in History, Trivia, May, England, Elvis Presley, New York, Great Britain, Hawaii, Scotland

ElvisVerse: TV Guest Star

dykewriter wrote 3 weeks ago: ElvisVerse: Timex’s Frank Sinatra’s Welcome Home ElvisElvis made his final tv guest appe … more →

Tags: Elvis Presley, Zeitgeist Analytics, Entertainment, Hollywood, Celebrities, Frank Sinatra, TV Special, TV Show, Guest Star

On Lieber and Stoller

travsd wrote 4 weeks ago: Today is the birthday of the late Jerry Lieber (1933-2011), one half of one of the great songwriting … more →

Tags: Television, Music, rock and pop, tin pan alley, TV variety, Jerry Lieber, songwriters, Elvis, mike stoller

absolute positive swingin' in 1952

21stcenturytheater wrote 1 month ago: Charlie Parker, Diz and co. Diz was cool personified. A master of music and friendship, a leader of … more →

Tags: Music, Iconoclasts, Art, Poetry, beat, charlie parker, DIZ, Dizzy Gillespie, Gillespie

"Dare Me To Write A Song" 12-week Challenge — 2 comments

keyplayermusic wrote 1 month ago: I’ve challenged myself to write and record a song a week for twelve weeks beginning on April 1 … more →

Tags: songrwriting, Jonathan Coulton, while filing your taxes, April 15, 2013, Week 1

December 23- January 20: Capricorn

keltickaity wrote 1 month ago: Symbol: The Goat Known As: The Ambassador Day: Saturday Gemstone(s): Ruby, Agate, Amethyst, Cat … more →

Tags: Zodiac, Capricorn, Muhammad Ali, Joan of Arc, Isaac Asimov, Benjamin Franklin, Humphrey Bogart, Faye Dunaway, Ava Gardner

Watching Game of Thrones...and retrieving plastic — 1 comment

Dave Bradley wrote 1 month ago: April 1, 2013 Ellen/Reid: My friend Tom is under the surgeon’s knife this morning with triple bypass … more →

Tags: Writing to adult children, Chicago, chicago public schools, fracking, game of thrones, HBO, Iowa - Des Moines, Junk, North Carolina

A Followup to my Talk on Blogtalkradio — 3 comments

Marcella Rousseau wrote 1 month ago: Although we had some technical issues connecting, I was able to give my talk today about humor and h … more →

Tags: Awards, BlogTalkRadio, Entertainment 2, Exercise 2, Fitness, Humor, Mediterranean diet, New York, NY

Defeat The Silence - Go To The Library. — 2 comments

The Sleepcoat League wrote 1 month ago: Frank Zappa died in 1993. Composer, iconoclast, mainstream counter-cultural icon. From Beginnings to … more →

Tags: Defeat The Silence, Art, Music, Video, Culture, What's my Line, Frank Zappa, CrossFire, counter-cultural icon

Renting a Harley in Portland, OR

Dave Bradley wrote 1 month ago: Someone asked recently if I sign the letters  ‘Love, Dad.’ You bet, every single time, u … more →

Tags: Writing to adult children, Bridger Wilderness, Caldwell Presbyterian Church, California, central piedmont community college, CPCC, ellen, Harley-Davidson, Heritage Softail

Live for today rings pretty true... — 1 comment

Dave Bradley wrote 2 months ago: Health and other of life’s pitfalls shove their way into my consciousness. I’m thinking … more →

Tags: Writing to adult children, Bracketology, Bridger Wilderness, Caldwell Presbyterian, ellen, final 4, Golf Course, iPhone, John Cleghorn

Quote of the Week

Marisa wrote 2 months ago: THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (1963) Music like the worst nightmare the Cramps ever had. Timothy … more →

Tags: film, Quotes, Books, Timothy Carey, head, paths of glory, The Killing, The World's Greatest Sinner, salvador dali

Steve Allen to Jerry Springer

greenpete58 wrote 2 months ago: Dysfunctional excess Is all it took for my success. (Peter Gabriel, from his song “The Barry W … more →

Tags: Television, jerry springer, johnny carson, on the road, Jack Kerouac, Frank Zappa, "Vulgarians at the Gate", howard Stern, Parents Television Council

3/12: Liza, Sweet Baby James, Al, 99, Gordon, Aaron, Jack, and Lesley

Nan Bauer wrote 2 months ago: My, what a lot of people we have today. First, Liza. Fosse understood how to choreograph for her and … more →

Tags: Jack Kerouac, Bob Fosse, Liza Minelli, Cabaret, mein herr, James Taylor, Fire and Rain, al jarreau, Spain


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