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Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Julie London
I have a special treat in store for the Fabulous Fridays in June, and am leading off with an appearance by Julie London as the mystery...
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 6/3/20
The pandemic has led to lots of time at home with Richard, and of course we end up watching a lot of TV. Somehow the dial often turns...
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Jun 3, 20201 min read
CDA: Christo
RIP Christo, one of the most extraordinary artists of our time. My favorite piece of his was the Reichstag - - he turned a hulking,...
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Jun 2, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Yentl*
I could go on and on with Miss Streisand (and really, I have already) but I feel like we need a little break. I might take her back up...
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May 29, 20201 min read
CDA: Ken Osmond and Larry Kramer
Two CDAs today, one from last week, one from yesterday. And what a strange pair they make. A celebrity whose name you might not know:...
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May 28, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/27/20
I'm closing out our Star Wars tribute with these two guys: Diva: Darth Vader Mensch: Obi Wan Kenobi, aka Ben Kenobi
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May 27, 20201 min read
CDA: Phyllis George
Sorry, folks, this one got stuck in my Drafts folder. Oops. The adorable and wonderful Phyllis George! I first knew her as a former...
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May 26, 20201 min read
CDA: Michael Halkias
I know I use the term "celebrity" loosely - - Michael Halkias was a local celebrity, not known by name by very many people, but known...
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May 26, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday - - on a SATURDAY!
My beloved readers, I was so distracted yesterday I never got around to the Fabulous Friday feature. A thousand apologies, mea culpa,...
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May 23, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/20/20
Today's *Star Wars* pair: Diva: Queen Amidala Mensch: Princess Leia Amidala is concerned about looking high fashion and being grand. In...
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May 20, 20201 min read
Open Space concert: G Beaver and H Yoon
I heard Greg Beaver and Hyeyung Yoon in an online concert presented by the Open Space concert series. Greg was my first roommate when I...
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May 19, 20203 min read
CDA: Fred Willard
Ah, the adorable and hilarious Fred Willard. Thanks to Richard and Stephanie for giving me the alert on the death of this wonderful...
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May 18, 20201 min read
*Lady M,* 5/14/20
I saw *Lady M,* presented by Heartbeat Opera, on 5/14/20. I had seen a performance of *The Mother Of Us All* at the Met Museum in...
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May 17, 20203 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Hello Dolly!* and *On a Clear Day*
Today I'm featuring two Streisand movies from 1969 and 1970, *Hello Dolly!* and *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.* *On a Clear Day*...
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May 15, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/13/20
This week's *Star Wars* pair: Diva: C3PO Mensch: R2D2 The titles of these video compilations say it all about Diva vs Mensch behavior:...
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May 13, 20201 min read
CDA: Jerry Stiller (and more Little Richard)
Oh, the marvelous Jerry Stiller. I was never a huge fan of *Seinfeld,* but this is my favorite moment of his: And two more bits of...
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May 11, 20201 min read
CDA: Little Richard
A true American original! Here's a good ABC tribute to him - - I didn't know that he wrote "Tutti Frutti," and definitely didn't know...
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May 10, 20201 min read
CDA: Rosalind Elias
Rosalind Elias was an opera singer, a great American mezzo, at her peak in the 50s and 60s but still active well into this century. The...
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May 9, 20202 min read
Fabulous Friday: Streisand, *Funny Girl*
*Funny Girl* is a musical based (dimly, one assumes) on the life of Fanny Brice. One thinks only of Streisand as Brice, but the...
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May 8, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 5/6/20
Are you aware of the cute thing that happened on Monday - - May the Fourth Be With You, in honor of *Star Wars*? I first learned of it a...
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May 6, 20201 min read
CDA: Catherine O'Hara
Oh my I was not prepared for this one. My brother Howard texted me yesterday to alert me to the death of the extraordinary Catherine O'Hara at the too young age of 71. Like many of my generation I first encountered her on SCTV. My favorite of her characters was Lola Heatherton, a dimly talented nightclub performer, her name pointing us to Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon mainstays Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton. She was delightful in Beetlejuice (1988) but I'm not so into
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2 days ago2 min read
Fabulous Friday: Alanis Morissette
I've asked my friend Jori Hume to write a few Fabulous Fridays in the Rock and Roll Woman series. Jori is a friend from high school, without a doubt the coolest person ever to attend Delavan-Darien High School. I was about to write "ever to graduate from" but I bet there are some cool people who were dropouts! Jori is cooler than any of them. I'll hand the baton to Jori: Do you remember the first time you heard “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette? Picture it: Kansas City.
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3 days ago2 min read
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