Showing posts with label nostalgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nostalgia. Show all posts
Sunday, December 08, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Patti Page Memorial
Patti Page
November 8, 1927 — January 1, 2013
Patti Page Dies at Age 85
My Favorite Patti Page Song: "Allegheny Moon"
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Neil Armstrong: American Hero
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| Neil Armstrong — First Man on the Moon |
"One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Apollo 11 Moon Landing — July 20, 1969
In memory of Neil Armstrong
Monday, August 20, 2012
Phyllis Diller: Pioneer Stand-Up Comic
Friday, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Timeless Rock
1960's Classic Rock Performances
Like a lot of aging baby boomers, I still have a soft spot in my heart for rock music. Others might call it "rock and roll" but I prefer to call it just plain old "rock" music because my favorite rock bands of all time were those British rock bands from the Sixties and the 1960's American bands that were influenced by them. I liked the big, brassy, live-stage sound of that early rock music, especially when I watched these bands perform on The Ed Sullivan Show or heard their songs being played on American Bandstand.
Being the nostalgic fool that I am and, yeah, I guess, the romantic fool that I've always been, I created another personal website
this past weekend just to pay homage to the British and American rock
bands from the 1960s that made such an impression on me as a teenager
and as a young man.
And, yep, it still has an effect on an old, nostalgic fool like me who remembers quite vividly that 60's rock music was all about fun, dancing and, you bet, romance. Just click on the picture if you want to see the 5th and, hopefully, the last entertainment satellite I'll ever attach to my official website.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Friday, March 02, 2012
Funny Books
When I was old enough to read, back in the early 1950s, I took a keen interest in reading comic books, like most American kids. And, like most American boys, I liked to read action/adventure comic books that weren't really funny. But my interest in comic books didn't stop there. I liked all kinds of comic books and got a real charge out of the "funny" ones.
Eventually, all comic books became "funny books" to me, just like I called the Sunday comics in the newspapers "the funny papers". The funny papers would make another fun topic for this blog but, right now, I want to list some of the "funny books" that I read on a regular basis. And, yep, some of them were probably for girls, but when you grow up around girls, you often read what they read and then you find out that most "funny books" were meant for everybody. Even grownups.
Rather than make this blog post a mile long by going into detail about why I liked reading these "funny books", I'll just list the ones I was able to remember reading regularly, or at least more than once. One thing the comic books or graphic novels or funny books — or whatever you want to call them — did for me was to show me the lighter side of life and the creative, fanciful side of others that made me feel good about having a big part of me that could forego reality for a spell and enjoy action, fantasy and humor. Here are some "funny books" from my youth:
Batman, Green Lantern, Flash, Robin, Sgt. Rock, Superman, Swamp Thing
Combat, Beetle Bailey, Bugs Bunny, Daffy [Duck], Donald Duck, Huckleberry Hound, Little Lulu, Tom and Jerry, [Marge's] Tubby, Tweety and Sylvester, Uncle Scrooge, Walt Disney Comics
Baby Huey, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Little Dot, Little Lotta, Richie Rich, Sad Sack, Spooky, Stumbo the Giant, Wendy the Good Little Witch
As you can see, the "funny books" from my past outnumber the action/adventure "comic books". But that never mattered to me. I wasn't keeping track of them. I wasn't counting them or categorizing them or looking over my shoulder to see who was watching me. I was too busy reading them. Over and over again.
As you can see, the "funny books" from my past outnumber the action/adventure "comic books". But that never mattered to me. I wasn't keeping track of them. I wasn't counting them or categorizing them or looking over my shoulder to see who was watching me. I was too busy reading them. Over and over again.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Bringing It On: Newhart
Newhart was one of my favorite sticoms of all time. Right up there with The Andy Griffith Show, Barney Miller, Green Acres and Taxi. This was Bob Newhart at his best. My other favorite characters were portrayed by Julia Duffy and Tom Poston. Yep, you bet, I miss the 20th Century. But I'd never do all over again. That's what the future is for.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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