Thursday, September 27, 2012

Brought to You By Nabisco

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Andy Williams died--lemme check--two days ago. I can't say I paid much attention to him over the  years. I'm in no way prejudiced ...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Quips and Quotations (Algonquin Round Table Edition)

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To err is human; to forgive, infrequent --Franklin P. Adams Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else --Heywood Braun A...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

In Memoriam: Hal David 1921-2012

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    Lyricist. Best known for his collaborations with Burt Bacharach. Magic Moments. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me. A...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Vital Viewing (We Sure Showed Those Rooskies Edition)

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I just now--really, about 15 minutes ago, which would have been 1:43 PM EST--found out that Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the m...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

In Memoriam: Phyllis Diller 1917-2012

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Comedian .  Onstage comes something that, by its own description, looks like a sackful of doorknobs. With hair dyed by Alcoa , pipe-clea...
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

In Memoriam: Gore Vidal 1925-2012

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Writer.  The City and the Pillar. Visit to a Small Planet. The Best Man.  Julian. Washington DC. Myra Breckenridge. Burr. Myron. 1876. Cre...
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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Vital Viewing (19th Century Family Patriarch Edition)

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Actor William Powell, a ubiquitous presence in movies during the 1930s and '40s, was born on this date in 1892. Here he plays the impe...
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