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Remembering John Hughes
I found this on Youtube and thought I would share it. It’s a wonderful tribute to an wonderful director, who in my opinion shaped a generation. For those who can't see the video (i.e. TV) - here is the direct link . Enjoy!
Happy Birthday to Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman was born at Los Angeles, California on this day in 1937. He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955 and enrolled at Santa Monica College. After a year he left to join the Pasadena Playhouse for two years. He moved to New York City...
“And that’s the way it was…” – Remembering Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite, born at St. Joseph, Missouri on 4 November 1916, died last evening at New York City. While in high school at Houston, Texas he was a cub reporter at the Houston Post, and had a paper route, possibly the only journalist to deliver his...
Happy Birthday to Bill Cosby
William Henry Cosby, Jr was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania on this day in 1937. How much introduction does Cos need? Bill dropped out of school in tenth grade to join the Navy, later got his high school diploma by correspondence and received his B.A...
Remembering Robin Hood, Captain Blood, et al.
Errol Flynn was born at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia a century ago today. He grew up at Sydney, failed in two businesses in New Guinea, and moved to England in 1933. Spotted by a Warner Brothers executive the next year he was quickly signed to a contract...
EE-O-LEVEN
Had the unfortunate opportunity to watch the latest version of Ocean’s Eleven with George Clooney, yeah, I know it’s been out for a while; however I really had no need to see it. It was on one of the movie channels late last night, so I tuned...
Posted: 06-10-2009 10:40 by jim® | with 8 comment(s)
Remembering Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome Blank was born at San Francisco on this day in 1908, and grew up at Portland, Oregon. In high school he entertained his friends with jokes featuring multiple accents he picked up from his neighbors, and changed his last name to Blanc. He...
Remembering Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on this day in 1859. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1876 to 1881. He served as ship's medical officer on two voyages before opening a practice with a classmate which...
Happy Birthday to The Bard
William Shakespeare is presumed to have been born at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England on this day in 1564, and is known to have died on this day in 1616. In between, he wrote and played in a number of plays, most of which are still produced...
Posted: 04-23-2009 0:48 by jim® | with 3 comment(s)
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