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or 'Walk, Don't Run"

I dug that telstar song as a kid, and really enjoyed hearing it again. Speaking of Sputnik, here's a story that has meaning for me, that I didn't find out about until I read Stephen King's 'Danse Macabre' in 1985. Turns out King lived in my hometown of Stratford, Connecticut as a youth before he moved to, and settled into, Maine. In .Danse macabre', which is a book where he talks about the horror genre, and his own life, he tells stories of his childhood in Startford, referring to several places I hautned myself, tho he is 5 years older than me. One of the places is the Stratford movie theater, an even then, cheesy little theater that literally had seats in the refreshment area, and that was usually where I ent for Saturday matinee type stuff. King was there in 1957, watching "Earth vs the Flying Saucers", which was an apt title, as it featured flying saucers blowing up Washington DC, etc. Suddenly the movie stopped, the lights went up, and the manager came out front to tell the audience of mostly kids, that Russia had just launched Sputnik. That this guy would find it important enough to stop the movie to tell this to a crowd of kids, tells alot about the fear that sputnik put into this country. The Ruskies had the edge in conquering space, they;ll be blowing up washington themselves soon. I'll refrain from making any political comments about what really has happened, but it certainly had an impact on little Stevie King. When I read King's 'Hearts in Atlantis' a few years ago, it was fun to find he sets the book in Straford , Connecticut, tho he gives the town another name. All the descriptions, and there are many, of the town and it's places, mirror the Stratford he grew up in. I know that is no interest to anyone really, but it is to me.

Who're you calling '*****' ?

Ive never heard anyone say so much while telling us he's finished talking.

Im no huge fan of interleague play, but I don't consider them evil either. The worst part of the schedule is that we've gone from not playing enough games within divisions, to an extreme schedule where many teams only make one trip to cities outside their division. And the amount of interleague games is simply not necessary or interesting enough to make it worthwhile. I think †he Yankees and Red Sox play each other something like 26 times. As much as I'm in favor of head to head divisional games, that seems excessive to me. I am looking forward to seeing the Tigers and Twins at Dodger Stadium this week. Of course I can always drive south to Angel Stadium -not every community has teams in both leagues.

Thanks Kathy-that's what I call service. lol Her career sure seems to have tanked since Night Court tho-where the heck has she been?

I certainly didn't mean to imply that Ellen Foley is not an attractive woman-the picture posted is proof of that, tho she did not have that look on Night Court. And of course everyone is entitled to their own tastes. Some of the women I've found most attractive, would leave some people scratching their heads. I've just always liked Markie Post, tho an arguement could be made that Ellen Foleys character was more real, earthier ,and honest than the 'cute blonde' Markie.

I remember Ellen Foley, and must admit that Markie Post was more attractive on Night Court.

great moments in personal way history-"New Horizons' sang at an 'advance' in Connecticut once. I was standing nearby, when I overheard a woman introducing 2 of them to some friends as members of 'Lost Horizons'.

I came in late on Nostalgia 1 and missed many of Sudo's clips, unfortunately.

The entire 'Bat Out of Hell' album by Meatloaf, with 'Paradise..', is quite an experience. "Total Eclipse of the Heart' is a good song that almost was ruined for me when martindale started making 'Total Eclipse of the Brain' jokes. I dug the Faith Hill song-just didn't have any comment besides I liked it. That's a pretty nice bargain of cartoons there Kathy., tho I'm sure they're mostly grainy, poor copies-it's a nice selection of animated madness through the years. 'Uncle Tom's Bungalow' is of course a joke. It was a Warner Bros cartoon made during a time when they made many black cartoons-none of which could be played on tv today. While, unfortunate caricatures, watermelon, fried chicken, and gambling jokes were prevelant, some of them, like 'Coal Black and De Sebben Drwarves', are quite good. 'A-lad- in Bagdad' features the insufferable Egghead,who could have caused a war , as being one of the most unlikeable cartoon 'stars' ever.

I recognize the theme immediately after hearing the original-even though you played the first season version of the original, which was kind of different than the theme we all know. I'm not sure what Richard Dawson's connection to the second series was. If he was a costar I don't remember it. I do remember the star had the show set and filmed in Arizona, where he lived, and if memory serves, Hope Lange played his wife, while his 'first' wife was getting ready to move to Minneapolis and begin a landmark series of her own. I'm not sure his second series was even 'fairly popular' tho. It never caught on, really tho everyone loved the star.-and still do

While Richard Dawson was kind of a perv on Family Feud, he couldn't begin to match Bob Crane's real life. Crane was addicted to making home porno movies years before vcr's, or other technology. I don't recall the details, but he was ultimately bludgeoned to death by some guy, who had some connection to this 'pasttime'. A quick google search will fill in the blanks I'm sure. Sudo's theme does sound familiar, but I can't place it. Sounded kind of like 'The Odd Couple' turned inside out.

The game show was best in it's original incarnation. It was fresh, the perv host from Hogan's Heroes kissed all the women, it all clicked. The second host wasn't bad either, really.He had a large family himself, and moved the show along well. Tragically, he committed suicide (!) which noone saw coming. After a hoatus of several years the show returned with the comic Louie Anderson as host. I had just been working on a cartoon series he produced about his childhood called 'Life With Louie', and had met him a couple times. As a game show host , Louie was out of his element, and clearly did not have the personality or charisma for the job. They also monkeyed with the set and graphics, making the show look like a cheap version of the original. Louie was dropped like a bad habit in the middle of a season and replaced by a more amiable fellow with a beard. He's not bad, but the show still looks like a weak version of the original.

Ive been too busy kicking back at Dodger Stadium-at least what's left of the Dodger Stadium I know and love. The new owners have turned it into an advertising blitz, including a wrap around the field video screen that bombards you with ads all game long, and just in case you're watching the game, tells you that every Dodger pitching strike out is brought to you by Kraft -'K'. If I'm bored by the ads , I can listen to the deafening rock music that has mostly replaced the beloved Nancy Bea on the organ-oh they still let her play 'take me out to the ball game' in the 7 th inning, but is mostly silenced the rest of the game. I also can't tell who is on the field. After dismantling the team that won the division last year, there was literally one player in yesterdays starting lineup that wasn't new. And just so you don't get too familiar with them, they've decided to take the names off the backs of the jerseys, so you really can't tell the players without a scorecard. The Dodgers started the season 12-2, and were they ever crowing about the baseball genius of the new owners. Since then they've lost almost every series and are back near .500 and falling. Parking now costs 10 bucks, and Dodger Dog prices have been raised, but they're still usually cold and mealy. Having said all that-it's still the best setting for baseball Ive ever seen. I still enjoy the balmy summer evening, watching the sun set over the san gabriel mountains, in a stadium that is about as 'family friendly' as one will find. Tho I'm a Yankee fan from childhood, I'd love to see the Orioles maintain their momentum and win this year. Same with the White Sox.

Henry Corden was an excellent voice actor, but you are correct that he was not Alan Reed. He did alot of Pebbles commercials tho. The one constant in Flintstone voices was jean Van der Pyl as Wilma. The original cast featured Alan as Fred, Jean as Wilma, Bea Benederet as Betty, and Mel Blanc as Barney. That's some major talent gathered together! One aside - when the Flintstones began, Mel Blanc had just been in a major automobile accident that left him hospitalized in a body cast for months. The engineers would set up equipment in his hospital room so he could do his Barney lines from his bed. That is some pro. Fortunately, Mel recovered and lived another 30 years in mostly good health.

I enjoyed it. I never really loved Lucy, but recognize her greatness. Green Acres was never my favorite show, but I recognize it's genius. It was Eddie Albert abused by everyone , including his wife who would always see the 'logic' of the 'Hootersville' native. I know people who ay green Acres is the best syhow ever. I'm not one of them , but I understand what they mean. I'm mostly amazed Eddie Albert lived this long. He was looking long in the tooth during Green Acres, and that was almost 40 years ago.

I only knew of her in the 80's as the woman who oversaw the blessed workers in way publications.At one point, I believe, she had them signing in and out when they went to the bathroom. She brought 'micro managing' to a new level.

well, this isn't the friendly politics board, so I'm sorry I got started. Somehow this topic wound up here. I do have to say in response tho, that it is my belief that Bush knowingly lied to get us into Iraq, which is not the standard of the Word, no matter how much he professes to be Godly.

if we had gone by that standard, Lorna, Bush would have lost by a landslide

How were we supposed to be the first in arts and sciences or anything when we were expected to be at meetings and running classes and out witnessing all the time.

oops-that's 'loud', not 'load'-must have been a subconscious mistake.

'moral betters'- thanks for laugh out load joke.

There was always a far right undercurrent in the way, with the exception of the abortion issue, for reasons made more clear over time. When i got in in '75, there was alot of talk about the illuminati, and if memory serves, 'None Dare Call it Conspiracy' was sold in the way bookstore. When ever someone in a 'leadership' position talked politics in conversation or to make a point, it was always from a right wing, Republican point of view. Democrats were lower than dirt. I find the rantings of some of our more hard core right wingers here to be typical of the mind set of too many corps I knew then. Tom DeLay, Bill Frist, and others would fit right in. It certainly affected the way I thought, as I was never politically driven, and when you're being told that republican equals liberty and freedom, and democrat equals communism and weakness constantly, it can't help but smudge you're thinkinhg, especially when it's coming from so called men of God who you respect in most other areas. I've told this before in here, but my favorite comment was from a corps guy who was discussing the principle of giving in a gab fest. He felt that most charities like cancer research or helping the poor, were 'good' not 'best', but then said' some giving is worthwhile tho, like giving to the NRA or the Republican party !

was republican most of my life-Bush, Cheney, DeLay, Frist, etc have cured me