RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK 8 years ago on April 8th we lost our good pal Chuck McCann...or "Uncle Chuckie" to his friends. We still miss him today, and can still hear his booming voice calling to us from across the room. Since I've been [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK TWO HANDED PUPPETEERING! Frank Oz performs Piggy and Fozzie, Jim Henson performs Kermit and Rowlf, and Dave Goelz performs Gonzo and another Muppet during the episode of "The Muppet Show" with Rudolph Nureyev. I've never seen this shot before! One [...]
Back in 1989 and 1990 Wally performed as Freddy Krueger from "A Nightmare On Elm Street" on two national TV commercials for a Freddy phone line. Nostalgia, being what it is, has encouraged a YouTube content provider to dig into the full story. See the [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I ran across this in my internet travels this past week and it's GOLD! It's the paint scheme to the original Gran Torino for "Starsky & Hutch!" WOW! After meeting the legendary composer Bill Conti the other night, I have [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I found this cartoon on the web and couldn't resist, for obvious reasons! While the fully-produced, "electric" version of "Times Like These" by Foo Fighters is amazing, I've always been partial to the raw, stripped-down acoustic version. [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I love this cartoon I found, but technically, his hands would have human hands in them as well. But hey...let's not get technical about it, OK? I remember the day when I walked into a clothing store and head [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK When I was scanning negatives I ran across this gem from 1997. I was invited to an 80's party and came in full glam rock costume. I really seemed to be in my element! For some reason I started [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I think it's hilarious that the Muppets were kept in file cabinets! As Joe Pendleton and I were working with the puppet platforms last Saturday night, I mentioned that he'd need to take them to his shop to "paint them [...]
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Monday the 2nd – PREP AND MORE PREP! – My daughter Lacey called so we could chat in anticipation of the thyroid surgery that I would be having on Friday. She’s a medical professional in South Dakota, so in addition to being one of my [...]
