RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK My 103 year old WWII vet pal "Bazooka" Joe wasn't the only one I know who handled bazookas in the military. My dad also worked with them, even though (unlike Joe) my dad was (thankfully!) in the Army in peacetime. [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK I saw this at one of my favorite restaurants this past week. It's amazing what they're serving these days!! Though not a very big hit, the combo of Graham Gouldman (10cc) and Andrew Gold ("Lonely Boy" and "Thank You For [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK The forecast for the forthcoming week looks like summer is trying to break through for a few days, only to be slapped back down quickly by spring. I had never heard of Nikki and Rich until they appeared on "The [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK We all could use some puppy and kitty love! Though the studio version of "Times Like These" by Foo Fighters is amazing, I discovered a real gem when I found the acoustic version. I've been singing it all week. [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK Green means go. Red means stop. Did anyone in the Star Wars universe ever consider that, maybe all they had to do to stop Darth Vader was simply push the "off" button on his chest? Simple! When I was a [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK While scanning photos this past week, I came across this school photo of me. I'm not sure how old I was, but I had forgotten that I had David Letterman teeth! I also shouldn't have dressed in a shirt that [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK One of the nicest things I've ever heard is when somebody said, "Wally Wingert is to the Riddler, what Mark Hamill is to the Joker." I almost wept with humility when I read that initially. But this past week I [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK Back in 'the day' it wasn't hard to find a puppet version of your favorite TV or movie character. Today it's a lost art, sadly. But just look at all the cool puppets you could buy back then! Long before [...]
When Wally started making replica Muppets back in 1980 he obviously didn't have the luxury of the internet for detailed research. He mostly relied on any stills, posters and calendars he could acquire to use as a resource guide. So now that it's easy [...]
RANDOM PIC OF THE WEEK As I'm going through all of the scans of my photo albums to catalog the contents for a searchable document, I'm coming across some real treasures. It's one thing to look at the scanned pages as a whole, but [...]
