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« Reply #30 on: May 18, 2008, 09:35:40 AM »

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FILM PRODUCER SANDY HOWARD DIES AT AGE 80

He directed the 'Howdy Doody' show at just 19, produced 'Captain Kangaroo.'

LOS ANGELES - Sandy Howard, a film and television producer whose credits include "The Island of Dr. Moreau" and the 1970s Western "A Man Called Horse," has died. He was 80.

Howard died Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's hospital in Woodland Hills from complications due to Alzheimer's disease, spokeswoman Jaime Larkin told The Associated Press.

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Born in the Bronx, New York, Howard started his career as a publicist for Broadway shows before directing TV's "Howdy Doody" at age 19, according to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.

He went on to produce "Captain Kangaroo," then became executive producer for "The Barry Gray Radio Show" from 1951 to 1958, the fund said.

In the '60s, Howard moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in film.

He produced dozens of movies, including '70s films "Echoes of a Summer" with Jodie Foster, "The Island of Dr. Moreau" starring Burt Lancaster and "Meteor" with Sean Connery.

Sounds like a forgotton man :(

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Re:THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA
« Reply #31 on: May 18, 2008, 09:41:19 AM »

George and TCB - 1 p.m. for lunch on Thursday sounds great!
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« Reply #32 on: May 18, 2008, 09:48:19 AM »

George and TCB - 1 p.m. for lunch on Thursday sounds great!

And if George brings his camera, you can be behind it taking photos.

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« Reply #33 on: May 18, 2008, 10:13:19 AM »

Mark my words!

We shall never get to page three if that wuss-burging laze-about Kimmel doesn't rise and shine!

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« Reply #34 on: May 18, 2008, 10:26:23 AM »

Something to make all of us feel a little better:
When you have a 'I Hate My Job' day, [even if retired you have those sometimes] try this:  On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed.  Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Open the package and remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken.  Now the fun part begins.  Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement: 'Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized. ' Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times,'I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control department at Johnson & Johnson.' HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE BUTT THAN YOURS!
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« Reply #35 on: May 18, 2008, 10:32:54 AM »

And if George brings his camera, you can be behind it taking photos.

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I'm sure at least one picture will get FJS's approval...I hope. :)
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« Reply #36 on: May 18, 2008, 10:35:05 AM »

Good Morning!  Good Afternoon!

I'm up, I'm up... And once I opened my eyes this morning, I really had to think about what day it was.  ???
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« Reply #37 on: May 18, 2008, 10:35:24 AM »

MEMORIES OF MOTHER:





Have we extended Mother's Day for an additional week?
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« Reply #38 on: May 18, 2008, 10:36:12 AM »

I'm sure at least one picture will get FJS's approval...I hope. :)

You can try; I think he's one of those difficult "stand on principle" kind of guys :)

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« Reply #39 on: May 18, 2008, 10:37:57 AM »

Have we extended Mother's Day for an additional week?

One can think of Mommie Dearest more than one day a year.

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« Reply #40 on: May 18, 2008, 10:39:32 AM »

For all of you who subscribe to the Sunday edition of The Tacoma News Tribune (which I am sure you all do), if you turn to page A7 you will find that I am Page A7.  The first full-page ad for MultiCare.
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« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2008, 10:40:11 AM »

One can think of Mommie Dearest more than one day a year.

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True, but Piper Laurie, too?
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« Reply #42 on: May 18, 2008, 10:41:29 AM »

bk - As for the unexplained and unknown reasons for the traffic last night, well, just remember, they're only unexplained and unknown to you.  ;)

*Additionally, I'm guessing by the time you were approaching the downtown area of L.A., the Lakers' game at the Staples Center was getting out, along with the audience from the Disney Concert Hall from last night's L.A. Philharmonic concert, as well as those who attended Tosca at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion last night too.  ;)
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« Reply #43 on: May 18, 2008, 10:42:07 AM »

Have we extended Mother's Day for an additional week?

I was starting to wonder the same thing.
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« Reply #44 on: May 18, 2008, 10:42:51 AM »

OH!

bk - One more thing:  It was a Saturday night.  People go out on Saturday nights.  Some even go to see shows at smaller theatres.  ;)
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« Reply #45 on: May 18, 2008, 10:43:06 AM »

I got up at nine-thirty and the next thing I knew it was ten-thirty.  Go know.
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« Reply #46 on: May 18, 2008, 10:44:24 AM »

For all of you who subscribe to the Sunday edition of The Tacoma News Tribune (which I am sure you all do), if you turn to page A7 you will find that I am Page A7.  The first full-page ad for MultiCare.

If any of you have let your subsription to the News Tribune lapse, you can get a semi-preview of the picture by going to http://www.multicare.org/

There is a mini-slide show at the site, and one of the five photos is of me in my rowboat.  Unfortunately, this one looks like I was halfway across the lake when it was taken.


P.S.  That is not a picture of Coleslaw in the fairy princess outfit.








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« Reply #47 on: May 18, 2008, 10:44:56 AM »

For all of you who subscribe to the Sunday edition of The Tacoma News Tribune (which I am sure you all do), if you turn to page A7 you will find that I am Page A7.  The first full-page ad for MultiCare.

YEAH!





So... Is the job where you were out on a lake in the early morning hours?  If so, have you been paid for it yet?
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« Reply #48 on: May 18, 2008, 10:44:58 AM »

I understand all the ideas being presented to me as reasons for terrible traffic - however, the one idea that hasn't been presented is WHERE DO ALL THE CARS GO, because automatically, suddenly, and swiftly, there are no more cars and instead of doing five miles an hour we're doing seventy - and I'm talking instantly not a slow build up.  The only explanation is the one I've offered as the title of today's notes.
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« Reply #49 on: May 18, 2008, 10:45:37 AM »

Page two?  Perhaps haineshisway.com has fallen into the black hole of Calcutta.
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« Reply #50 on: May 18, 2008, 10:46:54 AM »

If any of you have let your subsription to the News Tribune lapse, you can get a semi-preview of the picture by going to http://www.multicare.org/

There is a mini-slide show at the site, and one of the five photos is of me in my rowboat.  Unfortunately, this one looks like I was halfway across the lake when it was taken.


P.S.  That is not a picture of Coleslaw in the fairy princess outfit.










:)

So... Did you catch any fish that morning?
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« Reply #51 on: May 18, 2008, 10:47:20 AM »

I understand all the ideas being presented to me as reasons for terrible traffic - however, the one idea that hasn't been presented is WHERE DO ALL THE CARS GO, because automatically, suddenly, and swiftly, there are no more cars and instead of doing five miles an hour we're doing seventy - and I'm talking instantly not a slow build up.  The only explanation is the one I've offered as the title of today's notes.


La Brea tar pits?
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« Reply #52 on: May 18, 2008, 10:48:38 AM »

:)

So... Did you catch any fish that morning?


Lucky they didn't have me bait the hook, I found out later that fishing season had not even opened when we shot these photos.
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« Reply #53 on: May 18, 2008, 10:49:16 AM »

Lucky they didn't have me bait the hook, I found out later that fishing season had not even opened when we shot these photos.


I wondered why I was the only boat on the lake at 5:30!
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« Reply #54 on: May 18, 2008, 11:00:36 AM »

DR TCB - thanks for the photo preview!
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« Reply #55 on: May 18, 2008, 11:01:13 AM »

This may be a new all-time low record at this time of the morning.  Skammen.
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« Reply #56 on: May 18, 2008, 11:02:40 AM »

Has anyone heard or seen A Catered Affair?  I can't remember if anyone's posted about it.  The score is not well thought of from what I've read and I certainly cannot count myself as a fan of its composer/lyricist, since he tends to write the same touchy/feely song over and over again, but I'd be interested to hear some comments from you dear readers who've heard it.
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« Reply #57 on: May 18, 2008, 11:02:48 AM »



There is a mini-slide show at the site, and one of the five photos is of me in my rowboat.  

Ah yes...The Randy Vicar and the Man in the Rowboat!

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« Reply #58 on: May 18, 2008, 11:03:49 AM »

Well, we have ten GUESTS - that's saying something, although I don't have a clew what that is saying because that mumbles.
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« Reply #59 on: May 18, 2008, 11:06:03 AM »

Well...since we're so close...
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