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A GREAT LUNCH WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE DIRECTORS

AT MUSSO & FRANK'S WITH THE IMMORTAL FRED OLEN RAY!

On this day in 1892

THE GREAT OLIVER HARDY OF THE IMMORTAL COMEDY TEAM OF LAUREL AND HARDY WAS BORN ON THIS DATE - JANUARY 18, 1892.

I LOVE OLLIE. I GUESS I'M IN THE MINORITY, BUT HE ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH MORE THAN LAUREL.

THESE GUYS WERE SOOO BRILLIANT, SO FUNNY.

Quote of the Day

O'HARA, MCCORMICK, STAPLETON, DOWD:

THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE MAUREENS

                            -WYNNE MCLAUGHLIN

The World's Toughest Beatles Quiz

Back by popular demand, Eddie has put together a new Beatles Quiz. Click HERE for details.

MY 2012 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO MY FRIENDS AND PALS

I WAS SADDENED TODAY BY THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF ACTOR JACK KLUGMAN. I HAD ONE ENCOUNTER WITH JACK, IT WAS ABOUT 25 OR 30 YEARS AGO. I WAS FILMING A PILOT AT UNIVERSAL, I FORGET WHICH ONE (I DID 9 PILOTS IN MY LIFE, ALMOST ALL BAD, BUT LET'S NOT GO THERE.)

I REMEMBER JACK COMING BY THE SET TO SAY HI TO OUR DIRECTOR AND I RAN OVER AND SHOOK HIS HAND - AND YOU KNOW, I MET THIS GUY FOR LIKE 30 SECONDS, AND HE WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT GUY, SO FRIENDLY. HE GAVE ME A BIG SMILE, HIS WARMTH RADIATED, SUCH A FRIENDLY, GENUINELY NICE GUY. THAT BRIEF MOMENT, THAT ENCOUNTER, I REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY, LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

IN THE GREAT "MEMORABLE" MOMENTS WE ALL HAVE IN THE SCRAPBOOKS OF OUR OWN MINDS, I REALIZE "TIME" IS NOT REALLY AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AT ALL.

IN CONTRAST TO THAT FLEETING MOMENT WITH JACK, I'VE KNOWN MANY PEOPLE FOR YEARS AND THEY REALLY LEFT ME WITH NO SPECIAL MEMORIES, NOTHING MUCH TO HOLD ON TO.

AND I KNOW, YOU ARE SAYING, "WELL, DAMN, YEAH, BUT JACK KLUGMAN IS A CELEBRITY". FAIR POINT, BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT - HE REALLY WAS JUST SUCH A COOL GUY, SUCH A NICE MAN. HE SAID SOMETHING NICE TO ME, SOMETHING FLATTERING, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SHARE THAT, I APOLOGIZE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A "CHRISTMAS MESSAGE", SO I GUESS I'M DIGRESSING. YOU KNOW, AT CHRISTMAS WE ALL GIVE GIFTS TO THE ONES WE LOVE. BUT SOME OF THE BEST GIFTS WE EVER GET HAVE NO WRAPPING PAPER, NO RIBBONS, NO TINSEL.

ALL OF US IN SHOW BUSINESS ARE SO LUCKY - NOT ONLY ARE WE VASTLY OVERPAID, BUT WE GET TO MEET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE. CELEBRITIES, YES, BUT MANY OTHERS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF.

THE REALLY GREAT MOMENTS IN LIFE ARE REALLY JUST THE MOMENTS WE SHARE WITH OTHERS. IT CAN BE ANYTHING, SOMETIMES A CONVERSATION, A MEAL TOGETHER, A HUG, A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE SHARED, WHATEVER.

UNLIKE A WRAPPED CHRISTMAS GIFT, THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS ARE USUALLY UNPLANNED - THEY JUST HAPPEN. I HAVE HAD MANY OF THESE GREAT MOMENTS WITH MANY OF YOU.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. IF I HAVE MET YOU, IT IS A JOY I WILL ALWAYS HAVE - IF I HAVEN'T, IT IS MY LOSS.

JACK KLUGMAN MADE THAT MOMENT SO COOL, THAT TIME I MET HIM. AND WHEN I TELL YOU ABOUT THAT SPECIAL MOMENT I HAD IN MEETING HIM, I THINK, IN A WAY, I WAS TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS. THE MAGIC IN US ALL, THE GREATNESS WITHIN EVERY ONE OF US. THE LOVE WE ALL HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER - OUR NATURAL FRIENDSHIP WITH EACH OTHER.

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE?

HMMMMM........
MAYBE I WASN'T DIGRESSING AT ALL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS!!!

EDDIE

Christmas Time is Here Again!

 

FROM 1963 TO 1969, THE BEATLES RECORDED A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS RECORD FOR THEIR FANS. THIS IS THEIR 1967 RECORD. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THE FOUR WERE REALLY CLOSE, THEIR LAST PRE-YOKO ONO CHRISTMAS. JOHN AND YOKO GOT TOGETHER IN MAY OF '68 AND THE FORMER CLOSENESS OF THE BAND WAS GONE FOREVER.

A New Interview

While at the Chiller Theatre Show in New Jersey in October, Eddie was interviewed by Metal Rules TV.

Check out Eddie's dance moves at 3:08

First Day At Chiller - 2012

Eddie with Stanley Livingston (My Three Sons)

The first day at the Chiller Theatre Show in Parsippany, NJ was a blast. Eddie will be there tomorrow and Sunday - come say hi!


Eddie hams it up with legendary Scott Schwartz

COME MEET EDDIE IN PERSON!

Click here for more details!!

MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN -- 1957 - 2012

I WAS SADDENED BY THE DEATH OF THE WONDERFUL ACTOR MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN OF THE GREEN MILE - ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE FILMS.

I MET MICHAEL ONCE. IT WAS AFTER A JOB OR AUDITION AND I WAS WALKING OUT AND I SAW HIM (HE WAS MUCH SHORTER IN REAL LIFE!!) I SAID HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM IN THE GREEN MILE AND HE REPLIED, THANK YOU. COMING FROM YOU THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

WHAT A NICE GUY TO SAY THAT. YOU COULD FEEL THIS GUY'S NICENESS, HIS GOODNESS, JUST LIKE HIS CHARACTER IN THE GREEN MILE.

I WISH HIM WELL ON HIS JOURNEY.

The Eddie Deezen Doll‽

A fan has made a doll of Eddie - what do you think?



Eddie seems to like it...

MEN AND WOMEN AND THE SURVEY SAYS

FAMILY FEUD SURVEY QUESTION

(ASKED OF 100 MARRIED WOMEN)

NAME A PERSON A MAN MIGHT NOT WANT TO KNOW HE USES VIAGRA

        1) WIFE/MAIN SQUEEZE - 54

        2) HIS BUDDIES - 24

        3) HIS PARENTS - 11

        4) HIS KIDS - 4

        5) HIS BOSS/COWORKER - 2

        6) HIS CLERGYMAN - 2

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT IS THE ONLY MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY THAT IS ATTACHED AT ONLY ONE END?

Eddie on the Radio!

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THOUGHTS ON MY 55TH BIRTHDAY

OMG, I GOT UP THIS MORNING TO BE GREETED WITH SO MANY NICE BIRTHDAY WISHES FROM SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THIS MORNING. I SWEAR, I HAVE BEEN REPLYING TO BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FOR THE PAST 45 MINUTES SOLID!!!

THINKING ABOUT GETTING OLDER IS ABOUT AS POPULAR AS GARLIC DIP AT A VAMPIRE CONVENTION, BUT, UNLIKE THE ILL-CONCEIVED CONDIMENT, IT IS, AT LEAST IN THIS UNIVERSE (UNLESS YOU DIE) AN INEVITABLE EVENTUALITY.

 

I SHOULD AMEND THIS STATEMENT, HOWEVER, TO ILLUSTRATE THE MORE TRUTHFUL OBSERVATION. AT EARLIER POINTS IN ONE'S LIFE, GETTING OLDER IS FUN, A HAPPY TIME, A JOYFUL CELEBRATION. BUT GROWING OLDER, AS THOSE OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PHENOMENA ON MORE THAN 40 OR 50 OCCASIONS CALLED "BIRTHDAYS", IS AN ODD OCCURRENCE, IN THAT IT IS FUN WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, BUT SOMEHOW GROWS A BIT LESS FUN, AS WE REACH THOSE INEVITABLE YEARS REFERRED TO AS "MIDDLE AGE".

I'M A BEREAVER

MY PAL FREDDY CALLED ME WITH THE NEWS YESTERDAY MORNING. HE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE MONKEES HAD DIED. 

"PETER?", I GUESSED. I GUESSED PETER BECAUSE I KNEW HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.

"NO", HE REPLIED.

"MIKE?", I GUESSED AGAIN. MIKE ALWAYS LOOKED THE OLDEST (PETER IS ACTUALLY ALMOST A YEAR OLDER THAN MIKE) AND HE ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE THE OLDER BROTHER TO THE OTHER THREE MONKEES.

"NO", HE ANSWERED.

O.K., SO THAT LEFT DAVY AND MICKY, THE TWO I LEAST WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO DIE SO YOUNG (I KNEW THEY WERE THE TWO YOUNGEST MONKEES. THEY ALSO SEEMED THE MOST VITAL, THE MOST "FULL OF LIFE" MEMBERS OF THE BAND.) I NEXT GUESSED , MICKY AND THE REPLY WAS AGAIN - NO.

 

OMG, DAVY JONES!!!!! ?????? YOU MUST BE KIDDING! HE ALWAYS SEEMED SO YOUNG, ETERNALLY SO. HE WAS THE SHORTEST MONKEE, THE LITTLE GUY- HE WAS, LITERALLY, MY LAST GUESS. HE ALSO SEEMED LIKE THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH MEMBER OF THE GROUP, THE SANEST (A LITTLE USED ADJECTIVE IN THE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS).

DAVY JONES -- 1945-2012

AS A LIFELONG MONKEES FAN, I JOIN ALL THE OTHER MONKEES FANS AROUND THE WORLD IN EXPRESSING MY SADNESS AT THE PASSING OF DAVY JONES. DAVY WAS A GIFTED SINGER, ACTOR AND ALL-AROUND ENTERTAINER.

I WISH HIM LUCK ON HIS JOURNEY AND I THANK HIM FOR ALL THE JOY, HAPPINESS AND LAUGHTER HE BROUGHT INTO MY LIFE.

 

9 ODDEST SUPER BOWL PROPOSITION BETS

AS EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS, THE SUPER BOWL BETWEEN THE NEW YORK GIANTS AND THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS TAKES PLACE TODAY.

BESIDES BEING, WITHOUT QUESTION, ONE OF THE HIGHEST-VIEWED PROGRAMS IN TV HISTORY, THE GAME IS ON PACE THE BE THE MOST BET ON EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANKIND (THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS. THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN SUPER BOWL XLIII IN 2009.)

IN ADDITION TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL BET, EACH YEAR THE ODDSMAKERS CREATE A NUMBER OF "PROPOSITION BETS". HERE ARE SOME OF THE STRANGEST, ACTUAL PROPOSITION BETS YOU CAN MAKE, IN LAS VEGAS OR OVER THE INTERNET, ON SUNDAY'S GAME (THE BETTING ODDS FOLLOW EACH CATEGORY)

Question of the Day

OF THE WORLD'S TOP TEN MOST POPULAR KARAOKE SONGS, ONLY ONE IS A MALE-FEMALE DUET.

CAN YOU NAME THIS CLASSIC SONG?

"IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE"- THE CHRISTMAS FLOP

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE IS ON THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE'S LIST OF "100 GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE" (COMING IN AT #11) AND WAS VOTED THE #1 SPOT ON THE LIST OF "MOST INSPIRING MOVIES OF ALL-TIME". TO ALL OF US NOW, THE FILM SEEMS AS MUCH A PART OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AS SANTA CLAUS, EGG NOG, GIFT-GIVING, AND KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE. 

BUT MUCH LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ AND CITIZEN KANE, THE MOST BELOVED CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL-TIME WAS A DISAPPOINTING BOX OFFICE FLOP WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED. IN FACT, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE MAY JUST HAVE SAILED AWAY, OUT OF OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT FOR TELEVISION AND THE MAGIC OF RERUNS.