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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.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

MICHAEL VICK IS SO UNPOPULAR IN PHILADELPHIA, HE COULDN'T GET ELECTED DOG CATCHER.

                                                  - FREDDY GOLIN

MY DAY AT THE "GREASE REUNION" SHOW

 
I HAD SUCH A FUN, HAPPY DAY AT THE "GREASE REUNION" AT THE HOLLYWOOD AUTOGRAPH SHOW TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF YOU. THESE SIGNING SHOWS ARE SO GREAT, I ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A BLAST.

I SAW MY TWO OLD FRIENDS FROM GREASE, DINAH MANOFF AND SUSAN BUCKNER. DINAH WAS MARTY MARASCHINO (ONE OF THE PINK LADIES) AND SUSAN WAS PATTI SIMCOX. BOTH LOOK GREAT, BOTH ARE STILL SO BEAUTIFUL. I GOT TO SIT BY THEM AND WE CAUGHT UP AND I HUGGED THEM BOTH SO HARD - BECAUSE I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I HAD SEEN SUSAN FOR A GREASE SCREENING AT THE BEACH ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, BUT I HAD NOT SEEN DINAH SINCE WE FILMED GREASE 33 YEARS AGO. AS WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE, IT WAS AS IF IT WAS YESTERDAY WHEN WE CHATTED AND CAUGHT UP.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS

 
IT'S THE SHOW THAT STARTED "JIGGLE TV".  THE FEMINIST'S NIGHTMARE AND JOE SIXPACK'S GREATEST DELIGHT.

MAKING IT'S DEBUT ON ABC TV IN THE FALL OF 1976, CHARLIE'S ANGELS QUICKLY BECAME THE TALK OF THE INDUSTRY AND MADE TELEVISION HISTORY TO BOOT. IT WAS THE STORY OF THREE UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES (ALL KNOCKOUTS) WHO WORKED FOR A MAN WHO RUNS A DETECTIVE AGENCY NAMED CHARLIE AND WENT ON DANGEROUS UNDERCOVER MISSIONS AND CAPERS.

 

CHARLIE'S ANGELS WAS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS OF THE 1970'S, IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST SERIES TO HAVE WOMEN TAKING ON ROLES USUALLY RESERVED FOR MEN. STARRING KATE JACKSON, JACLYN SMITH, AND A THEN LITTLE-KNOWN MODEL AND SOMETIME-ACTRESS NAMED FARRAH FAWCETT, CHARLIE'S ANGELS QUICKLY BECAME A RATINGS SMASH HIT AND A MERCHANDISING BONANZA.

 

A NEW VERSION OF THE SERIES WILL DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 (THAT'S TONIGHT), THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEBUT OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES.

 

60 YEARS AGO TODAY - THE STRANGEST AT-BAT IN BASEBALL HISTORY

 
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

BUT ON AUGUST 19, 1951, THE STRANGEST BASEBALL AT-BAT EVER RECORDED TOOK PLACE IN SPORTSMAN'S PARK IN ST. LOUIS. IT WAS SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY THAT A MIDGET CAME TO BAT. (BEFORE I PROCEED ANY FURTHER, I KNOW THE TERM "MIDGET" IS NOT CURRENTLY POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT I WILL BE USING THE TERM "MIDGET" IN THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE, AS THAT WAS THE TERM USED BOTH AT THE TIME AND ALL THROUGH EDDIE GAEDEL'S LIFE. FORGIVE ME, P.C. ADVOCATES - NO DISRESPECT OR OFFENSE IS INTENDED ANYONE.)

REST IN PEACE, ANNETTE

 
TODAY WAS ANOTHER SAD DAY IN WHAT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE GREASE FAMILY, WORD IS IN THAT ANNETTE CARDONA CHARLES HAS LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER - SHE WAS 63. ANNETTE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER ICONIC PERFORMANCE AS CHA-CHA DiGREGORIO - THE BEST DANCER WITH THE WORST REPUTATION. ANNETTE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL OF US LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE KNOWN HER, AND BY ALL THE FANS OF GREASE.

ANNETTE BACKSTAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL - JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.

AND HERE'S A CLIP WITH SOME GREAT SHOTS OF ANNETTE & JEFF (AND EVEN A BIT OF ME):

AND HERE'S ONE LAST PICTURE
FROM HAPPIER TIMES:
  
AT THE 2008 HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE
WITH OUR GREASE CO-STAR BARRY PEARL & SANTA

QUOTE OF THE DAY

YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST CRUSH. MINE WAS ORANGE.

                                                  - EMO PHILLIPS

Happy Birthday Ringo!

 
Peace & Love

Losin' it

THEIR "FIRST TIME"- HOW OLD WERE THEY?

SEAN CONNERY - 8 - I WAS EIGHT, BUT I CAN'T RECALL WITH WHOM

JERRY LEWIS - 11 (WITH A STRIPPER PROCURED BY HIS FATHER)

JIMI HENDRIX - 12

DON JOHNSON - 12

GILLIAN ANDERSON - 13 (WITH A PUNK WHO LATER BECAME A NEO-NAZI - IT WAS AWKWARD, STUPID, UNADULTERATED CRAP. I FEEL VERY ASHAMED, LOOKING BACK ON IT)

MAE WEST - 13

CLINT EASTWOOD - 14 (WITH A VERY FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR)

PHIL COLLINS - 14 (IN A GARDEN PLOT)

NATALIE WOOD - 14

CHER - 14

BRUCE WILLIS - 14 - I WAS A BELLBOY AT A HOLIDAY INN. SHE WAS A GORGEOUS CHICK. WE DID IT IN A LAUNDRY ROOM

MICHAEL CAINE - 15 - WE DID IT IN A PARK

LISA MARIE PRESLEY - 15 (WITH HER DRUG DEALER)

PAUL McCARTNEY - 15 (WITH HIS BABY SITTER)

MADONNA - 15 (IN THE BACK OF A CADILLAC WITH A GUY NAMED RUSSELL)

GROUCHO MARX - 15 - WITH A HOOKER IN MONTREAL - I GOT THE CLAP

DUSTIN HOFFMAN - 15 - WITH A NYMPHOMANIAC NAMED BARBARA

CHARLIE SHEEN - 15 - WITH A HOOKER. SHE WANTED $400.00, SO I USED MY FATHER'S CREDIT CARD

JOHN LENNON - 15 (WITH BARBARA BAKER, HIS FIRST GIRLFRIEND)

MARILYN MONROE - 16 (WITH HER FIRST HUSBAND, JAMES DOUGHERTY)

STEVEN SPIELBERG - 17

JOHN F. KENNEDY - 17 (IN A HARLEM BORDELLO WITH A $3 HOOKER)

JOAN COLLINS - 17 - HE WAS 33. IT WAS THE PITS

WALT DISNEY - 18 (ON HIS BIRTHDAY)

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO - 18

MARLON BRANDO - 18 (WITH AN OLDER COLOMBIAN WOMAN)

BROOKE SHIELDS - 18 (WITH ACTOR DEAN CAIN)

BARBRA STREISAND - 18

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - 18 (WITH A HOOKER)

BRAD PITT - 18

H.G. WELLS - 22

HUGH HEFNER - 22

ELLIOTT GOULD - 23 (WITH BARBRA STREISAND)

BETTE DAVIS - 26

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - 29

LISA KUDROW - 31 - I'M GLAD I WAITED TILL I WAS MARRIED

MARK TWAIN - 34

QUESTION OF THE DAY

 
MARILYN MONROE'S SIGNATURE SEXY WALK IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WALKS IN THE HISTORY OF THE MOVIES.

HOW DID MARILYN PERFECT HER WORLD-FAMOUS WALK?

HOW THE BEATLES OFFICIALLY ENDED AT DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN VILLAGE

 
TECHNICALLY, IT IS  HARD TO PINPOINT THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN THE BEATLES ENDED AS A GROUP.

JOHN LENNON HAD OFFICIALLY "WALKED OUT" OF A MEETING AT APPLE RECORDS, WITH THE OTHER THREE BEATLES PRESENT, ON SEPTEMBER 2O, 1969. HIS IMMORTAL WORDS, JUST BEFORE HE HAUGHTILY EXITED, WERE:

I WANT A DIVORCE. JUST LIKE THE ONE I GOT FROM CYN (HIS FIRST WIFE).

JEFF'S GONE...

OUR GOOD FRIEND JEFF CONAWAY PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. JEFF WAS A VERY TALENTED ACTOR - HE IS AWESOME IN GREASE - AND HE WAS GREAT IN TAXI, PLAYING AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER.

WE ALL HAVE OUR DEMONS, JEFF PROBABLY HAD MORE THAN MOST -THE DEMONS SHOW US LITTLE MERCY.

GOOD LUCK JEFF, WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW - WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU.

YOUR FRIEND ALWAYS, EDDIE.

A NOTE ABOUT JEFF CONAWAY

 
I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL VERY NICE E-MAILS ASKING ABOUT JEFF CONAWAY AND EXPRESSING CONCERN - THANK YOU. MANY PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR JEFF, I'M SURE HE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

BARRY PEARL, WHO WAS ALSO IN GREASE, HAD BEEN KEEPING US ALL POSTED SINCE MONDAY, BUT AT THIS TIME, I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT JEFF'S CONDITION THAN WHAT WE'VE ALL SEEN ON THE NEWS. JEFF IS A WONDERFUL GUY, A FRIEND, I HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED HIM FOR AROUND 33 YEARS NOW.

I THINK EVERY ONE OF US HAVE GONE THROUGH TOUGH PERIODS OF PHYSICAL AND/OR SPIRITUAL ANGUISH AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES. THEY ARE, OF COURSE, SYMBIOTIC, AND JEFF IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH BOTH. WE ARE ALL HOPING JEFF WILL PULL THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES AND MAKE A COMEBACK - ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND LOVE GO OUT TO HIM.

THANKS,

EDDIE

THE BEATLES ON "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW"

 
ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964, THE BEATLES MADE THEIR AMERICAN TELEVISION DEBUT ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.

(FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR, THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW WAS A HUGELY POPULAR, LEGENDARY VARIETY SHOW WHICH RAN IN AMERICA FROM 1948 TO 1973. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE AMERICAN IDOL OR DANCING WITH THE STARS, AND MULTIPLY IT BY 20, THAT IS HOW POPULAR THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW WAS IN THE 1960'S. PRETTY MUCH "EVERYONE" WATCHED THE SHOW).

EDDIE ON MentalFloss.com

The folks over at MentalFlosss.com have asked me to write a column for them. Here's my first article - as you might expect, it's about The Beatles.

MY AFLAC DUCK AUDITION

 
I'VE ALWAYS HATED AUDITIONS. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THEM FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW, AND YES, I STILL DON'T LIKE THEM. NOW, THIS MEANS  I HATE "HAVING TO GO TO THEM".  BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, A GREAT, FRIENDLY DIRECTOR WILL BE THERE AND THEY WILL MAKE IT FUN.

WHEN ANY ACTOR OR ACTRESS CAN COMMUNICATE THEMSELVES WELL, IT IS ALWAYS FUN. A GOOD DIRECTOR ALWAYS HELPS. I HEARD ABOUT THE OPEN AUDITIONS FOR THE AFLAC DUCK A FEW WEEKS AGO. YOU COULD JUST E-MAIL ONE IN (MY FRIEND SUSAN HAD SENT ME THE SITE WITH THE INFO. WHERE I COULD SEND IN MY VOICE-OVER AUDITION) SO, I HAD MY PAL TODD COME OVER TO HELP ME SEND ONE TO THE AFLAC PEOPLE.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

ON OCTOBER 30, 2001, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH THREW OUT THE CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH OF A BASEBALL GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM.

WHAT WAS UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS APPEARANCE?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

I SAT DOWN BESIDE HER, SAID HELLO, AND OFFERED TO BUY HER A DRINK. THEN NATURAL SELECTION REARED ITS UGLY HEAD.

                                 - RODNEY DANGERFIELD

QUESTION OF THE DAY

THE UPCOMING ROYAL WEDDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 29TH. ONE GUEST WILL ATTEND THE WEDDING AND WILL ENTERTAIN AFTERWARD AT THE RECEPTION. THEN THE GUEST WILL IMMEDIATELY LEAVE, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NO PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT.

WHO IS THE GUEST AND WHY WILL THEY BE LEAVING EARLY?