Not a grabbing title for a blog entry, but so far this has been a cloudy and humid and drizzley and windy weekend, and I have a sore back and leg, and have spent most of the day in a sagbag droop. Old age, I suppose. A poor night for television. Several thousand people have gone to Winterset for the John Wayne centennial fest. AMC has shown today the Duke's strange movie Jet Pilot, in which Duke tries to make a capitalist out of Russian jet pilot Janet Leigh and she tries to make him into a Communist. Duke is an American Icon, even though he must have set a record for making bad movies and his personal life had lows as well as highs, but he was what he was. An article Friday in the Des Moines Register was the story of an ex Marine who followed Duke on a tour of Nam in '66, and out in the boonies a Cong in the bushes actually fired five rounds at Duke and his entourage, and the big guy stood there and kept signing autographs for grunts. So, the Duke at one time actually was fired at in a war zone. While reading the article to a kid I work with I had to explain to him what a Viet Cong was.
Dwayne Hickman turned 73 a couple of days ago. Dobie Gillis got Old. And Karen Valentine, one of my goddesses, turned 60, and the Osmond brothers are going to get together for a show sometime this summer.
I have not mentioned in previous postings that we lost Tom Poston a while back. His death does not seem to have gotten much news coverage, which is a shame, because he had a long career in TV, and any sitcom he appeared in was much better for him being in it. A very talented guy. Miss you, Tom!
I am thinking about breaking my ban on busting my budget by buying books(which have become very expensive) and getting Ronnie Reagan's diaries.
The Mideast mess keeps getting danker and danker, with the Lebanese army now fighting an AlQaeda force hooked with Hamas. And Drudge and other newssources claim to have info that some time this summer the Iranians are going to do Something we will end up fighting them over. I need to get away from youtube and get back to reading online news.
I am getting back into viewing movie videos, which I have not done for several months. Rented and watched The Queen, and The Benchwarmers!! I know that combo must leave my readers gasping, but since it is getting late at night I hope to review both flicks in my next posting. I hope my fans and devotees can stand the wait. My fingers are hitting every other key but the ones I am supposed to be hitting. So, you all take care and have a good Memorial Day. Di di mau!
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