12/26/08
Dec 26th - Business As Usual
Another magical Xmas season is done.
Back to our usual agenda of murderous greed
and brutalizing indifference.
WHEW!
12/25/08
12/24/08
Happy Birthday, Ava Gardner
December 24th is Ava Gardner's birthday.
What a nice present for the rest of us.
12/23/08
In a Miniskirt Mood
From the Italian Sixties Seventies
miniskirt and hot pants page.
Twisting miniskirts (The Revelettes)
The World Famous Pontani Sisters in miniskirts
12/22/08
Anti-Wind Chill Medicine
There are hundreds of pinups to keep us warm
and some interesting World War II history at
The Pin Ups That Went to War.
Oh Oh Annette
Last night on Turner Classic Movies, the best
darn channel on all of television, I watched a
documentary called The Age of Believing: The
Disney Live-Action Classics. It was all about
Mary Poppins, The Shaggy Dog, The Swiss
Family Robinson, The Love Bug, and stuff
like that. And it floored me that I hadn't
seen any of them. I mean, I've seen part
of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and I
actually sat down and watched The Monkey's
Uncle once (because Annette Funicello was
in it), but otherwise I've missed everything.
Of course, I wasn't permitted to go to movies
when I was a little kid (for some weird reason
having to do with religion), so I never got to
see any Disney classics. By the time I was
finally allowed to go to movies, my growing
mind was not interested in shaggy dogs and
love bugs. I was looking at girls like Annette
Funicello with different thoughts in mind.
Alas, the 1960s was a confusing time. It
even confused Walt Disney, according to
the documentary. I'd go back and watch
those movies, except that the magic of
my childhood, such as it was, has passed.
And just the clips that they showed of those
films look tedious to me. But I still enjoy
the occasional Annette Funicello post.
Happy Birthday, Ruth Roman
December 22nd is Ruth Roman's birthday.
Just last month, we had an item about her.
Happy birthday, Ruth.
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