“If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.” — George Burns
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“If you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.” — George Burns
Tag Archives: people
One in a Million (1936)
Just saw “One in a Million” (1936), and was amazed by the harmonica players. Found out they’re called Borrah Minevitch’s Rascals. The movie is worth watching just for them. They play in the party scene, when Adolphe Menjou, as Tad Spencer, throws a party for Greta Muller, played by Sonja Henie, before the Olympic Games.
Don Ameche, one of my favorite actors, sings, then in come the Rascals. Great fun! If you have a chance, watch the movie. It’s also worth seeing so one can compare what was thought of as great skating back then, with what is considered great now. Big difference! The skaters of today have their work cut out for them! Incidentally, I think Adolphe Menjou and Richard Haydn looked very similar. As I watched the movie, I kept confusing Menjou with Haydn, in his part as Max Detweiler in “The Sound of Music” (1965). I kept asking myself how he could look the same thirty years later…
Elie Wiesel: biography of a Holocaust survivor
About.com has a biography of Elie Wiesel, the author of “Night”, the best-selling novel about the Holocaust. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for speaking out against violence and oppression. And, he’s Romanian, from my native Transylvania nonetheless! 🙂
Major Canadian musicians say the recording industry doesn't represent them
Techdirt has a great post on this, as well as Dr. Michael Geist. Apparently Canadian musicians like the Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne and Sarah McLachlan have stood up and said they do not agree with the record industry, and that they don’t want to sue their fans, nor impose DRM schemes on them. This is wonderful, and I applaud them! I think more artists ought to stand up and say what the RIAA is doing is unethical and just plain wrong.
Cliff Sterrett's "Polly And Her Pals"
A-HAA! has a post about Cliff Sterrett, who was once dubbed “the finest cartoonist of them all”. His comic strip, called “Polly and Her Pals”, is shown there. Here’s the link.
Raoul Pop 