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The President of the United States held the first-ever Twitter press conference recently, and while it's true the event did not mark the end of Western Civilization, it did lead me to believe that when the end comes, the last living historian will Tweet: "2bad :("
Yep, I'm double-dipping here, so please do drop in at aarp.org today to read my roundup of the five best cameos by the Space Shuttle in Hollywood movies.
The phone connection was terrible, but the voice was unmistakable. I don't believe there was any voice of the past 50 years more instantly recognizable than that of Peter Falk.
Eat too many donuts, of course, and you'll just get big. But if you eat the right kind of donuts, in moderation, you'll end up big...and strong!
If I didn't know better, I would have sworn Sideshow Mel was trying to escape.
So, I walk out my front door this morning and there, spread across my front lawn, are the contents of my briefcase-and my briefcase itself, lying there, splayed obscenely on the grass, pitiful and violated. It was one of those moments when you stand dumbly, your mouth stupidly agape, and you try to…
(NOTE: This post is from June of 2011, when the late Davey Jones was still very much a Monkee)
Well, the world didn't end as predicted last Saturday, and doubtless millions of Oprah Winfrey fans are hoping for a similar reprieve today as the woman who has ruled the afternoon for 25 years signs off from her daily broadcast for the last time ("What, did I say May 25th? I meant October 25th!").
The last combat veteran of World War I died the other day--Claude "Chuckles" Choules was 110 when he passed away at an Australian nursing home.
You know, I really hate to shill--I'm not a salesman, I'm an artiste. But indulge me this one time, because it's one of those rare instances where art, promotion, and savings align--like those converging stars in The Omen that portend the coming of the Antichrist, only in this case we're not…