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6 reasons not to mess with children.

A little girl: was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher: said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl: stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher: reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl: said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".

The teacher: asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl: replied, "Then you ask him".


A Kindergarten teacher: was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.

As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.

The girl: replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher: paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."
Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl: replied, "They will in a minute."


A Sunday school teacher: was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.
After explaining the commandment to "honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"
Without missing a beat one little boy: (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."


One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.

She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"

Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"


The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture.

"Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer, she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, He's a doctor.'
A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher, she's dead."


The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:

"Take only ONE. God is watching"

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.
A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples

Well, folks, when our hawkman makes us laugh and proves to us that no one should mess around with children, we know that the bio's are over.

Love 'em all, Boston. Cannot choose one.

Really like Sam Elliot especially in Tombstone, but everyone was good in that film. Let's hear a song from Whitney, then.

This is my very favorite:

Verse 1:
If I should stay
I would only be in your way.
So I'll go but I know
I'll think of you
Every step of the way.

Chorus 1:
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
You my darling you mmm

Verse 2:
Bittersweet memories,
That is all I'm taking with me.
So goodbye, please don't cry.
We both know I'm not what you, you need.

Chorus 2:
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.

(Instrumental)

Verse 3:
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have
All you've dreamed of.
And I wish for you joy
And happiness.
But above all this, I wish you love.

And I will always love you.
I will always love you. (4x)
I, I will always love you.
You, darling I love you.
I'll always, I'll always love you.

So I said…

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Aerosmith › Lyrics

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause Id miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
Id still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if its me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God were together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause Id miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
Id still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause Id miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
Id still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
I don't want to miss a thing

Well, there's our riddle man, playing the he said/she said game, listeners.

and Shirley and Lee responded:

Shirley and Lee Lyrics
Song: Let the Good Times Roll Lyrics

Come on baby let the good times roll
Come on baby let me thrill your soul..
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...

Come on baby yes this is this...
This is the something I just can't miss..
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...

Come on baby while the thrill is on..
Come on baby lets have some fun..
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...

Come on baby just close the door..
Come on baby lets rock some more...
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...

Feels so good...
When your home..
Come on baby..
Rock me all night long..

Come on baby let the good times roll
Come on baby let me thrill your soul..
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...

Feels so good...
When your home..
Come on baby..
Rock me all night long..

Come on baby let the good times roll
Come on baby let me thrill your soul..
Come on baby let the good times roll..
Roll all night long...


And that, listeners, is where the expression, "Rock and Roll" originates.

Dance With Me Henry
Georgia Gibbs

(Hey baby, what do I have to do to make a hit with you)

You gotta dance with me Henry
(All right baby)
Dance with me Henry
(Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry
(Any old time)
Talk to me Henry
(Don't change your mind)
Dance with me Henry
(All right)
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on

While the cats are ballin'
You better stop your stallin'
It's intermission in a minute
So you better get with it
Dance with me Henry
You better dance while the music goes on
Roll on, roll on, roll on

Oooooooo-wee
Henry, you ain't movin' me
You better feel that boogie beat
And get the lead out of your feet

You gotta dance with me Henry
Dance with me Henry
Rock with me Henry
Talk to me Henry
Dance with me Henry
You better dance while the music goes on

Roll roll roll
Roll roll roll
Rock rock rock
Rock rock rock
Roll roll roll
Roll on, roll on, roll on

Rock with me Henry
(All right baby)
Dance with me Henry
(Don't mean maybe)
Rock with me Henry
(Any old time)
Dance with me Henry
(Don't change your mind)
Jump with me Henry
(All right)

You better dance, dance
While the music goes on
Roll on
Roll on
Roll on
Roll on

Rock

Well, trying again. I wanted to locate a dance song to match our edgar's, and the entire web went wild, and I do mean wild, listeners.
(don't ask, 'cause you do NOT want to know)
Thanks, Texas, for the reminder of "her nibs, Miss Gibbs". <smile>


Remember when this dance was popular, folks?




Artist Los Del Rio
Album Unknown
Song Macarena

When I dance they call me macarena
and the boys they say that I´m buena
they all want me, they can´t have me
So they all come and dance beside me
move with me jam with me
and if you're good i take you home with me
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeeh, macarena
A-Hai
Now don´t you worry ´bout my boy friend
the boy whose name is Nicorino
I don´t want him, ´cause sent him
he was no good so I - hahaaaa
Now, come on, what was I supposed to do ?
He was outta town and his two friends were soooo fine

Claps Ahai Ahai


Come and find me, my name is Macarena
always at the party,
´cause the chicos think I´m buena
come join me, dance with me
and all your fellows cat hello with me

That has got to be some sort of patois.

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Let's begin our day with a poem:

Ariel
Stasis in darkness.
Then the substanceless blue
Pour of tor and distances.

God's lioness,
How one we grow,
Pivot of heels and knees!--The furrow

Splits and passes, sister to
The brown arc
Of the neck I cannot catch,

Nigger-eye
Berries cast dark
Hooks----

Black sweet blood mouthfuls,
Shadows.
Something else

Hauls me through air----
Thighs, hair;
Flakes from my heels.

White
Godiva, I unpeel----
Dead hands, dead stringencies.

And now I
Foam to wheat, a glitter of seas.
The child's cry

Melts in the wall.
And I
Am the arrow,

The dew that flies,
Suicidal, at one with the drive
Into the red

Eye, the cauldron of morning.

Sylvia Plath

I went to a school concert tonight and one of the youngsters sang a beautiful ballad about a "lady in a white dress". I tried to find it by using Google, but could not find it, perhaps she may have written it herself. However I did find one very close to my subject, and I just like to recite it if I may?

White Dress

(Dave Swarbrick, McTell)
Feel how the wind blows, December despair
Bring me a ribbon to tie up my hair
I'll be your bride, go where you go
All of my life, you'll be my beau
chorus:
Kiss me and I might
Put on the white dress
If you'll take me dancing tonight
The night's in your face, sky's in your eyes
The day's in my arms when you're by my side
Whenever you're weary I'll sing you a song
Whenever you're lonely I'll show you you're wrong
chorus
Come from the window, let's climb the stairs
All of my sorrows are none of your cares
While life is in us, let's love all we can
I'll be your woman if you'll be my man
chorus

Lovely, Dutchy, and it rather reminds me of this song:

Barbra Streisand - I Stayed Too Long At The Fair

Hmmm...hmmm...
Hmmm...hmmm...
I wanted the music to play on forever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I wanted the clown to be constantly clever
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
I brought me blue ribbons to tie up my hair,
But I couldn't find anybody to care;
The merry-go-round is beginning to slow now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
The music has stop and the children must go now
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
Oh, mother dear, I know you're very proud,
Your little girl and kingdom is so far above the crowd;
No, daddy dear,
You never could have known
That I would be successful, yet so very much alone...
I wanted to live in a carnival city,
With laughter and love everywhere;
I wanted my friends to be thrilling and witty,
I wanted somebody to care;
I found my blue ribbons all shiny and new
But now I discover them no longer blue...
The merry-go-round is beginning to taunt me,
Have I stayed too long at the fair?
There's nothing to win
And there's no one to want me
Have I stayed too long at the fair?

Yesterday a child came out to wonder,
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar.
Fearful when the sky is full of thunder,
And tearful at the falling of a star.

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came,
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons,
Skated over ten clear frozen streams.
Words like "when you're older" must appease him,
And promises of someday make his dreams.

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came,
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now,
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town.
And they tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now,
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circle down."

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came,
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty,
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true.
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams, and plenty.
Before the last revolving year is through.

And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round,
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We're captive on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came,
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game.

(Buffy St. Marie)

Good morning WA2K

and a Happy 46th to Antonia Banderas:

Good morning, Raggedy. Love that song by Buffy, PA. Thanks for continuing the carousel, gal.

Well, there's that handsome Antonio. How serious he appears. <smile>

early 1972, but returned in 1974.


Lyrics: Spinning Wheel


What goes up must come down
Spinning wheel got to go around
Talking about your troubles it's a crying sin
Ride a painted pony let the spinning wheel spin
You got no money, you got no home
Spinning wheel all alone
Talking about your troubles and you never learn
Ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel turn

Did you find (the) directing sign on the straight and narrow highway
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real

Someone is waiting just for you
Spinning wheel, spinning true
Drop all your troubles on the riverside
Catch a painted pony, let the spinning wheel fly

Did you find (the) directing sign on the straight and narrow highway
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real

Someone is waiting just for you
Spinning wheel, spinning true
Drop all your troubles on the riverside
Catch a painted pony let the spinning wheel fly

Jack Haley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack Haley (August 10, 1898 - June 6, 1979) was an American film actor best known for his portrayal of "The Tin Man" (and farmworker "Hickory") in The Wizard of Oz, a role he got only because actor Buddy Ebsen had a near-fatal reaction from inhaling the aluminum dust makeup used with the costume. The makeup was switched to a paste, to avoid risking the same reaction by Haley.

Haley's natural voice (which he used for the "Hickory" character) was moderately gruff. For the Tin Man, he spoke more softly, a la "Mr. Rogers", which he later said was the tone of voice he used when reading stories to his children.

His son married Liza Minnelli, daughter of his Oz co-star Judy Garland, briefly in the 1970s.

He died on June 6, 1979, of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 80. Buddy Ebsen, ten years younger than Haley, outlived him by 24 years.

Leo Fender
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 - March 21, 1991) was an American luthier who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and later founded G&L Musical Products (G&L Guitars). His guitar, bass, and amplifier designs from the 1950s continue to dominate popular music more than half a century later. Marshall and many other amplifier companies have used Fender amps as the foundation of their products. Fender and inventor Les Paul are often cited as the two most influential figures in the development of electric instruments in the 20th century.


1950 to 1965: the Golden Age

In 1950, Fender and George Fullerton introduced first the Esquire and then the Broadcaster, the first standard "spanish style" electric guitars produced by the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company. Due to a trademark conflict with another musical instrument company (the Gretsch Broadkaster line of drums), the Broadcaster's name was quickly changed to Telecaster and one of the most enduring electric guitars ever was born. While not the first electric guitars; Gibson had been manufacturing electrified semi-acoustic guitars for some time, and Rickenbacker had produced the first solid body electric guitar (known as the "frying pan") in the early 1940's, the Telecaster and Esquire were the first widely produced solid body electric guitars. The innovation in this lie in Fender's concept for the guitar's construction. Rather than construct guitars one at a time, Fender opted to construct the components individually, and put them together on an assembly line. Innovations like a bolt on neck and a routed control cavity that would serve to house the tone and volume controls and pickups allowed Fender to produce more Telecasters and Esquires than any electric guitar had ever been produced before.

During this time, Fender also conceived an instrument that would prove to be essential to the evolution of popular music. Up until this time, bassists had been relegated to playing acoustically resonating double basses, also known as "upright basses". As the size of bands and orchestras grew, bassists found themselves increasingly fighting for volume and presence in the sound spectrum. Apart from their sonic disadvantages, double basses were also large, bulky, and difficult to transport. With the Precision Bass (or "P-Bass"), released in 1951, Leo Fender addressed both of these issues. Unlike double basses, the Telecaster-based Precision Bass was small and portable, and its solid body construction and four magnet, single coil electronic pickup allowed it to be amplified at higher volumes without the feedback issues normally associated with acoustic instruments. Along with the Precision Bass (so named because its fretted neck allowed bassists to play with "precision"), Fender introduced a bass amplifier, the Fender Bassman; a 45 watt amplifier with four 10" speakers. Neither were firsts; Audiovox had begun advertising an "electric bass fiddle" in mid 1930's catalogs, and Ampeg had introduced a 12 watt "Bassamp" in 1949, but the P-Bass and its accompanying amplifier were the first widely-produced of their kind, and arguably, the P-Bass remains one of the most popular basses in music today.

Both the Precision Bass and Telecaster were revolutionary, and their introduction contributed to the birth of something now commonplace: the "musical group". Live performances up to that point had largely relied upon large bands and orchestras to fill concert halls. Now, armed with the proper instruments, bands or groups consisting of only 3 or 4 musicians could perform large venues. The "Big Band" era began to fade as musicians began to discover the electric guitar and Fender bass. However, Leo Fender's most widely known and loved contribution to music had yet to be developed.

Though the Telecaster had remained popular, criticisms of its design and aesthetics had gotten back around to Leo Fender, and in late 1953 he began designing an all new, solid body electric guitar to be sold alongside the Telecaster. It would have a contoured body for enhanced comfort over the slab-body Telecaster's harsh edges. It would have 3 pickups, a rounder, less "club-like" neck (at least for the first year of issue), a double cutaway for easier reach to the upper registers, and a revolutionary vibrato or "tremolo" unit that would allow players to bend strings as they played by wiggling the tremolo arm, or "whammy bar". Released in 1954, Fender named his new creation the Stratocaster to invoke images of the high flying, supersonic jets filling America's skies in the 1950's. The Stratocaster (or "Strat") has been in continuous production ever since, and, along with the Telecaster and the Gibson Les Paul, has helped define the sound of generations of rock, blues, and funk musicians.

1960 saw the release of the Jazz Bass, a sleeker, updated bass with a slimmer neck, and offset waist body and two single coil pickups (as opposed to the Precision Bass and its split-humbucking pickup that had been introduced in 1957). Like it's predecessor, the Jazz Bass (or simply "J-Bass") was an instant hit and has remained popular to this day, and early models are highly sought after by collectors. Other significant developments of this period include the Jazzmaster and Jaguar, significant departures from the Strat and Tele in their introduction of complex pickup selection switches and volume controls. Although unsuccessful at their introduction (compared to previous Fender guitars), both would become popular with Surf Rock musicians due to their clean, bright, and warm tone.

Music Man and G&L

In the 1970s, Leo Fender designed guitars, basses and amplifiers for the Music Man corporation, and in 1976 designed and released another innovative instrument, the StingRay. Though the body design borrowed heavily from the Precision Bass, the StingRay is largely considered to be the first production bass with active electronics. The StingRay's 3-band active equalizer, high output humbucking pickup and smooth satin finished neck went on to become a favorite of many influential bassists, including John Deacon, Tim Commerford and Flea. In 1979 he and old friends George Fullerton and Dale Hyatt started a new company called G&L (George & Leo, later Guitars by Leo) Musical Products. G&L guitar designs tended to lean heavily upon the looks of Fender's original guitars such as the Stratocaster and Telecaster, but incorporated innovations such as enhaced tremolo systems and electronics. Despite suffering several minor strokes, Leo Fender continued to produce guitars and basses. While he continued to refine the fundamental designs he had created decades earlier, he also earned many new patents for innovative designs in magnetic pickups, vibrato systems, neck construction, and other areas. Nevertheless, he never learned how to play the guitar.

A friendly, modest and unassuming man (his "coffee mug" was a styrofoam cup with the word "Leo" inked on it), he had the lifelong admiration and devotion of his employees, many of whom have remarked that the best working years of their lives were spent under Leo Fender. He died in 1991 from complications of Parkinson's disease. His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The company which bears his name, Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, is now one of the largest musical instrument conglomerates in the world.

Rhonda Fleming
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rhonda Fleming (born August 10, 1923), nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor", is an American actress. Born in Hollywood, California as Marilyn Louis, Fleming made over forty films, mostly in the forties and fifties. Her most recent film was Waiting for the Wind (1990).

After appearing uncredited in a few films, she began getting bigger roles starting with top featured roles in David O. Selznick's Spellbound (1945), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and another classic thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946). She then co-starred with Bing Crosby in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) based on a book by Mark Twain. Among her most famous movies are: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), While the City Sleeps (1956) and The Big Circus (1959). In 1953, she starred in Serpent of the Nile and became one of a number of leading Hollywood actresses to play the legendary Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra.

In retirement she has worked for charities, especially in the field of cancer care, and served on the committees of many related bodies. In 1991 she and her late husband, Ted Mann, set up the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic For Women's Comprehensive Care at the UCLA Medical Center. Fleming has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jimmy Dean
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jimmy Dean (born on August 10, 1928 in Plainview, Texas) is an American singer, actor, and businessman. He was born Jimmy Ray Dean, and not Seth Ward, as is sometimes stated. Seth Ward is the district of Plainview, Texas where he grew up.

Country music

Dean became a professional entertainer after a stint in the U.S. Air Force in the late 1940s. He became the host of the popular Washington D.C. TV program Town and Country Time and, with his Texas Wildcats, became favorites in the region. Both Patsy Cline and Roy Clark got their starts with Dean, who eventually fired Clark, his lead guitarist, for his chronic tardiness. He had his first hit, "Bummin' Around," in 1953.

Dean went on to New York in the 1950s where he hosted another TV variety show for CBS and signed with Columbia Records. He became best known for his 1961 song "Big Bad John" that went to No.1 on the Billboard charts. The song won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. He had several more Top 40 songs including a Top 10 in 1962 with "PT 109", a song in honor of PT-109 and John F. Kennedy. In the early 1960s he also hosted the Tonight Show on occasion and one night introduced Roy Clark, with whom he'd remained friendly, to a wider audience, something that helped Clark enhance his career.

His mid-1960s ABC television variety show was one of the first to present country music entertainers with dignity and class, on their terms. Roger Miller, George Jones, Charlie Rich, Buck Owens and Joe Maphis, among others, got some of their first network TV exposure on the Dean show, also best remembered for his regular sketches with one of Jim Henson's long running muppet, Rowlf the Dog. Many guests who were not remotely related to country music happily appeared on the show, as it was considered a solid entertainment program, and it did offer the priceless "exposure" that is the food and drink of show business acts.

When the show ended, he began to dabble in acting in the late 1960s, with his best-known role being that of millionaire Willard Whyte in the 1971 James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever. Dean also performed around the country.

Jimmy Dean brand pork sausage

In 1969, he founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage brand originally called "Pure Pork Sausage" with his brother Don. Despite ups and downs (some revolving around his problems with his partner-brother Don Dean), the Jimmy Dean Sausage company did well, in part due to Dean's own extemporized, good-humored commercials.

Its success led to its acquisition in 1984 by Consolidated Foods, later renamed the Sara Lee Corporation. Over time, Dean remained involved in running the company, though they eventually began phasing him out of any management duties, a traumatic period that took a toll on his health. In January 2004, Dean said that the Sara Lee company had dropped him as the spokesman for the sausage brand.

Life in Virginia, autobiography, retirement

As a Virginia resident since 1990, he was inducted into the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997. Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore appointed Dean to the Virginia Board of Game and Inland Fisheries, which oversees the state's wildlife efforts and regulates the boating laws.

In the fall of 2004, he released his blunt, straight-talking autobiography, 30 Years of Sausage, 50 Years of Ham. Today, Dean lives in semiretirement with second wife Donna Meade Dean, a singer, songwriter and recording artist he married in 1991 who helped him write his book. The couple lives on private property at historic Chaffin's Bluff overlooking the James River on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia.

Eddie Fisher (singer)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eddie Fisher (born Edwin John Fisher, 10 August 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and entertainer.

Life and career

Eddie Fisher is the fourth of seven children born to Joseph Fisher and Kate Winokur, who were Russian-Jewish immigrants. His father's surname was originally Fisch, but was anglicised to Fisher upon entry to the United States.

To his family, Fisher was always called "Sonny Boy" or "Sonny," which may have been an allusion to a song made famous by Al Jolson. It was known at an early age that he had talent as a vocalist and he started singing in numerous amateur contests, which he usually won. He sang on the radio in high school and was later on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, a popular contest that was broadcast over the radio before moving to television. By 1946, Fisher was crooning with the bands of Buddy Morrow and Charlie Ventura. He was heard in 1949 by Eddie Cantor at Grossinger's Resort in the Borscht Belt. After performing on Cantor's radio show he was an instant hit and gained nationwide exposure. He was then signed to a contract with RCA Victor.

Fisher was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951 and sent to Texas for basic training. He served a year in Korea. The photos of him in uniform during his time in the Service did not hurt his civilian career; after his discharge he became even more popular singing in top nightclubs. He also had a variety television series, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher (NBC) (1953)-(1957), appeared on Perry Como's show, The Chesterfield Supper Club, the George Gobel Show, and had another series, The Eddie Fisher Show (NBC) (1957)-(1959).

A pre-Rock and Roll vocalist, Fisher's strong and melodious tenor made him a teen idol and one of the most popular singers of the 1950s. He had seventeen songs in the Top 10 on the music charts between 1950 and 1956 and thirty-five in the Top 40.

In 1956, Fisher costarred with then-wife Debbie Reynolds in the musical comedy Bundle Of Joy. He played a serious role in the 1960 drama BUtterfield 8 with then-wife Elizabeth Taylor. His best friend was showman/producer Mike Todd, who died in a plane crash in 1958. Fisher's affair and subsequent marriage to Todd's famous widow caused a show business scandal because he and his first wife, also famous, had a very public divorce.

In 1960, he was dropped by RCA Victor and briefly recorded on his own label, Ramrod Records. He later recorded for Dot Records. During this time, he had the first commercial recording of "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler on the Roof." This technically counts as the biggest standard Fisher can claim credit for introducing, although it is rarely associated with him. He then returned to RCA and had a minor single hit in 1966 with the song Games That Lovers Play, which became the title of his best selling album. (During the time Fisher was the most popular singer in America, in the mid 1950s, singles, rather than albums, were the primary recording medium.) His last album for RCA was an Al Jolson tribute, You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet. Eddie Fisher's last album was recorded around 1984 under the Bainbridge record label. Fisher tried to stop the album from being released but it showed up on the record stores shelves entitled "After All". The album was produced by William J. O'Malley and arranged by Angelo DiPippo. Fisher has performed in top concert halls all over the United States and headlined in major Las Vegas showrooms. He has headlined at the Palace Theater in New York City as well as London's Palladium.

Fisher has had five wives: actress Debbie Reynolds (married 1955-divorced 1959), actress Elizabeth Taylor (married 1959-divorced 1964), actress Connie Stevens (married 1967-divorced 1969), Terry Richard (married 1975- divorced 1976) and Betty Lin (married 1993). Betty Lin died on April 15, 2001. Fisher is the father of two children by Reynolds, actress Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, and he is the father of two children by Stevens, actress Joely Fisher and actress Tricia Leigh Fisher.

In 1981, Fisher wrote an autobiography, Eddie: My Life, My Loves (ISBN 0060149078). He wrote another autobiography in 1999 titled Been There, Done That (ISBN 031220972X). The later book devotes little space to Fisher's singing career. When interviewed, Debbie Reynolds will characteristically say that she could understand being dumped "for the world's most beautiful woman (Taylor)." Taylor and Reynolds later resumed their friendship, and mocked Fisher in their TV movie These Old Broads, wherein their characters ridiculed the ex-husband they shared, named "Freddie."

Fisher has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Recording, at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for TV, at 1724 Vine Street

Antonio Banderas
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José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born August 10, 1960) in Malaga, Spain, better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor. He is usually cited as the most prominent Spanish actor in America.


Biography

Early life

Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain to José Domínguez, a policeman in the civil guard, and Doña Ana Bandera, a teacher. He has a brother, Francisco. Banderas is Roman Catholic. [1]

Banderas initially wanted to play soccer professionally, but his dream ended when he broke his foot at age 14. As a young man, he travelled penniless to Madrid, in order to make a career in the Spanish film industry.

Career

Banderas first gained wide attention through a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar, between 1982 and 1990, in which his characters often engaged in sex scenes considered extremely explicit by American standards. His breakthrough role was as the character "Ricky" in ¡Átame! (English-language title: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), which was a minor success in the United States. He subsequently moved to the U.S. and began appearing in American films; some of his earlier roles there included the 1992 film, The Mambo Kings, as well as a supporting role in the Oscar-winning 1993 film, Philadelphia. He appeared in several major Hollywood releases in 1995, including a starring role in the Robert Rodriguez-directed film, Desperado.

For the majority of the 1990s and 2000s, Banderas remained in the United States and has starred in several notable box office successes, including playing the narrator, Che, based on the controversial Argentine physician and politician Che Guevara in the hit 1996 film Evita, opposite Madonna, also playing the title role in the The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005). Banderas has also frequently collaborated with his Desperado director, Rodriguez, who cast Banderas in the Spy Kids film trilogy and the final installment in the "Mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Banderas' sole credit as a director was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife Melanie Griffith. Melanie played Lucille Vinson in the movie.

In 2003, Banderas appeared, to great acclaim, in the Broadway revival of Maury Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film 8 1/2, playing the prime role originated by the late Raul Julia. Banderas won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in a musical.[1] His performance is preserved on the Broadway cast recording released by PS Classics.

Banderas' voice role as Puss in Boots in Shrek 2 made the character popular on the family film circuit, and a spin-off movie starring his character is scheduled for release in 2008. His latest film, Take the Lead, a high-school movie in which he plays a real-life ballroom dancing teacher, opened on April 7, 2006.

Banderas' upcoming projects include starring as the title character in a new Broadway production of the 1995 film, Don Juan DeMarco,[1] as well as in the films Conquistador, a historical epic in which he will play Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes (filming will begin in September 2006 in Spain, Mexico and South America),[2] and Shrek 3 (currently scheduled for a 2007 release), in which he will once again voice Puss In Boots.

Personal life

Banderas divorced his first wife, Ana Leza, and in 1996 married actress Melanie Griffith, whom he had met during the shooting of Two Much. They have a daughter, Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith (also simply Stella Banderas), who appeared in the film Crazy in Alabama, in which Griffith starred and which Banderas directed.

Banderas has invested his movie earnings in businesses marketing Andalusian products, which he promotes in Spain and the USA. He is a long time supporter of the Real Madrid Futbol Club. While he talks his native Andalusian Spanish with his family and Spanish press, he switches to the Castilian pronunciation when playing non-Andalusian roles or when dubbing his Hollywood performances.

THINGS THAT HALLMARK CARDS DON'T SAY
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M y tire was thumping.

I thought it was flat

When I looked at the tire...

I noticed your cat.

Sorry!

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H eard your wife left you,

How upset you must be.

But don't fret about it...

She moved in with me.

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L ooking back over the years

that we've been together,

I can't help but wonder...

"What the hell was I thinking?"

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C ongratulations on your wedding day!

Too bad no one likes your husband.

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How could two people as beautiful as you

Have such an ugly baby?

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I 've always wanted to have

someone to hold,

someone to love.

After having met you ..

I've changed my mind.

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I must admit, you brought Religion into my life.

I never believed in Hell until I met you.

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A s the days go by, I think of how lucky I am...

That you're not here to ruin it for me.

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C ongratulations on your promotion.

Before you go...

Would you like to take this knife out of my back?

You'll probably need it again.

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H appy Birthday, Uncle Dad!

(Available only in Tennessee, Kentucky & West Virginia)

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H appy birthday! You look great for your age.

Almost Lifelike!

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When we were together,

you always said you'd die for me.

Now that we've broken up,

I think it's time you kept your promise.

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W e have been friends for a very long time ..

let's say we stop?

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I'm so miserable without you

it's almost like you're here.

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C ongratulations on your new bundle of joy.

Did you ever find out who the father was?

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Y our friends and I wanted to do

something special for your birthday.

So we're having you put to sleep.

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S o your daughter's a hooker,

and it spoiled your day.

Look at the bright side,

it's really good pay.

When you care enough to send the very worst, right hawkman?

Thanks for the bio's, Boston, and what a surprise to find out that J.D. lives in Richmond, Virginia. Guess we will have to play one by him, then.

Continuing with the wheel, listeners:

Jimmy Dean


Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll
Bossman bossman my hands're cold (shut up boy and make the waterwheel roll)
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll
Grind that corn and make that meal the bossman's belly just gotta be filled
Grind that corn and make that bread the bossman's young un's all gotta be fed
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll
Bossman bossman he sure is mean thinks of my body as a steam machine
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll

Ole Willie John don't work too hard cause he's got a woman in the rich man's yard
I wanna run away but I'd be found cause the bossman's got two big blood hounds
Make the waterwheel roll...

Feel that rhythm in my soul sing my song while the waterwheel rolls
Workin' all day in the cold cold rain I wish my Lord would call my name
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll
Make the waterwheel roll make the waterwheel roll

Ok, folks. This if for Rod, a bloke from Wales:



Busted flat in baton rouge, headin for the trains,
Feelin nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
Took us all the way to new orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin sad while bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin time and
Bobby clappin hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.

Freedoms just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free,
Feelin good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my bobby mcgee.

From the coalmines of kentucky to the california sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,
Standin right beside me through everythin I done,
And every night she kept me from the cold.
The somewhere near salinas, lord, I let her slip away,
She was lookin for the love I hope shell find,
Well Id trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin bobbys body close to mine.

Freedoms just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin left was all she left to me,
Feelin good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and bobby mcgee.