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I did, too, Edgar. The novel, Shane, was written in 1949. I don't know when "Hondo" was written.

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. We may never know about Jack and Louis, but here is something we do know, and it's really too bad.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed 33 minutes ago



BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition. He was 44.



Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when he was stung, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

He collapsed at Batt Reef, near Low Isle and the resort town of Port Douglas, Queensland state police said in a statement. Port Douglas is about 1,260 miles north of Brisbane, the state capital.

A rescue helicopter rushed to the scene but Irwin had died, the statement said.

Queensland ambulance service spokesman Bob Hamil confirmed that a diver had been killed by a stingray off Lowe Isles Reef and said cause of death appeared to be a "stingray strike to the chest."

I didn't realize that a stingray could have that effect, did you?

Hondo was written in 1953. Just happened to have it eyeballing me on the bookshelf.

Hey, hawkman. I just found out that I have read The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour. Really weird book, as I recall.

Song for the morning:

What I Am
Artist EDIE BRICKELL

Album: The Ultimate Collection (2002)


I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a dog.
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.
What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are - or what?
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks.
Religion is a light in the fog.
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.
What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are - or what?
Don't let me get too deep.

Nigel Bruce
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Nigel Ernle Bruce (February 4, 1895 - October 8, 1953), usually credited as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor, best known as Dr. Watson in a series of films and a radioseries starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.

The son of a baronet, he was born in Ensenada, Mexico on February 4, 1895, while his parents were on vacation.

He was severely wounded in World War I and spent most of the war in a wheelchair.

In 1920 he began his career on stage and eight years later started working in silent films. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood. During his career he worked on 78 movies, including Treasure Island, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Lassie Come Home, The Corn is Green, and Bwana Devil. He also appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion.

He typically played buffoonish, fuzzy-minded gentlemen and his signature role was that of Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes series beginning in 1939 with his good friend Basil Rathbone. Holmes purists objected that Watson in the books was an intelligent and capable person (although not an outstanding detective), and that the Bruce portrayal made him seem dimmer and more bumbling than his literary counterpart. A nickname resulting from this portrayal was Boobus Britannicus. For millions of fans, however, Bruce was the definitive Watson. He starred in 14 films and over 200 radio programs as Dr. Watson. Although Watson often appears to be the elder of the two main characters, Bruce was actually three years younger than his co-star Rathbone.

Bruce, known as Willy to his friends, was a leading member of the British movie colony in Los Angeles. Unlike some of his contemporaries, he never renounced his British citizenship despite his long residence in the United States.

Bruce died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California in 1953, aged 58. He was cremated, and his ashes stored in the vault at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.

He wrote an autobiography called Games, Gossip, and Greasepaint which has never been published. Excerpts can be read online, however [1].

His last movie, World for Ransom, was released posthumously in 1954.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"

Dick York
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Date of birth: September 4, 1928
Birth location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Height: 6'1"
Date of death: February 20, 1992
Death location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Birth name: Richard Allen York

Dick York (4 September 1928 - 20 February 1992) was an American actor in radio, Broadway stage, and television.

Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana, York grew up in Chicago, where a Catholic nun first recognized his vocal promise. He began his career at age 15 as the star of the CBS radio program That Brewster Boy. He also appeared in hundreds of other radio shows and instructional films before heading to New York City, where he acted on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy and Bus Stop. He performed with stars including Paul Muni and Joanne Woodward in live television broadcasts and with Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, and Gary Cooper in movies, including My Sister Eileen, Cowboy, and They Came to Cordura. He played the role of Bertram Cates, the young teacher charged with teaching the theory of evolution, in the 1960 classic Inherit the Wind starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly. He went on to star with Kelly in the television comedy/drama Going My Way and to appear in dozens of episodes of now-classic TV shows, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and Route 66.





York is best known as the first actor to play Darrin Stephens in the 1960s sitcom Bewitched. The show was a huge success and York was nominated for an Emmy in 1968, but a debilitating back injury he had suffered on the set of They Came to Cordura caused him increasing pain, and led or contributed to his misuse of pain-alleviating drugs. During the fifth season on the sitcom, he collapsed on the Bewitched set and was rushed to the hospital. From his hospital bed he resigned from the show to devote himself to drug rehabilitation and recovery. For the 1969-70 season, he was replaced in the TV series by actor Dick Sargent, who held the role until the series ended in 1972.


York with Bewitched co-star Elizabeth Montgomery (1964).As he battled his back pain, York gained 150 pounds and lost most of his teeth. He and wife Joan supported themselves by cleaning an apartment house they owned until they fell on further hard times and lost the building. As York related in his posthumously-published memoir, The Seesaw Girl and Me, it took him many more years to regain an interest in acting and to try to revive his career. He lost the weight he had gained, and appeared on several prime-time TV shows including Simon and Simon and Fantasy Island.

York spent his final years battling emphysema. Ultimately bedridden in a small home in Rockford, Michigan he founded Acting for Life, a private fundraising effort to help the homeless. Using his telephone as his pulpit, York motivated politicians, business people, and regular folk to contribute supplies and money. York is buried in Plainfield Cemetery in Rockford, Michigan

Mitzi Gaynor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born 4 September 1931
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mitzi Gaynor (born September 4, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, although some sources indicate 1930) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Her birth name was either Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, while other sources cite Francesca Marlene de Charney von Gerber as her birth name.

She trained as a ballerina as a child and began her career as a chorus dancer. She sang, acted and danced in a number of film musicals, often paired with some of the biggest male musical stars.

Notable early roles included There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray.

Les Girls (1957, directed by George Cukor) with Gene Kelly and Kay Kendall, and Anything Goes (1956), co-starring Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, and Zizi Jeanmaire; with screen-play written by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse.

Gaynor's biggest international fame came from her starring role in the film version of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's South Pacific, one of the most successful musicals of all time.

For her performance, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best actress. She made films with many other well-known stars, including Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, David Niven, Dan Dailey, Betty Grable and Oscar Levant.

She made her last film in the early 1960s; one of her last films was the United Kingdom production Surprise Package (1960), a musical comedy thriller directed by Stanley Donen. Her co-stars were Yul Brynner and Noel Coward and the film had a theme song by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn.

After her retirement from films, Gaynor remained a popular favorite; she often performed songs at Academy Awards ceremonies, starred in a series of high-rated TV specials, had a This Is Your Life special dedicated to her, and often appeared on television and in local theater.

For several years, Mitzi Gaynor was a top Las Vegas attraction. She also successfully battled cancer. During the 1990's, Gaynor also became a featured columnist for the influential newsmagazine The Hollywood Reporter.

Damon Wayans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Damon Kyle Wayans (born September 4, 1960 in New York City, New York), one of the Wayans brothers, is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. His earliest film appearance was a brief cameo as an effeminate hotel employee in the 1984 Eddie Murphy film Beverly Hills Cop. He was briefly on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer, before getting fired for playing his character as a flamboyant gay cop instead of a straight cop. In the SNL book "Live From New York", it was stated that Wayans did this largely due to growing frustrations that his sketches were not being considered for the show.

He went on to do the TV-show In Living Color from 1990 to 1992, part of a team that was nominated for Emmy Awards all three years.

In 1996, he produced Waynehead, a cartoon for the WB, loosely based on his own childhood growing up in a large family, starring a poor boy with a clubfoot. It only lasted a season due to poor ratings.

From 1997 to 1998, he was the executive producer of 413 Hope St., a short-lived drama on the FOX network starring Richard Roundtree and Jesse L. Martin.

From 2001 until 2005, Wayans starred in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids. [1] Before that, he starred in the films The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne and The Great White Hype, he also wrote and starred in the film Blankman.

In 1999 his New York Times bestselling book Bootleg was published; it is a humorous compilation of his observations about family, children, marriage, and politics.


Success

Through My Wife and Kids Damon Wayans became a household name throughout the US. The show was also popular in countries such as UK, India and Brazil. His character called Michael Kyle is a father of three and the show is famous for his sarcastic form of comedy.

Trivia

His parents are Howell and Elvira Wayans
He is the brother of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dwayne Wayans and Marlon Wayans.
He married Lisa Thorner. They divorced in 2000.
He is the father of Damon Wayans, Jr., Michael Wayans, Cara Mia Wayans, and Kyla Wayans.
He is 6' 3" (1.91 m) tall.
He is a close friend of NBA legend Michael Jordan.
He is in Janet Jackson's video "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
Was considered for the role of The Riddler in Batman Forever.
Hosted the 2006 BET Awards which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on June 27.
Uncle of Damien Dante Wayans.
Cousin of Craig Wayans.
He had a clubbed foot as a child.

As a paralegal, I worked for a bar association that was having
difficulty collecting some members' annual dues. The new
administrative assistant was told to advise them by letter that their
membership would be canceled unless they paid up. Soon, however, we
began receiving telephone calls wondering if perhaps the association
was taking too drastic a step. The officers then read the letter
their assistant had sent out: "Unless dues are paid by March 1, you
will be dismembered." (Lori Fogarty)

That made me laugh, Bob!

Cathy's Clown
The Everly Brothers

[Written by Don and Phil Everly]

Don't want your love any more
Don't want your kisses that's for sure
I die each time I hear the sound
Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown

I gotta stand tall
You know a man can't crawl
For when he knows he's telling lies
And he lets them pass on by
He's not a man at all

Don't want your love any more
Don't want your kisses that's for sure
I die each time I hear the sound
Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown

When you see me shed a tear
And when you know that it's sincere
Don't you think it's kind of sad
That you're treating me so bad
Or don't you even care

Don't want your love any more
Don't want your kisses that's for sure
I die each time I hear the sound
Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown


Originally written as Catherine's Clown by Don Everly
(supposedly about a high school friend Catherine Coe)

Well, folks, we know that BioBob has finished with his celebs when he leaves us with a lawyer joke. Funny, Bob, and thanks once again for the celebs. We will wait for our Raggedy to do her picture bit before commenting, however.

Welcome back, Francis, even though you're only here for a laugh. <smile>

Hey, edgar. I recall that song, buddy. Thanks, Texas for the memory.

Speaking of funny, listen to this one by Sir Elton:

Goodbye Marlon Brando


Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Reg Strikes Back



Say goodbye to loneliness, say goodbye to Marlon Brando
Say goodbye to latitudes and the confusion that surrounds you
Say goodbye to misery, say goodbye to the morning news
Say goodbye to prime time and the fools that choose to view
Say goodbye to Wendy, say goodbye to Rhonda
Say goodbye to the Beach Boys from the Palisades to Kona

Say goodbye to Glasnost, say goodbye to Malathion
Say goodbye to the clowns in congress and the belt around Orion
Say goodbye to the tabloids, say goodbye to diet soda
Say goodbye to new age music from the Capa to the Coda
Say goodbye to gridlock, goodbye to Dolly's chest
Goodbye to the ozone layer if there's any of it left

Don't it make you wanna crawl back to the womb
Find a sanitarium rent yourself a room
This overload is edging me further out to sea
I need to put some distance between overkill and me, me

Say goodbye to Jackie Collins, say goodbye to illiterate fools
Goodbye to evangelists and geeks with power tools
Goodbye to statuettes, say goodbye to lists
Say goodbye to articles on who the senator kissed
Say goodbye to hair styles, goodbye to heaven's gate
Goodbye to Rocky Five, Six, Seven and Eight

Love it!

Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons on the same theme as the Everlys:

Oh, how you tried to cut me down to size
Tellin' dirty lies to my friends
But my own father said "Give her up, don't bother
The world isn't comin' to an end"
(He said)

Walk like a man, talk like a man
Walk like a man my son
No woman's worth crawlin' on the earth
So walk like a man, my son

Bye bye baby, I don't-a mean maybe
Gonna get along somehow
Soon you'll be cryin' on account of all your lyin'
Oh yeah, just look who's laughin' now
(I'm gonna)

Walk like a man, fast as I can
Walk like a man from you
I'll tell the world "forget about it, girl"
And walk like a man from you

Fabian
Like a Tiger

Hey. lumpa sugar, you look kinda sweet
Cuter than a baby walkin' down the street
When I look into your eyes, I wanna leap
I can't conceal that you make me feel
Like a tiger, ooh, ooh, ooh, like a tiger
Ooh, ooh, ooh, just to see you smile nearly drives me wild
I wanna growl wow!

I'm feelin' stronger than a grizzly bear
Soarin' like an eagle flyin' through the air
When I get you in my arms, you'd better beware
I go insane 'cause I can't be tamed
Like a tiger, ooh, ooh, ooh, like a tiger
Ooh, ooh, ooh, just to see you smile nearly drives me wild
I wanna growl wow!

You keep my heart jumpin' like a kangaroo
Floatin' like an onion in a bowl of stew
Baby, ev'ry time you come in view
I run like an antelope to get to you
I'm your tiger and you're my mate
Hurry up, buttercup, and don't be late
I might get mad if I have to wait
Come right now 'cause I'm on the prowl
Like a tiger, ooh, ooh, ooh, like a tiger
Ooh, ooh, ooh, just to see you smile nearly drives me wild
I wanna growl wow!

You keep my heart jumpin' like a kangaroo
Floatin' like an onion in a bowl of stew
Baby, ev'ry time you come in view
I run like an antelope to get to you
I'm your tiger and you're my mate
Hurry up, buttercup, and don't be late
I might get mad if I have to wait
Come right now 'cause I'm on the prowl
Like a tiger, ooh, ooh, ooh, like a tiger
Ooh, ooh, ooh, just to see you smile nearly drives me wild
I wanna growl wow!

Hey, Mr. Turtle. Welcome back and whatever a man walks and talks like, I think Frankie has it straight, buddy.

My word, edgar, Fabian? Trying to remember that tiger. Can't hold Tiger Wood, though. <smile>

So, folks, we back to the animals, are we?

Love this one:


SURVIVOR - EYE OF THE TIGER
Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
Chorus:
It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin' tough, stayin' hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive
chorus
Risin' up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I'm not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
chorus
The eye of the tiger (repeats out)...

Good afternoon. Thanks for the info on Hondo, Bob, and the funny letter


Today's picture gallery:






P.S. : Edgar will never convince me that "Hondo" was "Shane".

One more Fabian

Turn Me Loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
This is the first time I have felt this way
Gonna get a thousand kicks or kiss a thousand chicks
So turn me loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
Gonna rock'n'roll long as the band's gonna play
Gonna holler, gonna shout, gonna knock myself right out
So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)

I've got some change in my pocket and I'm rarin' to go
Takin' some chick-a to the picture show
And when I see her home and we kiss goodnight
Well, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
Yes, today is gonna, is gonna be the day
I want you all to understand, now I am a man
So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)

I've got some change in my pocket and I'm rarin' to go
Takin' some chick-a to the picture show
And when I see her home and we kiss goodnight
Well, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose

Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
Yes, today is gonna, is gonna be the day
I want you all to understand, now I am a man
So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)


Fabian had no true vocal skills, but I liked the songs anyway.

Now, now. I backtracked on the Shane/Hondo thing before the discussion got going good. I do think it truly amazing the writers came up with stories so similar, though.