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navigator
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 11:07 am
Hi everybody, hi Letty. I shouldv'e post this a long time. It's something

that we loved to listen to when we were young.

NO MERCY

Where do you go.. my lovely
Where do you go
I wanna know.. my lovely.. I wanna know
Where do you go
I wanna know
Where do you go
I wanna know
You leave without a word, no message, no number
And now my head is pounding like thunder
You left me with a heartache deep inside
Girl you should see my cry all night and I wonder
Everybody says, what a shame, what is wrong
They don't like the game we play
Heard you're hanging round every night until dawn
I'm waiting for you night and day
Where do you go.. my lovely
Where do you go
I wanna know.. my lovely.. I wanna know
Where do you go
I wanna know
Where do you go
I wanna know
You gotta break the silence, don't keep me waiting
Just like a river flowing to the sea
You're running back to me
Come here what I'm saying
Where do you go.. my lovely
I wanna know
Where do you go.. my lovely
Where do you go
I wanna know
Where do you go
Come back and dry the tears I cried for you baby
You've gotta stop this heartache deep inside
You've gotta help me make it through the night safely
Come back and save me
Where do you go.. my lovely
Where do you go
I wanna know.. my lovely.. I wanna know
Where do you go
I wanna know
Where do you go.. my lovely

I'm talking about brother ofcourse.

THanks :wink:
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 11:17 am
Dear, dear, navigator. How wonderful to see you back. What a sweet thing to do for your brother and the memories of your childhood. We all here have concern for you and the responsibilities that you have, but I suppose we all do.

That song was lovely in it's own winsome way, honey.

For you and your memories, navigator, with a special thanks to satt.

Qkumba Zoo - The Child Inside Lyrics

Who's that calling ?who's that who can show the
way ?the child inside, its the child who lives still in
your eyesne ho ne ye he hiyo, ne ho ne yehe hane ho
ne ye he hiyo, neho neho nehe hehewho's that
dying,trying for a space in the cage you call your lifewho's that cryingcrying out just what it is
you've thrown awayit's the. . .the child inside, its the child who lives still in your
eyesne ho ne ye he hiyo, ne ho ne yehe hane ho
ne ye he hiyo, neho neho nehe hehewho's that
dancinglaughing crying living every day by day by day by
dayit's the. . .the child inside,
its the child who lives still in your eyesne ho ne
ye he hiyo, ne ho ne yehe hane ho ne ye he hiyo, neho neho
nehe hehesecret of the sun is in your eyestake
the power from your dreams and flychildren know it's
magick that makes the world go round
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 11:23 am
Old Dog Blue

Traditional
Additional Music and Lyrics by Lacy J. Dalton



Had an old doggie and I called him Blue
Listen, I'm gonna' tell you what Blue could do

Well I grabbed my gun and I blowed my horn
I am goin' to catch a possum in the new ground corn

Old Blue's got a possum up in a tree
Well I look up at him, and he looks at me

Well I grabbed my gun and I shot him down
And Old Blue picks up possum and he brings him around

Now Old Blue he's a fine old doggie
And I'm proud as a peacock he belonged to me

But when Old Blue died he died so old, so hard
I dug him a cold grave in my door yard

Well I dug Blue's grave with a silver spade
And I lowered Old Blue down on a link of chain

Now when I get to heaven first thing I'll do
Gonna' grab my old bugle and call up Blue

Come on Blue, Come on boy... I'm home
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 11:24 am
Ev'ry time I come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun';
Makes no diff'rence if he is a houn',
They gotta quit kickin' my dawg aroun'.

Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown
Took a load of corn to town;
My old Jim dawg, onery old cuss,
He just naturally follered us.

As we driv past Johnson's store
A passel of yaps come out the door;
Jim he scooted behind a box
With all them fellers a-throwin' rocks.

They tied a can to old Jim's tail
An' run him a-past the county jail;
That just naturally made us sore,
Lem, he cussed an' Bill he swore.

Me an' Lem Briggs an' old Bill Brown
Lost no time a-gittin' down;
We wiped them fellers on the ground
For kickin' my old Jim dawg around.

Jim seen his duty there an' then,
He lit into them gentlemen;
He shore mussed up the court-house square
With rags an' meat an' hide an' hair.

Every time I come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg aroun';
Makes no difference if he is a houn',
They gotta quit kickin' my dawg aroun'.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 11:27 am
When I was a lad and Ole Shep was a pup
The hills and the meadows we roamed
Just a boy and his dog we were both full of fun
We grew up together that way

I remember the time at the ole swimming hole
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
Ole Shep was right there to the rescue came
He come and he help pull me out

Now as time rolled along Ole Shep he grew old
And his eyes were fast growing dim
And one day the doctor looked at me and said
I can't do no more for him Jeff

With his hands that were trembling I picked up my gun
And aimed it a Shep's faithful head
I just couldn't do it I wanted to run
I wished they would shoot me instead

He came to my side and he looked up at me
And laid his ole head on my knees
I've lost the best friend that a man ever had
I cried tho I scarcely could see

Ole Shep he has gone where the good doggies go
and no more with Ole Shep will I roam
And if dogs have a heaven there is one thing I know
Ole Shep has a wonderful home.
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 12:15 pm
Hey, cowboy. Would that be "Old Dog Trey"? <smile> Knew all of 'em, dys, except for the blue dog. Use to play and sing Old Shep so that we could make ourselves cry.

Guess what this is from, folks:

Well, now, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole,
We may not get a bite all day, but don't you rush away.

What a great place to rest your bones and mighty fine for skippin' stones,
You'll feel fresh as a lemonade, a-settin' in the shade.

Whether it's hot, whether it's cool, oh what a spot for whistlin' like a fool.

What a fine day to take a stroll and wander by The Fishin' Hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.

We'll have no need to call the roll when we get to The Fishin' Hole,
There'll be you, me, and Old Dog Trey, to doodle time away.

If we don't hook a perch or bass, we'll cool our toes in dewy grass,
Or else pull up a weed to chaw, and maybe set and jaw.

Hangin' around, takin' our ease, watchin' that hound a-scratchin' at his fleas.

Come on, take down your fishin' pole and meet me at The Fishin' Hole,
I can't think of a better way to pass the time o' day.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 12:23 pm
Judy
Forget your troubles

Barbra
Happy days

Judy
Come on get happy

Barbra
Are here again

Judy
You better chase all your cares away

Barbra
The skies above are clear again

Judy
Shout hallelujah

Barbra
So lets sing a song

Judy
Come on get happy

Barbra
Of cheer again

Judy
Get ready for the judgment day

Barbra
Happy days are here again

Judy
The sun is shining

Barbra
All together

Judy
Come on get happy

Barbra
Shout it now

Judy
The lord is waiting to take your hand

Barbra
Theres no one who can doubt it now

Judy
Shout hallelujah

Barbra
So lets tell the world

Judy
And just get happy

Barbra
About it now

Judy
Were going to the promised land

Barbra
Happy days are here again

Judy
Were heading cross a river
Soon your cares will all be gone

Barbra
Therell be no more from now on

Both
From now on!

Judy
Forget your troubles

Barbra
Happy days

Judy
And just get happy

Barbra
Are here again

Judy
You better chase all your blues away

Barbra
The skies above are clear again

Judy
Shout hallelujah

Barbra
So lets sing a song

Judy
And just get happy

Barbra
Of cheer again
Happy times

Judy
Happy times

Barbra
Happy nights

Judy
Happy nights

Both
Happy days are here again...
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 12:23 pm
Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I 'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
I went down to my favorite fishin' hole
Baby grabbed me a pole and line
Throw my pole on in
Caught a nine pound catfish
now I brought him on home for supper time
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Baby brother 'bout to run me outta my mind
Say can I go fishin' wit' you?
I took him on down to the fishin' hole
now what do you think he did do?
Pulled a great big fish outta the bottom of the pond
And he laughed and jumped 'cause he was real gone
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Put 'em in the pot baby, put 'em in the pan
Honey cook 'em till' they're nice and brown
Make a batch of buttermilk coal cakes mama
And you chew them things
And you chomp 'em on down
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
Betcha goin' fishin' all of your time, baby's goin' fishing too
Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you
Many fish bites if ya got good bait
Here's a little tip I would like to relate
Big fish bites if ya got a good bait
I'a goin' fishin'
Yes, I'm goin' fishin'
And my baby's goin' fishin' too
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 12:42 pm
Thanks, edgar and dys. I'm going to be away for a bit. Keep our little station on the air.

From Letty with Love
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 12:54 pm
Joey
Words by Bob Dylan & Jacques Levy, music by Bob Dylan

Born in Red Hook Brooklin
In the year of a-who knows when
Opened up his eyes
To the tune of an accordion
Always on the outside
Of whatever side there was
When they asked him why it had to be that way
"Well", he answered, "Just because".

Larry was the oldest
Joey was next to last
They called Joe "Crazy"
The baby they called "Kid Blast"
Some say they lived off gambling
An' runnin' numbers too
It always seemed they got caught between
The mob an' the men in blue.

Joey, Joey
King of the street, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come
An' blow your head away?

There was talk they killed their rivals
But the truth was far from that
No one ever knew for sure
What they were really at
When they tried to strangle Larry
Joey almost hit the roof
He went out that night to seek revenge
Thinkin' he was bullet-proof.

Then the war broke out at the break of dawn
It emptied out the streets
Joey an' his brothers
Suffered terrible defeats
Till they ventured out behind the lines
An' took five prisoners
They stashed them away in a basement
Called 'em amateurs.

The hostages were tremblin'
When they heard a man explain
"Let's blow this place to Kingdom Come
Let Con Edison take the blame"
But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand
Said, "We ain't those kind of men
It's peace an' quiet that we need
To go back to work again."

Joey, Joey
King of the street, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come
An' blow your head away?

The police department hounded him
They called him Mr. Smith
They got him on conspiracy
They were never sure who with
"What time is it?" said the judge
To Joey when they met
"Five to ten", said Joey
Judge says, "That's exactly what you get".

He did ten years in Attica
Readin' Nietzsche an' Wilhem Reich
They threw him in the hole one time
For tryin' to stop a strike
His closest friends were black men
'Cause they seem to understand
What it's like to be in society
With a shackle on your hand.

They let him out in '71
He'd lost a little weight
But he dressed like Jimmey Cagney
An' i swear he did look great
He tried to find a way back in
To the life he left behind
To the boss he sais, "I have returned
An' now i want what's mine".

Joey, Joey
King of the street, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come
An' blow your head away?

It was true that in his later years
He would not carry a gun
"I'm around too many children", he'd say
"They should never know of one"
Yet he walked right into the clubhouse
Of his life-long deadly foe
Emptied out the register
Said, "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe."

One day they blew him down
In a clam bar in New York
He could see it comin' thru the door
As he lifted up his fork
He pushed the table over
To protect his family
The he staggered out into the streets
Of Little Italy.

Joey, Joey
King of the street, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come
An' blow your head away?

Sister Jacqueline and Carmela
And mother Mary all did weep
I heard his best friend Frankie say
"He ain't dead, he's just asleep."
Then i saw the old man's limousine
Head back towards the grave
I guess he had to say one last goodbye
To the son that he could not save.

The sun turned cold over President Street
And the town of Brooklin mourned
They said a mass in the old church
Near the house where he was born
And someday if god's in heaven
Overlookin' his preserve
I know the men that shot him down
Will get what they deserve.

Joey, Joey
King of the street, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come
An' blow your head away?
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 05:41 pm
Hey, folks. I have arrived at my destination safely, and wanted to acknowledge edgar's rather sad Joey song. Thanks, Texas.

Here's one from Diana Krall to all of you.

Artist: Diana Krall
Song: I love being here with you
Album: Only Trust Your Heart


I love the East, I love the West
North and South, they're both the best
But I only want go there as a guest
Cause I love being here with you

I love the sea, I love the shore
I love the rocks and what is more
You and they never be a bore
Cause I love being here with you

Singing in the shower
Laughing by the hour
Life is such a breezy game
I love all kinds of weather
As long as we're together
Oh I love to hear you say my name

I love good wine, fine cuisine
Candle light I love the scene
Cause baby if you know just what I mean
I love being here with you

I love Ella singing, Basie's band is swinging
Cause that's something else you know
They know how to play it, they know how to say it
They just wind it up and let it go

Cary Grant through
Two time beggars but his charm just takes me away
But don't get me wrong how do you say
I love being here with you.

Big smile for everyone.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 07:19 pm
Here's one from my juvenile days. Good one, though.

The Spaniels - Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight

CHORUS:

Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,
Goodnight, sweetheart, well, it's time to go,
I hate to leave you, but I really must say,
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

REPEAT

Well, it's three o'clock in the morning,,
Baby, I just can't treat you right,
Well, I hate to leave you, baby,
Don't mean maybe, because I love you so.

CHORUS

Now, my mother and my father,
Might hear if I stay here too long,
One kiss and we'll part,
And you'd be going,
Although I hate to see you go
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Letty
 
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Reply Sun 15 Oct, 2006 07:37 pm
Wonderful song to wish you all goonight. Thanks, Texas.

From Letty with love
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Letty
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:20 am
Good morning, WA2K radio fans.

Just a quick song for the beginning of a new day:


Start Of Something New
Vanessa Anne Hudgens And Zac Efron

Livin' in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything could happen
When you take a chance

I'll never believe it
Of what i couldn't see
I never open my heart
To all the possibilities

I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know that......

Chorus:
This could be the start of something new
It feels alright to be here with you (oooohhhh)
And now lookin' in your eyes
I feel in my heart... to start a somethin' new...

Now who would ever thought that
We've both be here tonight
And the world with so much brighter
With you by my side....

I know that somethin' has changed
Never felt this way
I know that...
(repeat chorus)

I knew that it could happen till it happen to me... ooohhhh.. yeahh..
I didn't know it before, but now it is easy to seee... oooohhhhh...

And its the start of something new
It feels alright to be here with you... oohhh...
And now lookin' in your eyes
I feel in my heart..... to start a something new.....
To start a somethin' new... to start a somethin' new...
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:28 am
Linda Darnell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linda Darnell (October 16, 1923 - April 10, 1965) was an American film actress.

Born Monetta Eloyse Darnell in Dallas, Texas, and one of five children, Darnell was a model by the age of 11 and was acting in theater by the age of 13. She was chosen by a talent scout to go to Hollywood but was sent home to Dallas when the scout discovered she had lied about her age.

By 1939 Darnell had returned to Hollywood and immediately began to secure good roles, appearing in such films as Blood and Sand, Hangover Square and My Darling Clementine. She was cast uncredited as the Virgin Mary in The Song of Bernadette in 1943, in a controversial move by producer Darryl F. Zanuck. In 1947 she won the starring role in the highly anticipated movie Forever Amber.

Publicity at the time suggested that Forever Amber would be the next Gone with the Wind, and the search for Amber, the title character of an amorous, upwardly mobile beauty in 17th-century England, was deliberately modelled on the extensive process that led to the casting of Scarlett O'Hara, but the film did not live up to its hype.

Darnell played two roles that earned her respect as an actress: as Daphne de Carter in the Preston Sturges comedy Unfaithfully Yours, opposite Rex Harrison, and as one of the three wives in contemporary wartime drama A Letter to Three Wives. Darnell's hard-edged performance in the latter won her the best reviews of her career. She was widely tipped to win an Academy Award nomination for this part, but, when this did not happen, her career began to wane, and her film appearances were sporadic thereafter. Further hampering Darnell's career was the actress's alcoholism and weight gain.


Darnell was married to cameraman J. Peverell Marley (1943-1952), brewery heir Philip Leibmann (1954-55), and pilot Merle Roy Robertson (1957-1963). Darnell and her first husband adopted a daughter, Charlotte Mildred "Lola" Marley, the actress's only child, who is the owner of The Smoking Lamp tobacco shop in Charleston, South Carolina.

Darnell died at the age of 41 on April 10, 1965, from the burns she received in a house fire in Glenview, Illinois, while staying with friends.

Her 1940 film, Star Dust, was playing on television the night of the fire, and Darnell fell asleep with a lit cigarette while watching it. She reportedly awoke and tried to save her friend's child in the house -- the young girl had already escaped -- and instead was burned over 80 percent of her body. She died the next day.

Her ashes are interred at the Union Hill Cemetery, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the family plot of her son-in-law.

She has a star in Hollywood on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1631 Vine St.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:34 am
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:35 am
Good morning.

Wishing all a pleasant day and a:

Happy 48th to Tim Robbins, 60th to Suzanne Somers and 81st to Angela Lansbury:
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:36 am
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:42 am
Suzanne Somers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Suzanne Somers (born October 16, 1946) is an American actress best known for her role as Chrissy Snow on the sitcom Three's Company.

Background

Somers was born Suzanne Marie Mahoney, the third of four children in Frank and Marion Mahoney's Irish Catholic household in San Bruno, California. Her father was an alcoholic who could become violent on occasion, as Somers recounted, often forcing her to hide in her closet. She suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. After being expelled from parochial school for having love notes in her locker, Suzanne went to Capuchino High School, where she performed in Guys and Dolls during her senior year. Due to his drinking problem, Ms. Somers'father was too drunk to attend Suzanne's high school graduation in June, 1964.

She then attended Lone Mountain College, a Catholic school, on a music scholarship, but left after becoming pregnant. She gave birth to her son Bruce Jr. in November 1965, after marrying the boy's father, Bruce Somers. She left her husband three years later and began modelling. In 1971, her son was severely injured when he was hit by a car.


She began acting in small roles during the late 1960s and early 1970s (including on various talk shows promoting her book of poetry, and bit parts in movies such as the "Blonde in the T-Bird" in American Graffiti, and an episode of the American version of the sitcom Lotsa Luck as the femme fatale in the early 1970s) before landing the role of the ditzy blonde "Chrissy Snow" on the ABC sitcom Three's Company in 1977. At the beginning of the 1980-81 season, Suzanne demanded a raise from $30,000 an episode to $150,000 an episode and 10% ownership of the show. When ABC refused, Somers boycotted the second and fourth shows of the season, claiming illness. She finished the remaining season on her contract, but her role was cut back to 1 minute per episode. After her contract expired, she sued ABC for $2 million, claiming that her credibility in show business had been damaged. The suit was settled for about $30,000.

Further information: Three's Company: Trouble on the set
She has been happily married to Canadian-born Alan Hamel since 1977. Hamel was her business manager during the failed negotiations which led to her leaving Three's Company.


July 12, 2005: Somers is given an award for "Patriotic Civilian Service" for past USO tour performances for overseas U.S. troups. The ceremony came after a special performance of The Blonde in the Thunderbird, done specially for U.S. military service personnel and their family members.During the 1980s she became a Las Vegas entertainer. She was the spokeswoman for the Thighmaster, a piece of exercise equipment that is squeezed between one's thighs, which later spawned the "Buttmaster." As well, she performed for U.S. servicemen overseas.[1][2]

More recently she bounced back on TV by starring in the successful 1990's sitcom Step By Step (with Patrick Duffy), and co-hosted Candid Camera with Peter Funt. A made for TV movie starring Somers (based on her first autobiography, Keeping Secrets) was made about her life and growing up with her alcoholic father. She has released two autobiographies, two self-help books, four diet books, and a book about hormone replacement therapy. She also makes regular monthly appearances with close friend Colleen Lopez for special theme weekends on cable television's Home Shopping Network.

Somers announced in spring 2001 that she had breast cancer and was using alternative medicine to treat it (along with surgery and radiation therapy). She became a breast cancer activist who worked on the American Breast Cancer Guide to educate and encourage others [1]. She's also a huge supporter of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy.

On September 11, 2003, Somers was informed of actor John Ritter's death by Ritters ex-wife, Amy Yasbeck. Ritter had died of an aortic dissection. Somers had been estranged from Ritter for 14 years following her departure from "Three's Company" in 1981. She and Three's Company's co-star Joyce DeWitt both attended the funeral.

In summer 2005, Somers made her Broadway debut in a one-woman show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird, a collection of stories about her life and career. The show was supposed to run until September, but negative publicity and disappointing ticket sales caused a late July closing. Somers blamed the harsh reviews (the New York Times: "...a swan dive into narcissism"; New York Post: "smug and remorseless") and told the Post: "These men [New York critics] are curmudgeons, and maybe I went too close to the bone for them. I was lying there naked, and they decided to kick me and step on me, just like these visions you see in Iraq."
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 16 Oct, 2006 06:48 am
Tim Robbins
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American Academy Award winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and small time musician. He is the longtime companion of actress Susan Sarandon, with whom he shares strong progressive political views.

Biography

Early life

Robbins was born in West Covina, California to a liberal Irish-American Roman Catholic family. He moved to Greenwich Village with his family at a young age while his father, Gil Robbins, pursued a career as a member of the folk music group The Highwaymen. Robbins joined Theater for the New City at age twelve, participated in the drama club at Stuyvesant High School, spent two years at SUNY Plattsburgh and then returned to California to attend drama school at UCLA.

Career

Upon his graduation in 1981, Robbins founded the Actors' Gang, an experimental theater group, in Los Angeles with actor friends from his college softball team. He also took small parts in films, such as the role of frat animal "Mother" in Fraternity Vacation (1985). His breakthrough part was pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham.

He received critical acclaim for his starring role as an amoral movie executive in the 1992 film The Player. His directorial and screenwriting debut was 1992's Bob Roberts, a mockumentary about a populist right-wing senatorial candidate. Robbins then starred alongside Morgan Freeman in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption based on Stephen King's short story.

Since that time, Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong political content, such as the critically-acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking in 1995, based on the book by Helen Prejean, which earned him a directorial Oscar nomination, and 1999's Depression-era musical Cradle Will Rock. Robbins also continues to act in mainstream Hollywood thrillers, adding shades to his usual affable characters like Arlington Road (1999) as a next door neighbor with evil intentions, and Antitrust (2001) as a malicious computer tycoon. Robbins continues to act in and direct Actors' Gang theater productions.

Robbins won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the SAG Award for his work in Mystic River (2003), playing a traumatized adult victim of child molestation. In 2005, he won the 39th annual Man of the Year Pudding Pot Award given by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard. His most recent acting roles include a menacing ambulance driver in director Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds and an appearance in director Jon Favreau's Zathura; both films were released in 2005.

In early 2006, Robbins directeda new adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, written by the Tony award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe's head writer, Michael Gene Sullivan. The show opened at Actors' Gang, at their new location at The Ivy Substation in Culver City, California, and will be touring nationwide Fall 2006.

Personal life

Robbins lives in New York City with actress Susan Sarandon (with whom he has been involved since their meeting on the set of Bull Durham in 1988). They have two sons: Jack Henry (born 1989) and Miles Guthrie (born 1992). He is a prominent spokesperson for anti-globalization, and has vocally opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In 2003, a 15th-anniversary celebration of Bull Durham at the National Baseball Hall of Fame was cancelled by the Hall of Fame's president, Dale Petroskey, who was on the White House staff during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, stating Robbins' public questioning of the president and the war represented "a danger." Durham co-star, Kevin Costner, defended Robbins and Sarandon, saying, "I think Tim and Susan's courage is the type of courage that makes our democracy work... Pulling back this invite is against the whole principle about what we fight for and profess to be about" (see [1]).

Tim is also an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the New York Mets.

Lloyd Grove incident

After Robbins and Sarandon attended the Academy Awards ceremony in 2003, Robbins threatened to punch The Washington Post journalist, Lloyd Grove. Robbins objected to the fact that Grove, while on assignment, had interviewed Sarandon's mother, Leonora Tomalin, a conservative Republican. Tomalin went on record speculating that Sarandon and Robbins had politically "brainwashed" her grandson, Jack Henry (who was born in 1989). In his article, Grove quotes Robbins as saying "If you ever write about my family again, I will ******* find you and I will ******* hurt you." (Source: Grove, Lloyd, March 25, 2003), "Night of the Livid Celeb", Washington Post, page C01). Sarandon's mother was once quoted as saying that despite her obvious political differences with her daughter, she feels "Susan is a good mother".
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