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Proud Mary
Tina Turner Lyrics

You know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see we never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough
So were gonna take the beginning of this song
And do it easy
Then were gonna do the finish rough
This is the way we do proud Mary

And were rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Listen to the story

I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And were rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen

Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And were rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river

If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you got no money
People on the river are happy to give

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feeling two foot small
Everywhere people stare
each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

How can I even try?
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in
How could she say to me
"Love will find a way?"
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

Beatles

Jim has a name, too. Try. I never hear him that I don't think of Santa Tomas e Lucas.

This one is for you, Dan:

Artist: Jim Croce
Song: I got a name
Album: Gold In A Bottle


Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the North wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the babies' cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free...
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
And I know I can share it if you want me to
If you're goin' my way, I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
Movin' me down the highway, rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Oops, edgar. Missed your Beatles song. They are almost as prolific as Dylan and Cash.

If we're turning our faces to the wall, how about this one, folks.

Willie Nelson

Hello walls, (Hello, hello.)
How'd things go for you today?
Don't you miss her.
Since she up and walked away?
And I'll bet you dread to spend another lonely night with me,
But lonely walls, I'll keep you company.

Hello window, (Hello, hello.)
Well, I see that you're still here.
Aren't you lonely,
Since our darlin disappeared?
Well look here, is that a teardrop in the corner of your pane?
Now don't you try to tell me that's it's rain.

She went away and left us all alone the way she planned.
Guess we'll have to learn to get along without her if we can.

Hello ceiling, (Hello, hello.)
I'm gonna stare at you a while.
You know I can't sleep,
So won't you bear with me a while?
We gotta all stick together or else I'll lose my mind.
I gotta feelin' she'll be gone a long, long time.

(Hello, hello wall.)

Wow! Everyone must be home for the holidays. Guess we'll have to switch our station from AM to FM. Hate that continuous play.

Let's start with one from Garth:

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays
'Cause no matter how far away your roam
If you long for the sunshine and a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home

I met a man who lived in Tennessee
And he was looking for
Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie
Now in Pennsylvania folks are traveling
Down to Dixie's sunny shore
The Atlantic to Pacific
Oh, the season is terrific
Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays
For the holidays you can't beat home sweet home

Up on the white veranda
She wears a necktie and a Panama hat.
Her passport shows a face
From another time and place
She looks nothin' like that.
And all the remnants of her recent past
Are scattered in the wild wind.
She walks across the marble floor
Where a voice from the gambling room is callin' her to come on in.
She smiles, walks the other way
As the last ship sails and the moon fades away
From Black Diamond Bay.

As the mornin' light breaks open, the Greek comes down
And he asks for a rope and a pen that will write.
"Pardon, monsieur," the desk clerk says,
Carefully removes his fez,
"Am I hearin' you right?"
And as the yellow fog is liftin'
The Greek is quickly headin' for the second floor.
She passes him on the spiral staircase
Thinkin' he's the Soviet Ambassador,
She starts to speak, but he walks away
As the storm clouds rise and the palm branches sway
On Black Diamond Bay.

A soldier sits beneath the fan
Doin' business with a tiny man who sells him a ring.
Lightning strikes, the lights blow out.
The desk clerk wakes and begins to shout,
"Can you see anything?"
Then the Greek appears on the second floor
In his bare feet with a rope around his neck,
While a loser in the gambling room lights up a candle,
Says, "Open up another deck."
But the dealer says, "Attendez-vous, s'il vous plait,''
As the rain beats down and the cranes fly away
From Black Diamond Bay.

The desk clerk heard the woman laugh
As he looked around the aftermath and the soldier got tough.
He tried to grab the woman's hand,
Said, "Here's a ring, it cost a grand."
She said, "That ain't enough."
Then she ran upstairs to pack her bags
While a horse-drawn taxi waited at the curb.
She passed the door that the Greek had locked,
Where a handwritten sign read, "Do Not Disturb."
She knocked upon it anyway
As the sun went down and the music did play
On Black Diamond Bay.

"I've got to talk to someone quick!"
But the Greek said, "Go away," and he kicked the chair to the floor.
He hung there from the chandelier.
She cried, "Help, there's danger near
Please open up the door!"
Then the volcano erupted
And the lava flowed down from the mountain high above.
The soldier and the tiny man were crouched in the corner
Thinking of forbidden love.
But the desk clerk said, "It happens every day,"
As the stars fell down and the fields burned away
On Black Diamond Bay.

As the island slowly sank
The loser finally broke the bank in the gambling room.
The dealer said, "It's too late now.
You can take your money, but I don't know how
You'll spend it in the tomb."
The tiny man bit the soldier's ear
As the floor caved in and the boiler in the basement blew,
While she's out on the balcony, where a stranger tells her,
"My darling, je vous aime beaucoup."
She sheds a tear and then begins to pray
As the fire burns on and the smoke drifts away
From Black Diamond Bay.

I was sittin' home alone one night in L.A.,
Watchin' old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news.
It seems there was an earthquake that
Left nothin' but a Panama hat
And a pair of old Greek shoes.
Didn't seem like much was happenin',
So I turned it off and went to grab another beer.
Seems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
And there's really nothin' anyone can say
And I never did plan to go anyway
To Black Diamond Bay.

B Dylan

WILD IS THE WIND

Love me, love me; say you do.
Let me fly away with you.
For my love is like the wind
And wild is the wind.
Give me more than one caress;
Satisfy this hungriness.
Let the wind blow through your heart,
For wild is the wind.

*You touch me;
I hear the sound of mandolins.
You kiss me,
And, with the kiss, the world begins.
You're spring to me, all things to me;
You're life itself!
Like a leaf clings to a tree,
Oh my darling, cling to me,
For we're creatures of the wind,
And wild is the wind, the wind.
Wild is my love for you.


Johnny Mathis

as i contemplate lifting a spoonful of ice cream to my mouth, this odd ditty seems apropos

Streets full of people, all alone
Rows full of houses, never home
Church full of singing, out of tune
Everyone's gone to the moon

Eyes full of sorrow, never wet
Hands full of money, all in debt
Sun disappears in the middle of June
Everyone's gone to the moon

Long time ago, life had begun
Everyone went to the sun

Hearts full of motors, painted green
Mouths full of chocolate-covered cream
Hands that can only lift a spoon
Everyone's gone to the moon
Everyone's gone to the moon
Everyone's gone to the moon

Good morning, WA2K listeners and finally some delightful contributors.

Thanks, edgar, for the songs by Johnny and Bob. It always seems that beneath that philosophy in song there lurks a more reasonable persona by Dylan; one esoteric, another straight forward.

Ah, there's our Mr. Turtle with a telling song? Welcome back M.D. Interesting those lyrics. I think whoever wrote them is right, buddy.

Let us hope that our hawkman and our speckled pup will be with us today.

Speaking of wind, listeners. "Gone with the Wind" was on TV a couple of nights ago, so let's hear a song concerning it:


Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Album: Unknown
Title: Gone With The Wind


Gone with the wind
Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has blown away
Yesterday's kisses are still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.

But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown apart

Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has gone,
Gone with the wind.

Gone, gone, gone with the wind


Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown away
Yesterday's kisses are still, still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.

But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown apart

Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has
Gone with the wind.

{scat}
Gone with the wind

Incidentally, folks. Today is our dj's birthday.

Happy Birthday, Canada.



Since he likes Tom Waits:


Mocking Bird high in a tree
Looks like you got the best of me
Mocking Bird singing his song
Well Mocking Bird mocking me
now that you're gone

Mocking Bird high in a loof
Well he's blowing notes on top my roof
Mocking Bird singing his song
Well Mocking Bird mocking me
now that you're gone.

Mocking Bird high in a tree
Looking up at you, you're looking down at me
Mocking Bird high in a loof
Well he's blowing notes on top my roof.

Mocking Bird high in a tree
Looking up at you, you're looking down at me
Mocking Bird singing his song
Well Mocking Bird mocking me
now that you're gone.

Throwed some papers, tried to scare him away
Just looked down at me and this is what he said

Mocking Bird high in a tree
Looks like you got the best of me
Mocking Bird singing his song
Well Mocking Bird mocking me
now that you're gone

Gustave Eiffel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 - December 27, 1923; French pronunciation /ɛfɛl/ in IPA, in English usually pronounced in the German manner /ˈaɪfəl/) was a French engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887-1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, and the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, USA.


Early life

Eiffel was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France. The name Eiffel was adopted by one of his German ancestors in the early 18th century. The name was taken from his birthplace Marmagen located in the Eifel, as the French could not pronounce his actual name, Bönickhausen. His mother's coal business provided ample income for the family and provided the funds for Gustave to receive higher education at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris, where he studied chemistry. Upon graduation, Gustave was to take over his uncle's rubber cat-nip mouse factory. However, a family dispute over the quality of the rubber removed that opportunity, and Eiffel soon accepted entry-level employment with a company that designed railway bridges.

Charles Nepveu provided Eiffel with his first job as one of many project managers for a railway bridge located in France. During the construction process, fellow engineers on the project were steadily quitting, and Eiffel eventually took charge of the entire project. Nepveu saw the work that Eiffel performed on the site, and continued to place Eiffel in other jobs that involved project management of railway bridges and structures. During these projects, Eiffel got to know other engineers of the time, and he would be remembered for his work and allowed to work on other projects. Without the influence of Nepveu and his unwavering support, Eiffel might not have been as successful as he would later become.


Career

Eiffel et Cie., Eiffel's consulting and construction firm, with the support of Belgian engineer Téophile Seyrig, participated in an international bid to design and build a 160-m long railway bridge over the Douro river, between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. His proposal was the winner because it was a beautiful, transparent, structure, it was the least expensive, and it incorporated the use of the method of forces, a then novel technique in structure design developed by Maxwell in 1864. The Ponte Maria Pia is a double-hinged arch that supports a single-line railway plate through pillars that reinforce the whole of the bridge. The construction proceeded rapidly and the bridge was built in less than two years (5 January 1876 to 4 November 1877). It was inaugurated by King D. Luís and Queen D. Maria Pia, after whom it was named. The bridge was in use until 1991 (114 years), when it was replaced by the S. John Bridge, designed by engineer Edgar Cardoso.[1][2]

Gustave Eiffel also designed La Ruche in Paris. This, like the Eiffel Tower, became a city landmark. It is a three-story circular structure that looks like a large beehive and was created as a temporary structure for use as a wine rotunda at the Great Exposition of 1900. He also constructed the Garabit viaduct, a railroad bridge near Ruynes en Margeride in the Cantal département. The only structure in the Americas designed by Eiffel is the lighthouse located on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. The lighthouse was built around 1900 by the United States which acquired the island after the end of the Spanish-American War. It was decommissioned in 1976.[3]

In 1887, Eiffel became involved with the French effort to construct a Panama Canal. The French Panama Canal Company, led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, had been attempting to build a sea-level canal, but finally came to the realisation that this was impractical. An elevated, lock-based canal was chosen as the new design, and Eiffel was enlisted to design and build the locks. However, the whole canal project suffered from serious mismanagment, and finally collapsed with enormous losses. Eiffel's reputation suffered a severe setback when he was implicated in the financial scandals surrounding de Lesseps and the entrepreneurs backing the project. Eiffel himself had no connection with the finances, and his guilty judgment was later reversed.[4] However, his work was never realised, as the later American effort to build a canal used new lock designs (see History of the Panama Canal).

In his later years Eiffel began to study aerodynamics.

Eiffel died on December 27, 1923 in his mansion on Rue Rabelais in Paris. He was interred in the Cimetière de Levallois-Perret.


Impact

Edward Moran's 1886 painting, The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, depicts the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty.The bridges that he designed were constructed all over the world. The bridges allowed for easier and faster travel and trade in the geographical area in which they were constructed. Many of Eiffel's bridges did not require skilled workers for assembly, which made his bridges a great economical choice.

The Eiffel Tower had a huge impact on France. The tower was the focal point of the International Exposition in 1889 and drew millions of people to Paris. Nearly two million people visited the Eiffel Tower in 1889 alone. The tower quickly became a tourist attraction and brought large amounts of money into France's economy. After originally being thought of as an eyesore (it was actually designed to be torn down easily after the end of the Exposition), the tower quickly became a national symbol of France and brought a sense of pride to the people who live there.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States. Eiffel's design for the interior structural elements of the statue allowed for the statue to become a reality. The statue showed the friendship and respect that was shared between France and the United States. The Statue of Liberty quickly became a national symbol of freedom in the United States and gave citizens a sense of pride. The statue became a great tourist attraction and brought many people to New York, boosting the economy. Several Americans living in France were pleased by the gift to their country and in turn, built a ¼ scale bronze model which stands approximately 2km north of the Eiffel Tower.


Famous Buildings and Structures

Eiffel Tower
Statue of Liberty
Nice Observatory
Eiffel Market or Mercado Adolpho Lisboa
San Sebastian Church, Manila, Philippines

Famous Bridges

Maria Pia Bridge (Porto Viaduct)
Garabit Viaduct
Souleuvre Viaduct
Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, Vietnam

Other Works

Viaduct over the Sioule river (1867)
Viaduct at Neuvial (1867)
Notre Dame des Champs, Paris (1868)
Swing bridge at Dieppe (1870)
Gasworks of La Paz, Bolivia
Church at Tacna, Peru (1875)
Hotel Traian, at Iaşi, Romania (1884)
Konak Pier, at Izmir, Turkey (1890)
Estación Central (main train station), Santiago, Chile (1897)
Bridge over the Tisza near Szeged, Hungary
The framework of the Western Train station in Budapest, Hungary
Mona Island Lighthouse at Mona Island, Puerto Rico
Plaza del Mercado (local produce market) at Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Trivia

Gustave's great-great-grandson, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel founded the independent animation company Sav! The World Productions, and is currently producing, writing, and directing its first TV production, Ōban Star-Racers. Further, in commemoration, his company's logo features the Eiffel Tower on a globe of the Earth.

Jeff Chandler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jeff Chandler (December 15, 1918 - June 17, 1961) was a popular American film actor in the 1950s.

Born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Chandler attended Erasmus Hall High School, the nucleus of many stage and film personalities. Later, he took a drama course and spent two years in stock companies before serving in World War II.

After being discharged from the military, he was a busy radio actor both in drama (such as episodes of Escape) and comedy (playing bashful biology teacher Phillip Boynton on Our Miss Brooks). His first film appearance was in Johnny O'Clock (1947).

In the 1950s, Chandler became a star in western and action movies. His first important role was in Sword In The Desert (1948), as an Israeli freedom fighter.

He would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), the first of three screen appearances as the legendary Apache chief, followed by The Battle Of Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son Of Cochise (1954).

During the latter part of the decade, Chandler turned into a top leading man. His sex appeal, curiously heightened by his prematurely gray hair and tanned features, would put him into drama and costume movies. Some of his pictures in this period include Away All Boats, Toy Tiger, Drango, The Tattered Dress, Man In The Shadow, Foxfire, A Stranger In My Arms, and Thunder In The Sun.

His leading ladies would include June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Rhonda Fleming, Susan Hayward (a friend from Brooklyn), Maureen O'Hara, Jane Russell and Esther Williams.

Shortly after completing his role in Merrill's Marauders (1962), Chandler entered a Culver City hospital and had surgery for a spinal disc herniation on May 13, 1961. There were severe complications, an artery was damaged and Chandler hemorrhaged. In a seven and a half hour emergency operation over and above the original surgery, he was given an enormous amount of blood, 55 pints. Another operation followed, date unknown, where he received an additional 20 pints of blood. An average adult has about 14 to 18 pints of blood, so his entire blood volume was replaced 4 to 5 times! Chandler fought hard to live, but expired June 17, 1961. His death was deemed malpractice and resulted in a large lawsuit and settlement for his children. Tony Curtis was a pallbearer at Chandler's funeral.

He was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Jeff Chandler is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Don Johnson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




Birth name Donald Wayne Johnson
Born December 15, 1949
Flat Creek, Missouri

Spouse(s) Kelley Phleger (1998-present)
Melanie Griffith (1976) (1989-1996)

Donald Wayne "Don" Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his film and television appearances. Johnson became a household name as a result of his role in the popular 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice.



Early life

Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri. His father was a farmer, his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is of English origin.

In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular television show The Dating Game.


Family and Love Life

Johnson was married twice to actress Melanie Griffith (briefly in 1976 and then from 1989-1996). In 1998, he married San Francisco socialite and former preschool teacher Kelley Phleger.

Johnson also lived with Patti D'Arbanville from 1981 to 1985.

Johnson had a relationship with Barbra Streisand and created a single with her called "Till I Loved You".

Johnson had a relationship with Jeanne Anderson in 1996.

Johnson has a son with D'Arbanville, Jesse Wayne Johnson (born on December 7, 1982) ; a daughter with Griffith, Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) ; and a daughter, Atherton Grace Johnson (born on December 28, 1999), and two sons, Jasper Breckinridge Johnson (born on June 6, 2002), and Deacon (born on April 29, 2006), all with Phleger.


Early career

Johnson studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. His first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of Fortune and Men's Eyes in which he played Smitty, the lead role. This exposure led to the quickly forgotten 1970 film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. He continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking out into stardom. His notable films from this period were The Harrad Experiment (1973) and A Boy and His Dog (1975). He was referred to as a "six-time loser" [citation needed]in Hollywood as a result of having been featured in six failed pilot television series.


Major television roles

In September 1984 Johnson's fortunes changed when he became a household name as a result of his co-starring role as Sonny Crockett in the popular 1980s cop series, Miami Vice. In this role, Johnson played a police detective working undercover as a drug smuggler. He typically wore thousand dollar Versace and Hugo Boss suits over pastel cotton t-shirts, drove a Ferrari Daytona (later a Ferrari Testarossa) and lived on a 42-foot yacht with his pet alligator Elvis. Miami Vice was noted for its revolutionary use of music, cinematography, and imagery as well as a more glitzy take on the police drama genre.

Johnson later starred in the 1996-2001 drama Nash Bridges with Cheech Marin and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe. Johnson played the title role of Nash Bridges, a detective for the San Francisco Police Department. In Nash Bridges Johnson was again paired with a flashy convertible car, this time an electric yellow 1971 Plymouth Barracuda.

In the fall of 2005, he briefly starred in The WB courtroom television drama show Just Legal as a jaded lawyer with a very young and idealistic protegé/partner (Jay Baruchel); the show was cancelled in October 2005.


Awards & Recognitions

In 1996, Johnson received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for his role in television. This is located at 7080 Hollywood Blvd. [1]
Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) "Miami Vice" - 1985 [2]

Brushes with the law

Johnson has had several brushes with the law.

When he was 12 years old, Johnson was arrested for hotwiring cars and sent to reform school. [3]
In 1997, two cast members on Nash Bridges accused Johnson of sexual assault. Both cases were settled with confidential settlements.
In 2001, a 36-year-old woman accused Johnson of grabbing and bruising her arm and lewdly propositioning her outside a restroom at San Francisco restaurant, Mas Sake. The woman's friends went to confront Johnson but said he fled out the back door. Johnson said he was considering buying an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle to state his side of the story, but later decided to post the notices on his website. Due to insufficient evidence, no charges were filed. [4] [5]
In November 2003, Customs officers at the Swiss-German border asked for autographs and did a routine search of his car when they found what they thought was incriminating evidence. $8 billion US worth of credit notes, cheques and securities were found in the trunk of his car, while he was traveling in Europe. He was accompanied in his black Mercedes-Benz by three men: an investment adviser, a personal assistant and a mystery man. [citation needed]
Initially it was thought Johnson was involved in money-laundering, but he was eventually cleared of wrongdoing. Upon receiving word of the incident, German tabloids began exploiting and perpetuating the story, at times even pointing at the irony (as perceived by them) that Don Johnson has frequently portrayed police officers in his acting works. [6] [7]


Trivia

Johnson's height is 5' 9".
Was considered to play Eliot Ness in The Untouchables.[citation needed]
Was also considered for the role of Edward Deline on the popular NBC TV Show Las Vegas.
Popular Finnish music group Don Johnson Big Band is named after him.
He once had a screaming match on the radio with the hosts of the syndicated Ron and Ron Show, Ron Bennington (also known as "Tex Bennington," now of The Ron and Fez Show) and Ron Diaz.
Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari gave Johnson a silver Ferrari Testarossa while he was working on Miami Vice. Johnson auctioned the car while going through bankruptcy proceedings. [8]
Was the inspiration for Bill Murray's character Don Johnston in the 2005 film Broken Flowers.
Briefly released his own brand of aftershave Miami Breeze after the success of Miami Vice but the product was discontinued shortly after due to poor sales.[citation needed]
In a Calvin and Hobbes comic, when Calvin and Hobbes are getting ready to go to a dinner with Calvin's parents, Hobbes asks, "Do you think I should shave?", to which Calvin replies "Nah, go for the Don Johnson fuzzy look."
The Don Johnson, a popular drink in Chicago is named after the Miami Vice Star. A Miami themed drink containing Malibu Rum, Triple Sec, Orange Juice, and Squirt, the Don Johnson has grown the real life counterpart's popularity on the southside of Chicago.

Helen Slater
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name Helen Rachel Schlachter
Born December 15, 1963
Massapequa, New York

Helen Rachel Slater (née Schlachter, born December 15, 1963) is an American film actress and singer-songwriter.




Biography

Early life

Slater was born in Massapequa, New York of Jewish heritage. Her parents are Gerald and Alice Joan Slater who divorced in 1974. Her mother, Alice, is a left-wing nuclear disarmament lobbyist based in New York. She also has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in New York City.

Helen attended Manhattan's School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1982. She is an accomplished pianist and in 2004 released her first album One of These Days through her own record label Landsleit Records. In 2005, she followed it up with her second album Crossword.

She co-founded the New York theater group, The Naked Angels, with Gina Gershon. In 1990, she married award-winning editor Robert Watzke. Their daughter, Hannah Nika, was born August 28, 1995.


Acting career

Having made her actress debut in the after school special, Amy and the Angel (1982) (TV) starring alongside James Earl Jones, Meg Ryan, and Matthew Modine, she took the acting bug very seriously. This was also the only film she appeared in as a brunette. Within months of her graduating, she attended auditions for an upcoming spin-off of the famous Superman (1978) franchise. The film was to be shot in England at the Pinewood studios, where the first films were filmed. Slater even spoke to Christopher Reeve at the time of the auditions about playing a superhero to assure herself she could do it. After being the first to present herself for audition, she was cast in the film, Supergirl (1984) and her career took flight. Although Supergirl received mixed reviews at its opening, most critics were impressed with her abilities to perform. In fact, most critics considered that she did a better job at keeping a secret identity (a mousy school girl) than Christopher Reeve did as Clark Kent.

In her next film, she was cast as a modern day Joan of Arc in the ignored, yet cult classic The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). She was cast alongside Christian Slater (no relation), and Yeardley Smith. Next, she went the comic route. She starred in the two big comic blockbusters, Ruthless People (1986) and The Secret of My Success (1987). She received praise for both roles and finally attained status as a professional actress.

Next, she and her friend Melanie Mayron starred in the feminist comedy film Sticky Fingers (1988). The film was ignored by the masses but gained respect from the critics. It was this film and her next, Happy Together (1989/I), that she was able to prove that she could do comedy as well as drama. She has also appeared in A House in the Hills (1993), in which she appeared nude, as well as done the voiceover for Talia in Batman: The Animated Series (1992).

Slater's regional stage credits include appearances in such as Grease, and Shakespeare and Friends. Off-Broadway, she starred in Responsible Parties and Almost Romance. She also attended classes at both NYU and UCLA, trying to broaden her acting abilities.

She attempted a regular berth on the short-lived ABC drama Capital News (1990), as a novice newspaper reporter. Slater, who was also in the cast of Linda Yellen's improvisational TV-movies Chantilly Lace (Showtime, 1993) and Parallel Lives (Showtime, 1994), has continued to act onstage. She has appeared in Caroline in the City, Seinfeld, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as well as many others. She also became a spokeswoman for Preference by L'oreal in both TV and print ads.


Musical career

Slater has stated that she pursued musical efforts even before doing movies. In the 1989 movie Happy Together she sung a medley of Broadway songs as well other songs. In the 1994 movie Lassie she also sung as well. For the soundtrack of the film Nowhere In Sight (2000), she contributed the song The Detour.

In 2003 she released a CD, One Of These Days, consisting of her original songs. Notably, the tracks were real-time recordings with Slater singing and playing piano, plus six other musicians total; no multitracking, editing, or dubbing were employed.

In 2005, she released a second CD, Crossword, using the same recording approach as the first CD.

Trivia

Helen Slater has often been erroneously thought to be related to Christian Slater, a myth fueled not only by their surnames (though Slater is not his original surname), but also by their portrayal of sister and brother in The Legend of Billie Jean. Additionally, the DVD of Supergirl includes a critic's review that states Christian is her brother.
Slater has been good friends with actress Helen Hunt for some time, beginning circa 1986.
Height: 5'8" (1.73 meters)

A man staggered home late after another evening with his drinking
buddies. Shoes in left hand to avoid waking his wife, he tiptoed as
quietly as he could toward the stairs leading to their upstairs bedroom,
but misjudged the bottom step in the darkened entryway. As he caught
himself by grabbing the banister, his body swung around and he landed
heavily on his rump.

A whiskey bottle in each back pocket broke and made the landing
especially painful. Managing to suppress a yelp, the man sprung up,
pulled down his pants, and examined his lacerated and bleeding cheeks
in the mirror of the nearby darkened hallway.

He managed to find a large full box of Band-Aids and proceeded to place
a patch as best he could on each place he saw blood. After hiding the
now almost empty box, he managed to shuffle and stumble his way to bed.

In the morning, the man awoke with searing pain in his head and butt and
his wife staring at him from across the room. She said, "You were
drunk again last night."

Forcing himself to ignore his agony, he looked meekly at her and
replied, "Now, hon, why would you say such a mean thing?"

"Well," she said, "it could be the open front door, it could be the
glass and whiskey at the bottom of the stairs, it could be the drops
of blood trailing through the house, it could be your bloodshot eyes,
but, mostly....

it's all those Band-Aids stuck on the downstairs mirror!"

Well, folks. It's great to see our hawkman back again with his bio's. Thanks, Boston, and we all love your "drunk" stories.

Odd, I got a wonderful Christmas card from my friend, Bill's daughter, and her husband looks like Christian Slater. She addressed the card:

The Story Lady because I always told her fairy tales when she was little. Gave me a big smile.

Let's hear one from Helen Slater:

Cranberries
by Helen Slater

Cranberries and Christmas Eves
And angels in the snow
Pictures where we might have been
Had I never let you go

Maybe a place in the city where
The windows are as grand as the sky
And life would be just so
I guess I' ll never know

Crusty bread with brie and wine
And a lull beneath the tree
The sun would kiss your face then mine
As we lay down quietly

Why even try to imagine how
We 'd live out the rest of our lives?
You always told me so
I guess I ll never

Know your sweet hellos, your fierce
Goodbyes and long caresses

I might live out all my days
With an echo at my heel
I wish that never had a name
But one I 'd always feel

One that would whisper so softly
And one that wouId bring me to my knees
Something I can 't undo
And won 't let go
This I surely know

Musical: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Song: Doll on a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious

What do you see
You people gazing at me
You see a doll on a music box
That's wound by a key
How can you tell
I'm under a spell
I'm waiting for love's first kiss
You cannot see
How much I long to be free
Turning around on this music box
That's wound by a key
Yearning
Yearning
While
I'm turning around and around
What do you see
(Truly Scrumptious)
You people gazing at me
(you're truly truly scrumptious)
You see a doll on a music box, that's wound by a key
(scrumptious a...)
How can you tell I'm
(whe...)
Under a spell I'm
(...)
Waiting for love's first kiss
(honest truly, your the answer to my wishes)
You cannot see
(Truly Scrumptious)
How much I long to be free
(though I may seem presumptuous)
Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key
(ne..)
Yearning
(my heart beats so unruly)
Yearning
(because I love you truly)
While I'm turning around and around)
(honest, Truly I do)

Great song, Bob. I don't think that I ever saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, but I did see Mary Poppins.

Your girl on a music box, and Paul's peculiar man...........

He was a most peculiar man
That's what Mrs. Reardon says
and she should know
She lived upstairs from him
She said he was a most peculiar man

He was a most peculiar man
He lived all alone within a house
Within a room, within himself
A most peculiar man

He had no friends, he seldom spoke
And no one in turn ever spoke to him
'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't
care
And he wasn't like them
O, no-o-o!
He was a most peculiar man

He died last Sat-ur-day...
He turned on the gas! and he went to sleep!
With the windows closed!
So he'd never wake up!
To his silent world!
and his tiny room!
And Mrs Reardon says he has a brother somewhere!

Who should be notified so-oo-oon...

And all the people said,
What a shame that he's dead,
But wasn't he a most peculiar man?

--Paul Simon

In 1805,(Ralph Waldo) Emerson's father called his two-year-old son "a rather dull scholar", and sent him to Boston Latin School. In 1811, less than two weeks short of Emerson's eighth birthday, his father died. In October 1817, at the age of 14, Emerson went to Harvard University and was appointed President's Freshman, a position which gave him a room free of charge. He waited at Commons, which reduced the cost of his board to one quarter, and he received a scholarship. To complement his meager salary, he tutored and taught during the winter vacation at his Uncle Ripley's school in Waltham, Massachusetts. Emerson graduated from Harvard in 1821