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Michael Jackson Singing about his rat friend, Ben!

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's one thing you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben

Well, thank goodness our Raggedy made it today, folks. PA that is one fabulous collage , and I think we all know most of those faces. (especially since you labeled them)

Hey, gal. I created those animated animals. What else don't you know about this PD.(other than the fact that she has learned to do the googelo boogelo)

edgar, I have never seen a wolf, but that song is great, Texas. I recall that my mom had a terrible painting of the Lone Wolf and The End of the Trail. YUK!

Hey, Victor. You did a great song of Ben and then some. Thanks, buddy. When I looked out my window one day and saw a rat as big as Michael Jackson, I didn't feel much of a fondness, however.

Here's a nice one by Steve Lawrence, listeners.

A room without windows, a room without doors
A room where no guy but I can spy the charms that are yours
Like being marooned on a island far from civilized shores
You and me in a room without windows, a room without doors

No bells will be ringing, no telephone calls
In our little well-secluded cell of ceiling and walls
While dozens of males sit 'n' chew their nails and hate me because
I am yours in a room without windows, a room without doors

If they said "Friend, how would you like to spend the long hereafter?"
I'd tell them what we're after is a one-way ticket to

A room without keyholes, a room with no view
We'd like to reside there, hide there for an era or two
Completely wrapped up in each other while the whole world ignores
You and me in a room without windows, a room without doors

If they said "Friend, how would you like to spend the long hereafter?"
I'd tell them what we're after is a one-way ticket to

A room without keyholes, a room with no view
We'd like to reside there, hide there for an era or two
Completely wrapped up in each other while the whole world ignores
You and me in a room without windows
A room without windows
A room without windows
A room without doors

Blossoms On Broadway
Dolly Dawn

There are blossoms on Broadway
When I'm walking with you
Blossoms where trees never grew
I forget the crowd and the loud rumble of cars
And all the bright lights turn into stars

There is magic on Broadway
When you're smiling at me
Magic my heart never knew
What a joy to be blissfully wandering through
The blossoms on Broadway with you

Delightful song, edgar. Yes, I believe in that kind of magic, Texas.

I am going to say goodnight with a song for two people that I have come to know and love, folks.

And a bit of glitter dust for our Raggedy as well.

For The Good Times
by Kris Kristofferson

Don't look so sad,
I know it's over
But life goes on
And this old world will keep on turning.

Let's just be glad
We had some time
To spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning

Lay your head
Upon my pillow.
Hold your warm and tender body
Close to mine.

Hear the whisper of the raindrops
Blowing soft against the window.
And make believe you love me.
One more time.
For the good times

I'll get along,
You'll find another.
And I'll be here if you should find
You ever need me.

Don't say a word
About tomorrow or forever.
There'll be time enough for sadness
When you leave me.

Lay your head
Upon my pillow.
Hold your warm and tender body
Close to mine.

Hear the whisper of the raindrops
Blowing soft against the window.
And make believe you love me.
One more time.
For the good times.



From Letty with love

{ Quote: Hey, gal. I created those animated animals. What else don't you know about this PD.(other than the fact that she has learned to do the googelo boogelo) quote }

I know our PD is a very mysterious lady with a surprise every day and is certainly entitled to her secrets.

I also know there is no "googelo boogelo" , but I guess it will just have to remain an unsolved mystery.


And now I can't get this Jo Stafford melody out of my head:

If you see my darling with somebody new,
Keep it a secret whatever you do.
Why should you tell me and break my poor heart?
Then foolish pride would just drive us apart.

If you see my darling in some rendezvous,
Painting the town with a girl he once knew,
Pay no attention and just let it be,
But keep it a secret from me.

A beautiful butterfly. Glittering, too.

Good early morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Ah, Raggedy. Now you know that I am no woman of mystery, right?

Jo Stafford is still alive, folks. That lady and her wonderful "vibratoless" voice is still doing her thing.

Inspired by Calamity Jane's visit in Prague, I came across this song, folks. I also did a quick check on the group's background and felt a sense of loss. Why is it that creative people are destined to quit life?

Ancient Rites

from Gallia to Germania)
I still hear the ancient warcry
(Roma to Brittania)
I still hear the ancient battlecry

The great old European heroes, the proud old European names
Like snow now melted for sunlight, today their lustre gleams

Gone are the great old empires, the proud old names are low
That shed a glory over the ancient world, a thousand years ago
But wandering the medieval cities beholding our ancient lands
Albion, Saxonia, land of Franks constructed by our ancestor's hands

(from Erin to Caledonia)
I still hear the ancient warcry
(Ellada to Helvetia)
I still hear the ancient battlecry

(from Lusitania to Hispania)
I still hear the ancient warcry
(Mycenae to Macedonia)
I still hear the ancient battlecry

In the country of our fathers on the land and sea
Can you hear a million voices? Thy forefathers summoning thee!
Summoning thee!

Many centuries ago, beyond the hazy space
In Brittany, Eire and Caledonia there dwelt a mighty race
Celts they were called, like their holy oaks, they had a giant grace

(fierce was the Byzantine empire
Spread over the Balkans, Asia, Minor and Greece
Combining eastern and western tradition
A gateway to the East)

Slavonian kingdoms, empires and tribes
Defending their ancient lands and rights
From invading hordes from the East
Thousands slaughtered (fair) men and beast

(from Byzantium to Phoenicia)
I still hear the ancient warcry
(Etruria to Cymru)
I still hear the ancient battlecry!!

As I have noted, listeners. Mankind seems to be able to cope with war, but cannot live with peace.

Blue Monday by Fats Domino

Blue Monday how I hate Blue Monday
Got to work like a slave all day
Here come Tuesday, oh hard Tuesday
I'm so tired got no time to play
Here come Wednesday, I'm beat to my socks
My gal calls, got to tell her that I'm out
'Cause Thursday is a hard workin' day
And Friday I get my pay
Saturday mornin', oh Saturday mornin'
All my tiredness has gone away
Got my money and my honey
And I'm out on the stand to play
Sunday mornin' I'm feelin' bad
But it's worth it for the time that I had
But I've got to get my rest
'Cause Monday is a mess
Saturday mornin', oh Saturday mornin'
All my tiredness has gone away
Got my money and my honey
And I'm out on the stand to play
Sunday mornin' I'm feelin' bad
But it's worth it for the time that I had
But I've got to get my rest
'Cause Monday is a mess

Good morning, Victor. Ah, yes. It is Monday isn't it. Well, Fats has had many blue days I am certain. Thanks for the reminder of this icon in the blues.

Anyone remember the Swingle Singers? They were a wonderful a capella group and did the Moog Synthesizer thing.

Here's a song by Wendy, one member of the avant garde "switched on Bach" ensemble.

The Sun's Going To Shine For Me Soon

This song goes 'round and 'round in my head
Just like I've never been fed
This song goes 'round in my head
I see and I feel
I see and I feel
That you're almost always
Are all on your own
You never say what you mean
If you see what I mean
You always mess when I am clean
I see and I can feel
I see and I feel
The sun's going to shine for me soon
the sun
You've stuck your soul in a bag
So when you need it you have
You've stuck your soul in a bag
I see and I feel
I see and I feel
The sun is going to shine for me soon
The sun is going to shine for me soon
The sun is going to shine for me soon
The sun is going to shine for me soon
The sun is going to shine for me soon
The sun is going right through your moon

Weird, but interesting, listeners

Brian McComas


You don't know what you do to me
You changed around the scenery
And now everything is new to me
But it looks just right, yeah, it looks just right
Whoa, it's strange but it's beautiful, yeah, and I know where I am

Oh, I've never been here before, I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way, nobody's ever made me say
I'm ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

I'm walkin' in a wonderland, one ever since it all began
And I don't even want to understand
'Cause it feels that good, yeah, it feels that good
It's a state that ain't on a map, yet I know where I'm at

Oh, I've never been here before, I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way, nobody's ever made me say
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before
Ninety-nine point, ninety-nine point, na-na, na-na-na, na, na, na-na-na
Ninety-nine point, ninety-nine point, na-na, na-na-na, na, na, na-na-na

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

It's a state that ain't on a map, yet I know where I'm at

Oh, I've never been here before, I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way, nobody's ever made me say
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

I've never been here before, I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way, nobody's ever made me say
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

No, I've never been here before, I've never been here before
(I've never been moved this way) I've never been here before
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure
I've never been here before

Morning, edgar. "ninety nine percent sure I've never been here before", is a line of your song that got my attention, Texas.

Here's an early morning song, folks

Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot

In the early mornin' rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my -pockets full of sand
I'm a long ways from home
And I missed my loved one so
In the early mornin' rain
With no place to go

Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
Well I'm out here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows
Where the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She's rolling out at last

Hear the mighty engines roar
See the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound
For above the clouds she flies
Where the mornin' rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home
In about three hours time

This ol' airport's got me down
It's no earthly good to me
'Cause I?m stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I might be
Can't jump a jet plane
Like you can a freight train
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin' rain

Good morning Letty. Lightfoot's a great way to start the day!

Ed Ames
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Background information

Birth name Edward Dantes Urick
Born July 9, 1927 (1927-07-09) (age 80)
Origin Malden, Massachusetts
Genre(s) Pop, Adult Contemporary
Occupation(s) Singer, Actor
Years active 1955-Present
Label(s) Decca Records, RCA Victor Records
Associated
acts The Ames Brothers

Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick on July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor. He is best known for his Pop and Adult Contemporary hits of the 1960s like "When the Snow Is On the Roses". He also was originally part of a popular singing group of 1950s called The Ames Brothers.




Biography

Early life

Ames was born in Malden, Massachusetts to Russian Jewish immigrants.[1] He was one of nine children, five of them boys and four of them girls. Ames grew up in a poor household, but was educated in Classical and Opera music, as well as in Literature, such as Shakespeare. Ames was very athletic as a child and teenager, but he always knew that music would one day become his future destiny, as well as for his brothers; Gene, Mac, Vic and Joe. Together, while still in high school, the brothers formed a quartet and won competitions a lot around the Boston area in Massachusetts. Three of the brothers formed the Amory Brothers quartet later and went to New York, where they were hired by bandleader Art Mooney. A playwright entertainer at the time, who helped the brothers along the way (named Abe Burroughs) had suggested the brothers change their names to the Ames Brothers.


Early career

They were first signed on with Decca Records in 1948. However, because of the Musician Union's ban, their records from Decca were never released. Instead, they signed on with another label, Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca. They had their first major hit in the 1950s with the double-sided "Rag Mop" and "Sentimental Me". Following, the Brothers continued to have success throughout the 50s with many hits like, "It Only Hurts For a Little While", "Man With a Banjo" and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane". The brothers also made appearances regularly on variety shows, and even for a short period of time had their very own 15 minute variety show in 1955.


Acting career

In 1960, The Ames Brothers decided to split up and go in different directions. Ed decided that he wanted to pursue a career in acting, so he went to acting school called the Herbert Berghoff School. His first starring role was in an Off-Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, going on to starring performances in The Fantasticks and Carnival, which was on Broadway. He was also in the national touring company of Carnival.

Although Ames was Jewish, his dark complexion led to his being cast regularly as an American Indian. His greatest success as a stage actor came when he played Chief Bromden in the Broadway production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, opposite Kirk Douglas. Talent scouts at 20th Century Fox saw Ed in the production and invited him to play the Native American Mingo on the television show Daniel Boone.

While playing Mingo on television, Ames developed some skill in throwing a tomahawk. This led to the most memorable moments of his career, when he appeared on the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on April 29, 1965. During the course of the show, Ames and Johnny Carson were discussing Ames' tomahawk throwing abilities. When Ames claimed that he could hit a target from across the room, Carson asked Ames if he could demonstrate this skill. Ames agreed, and a wood panel with a chalk outline of a cowboy was brought on to the stage. Ames proceeded to throw the tomahawk, which hit the "cowboy" in the tip of the crotch. This led to a very long burst of laughter from the audience and Carson's famous ad-libs; "I didn't even know you were Jewish" and "Welcome to Frontier Bris".


Singing career

During the 1960s, Ed returned to singing, this time however as a solo artist. He released his first single called "Try to Remember" in 1965. The song however, barely made the charts. However, a bigger success came in 1967 with "My Cup Runneth Over". The song was both a Pop hit and an Adult Contemporary hit. He had less success on the Pop charts soon after, and only had Adult Contemporary hits. The hits were "When the Snow Is On the Roses", "Time Time" and "Timeless Love". He did make the Pop Top Twenty one last time in his singing career with the song "Who Will Answer" in 1968.


Personal life

While maintaining his career, he attended UCLA, receiving his degree in theater and cinema arts, with highest honors, in 1975. He continues to be actively-involved in plays like South Pacific, Camelot and Fiddler on the Roof. He also continues to make many more TV show appearances and concert appearances. Today, he currently lives on his horse ranch in Utah.


Trivia

Ed Ames speaks several languages.
He is an Abraham Lincoln scholar.
He has traveled for the State Department to the Far East to encourage much ecological and environmental interest.
He has also worked for the American and Russian Marine biologist in the same areas as above.
He is very generous to charitable events, like the political right and fairness to the Native Americans.
He also played as Mingo, Daniel Boone's sidekick in the Daniel Boone TV Show from 1964-1970.

Brian Dennehy
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Born July 9, 1938 (1938-07-09)
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Tony Awards

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
1999 Death of a Salesman
2003 Long Day's Journey Into Night

Brian Dennehy (born July 9, 1938) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actor who has appeared in movies, on television, and performed in live theater.



Biography

Early life

Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Hannah and Edward Dennehy, a wire service correspondent;[1] he has two brothers, Michael and Edward.[2] The family relocated to Long Island, New York, where Dennehy attended Chaminade High School in the town of Mineola. He went on to attend Columbia on a football scholarship to major in history, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, before moving on to Yale to study dramatic arts. Dennehy joined the United States Marine Corps in 1959 and served until 1963.


Film

Dennehy is primarily known as a dramatic actor. His breakthrough role was as the overzealous Sheriff Will Teasle in the First Blood (1982) opposite Sylvester Stallone as Rambo. His other roles include: a corrupt sheriff in the western Silverado, and an alien in Cocoon, both released in 1985. He later played memorable supporting parts in such films as Legal Eagles (1986) and Presumed Innocent (1990).

During the 1980s, Dennehy gradually became a valuable character actor in films and subsequently gained leading man status in the thriller Best Seller (1987) co-starring James Woods. He gained his arthouse spurs when he starred in the Peter Greenaway film The Belly of an Architect, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the 1987 Chicago International Film Festival. Commenting upon this unusual venture, Dennehy said, "I've been in a lot of movies but this is the first film I've made."

Perhaps one of his most well known roles was in the 1995 Chris Farley-David Spade comedy Tommy Boy as Big Tom Callahan.


Television

Dennehy began his professional acting career is small guest roles in such 1970s and 1980s series as Kojak, Lou Grant, Dallas and Dynasty. Dennehy portrayed Sergeant Ned T. "Frozen Chosen" Coleman in the television movie A Rumor of War (1980) opposite Brad Davis. He continued to appear such high profile television movies as Skokie (1981), Day One (1989), A Killing in a Small Town (1990) opposite Barbara Hershey, In Broad Daylight (1991) and Scott Turow's The Burden of Proof.

He also had a lead role as fire chief/celebrity dad Leslie "Buddy" Krebs in the short-lived 1982 series Star Of The Family. Despite his notoriety, that show was cancelled after only two seasons.

He was nominated for Emmy Awards six times for his television movies including one for his performance as serial killer John Wayne Gacy in the miniseries To Catch A Killer (1992), for which he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. He was also nominated that same year in a different category, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie, for The Burden of Proof (1992). He was also nominated for an Emmy Awards for his work in A Killing in a Small Town, Murder in the Heartland (1993) and, most recently, for the Showtime cable TV movie Our Fathers (2005), which was about the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.

In 2000, Dennehy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for a television presentation of his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman which he had performed on Broadway. Although he did not win the Emmy (he has yet to win an Emmy), he did receive a Golden Globe award for the presentation.

He has starred in the popular crime drama Jack Reed TV movies. His also guest starred as a re-occurring character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!


Dennehy was parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). He interrupts the song "What Would Brian Boitano Do?", asking if someone called his name. When he's bluntly told to leave, he politely waves and leaves. In the episode "Jaws Wired Shut" of the Fox animated series The Simpsons while waiting for a film to start in a theater, the screen revealed a silhouette of an actor and the anagram "MOT HANKS". Lisa, believing it to be "obviously" Tom Hanks, is surprised when it is in fact Otm Shank, whom Apu explains is "India's answer to Brian Dennehy".

In January of 2007, he starred as a retired criminal who wants to reconnect with his daughter and admit his crimes thus eventually clearing a wrongfully imprisoned inmate on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.


Theater

Dennehy has won two Tony Awards, both times for Best Lead Actor in a Play. The first win was for Death of a Salesman (for which he also won a Laurence Olivier Award for the production's London run), in 1999, and the second was for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003. Both productions were directed by Robert Falls and were originally produced at the Goodman Theatre company in Chicago.

On stage, Dennehy has made frequent performances in the Chicago theatre world, and made his Broadway debut in 1995 in Brian Friel's Translations. In 1999, he was the first male performer to be voted the Sarah Siddons Award for his work in Chicago theatre. He made a return to Broadway in 2007 as Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind opposite Christopher Plummer.


Personal life

In 1989, Dennehy became a veteran with disputed status when he told the New York Times that he received shrapnel wounds in the Vietnam War. In 1993, he told Playboy that he served five years in Vietnam. However, his only overseas tour was to Okinawa. He apologized for his false claims in 1999.

At one point, Dennehy resided at West Gilgo Beach, Long Island NY and is currently a resident of Woodstock, Connecticut. He is the father of actresses Elizabeth Dennehy and Kathleen Dennehy.

Dennehy has also undergone the Lap Band weight loss procedure, being an early entry on the growing list of celebrity lap band recipients.

Richard Roundtree
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Born July 9, 1942
New Rochelle, New York
Notable roles Shaft (1971)

Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942) is an American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973).

Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York to Kathryn, a nurse and housekeeper, and John Roundtree, a caterer and garbage collector.[1] He attended Southern Illinois University.[2]

Roundtree was a leading man in early 1970s Blaxploitation films. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a football player and a model. Although Roundtree worked through the 1990s, many of his more recent films were not well-received, but he was able to find success in stage plays. Since 1990, however, he apparently was reemerging as a cult icon. Roundtree appeared in David Fincher's critically acclaimed 1995 movie Se7en, the 2000 remake of Shaft as John Shaft's uncle, and guest-starred in several episodes of the first season of Desperate Housewives as an amoral private detective. He also starred in 1997's George of the Jungle, as well as playing a high school principal in the 2005 (General release: 2006) movie Brick.

Most recently, he has appeared in the television series Heroes as Simone's terminally ill father, Charles Deveaux.

Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy.[3]

Jimmy Smits
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Born July 09, 1955 (1955-07-09)
New York City, New York
United States
Spouse(s) Barbara Smits (1981-1987)
Notable roles Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law
Bobby Simone in NYPD Blue
Matt Santos in The West Wing
Bail Organa in
Star Wars prequel trilogy
Emmy Awards

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Series - Drama
1990 L.A. Law

Golden Globe Awards

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama
1996 NYPD Blue

Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Golden Globe and Emmy winning American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and televison perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the TV series L.A. Law as Richard Dysart's youngest uptight law partner, Victor Sifuentes, who was also the firm's pro-bono lawyer (a role he played from 1986 to 1991), and as Dennis Franz's second partner, Det. Bobby Simone, in NYPD Blue (a role he played from 1994 to 1998), as well as his role on The West Wing as congressman and presidential candidate Matt Santos, opposite Alan Alda, Martin Sheen and Dule Hill. As an actor, he is noted for his portrayal of earnest, honest men with deep moral convictions.





Biography

Early life

Smits was born in New York City. His father, Cornelis Smits, was a Surinamese immigrant from Dutch Guiana who managed a silk-screening factory. His mother, Emilina, was a Puerto Rican who worked as a nurse.[1][2] He has a sister, Diana. He grew up in a devoutly Catholic family[1] in a working-class neighborhood and spent time in Puerto Rico during his childhood.[3][4] Smits earned a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College in 1980 and an MFA from Cornell University in 1982. Though born in New York, Smits has deep Puerto Rican roots and frequently visits the island. He was arrested for his participation in protests against U.S. Navy bombing practices in the Puerto Rican offshore island of Vieques.[5]


Career

Smits has received various nominations for Golden Globe and Emmy Awards, winning an Emmy in 1990 and a Golden Globe in 1996. A wider audience became aware of Smits for his appearance as Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan who becomes Princess Leia's adoptive father, in the Star Wars films Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

He also starred in the multigenerational story of a Chicano family in My Family/Mi Familia in 1995. Smits also played the Conky Repairman on Pee-wee's Playhouse as one of the show's memorable characters, and in one of his earliest roles. Another notable early role played by Smits was that of Eddie Rivera in the series premiere of Miami Vice. In the episode, he was Sonny Crockett's original partner, only to be shortly killed off in a sting gone wrong.

Smits played the role of Congressman Matt Santos of Houston, Texas in the final two seasons of the American television drama The West Wing. The series ended with Santos' inauguration as President of the United States after winning the presidential election. He defeated moderate Republican Senator Arnold Vinick of California (played by Alan Alda). The producers of the series reported that they had not decided early on who would win, and in fact reported to The New York Times that until co-star John Spencer's death, they had planned on electing Vinick.


Personal life

Smits was married to Barbara Smits from 1981 until their divorce in 1987. They have two children, Taina (born in 1973) and Joaquin (born in 1983). Since 1986, Smits has been in a relationship with actress Wanda De Jesus. They reside in Los Angeles. Smits helped found the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts[6] to advance the presence of Latinos in the media, telecommunications and entertainment industries.

Endangered Words List. . .

I came across this word in a book recently, "FENDER SKIRTS." A term I
haven't heard in a long, long time, and thinking about 'fender skirts'
started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our
language with hardly a notice.

Like "curb feelers" and "steering knobs." Since I'd been thinking of
cars, my mind naturally went in that direction first. Any kid will
probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of
these terms to you.

Remember, "Continental kits?" They were rear bumper extenders and
spare
tire covers that were suppose to make any car as cool as a Lincoln
Continental.

When did we quit calling them "emergency brakes?" At some
point "parking
brake" became the proper term. I miss the hint of drama that went with
"emergency brake."

I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call
the
accelerator the "foot feed."

Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you
could ride the "running board" up to the house?

Most of these words go back to the 50's, but here's a pure-'60's word
I
came across - "rat fink." Ooh, what a nasty put down!

"Wall-to-wall" was once a magical term in our homes. In the 50's,
everyone covered his or her hardwood floor with, wow, 'wall-to-wall'
carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with
hardwood floors. Go figure!

When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase "in a family way?"
It's
hard to imagine that the word "pregnant" was once considered a little
too graphic, a little too clinical for us in polite company. So we had
all that talk about stork visits and "being in a family way" or
simply,
"expecting."

Here's a word I miss - "percolator. " That was just a fun word to say.
And what was it replaced with? "Coffee maker." How dull. Mr. Coffee, I
blame you for this.

I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so
modern
and now sound so retro. Words like "DynaFlow" and "Electrolux. "
Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision! "

Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out
lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor
oil
cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil
anymore.

Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The
one that grieves me most "supper." Now everybody says "dinner."

Why not 'save' a great word today. Invite someone to supper. Discuss
fender skirts.

My word, BostonBob, glad that I don't know a lot of those words, but some I did. UhOh! Will await our Glitter Puppy before further observation, hawkman.

Hey, Tai. Love Gordon Lightfoot. It seems to me that there was a picture of a quartet including Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin, James Taylor, and Cat Stevens. Sorry that I couldn't find it.

Well, folks. While we await our paddin' puppy, here's one that I love. This version is by Louis Armstrong.

I went down to the st james infirmary

Saw my baby there

She was stretched out on a long white table

So sweet...so cold...so fair



Let her go...let her go...god bless her

Wherever she may be

She can look this wide world over

But she'll never find a sweet man like me



When I die bury me in straight lace shoes

I wanna a boxback coat and a stetson hat

Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain

So the boys'll know that I died standing flat

Thanks to our PD, this pup is all aglitter and loving it.



Wishing all a good day.

Ed Ames, Brian Dennehy, Richard Roundtree, Jimmy Smits and Tom Hanks