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Letty said: "incidentally, PA, would you please change "in" to "is"? "

(I'm confused. Ending "is" the sky? )

Chalk up "None but the Lonely Heart" to Pete, that Russian guy. Wonder if he knew his Nutcracker Suite would be performed every Christmas. Wonder who had the most music transformed into popular songs - Chopin or Tchaikovsky.

Wonder if - no never mind. I'm just wondering.

Letty, if you think Sweeney's song is macabre, you'll be appalled at Mrs. Lovett's song about her meat pies entitled "A Little Priest". I won't post the lyrics because you may not have eaten your lunch yet.

I've been told that the original Sweeney Todd stage production,which ran for three hours ,has been cut down to two hours for the movie. That's a shame. I loved that show. But, I'm going to see the movie anyway.

Today's B.D. Gallery: Irene Dunne, Audrey Totter and Mala Powers (Cyrano Ferrer's Roxanne)

Hey, PA. I did a typo. It should have been George IS not George IN. It doesn't matter, gal. I think folks got the message, and you are right about Pete. A lot easier to spell than P.I.T

Love your trio today, Raggedy. I had no idea that Mala powers was Roxanne in the movie version of Cyrano. I just know that the play was required reading in undergrad school.

Just found out that Irene Dunne sang this song in Roberta, and we'll dedicate it to our Roberta.

This version is by Harry Belafonte.

They asked me how I knew
My true love was true
I of course replied
Something here inside
Cannot be denied

They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind
When you're heart's on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes

tonight you are invited to the ROYAL ALEX in toronto to see DIRTY DANCING - the show we enjoyed very much just two weeks ago .
btw THE RED RATTLER stops right in front of the theatre in downtown toronto . so but on your best gowns and head down there - the show starts 8 o'clock sharp and we'll be sitting in row D !




"BABY" HOUSEMAN will be played by monica west and
"JOHNNY" CASTLE (jake simons) will teach you the mambo ... and more ! :wink:

We wish, hbg, but we don't have no red rattler down here, just coral snakes and pigmy rattlers.

Well, I was thinking of playing...

Where oh where are you tonight,
Why did you leave me here all alone.
I searched the world over
And I thought I'd found true love,
You met another and pfffft you was gone.

But, folks, here's another mambo instead

(A boy went back to Napoli because he missed the scenery)
(The native dances and the charming songs)
(But wait a minute something's wrong)
('cause now it's)

Hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Go go go you mixed up Siciliano
All you Calabrese do the mambo like-a crazy with the
Hey mabo don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo no more mozzarella
Hey mambo mambo Italiano try an enchilada with a fish baccala
Hey goomba I love how you dance the rumba
But take some advice paisano learn-a how to mambo
If you're gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go anywhere
Hey mambo mambo Italiano hey hey mambo mambo Italiano
Go go Joe shake like a tiavanna
E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you
Mambo Italiano

Hey chadrool you don't-a have to go to school
Just make it with a big bambino
It's like vino
Kid you good-a looking but you don't-a know what's cooking 'til you
Hey mambo mambo Italiano
Hey hey mambo mambo Italiano
Ho ho ho you mixed up Siciliano
E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you
Mambo Italiano.

I Am a Lonesome Hobo


I am a lonesome hobo
Without family or friends,
Where another man's life might begin,
That's exactly where mine ends.
I have tried my hand at bribery,
Blackmail and deceit,
And I've served time for ev'rything
'Cept beggin' on the street.

Well, once I was rather prosperous,
There was nothing I did lack.
I had fourteen-karat gold in my mouth
And silk upon my back.
But I did not trust my brother,
I carried him to blame,
Which led me to my fatal doom,
To wander off in shame.

Kind ladies and kind gentlemen,
Soon I will be gone,
But let me just warn you all,
Before I do pass on;
Stay free from petty jealousies,
Live by no man's code,
And hold your judgment for yourself
Lest you wind up on this road.


Bob Dylan

since we are toronto already , let's just hop across the street to the somewhat futuristic looking ROY THOMSON HALL (the excellent acoustics have been praised by many musicians) .




and let's listen to the PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND playing and singing " SOME OF THESE DAYS " - just like they do in new orleans .
btw this song was performed by SOPHIE TUCKER in 1911 - she won't be at roy thomson hall - except in spirit

edgar, that is excellent advice from Bob, Texas. The trouble with many of us, is that we are too gullible. Thanks again, for the prolific Dylan man's music.

Sorta reminds us of the Depression years in America.

Hey, hbg, funny, but I was thinking of Hank Snow as you played Some of These Days. Thanks, Canada.

Last Ride
Artist: Hank Snow
Album: Railroad Man
In the dodge city yards of the santa fe stood a freight made up for the east
And the engineer with his oil and waste was grooming the great iron beast
While ten cars back in the murky dust a boxcar door swung wide
And a hobo lifted his pal aboard to start on his last long ride

A lantern swung and the freight pulled out the engine it gathered speed
The engineer pulled the throttle wide and clucked to his fiery steed
Ten cars back in the empty box the hobo rolled a pill
The flare of the match showed his partner's face stark white and deathly still
As the train wheels clicked on the coupling joints a song for the rambler's ear
The hobo talked to the still white form his pal for many a year

For a mighty long time we've rambled jack wth the luck of men that roam
With the backdoor steps for a dining room and a boxcar for a home
We dodget the bulls on the eastern route and the cops on the chesapeake
We traveled the leadville narrow gauge in the days of cripple creek

We drifted down through sunny cal on the rails of that old spree,
And of all you had through good and bad a half always belonged to me
You made me promise to you jack if I lived and you cashed in
To take you back to the old churchyard and bury you there with your kin
You seemed to know I would keep my word cause you said that I was right
Well I'm keepin' my promise to you pal cause I'm taking you home tonight

I haven't the money to send you there so I'm taking you back on the fly
It's the decent way for a 'bo to go home to the by and by
I knew that that fever had you jack and the doctor he just wouldn't come
He was too busy treatin' wealthy folks to doctor a worn out bum

As the train rolled over its ribbons of steel straight to the east it sped
The engineer in his highcab seat kept his eyes on the rails ahead
While ten cars back in the empty box the lonely hobo sighed
For the days of old and his pal so cold who was taking his last long ride

he was a cowboy, he was a minstrel, he was Rambling Jack Elliot and this was a song of his.

I went down to the railroad yard, watch that train come by,
Knew the train would roll that day, but I did not know what time.

I did not know what time, boys, did not know what time.
Knew the train would roll that day but I did not know what time.

Good morning Mister Railroad Man, what time does your train roll by?
Nine-sixteen and two-forty-four, twenty-five minutes 'til five.

At nine-sixteen, two-forty-four, twenty-five minutes 'til five.
Thank you Mister Railroad Man, I wanna watch your train roll by.

Standing on the platform, smoking a big cigar,
Waitin' for some old freight train that carries an empty car.

I rode her down to Danville Town, got stuck on a Danville girl,
Bet your life she was a pearl, she wore that Danville curl.

She wore her hat on the back of her head like high-tone people all do,
Very next train come down that track, I bid that girl adieu.

I bid that girl adieu, poor boys, I bid that girl adieu,
The very next train come down that track, I bid that girl adieu.

and another rambling Jack;

It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold

I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind

California, Arizona, I harvest your crops
Well its North up to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
To set on your table your light sparkling wine

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in the Union us migrants have been
We'll work in this fight and we'll fight till we win

It's always we rambled, that river and I
All along your green valley, I will work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life if need be
Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free

Back in simpler times, a brakeman on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad penned a little tune about a hobo's paradise that centered on a dream of a mountain made of sugar, where life was easy and work was unknown. That brakeman, Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock, recorded his Big Rock Candy Mountain in 1928. For most people familiar with the classic folk tune, Big Rock Candy Mountain was simply a mythical place, a metaphor for the yearning of an ideal world. But in fact, the mountain is as real as air-a unique caramel-colored rock formation that broods in central Utah's Sevier County, just above Marysvale (pop. 381), 190 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The mountain received its name following the release of McClintock's song. As one story has it, in the summer of 1929, Ken Olsen and some friends jokingly placed a sign with McClintock's song title onto a post at the mountain's base. Olsen also affixed another sign next to the nearby natural spring with the moniker "Lemonade Springs," referencing another line in the song. The names held. Ever since, the song and the mountain have been intertwined.

Both song and mountain would elevate to greater fame in the 1950s, after the great folksinger Burl Ives took a trip on the old passenger train that used to stop at Marysvale. Ives, captured by mountain magic on his visit, then recorded a version of Haywire Mac's ditty that became hugely popular. More recently, the song was included on the sound track of the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.

Kay Staples, a Richfield native and local country and folksinger/guitarist, has felt the Candy Mountain's draw and has seen the times change around it.

"Before I-70 was built, most people did their traveling along Highway 89 or on the train," Staples says. "Marysvale happened to be a natural stopping point. On the way in, you come around a bend and Candy Mountain just kind of jumps out at you."

The mountain's unusual yellowish hue is part of its immediate visual effect, but it's also said that if you dig under the surface, the soil is gray. After being exposed to the mountain air, however, the soil changes back to the yellowish-brown color. A geologist explains that the "magical" result comes from ancient volcanic activity. Minerals that permeate the rock and soil oxidize when they meet the air, changing the color.

The suddenness of the mountain's appearance, its unique yellow and chocolate colored hue, and the fame of the song all combine to give Big Rock Candy Mountain its magical effect. Additionally, the "Lemonade Springs" of fresh water became a part of the draw.

"The springs have always been said to have healing properties, and people like to bottle some of the world-famous water to take home with them," Staples says. "Times change, but Candy Mountain's effect always stays the same. No matter how complicated the world gets, people's basic wants and hopes remain simple. I think being around the mountain helps you remember that."

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Wallace Stegner writes about those basic wants and hopes in his novel titled after the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Stegner's story centers on a family struggling to survive the lean times of the early 20th century and brings forth the emotional message that, no matter the present hardship, there must be a better life-if only it can be found.

The emotion that Haywire Mac first sang about in his dreamland of a hobo's paradise is and always has been part of the Candy Mountain's magic. If you ever take a trip there, scuff your feet around in the yellow soil, drink from the Lemonade Springs, and remember: The magic isn't in the rock or the water but in the inspiration it brings.

On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was looking for his liking
As he strolled along
He hummed a song
Of a land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he won't need any money

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
Oh the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
And the rockin-right springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alkyhol
Come a-trickling down the rocks
Where the brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railroad bulls are blind
There's the lakes of stew
And the whiskey too
You can paddle all round
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
The jails are made of tin
You can walk right out, boys
As soon as you walk in
There ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws or picks
Oh, I'm going to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they boiled in oil
The inventors of toil
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
The cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmer's trees are full of fruit
The barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall
And the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountain

Oh come with me, and we'll go see
The Big Rock Candy Mountain.

The version I know is sung by Cisco Houston.

Hey, dys. Loved both your railroad songs and I also know The Big Rock Candy mountain, cowboy. Thanks for playing the hobo songs, and also for giving us the history of that mountain. Someone cleaned that up so that the kids could sing it.

Speaking of Danville, y'all. I was thinking of The Night They Drove old Dixie Down, and was surprised to discover how many had done that song. Joan Baez was one, Johnny Cash another, but a group called The Band also did a version; however, the original lyrics were done by this man.

J. Robbie Robertson


Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember oh so well

The night they drove Old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove Old Dixie down and the people were singin', they went
La-la-la la-la-la, la-la-la la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singin', they went
Na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na-na

Like my father before me, I will work the land
And like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand

He was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie oown and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singin', they went
Na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na-na

The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and the people were singin', they went
Na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na na-na-na, na-na-na-na

and if you have You Tube, you can listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKbiNCLbsrA

J. Robbie Robertson wrote and recorded the song with the Band.

Thanks, edgar. Not only did I not know that, Texas, I didn't know The Band either.

Well, I think I shall say goodnight with a great train song, folks.

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green Ol' Smoky Mountains
To the south land by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome
And she's known quite well by all
She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball


Chorus:
Just listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As we glide across the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engines
Hear those lonesome hoboes call
We're gliding through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball


Now the eastern states are dandy, so the people always say
From New York to St. Louis with Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.

Should you care to listen, all. Here is the man in black and a crew of Carters. Lots of performers did this one as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGmOUbkLBZs

Goodnight.
From Letty with love

Good Morning, WA2K.

I awakened and this song was in my mind.

Robert Burns

Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee
a song in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dream.

Thou stock dove whose echo
resounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whistly blackbirds
in yon thorny den,
Thou green crested lapwing
thy screaming forbear,
I charge you, disturb not
my slumbering fair.

How lofty, sweet Afton,
thy neighboring hills,
Far mark'd with the courses
of clear winding rills;
There daily I wander
as noon rises high,
My flocks and my Mary's
sweet cot in my eye.

How pleasant thy banks
and green valleys below,
Where, wild in the woodlands,
the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild evening
weeps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades
my Mary and me.

Thy crystal stream, Afton,
how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where
my Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters
her snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets,
she stems thy clear wave.

Flow gently, sweet Afton,
amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river,
the theme of my lays;
My Mary's asleep
by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
disturb not her dreams.

Away in the Manger is also done to that melody.

Paul Winchell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Winchell (December 21, 1922 - June 24, 2005), born Pinkus Wilchinski (the family later shortened it to Wilchin), was an American ventriloquist and voice actor from New York City whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also an amateur inventor who patented an artificial heart.




Career

Ventriloquist work

The ventriloquist figures for which he was best known are Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Both figures were carved by Chicago-based figure-maker Frank Marshall. His first series as a ventriloquist was on radio with Mahoney in 1943. The program was short-lived, as he was overshadowed by Edgar Bergen, however, radio historian John Dunning, in his 1998 book, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio, thought Winchell was the better ventriloquist.


Voice-over work

His later career included a great deal of voice-over acting for animated cartoons, notably for Disney and Hanna-Barbera. For the latter, he played the character Dick Dastardly in several series (notably Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley), Fleegle on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, and Gargamel on The Smurfs. He also provided voices on The CB Bears.

For Disney, he was best known for voicing the character Tigger in Disney's Winnie the Pooh films, and won a Grammy for his performance in Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. Beginning with the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, he alternated in the role with Jim Cummings, the current voice of Pooh. Following Winchell's retirement, Cummings permanently took over the role of Pooh starting with The Tigger Movie in 2000 (though Winchell played Tigger one last time in a Walt Disney World Pooh attraction). Other Disney roles included parts in The Aristocats as a Chinese cat, and The Fox and the Hound as Boomer the woodpecker. On TV, he played Zummi Gummi on Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears. In commercials, he voiced the Scrubbing Bubbles for Dow Chemicals. He also did the voice of Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter on the Pink Panther cartoon spin-off Misterjaw in 1976.


Live appearance work

Other work included on-camera guest appearances on such series as The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, and The Brady Bunch, as well as a 1960 movie that included a compilation of Three Stooges shorts (Stop!, Look and Laugh), and a part in the Jerry Lewis movie Which Way to the Front?. On Love, American Style, he appeared with fellow ventriloquist Shari Lewis in a sketch about two shy people in a waiting room who choose to introduce themselves to each other through their dummies. He also provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and his unnamed friend on the animated Green Eggs and Ham from the animated television special Dr. Seuss on the Loose.

Winchell's most successful TV show was "Winchell-Mahoney Time" (1965-1968), a highly-imaginative kids' show. Winchell played several onscreen characters, including Knucklehead Smiff's father, as well as himself, as friend and adult advisor to Mahoney and Smiff. He also created "Oswald," a surreal character by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, covering his face with a small costume, then having the camera inverted. The resulting pinheaded character seemed to have an immensely wide mouth and a highly mobile head. Winchell created this illusion by moving his chin back and forth.

The show was produced at KTTV-TV, in Los Angeles, which was owned by Metromedia. In 1986, Winchell sued Metromedia over syndication rights to 288 surviving video tapes of the show. Metromedia responded by destroying the tapes. Subsequently, a jury awarded Winchell $17.8 million. [1]

Winchell's last regular on-camera TV appearances working with his puppets were "The Storybook Squares" (a children's version of the adult celebrity game show "The Hollywood Squares" which was seen Saturday mornings on The NBC TV Network during the 1969 TV season) and "Runaround", another children's TV game show seen Saturday mornings on NBC TV from September 1972 to September 1973.




Personal life

Hobbies & amateur inventions

Winchell was interested and involved in technology - particularly the Internet - right up to the time of his death. He created and maintained a personal website until 2004. For a short time, he operated the now-defunct website ProtectGod.com, which discussed the theology of the latter years of his life.

He reportedly held patents for a flameless cigarette lighter, an early artificial heart that was never implanted (which he donated to the University of Utah), a see-through garter belt, and a fountain pen with a retractable tip. Unfortunately, he never patented his disposable razor, thinking that no one would have a use for it.[citation needed]


Family

Winchell had five children: a son Stacy Paul Winchell and a daughter Stephanie from his first marriage to Dorothy (Dottie) Movitz; a daughter April Winchell, a comedian and voice actress, from his second marriage, to actress Nina Russel; and two stepsons Larry and Keith Freeman from his third marriage, to Jean Freeman.

Winchell's autobiography, Winch (2004), exposed many dark areas of Winchell's life, which had hitherto been kept private. The autobiography opened old wounds within the Winchell family, prompting daughter April to publicly defend her mother who was negatively portrayed in the book. Winchell estranged his children, who were not immediately notified of his death. A message on April's website stated: "T.T.F.N. I got a phone call a few minutes ago, telling me that my father passed away yesterday. A source close to my dad, or at least, closer than I was, decided to tell me himself, instead of letting me find out on the news, which I appreciate. Apparently a decision had been made not to tell me, or my father's other children. My father was a very troubled and unhappy man. If there is another place after this one, it is my hope that he now has the peace that eluded him on earth."

Kiefer Sutherland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland
Born December 21, 1966 (1966-12-21) (age 41)
London, UK
Years active 1983 - present
Spouse(s) Camelia Kath (1987-1990)
Kelly Winn (1996-2004)
Parents Donald Sutherland (b.1935)
Shirley Douglas (b.1934)
[show]Awards
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006 24
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
2002 24
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Best Actor in a Drama Series
2003 24
2005 24

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning television and film Canadian actor, well known for his lead role of Jack Bauer on the television series 24. Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks.





Biography

Early life

Sutherland was born in London, England, the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, both of whom are successful Canadian actors.[1] He has Scottish ancestry from both parents and is the grandson of Canadian statesman Tommy Douglas. Sutherland and his twin sister, Rachel, were born in London (in Saint Mary's Hospital, Paddington) while his parents were working there. As a result, through the jus soli and the jus sanguinis, he holds both a Canadian passport and a British passport with certificate of Right to Abode.

His family moved to Los Angeles, California, shortly afterwards, but his parents eventually divorced in 1970.[1] In 1975, Sutherland moved with his mother to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he attended high school at St. Andrew's College, Martingrove Collegiate Institute, Harbord Collegiate Institute and Malvern Collegiate Institute. He also spent a semester at Regina Mundi College in London, Ontario, Canada and attended Crescent Town Elementary School and St. Clair Junior High School in East York, Ontario. He speaks fluent English and French.


Career

As of 2006, Sutherland has appeared in over fifty films, most notably The Lost Boys, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, A Few Good Men, Flatliners, Young Guns, The Vanishing, The Three Musketeers, Stand by Me, Dark City, and A Time To Kill as well as The Sentinel. Since 2001, Sutherland is most widely associated with the role of Jack Bauer, on the critically acclaimed television series 24.[1] After being nominated four times for the "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" Primetime Emmy Award, Sutherland won the award in 2006 for his role in 24's fifth season. His father, Donald, was also an Emmy winner; he won an Emmy award for his role in Citizen X in 1996. In the opening skit of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards, Sutherland made an appearance as his 24 character, Jack Bauer. He was also nominated for Best actor in a Drama Television Series in the 2007 Golden Globe Awards for 24.

Sutherland constantly emphasizes that the show is merely "entertainment."[2] Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan visited the set of 24 in February 2007 to urge the show's makers to reduce the number of torture scenes[3] and Sutherland accepted an invitation from the U.S. military to tell West Point cadets it is wrong to torture prisoners.[4]

In 2005, Sutherland was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto,[5] where both of his parents have also been inducted. Sutherland was also the first Inside the Actors Studio guest to be the child of a former guest; his father, Donald, appeared on the show in 1998.[1] Sutherland was featured on the cover of the April 2006 edition of Rolling Stone, in an article entitled "Alone in the Dark with Kiefer Sutherland". The article opened up with Sutherland revealing his interest to be killed off in 24. However, he had also stated, "Don't get me wrong. I love what I do." It also revealed that he devotes 10 months a year working on 24.[6]

He has starred in Japanese commercials for Calorie Mate, performing a parody of his Jack Bauer character. Sutherland also provides voiceovers for the current ad campaign for the Ford Motor Company of Canada. These advertisements are thematically of the comedy genre. In mid-2006, he voiced the Apple Computer advertisement announcing the inclusion of Intel chips in their Macintosh computer line.[7] He also voices the introduction to NHL games on the Versus network in the U.S. Recently, he has starred in Brazilian TV commercials for Citroën C4 sedan.

Sutherland will executive produce the two-hour pilot of Phenomenon. Maggie Murphy will also be an executive producer for the show. The Sci Fi Channel ordered a script to be written. The show revolves around a mysterious young female prodigy who leads a crack team of experts in investigating odd and supernatural anomalies of nature.[8] Sutherland is currently the top celebrity producer of The 1 Second Film.


Personal life

Several episodes of 24 have allegedly been rewritten to work around minor injuries Sutherland sustained when partying. In an interview with the London Daily Telegraph, Sutherland said, "I can't deny half the stuff that's been written about me has been true. I've done some stupid things. You have to take responsibility, go, 'That was embarrassing,' and move forward as best you can."[9]

During the autumn of 2001, Sutherland unintentionally interrupted the filming of the premiere episode of an online series titled The Lonely Island.[10] In the episode "White Power", the main characters develop an addiction to teeth whitener, and eventually mug an old woman to facilitate their addiction. Sutherland, driving by at the time, believed the mugging was real and jumped out of his car to intervene. A small portion of Sutherland's appearance is displayed after the credits, though the portion is only Kiefer stopping his car and looking at them.[11] This anecdote was recounted by Andy Samberg.

True to his grandfather's legacy, Sutherland is an active member of the Canadian New Democratic Party, and has appeared from time to time in NDP advertisements.

He has one daughter, Sarah Jude, born in 1988, along with a stepdaughter, Michelle Kath, from his first marriage to Camelia Kath. Michelle is the daughter of Chicago guitarist/singer Terry Kath. Sutherland's marriage to Camelia lasted from September 12, 1987 - 1990. In 2006, Sutherland became a grandfather when Michelle gave birth to a son, Hamish. Michelle, born in 1976, is just ten years younger than Sutherland. On June 29, 1996, he married Kelly Winn. They divorced in 2004. He has two stepsons from this marriage, named Timothy Daily and Julian Daily.

Sutherland is a well-known collector of many guitars, a majority of which are Gibson Les Pauls. Recently, the Gibson Custom shop has released a Kiefer Sutherland signature guitar, the KS-336, as part of their 'Inspired By' series.[12]

Sutherland was arrested early September 25, 2007 on misdemeanor drunk driving charges (his second time since another incident in 2004) after failing a field sobriety test. He was pulled over at around 1:10 a.m. in West Los Angeles, where he tested over the state's legal blood alcohol limit and later released on $25,000 bail.[13] On Dec 5, 2007 he was sentenced to 48 days jail.

On October 9th, 2007 Kiefer pled no contest to the DUI charge and agreed to complete the 48 day jail sentence in a prison in December 2007, including Christmas and his 41st birthday.[14] He has opted to spend 18 days in jail during 24's winter break in late December and early January and return to jail after production wraps up. However, production has already been suspended due to the Hollywood writers' strike so he would instead be in jail for 48 days consecutively. Kiefer Sutherland officially began his jail term sentence as of the 6th of December 2007. [15]

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.

4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."

6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'"
"That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome."
"Is it common?"
"Well, It's Not Unusual."

8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.

10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"

13. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel.

14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!".

16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

Good mid-morning, Bob of Boston. Loved your puns, hawkman, and before we forget. Merry Christmas to you and Nair. I am certain that our dys will appreciate the ones that involve him. I particularly enjoyed "deja moon". Thanks again for the great bio's.

You know, folks, Jane Fonda was a passionate woman concerning her beliefs, and we must give her credit for that. When she made mistakes, she admitted it and then went on with her life. Often that life was filled with errors and fumblings, but most of us here will admit to many of the same.

Until our puppy pounces in, let's listen to this one from the movie, Nine to Five. It was one hilarious flick, and Jane had a funny role in it.

Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen;
pour myself a cup of ambition,
and yawn, and stretch, and try to come to life.
Jump in the shower, and the blood starts pumping;
out on the street, the traffic starts jumping,
with folks like me on the job from nine to five.

Chorus: 1,3,5.
Nine to five, what a way to make a living;
barely getting by,it's all taking and no giving.
They just use your mind, and (depending on verse) "they never give you" or
"you never get the" credit; it's enough to drive you crazy, if you let it.

Verse 2
They let you dream just to watch them shatter;
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder,
But you've got dreams he'll never take away.
In the same boat with a lot of your friends;
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in,
And the tide's gonna turn, and it's all gonna roll your way.

Chorus: 2
Nine to five, for service and devotion;
you would think that I would deserve a fair promotion;
want to move ahead, but the boss won't seem to let me.
I swear some-times, that man is out to get me.

Chorus: 4,6.
Nine to five, they've got you where they want you;
There's a better life, and you dream about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game, no matter what they call it;
And you spend your life putting money in his pocket.




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Good afternoon WA2K.

Like the "No Bull" pun.

Today's celebs: Paul Winchell, Jane Fonda and Kiefer Sutherland




And a Good Day to all.