Good morning, WA2K radio audience.
dj, I really liked that "Life of Riley" song. Great one to hear upon arising. Thanks, Canada.
edgar, Buffy says it right. I think the dearest thing one could do to show affection and love is touch or hold hands. A line from an old song just entered my mind. "...holding hands and talking; look how late it gets..."
Guess I need to check that one out.
Here's a good one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zOtcZQ_nQM
Sealed with a Kiss - He did it well. I'm trying to recall who did that in the 60s - Think maybe Brian Hyland.
well, edgar, while you look I found.
Great piano version, all, and the chord changes are awesome.(love it when he sneezes) No wonder I knew this song. Fats Waller sang it and Hoagy composed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kzQcRJD2g8
Here are the lyrics by Fats.
Here we are
Out of cigarettes
Holding hands and yawning
Look how late it gets
Two sleepy people by dawn's early light
And too much in love to say goodnight
Here we are
In the cozy chair
Picking on a wishbone
From the Frigidaire
Two sleepy people with nothing to say
And too much in love to break away
Do you remember
The nights we used to linger in the hall?
Father didn't like you at all
Do you remember
The reason why we married in the fall?
To rent this little nest
And get a bit of rest
Well, here we are
Just about the same
Foggy little fella
Drowsy little dame
Two sleepy people by dawn's early light
And too much in love to say goodnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g-WV1dsmqg
I was right about Brian Hyland. Here is a Nat King Cole song, done by Bobby Darin.
That was called what? Two Sleepy People? I was not familiar with it. But, anything Fats or Hoagy either one did is all right by me.
edgar, want an early morning laugh? We could all use one, methinks. Here is Jo Stafford as Darlene Edwards doing a parody on Nature Boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nlYK5HBqU
I had no idea those two made that many songs together. I was familiar with Tem-tay-shun (the Perry Como song) by them, but figured it to be a one time thing. It puts a different light on Jo, that's certain.
Very talented lady, edgar.
Well, it's dedication time again, and this is for our Raggedy as I know that she likes him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30R_drH2GA&feature=related
John McIntire
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Born June 27, 1907
Spokane, Washington
Died January 10, 1991 (aged 83)
Pasadena, California
Spouse(s) Jeanette Nolan (1935 - 1991)
John McIntire (June 27, 1907 - January 30, 1991) was an American character actor.
The craggy-faced film actor was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in Montana, growing up with ranchers and cowboys which would eventually inspire his performances in dozens of westerns later in life. The USC graduate began his acting career in radio and on stage.
McIntire began his long movie career in 1947 often playing roles as police chiefs, judges and sometimes crazy coots. His films include the film noir classic The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and his last film playing a crazy dog owner in Turner & Hooch (1989). He also played movie villains in westerns, some of which are considered the best films of the genre; Winchester '73 (1950), The Far Country (1955), both with Jimmy Stewart, and The Tin Star (1957) in which he was not a villain but a country doctor. On television, he appeared in The Naked City (his character was killed off) and played the wagon master on Wagon Train in 1961, and replaced actor Lee J. Cobb on The Virginian in 1967.
McIntire married fellow actor Jeanette Nolan, in 1935, and they had two children together, one of whom was the actor Tim McIntire who starred in the 1978 film American Hot Wax. He also played the brief but memorable role of Sheriff Al Chambers in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), in which Nolan read some of Mother's lines and also did some voice-over screaming. McIntire worked more closely with Jeanette Nolan in Disney's 1977 The Rescuers, where he had voiced the cat Rufus and she, the muskrat Ellie Mae. Four years later, the couple worked on another Disney film, The Fox and the Hound, with McIntire as the voice of Mr. Digger, a badger, and Nolan as the voice of Widow Tweed.
John McIntire died from emphysema and lung cancer in Pasadena, California in 1991. He was 83 years old.
Bob Keeshan
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Born Robert James Keeshan
June 27, 1927(1927-06-27)
Lynbrook, New York, U.S.
Died January 23, 2004 (aged 76)
Windsor, Vermont U.S.
Other name(s) Captain Kangaroo
Years active 1947-1998
Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 - January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He is most famous as the title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for millions of baby boomers during its 30-year run from 1955-1984.
Keeshan also played the original "Clarabell the Clown" on the Howdy Doody television program.
Youth, education, military
Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, New York, and attended Fordham University after serving in the United States Marine Corps reserve during World War II. A persistent rumor is that actor Lee Marvin appeared on "The Tonight Show" and said he had served in the Marine Corps fighting alongside Keeshan at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Marvin never told the story, never served on Iwo Jima (having been invalided out after the battle of Saipan months earlier), and Keeshan never saw combat or overseas duty, having enlisted just before the end of the war.[1]
Pioneering children's television
After World War II, network television programs for children were new. On Howdy Doody, an early show which premiered in 1947 on NBC. Debuting on January 3, 1948, [2] Keeshan played "Clarabell the Clown", a silent Auguste clown who mainly communicated by honking horns attached to a belt around his waist (one of the horns meant "yes"; the other horn meant "no"). Clarabell often spritzed Buffalo Bob Smith with a seltzer bottle and played practical jokes. He gave up the role in 1952, and was replaced by another actor.
In August of 1953, Bob Keeshan was back on the air on WABC-TV (New York City), doing a new children's show, Time for Fun, playing the role of Corny the Clown, a clown who spoke.[3] Later that same year, in addition to Time for Fun, Bob began Tinker's Workshop, a program aimed at preschoolers, where Bob played the grandfatherly Tinker.[4]
Developing the ideas from Tinker's Workshop, Keeshan and long-time friend Jack Miller submitted the concept of Captain Kangaroo to the CBS network, which was searching for innovative new approaches to children's television programming. CBS approved the new show, and Keeshan starred as the title character of Captain Kangaroo when it premiered on CBS on October 3, 1955.[5] Keeshan described his character as based on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children." The show was a great success, and he served as host for almost three decades; it ran until 1984.
Frequently recurring characters included Mr. Green Jeans (played by Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum), and puppets such as "Bunny Rabbit" and "Mr. Moose."
The New York Times commented: "Captain Kangaroo, a round-faced, pleasant, mustachioed man possessed of an unshakable calm ... was one of the most enduring characters television ever produced."[6]
He also had a Saturday morning show called Mister Mayor during the 1964-65 season.
After Captain Kangaroo
After Captain Kangaroo ended, Keeshan hosted 1985's CBS Storybreak, which featured animated versions of children's literature. Keeshan appeared in framing sequences for the animated stories, showcasing the book versions and suggesting similar books for the viewers to seek out. In 1987, Keeshan founded Corporate Family Solutions with former Tennessee Republican Governor Lamar Alexander. The company provided day-care programs to businesses.
Keeshan lived on Melbury Road in Babylon Village, Long Island, New York before moving to spend the last 14 years of his life in Vermont, where he became a children's advocate as well as an author. His memoirs, entitled Good Morning, Captain, were published in 1995 by Fairview Press. He was a strong advocate against video game violence and took part in the congressional hearings in 1993.
He later became an honorary member of Dartmouth College's Class of 1942.
Keeshan died in Windsor, Vermont, on January 23, 2004, at the age of 76 of natural causes. He is survived by three children. His wife of 40 years, Anne Jeanne Laurie Keeshan, had died in 1990. Bob Keeshan's grandson, Britton Keeshan, became the youngest person at the time to climb the Seven Summits when he summited Mount Everest in May 2004. He did so carrying photos of his grandfather, and buried a photo of the two of them at the summit of Everest.[7]
Tobey Maguire
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Born Tobias Vincent Maguire
June 27, 1975 (1975-06-27) (age 33)
Santa Monica, California
Spouse(s) Jennifer Meyer (2007 - present) 1 child
Awards won
Other Awards
Saturn Award for Best Younger Actor
1998 Pleasantville
Saturn Award for Best Actor (film)
2004 Spider-Man 2
Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor. He began his career in the 1990s, and has since become best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Spider-Man films.
Early life
Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Wendy (née Brown), a secretary turned screenwriter and producer, and Vincent Maguire, a construction worker and cook.[1] His parents were 18 and 20 years old, and unmarried, at the time of his birth; the two married and subsequently divorced when Maguire was two.[2] Maguire spent much of his childhood moving from town to town, living with each parent and other family members.[3] During his childhood, Maguire entertained the idea of becoming a chef and to that end wanted to enroll in a Home Economics class as a sixth grader. His mother offered him US$100 to take a drama class instead, and Tobey agreed.[4]
The nomadic nature of his school-age years began to take a toll on Maguire emotionally, and finally, after yet another relocation to yet another school, Maguire dropped out of his freshman year of high school and never returned, deciding to focus himself on his blossoming acting career.[5] By 2000, Maguire had taken the GED to officially graduate from high school, noting that during his high school days, he'd reached a point where "I wasn't doing school. I was showing up, but...not really giving myself."[6]
Career
Early career
Maguire's first appearance in a feature film was in the 1989 movie The Wizard. In that movie, he played a goon of Lucas Barton, one of three competitors at a video game competition, and had no lines. Maguire initially worked as a child actor in the early 1990s, often playing roles much younger than his chronological age; as late as 2002, Maguire was still playing teenagers while in his mid-20s. He appeared in a variety of commercials and TV and movie roles, working opposite such stars as Chuck Norris (Walker, Texas Ranger), Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), and Tracey Ullman (Tracey Takes On...). Eventually, Maguire was cast as the lead in the FOX TV series Great Scott, which was cancelled 5 weeks later.
During many of his auditions, Maguire found himself competing opposite another rising child star actor, Leonardo DiCaprio. The pair struck up a fast friendship and made an informal pact to help each other get parts in their movies/TV shows/other projects. For example, both auditioned for the same part in the 1990 TV series based on the 1989 comedy Parenthood; DiCaprio got the part, and Maguire later got a guest role at least partially due to DiCaprio's recommendation. The same scenario played itself out during casting for the 1993 movie This Boy's Life (featuring Robert De Niro as the lead); DiCaprio got the main teen role (ironically, the character was named "Toby") and Maguire got a part as one of Toby's friends.
By the mid 1990s, Maguire was steadily working but becoming caught up in the hard-partying lifestyle of some of his fellow teen actors. In 1995, Maguire requested director Allan Moyle to release him from his part in the movie Empire Records. Moyle agreed, and all of Tobey's scenes were deleted from the final film.[7] Maguire then sought help for an underaged drinking problem from Alcoholics Anonymous; he has been sober ever since.[8]
As part of his recovery from alcohol and learning to deal with his self-described "addictive and obsessive/compulsive nature",[9] Maguire changed his career path slightly in order to obtain roles where he and DiCaprio would not always be in competition for the same part, and the move paid off when he got the role of Paul Hood, a teenage boarding school student whose narration anchors the action in Ang Lee's 1997 film, The Ice Storm. This soon led to a variety of lead roles where he played a thoughtful boy coming of age, in films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, and Wonder Boys.
In Ride with the Devil (1999), Maguire gave a virtuoso performance as Jakob Roedel, opposite Jewel Kilcher. Here he played the son of a unionist German immigrant who joins his southern friends in the Missouri riders, avenging the atrocities committed against Missourians by Kansas Jayhawkers and redleggers. Though it gained little notice at the time, this film represents the best treatment ever of this part of American history.
Between the completion of principal photography for Spider-Man and the film's 2002 release, Maguire took a role that featured his youthful-sounding voice, a beagle puppy named Lou, in the 2001 children's movie Cats and Dogs.
Spider-Man
In 2002, Maguire shot to superstardom as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, based on the popular Marvel comic book series. He reprised the part in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Maguire's performance as Spider-Man initially earned him some glowing reviews. For instance, Mark Caro of the Chicago Tribune felt that "with his big, round, soulful eyes, Maguire always has been able to convey a sense of wonder, and his instinct for understatement also serves him well here".[10] Towards the third part of the franchise the actor experienced some backlash in the media. "For his part Mr. Maguire needs to stop relying on those great big peepers of his: simply widening your eyes to attract attention does not cut it when you're over 30", remarked Manohla Dargis of the New York Times in her review of Spider-Man-3.[11]
Though Maguire has not yet signed on for another sequel, the actor has denied reports that he will not return, stating, "I feel like the stories all deserve to be told, and, you know, if... the whole team wants to get back together, and we feel like we can make a good movie that's worth making, then I'm up for it."[12]
After Spider-Man
Maguire solidified his stardom in 2003 with a leading role as the jockey John M. "Red" Pollard in the acclaimed film Seabiscuit, about the famous United States' racehorse Seabiscuit. In 2006, Maguire starred in his first villainous role as Corporal Patrick Tully in Steven Soderbergh's The Good German based on the Joseph Kanon novel of the same name opposite George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.
Maguire has also moved into producing. Maguire's production credits include 25th Hour (2002), Whatever We Do (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003), for which he served as executive producer.
As of November 2007, Warner Bros. has plans to fast-track a movie based on 1980's anime series, Robotech. Maguire is producing the film through his Maguire Entertainment banner and is eyeing the lead role of Rick Hunter in what the studio plans on being a tentpole sci-fi franchise. "We are very excited to bring 'Robotech' to the big screen", Maguire said. "There is a rich mythology that will be a great foundation for a sophisticated, smart and entertaining film...". The decision was said to have been made due to the enormous success of the Transformers film adaptation, which grossed $690 million dollars during the summer of 2007.[13]
Maguire is attached to produce Afterburn, a science fiction movie based on the Red 4 comic book by Paul Ens and Scott Chitwood. Neal Moritz's Original Films is also producing and Relativity is in talks to board the post-apocalyptic project, whose story is set one year after a solar flare burns half of Earth, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and nuclear fallout. Treasure hunters then go back to the scorched portion of the planet to retrieve valuable artifacts while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates along the way.
Maguire's company is also co-producing an adaptation of a mystery novel by Isaac Adamson called Tokyo Suckerpunch with Sony Pictures. The film, scheduled to be released in 2008, will star Tobey in the role of american reporter Billy Chaka, who investigates the murder of a Japanese friend in Tokyo.
Personal life
Maguire married his long-time relationship partner, jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, on September 3, 2007, in Kona, Hawaii.[14] The couple first met in 2003 while Maguire was shooting the movie Seabiscuit at Universal Studios and became engaged in April 2006. They have a daughter named Ruby Sweetheart Maguire (born November 10, 2006).[15] Ruby's middle name comes from a childhood nickname of Meyer's given to her by her grandmother, who died a few months before Ruby's birth.
Maguire has been a vegetarian for over 14 years and is working toward a vegan diet, though he makes vegetarian changes in his diet to either gain or lose weight for movie roles, like dramatically decreasing his calorie intake for Seabiscuit followed by a rapid increase to regain the weight for Spider-Man 2.[16] On the subject of vegetarianism, Maguire notes that "I'm close to being a vegan, but I'm not one, technically. I don't eat eggs, or nearly any dairy--no cheese or milk. I do eat honey, and a piece of milk chocolate here and there. It's never really been that hard for me. I've never had any desire to eat meat. In fact, when I was a kid I would have a really difficult time eating meat at all. It had to be the perfect bite, with no fat or gristle or bone or anything like that. I don't judge people who eat meat--that's not for me to say--but the whole thing just sort of bums me out."[17]
In an article for Premiere Magazine, Sam Raimi confirmed the long-standing rumor that Maguire and his Spider-Man co-star Kirsten Dunst had "a thing" going on during the 2001 shooting of the first film. As Raimi explained for the article, "I'm so dumb, because I met with them for dinner one night during the shooting to talk about the next day's scenes. And I go, 'Okay, well, that's it for the meeting.' And then I ask Kirsten, 'Can I drive you home?' And they look at each other and she goes, 'No, no, I'm going to play a game of Touch 10 with Tobey.' I don't know, it was some game. I thought, 'That's weird. She's got to work tomorrow.'"[18]
In 2004, Maguire took up tournament poker. He has finished in the money in several events and has been tutored by poker professional Daniel Negreanu. Maguire can be seen on ESPN's coverage of the 2005, 2006, and 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship. Moreover, professional poker player Phil Hellmuth said during the June 28, 2007 episode of Poker After Dark that Tobey has won $10 million by playing poker in Hollywood. Maguire played in the 2007 World Series of Poker. He survived days 1a, 2a and 3 but was eliminated in 292nd place on the fourth day, taking $39,445 in prize money. He actually ended up sitting next to another celebrity, Sully Erna, the singer of Godsmack.
Maguire loves playing basketball; he often plays pick-up games with friends (as described by author James Crotty of the alternative online travel site Monk.Com)[19] and organizes a weekly game on Saturdays when he's both in Los Angeles and not filming a movie that day.[20] He also enjoys watching basketball games, especially the Los Angeles Lakers, and can often be seen with wife Jennifer Meyer at courtside for Laker home games. As a baby gift, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres gave Maguire a special basketball motif stroller with Lexan dome to protect Ruby from errant basketballs so that the new family could enjoy the Lakers together.[21]
Comic book references to Maguire
In Ultimate Spider-Man #54-59 (Hollywood), an unauthorized film is in production about Spider-Man with Doctor Octopus as the main villain. The film's male lead Tobey Maguire, Bruce Campbell, director Sam Raimi and Marvel-movie head Avi Arad appear in cameo roles.
In Spider-Girl #82, Reilly Tyne/Darkdevil is described by Peter Parker in the comic as looking "just like Tobey Maguire", a deliberate nod to Maguire's involvement in the Spider-Man films.
Deadpool, who often breaks the fourth wall, recapped the events of the ongoing Marvel Civil War in Cable & Deadpool #31, saying, "And the Boy Scout branch made a big show of cooperating, by having Spider-Man reveal his identity on national TV... as if we hadn't seen the movies already and didn't know it was dreamy doe-eyed Tobey Maguire under the mask!"
In Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #12 Spider-Man/Peter is quoted as saying to the Principal "Well You Want Acting...Go Get Tobey Maguire", a nod to him being played by Tobey in the movies.
Crossing the border
While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped by a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's in the bags?", asked the guard.
"Sand," said the cyclist.
"Get them off - we'll take a look," said the guard.
The Cyclist did as he was told, emptied the bags, and proving they contained nothing but sand, reloaded the bags, put them on his shoulders and continued across the border.
Two weeks later, the same thing happened. Again the guard demanded to see the two bags, which again contained nothing but sand. This went on every week for six months, until one day the cyclist with the sand bags failed to appear.
A few days later, the guard happened to meet the cyclist downtown. "Say friend, you sure had us crazy", said the guard. "We knew you were smuggling something across the border. I won't say a word - but what is it you were smuggling?" "Bicycles!"
Good morning. Thought I'd get here early before another storm starts. It stormed all last night and rained out the Yankees/Pirates game after a two hour delay. Felt sorry for all those fans in the stadium. I think everyone from the city, except my daughter and me, was there.
Thanks for the Ronnie song, Letty. I saw him perform it at the little theater I've mentioned here before. That's my daughter's favorite Milsap song.
I hope you don't mind if I play "Two Sleepy People" again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHIreemgLTQ
My mom used to sing that song to me. Bob Hope used to sing it a lot, too.
It was performed in 1939 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the film Thanks for the Memory and is often regarded as a companion piece to "Thanks for the Memory", written for the movie, The Big Broadcast of 1938.
You all have a great day and On with the music. It's great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmO79dhWrco&feature=related
In this video, Bob Keeshan as Capt Kangaroo gets savaged by Mr Moose. The audio contains two bad words, one of which is at the top of Carlin's 7 Words list. Be forewarned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXuukHaqbKQ&NR=1
This is the role I best remember John McIntire in. He replaced Ward Bond as wagon master, in Wagon Train.
The Duke of Cool
Tobey Maguire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJxNp-Mom54
I have not seen the Spiderman films, but, Tobey is very good in this.
First, y'all, let me acknowledge Bob and his bio's. Great ones today, hawkman, and I feel as though our smuggler took lessons from Houdini. It's called, distraction.
Raggedy, that was worth playing twice just to get your filmography, PA. Had no idea about the history behind that song.
edgar, I don't think I would worry too much about Mr. Moose and the Captain. Remember the Nixon tapes?
Hmmm, I do remember Tobey Maguire in Spider Man, but your film clip made me wonder if the kid got to find a girlfriend in Uma. Hope so, Texas.
Well, as usual, that song as a tribute to Helen Keller made me cry. We really appreciate your playing the main DJ, today, and it was worth every listen.
Don't ask, listeners, 'cause these things happen to me quite often. I was looking for Lowell's "What is So Rare as a Day in June", and ran across T.S. Eliot. I never did quite understand "The Waste Land", but I do recall having seen that it might have been a reference to Mayerling. Found this great video, and decided to play it. Talk about different!
A German price commits suicide and the major participants in this prologue are done by Orientals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-sl1sT2xI&feature=related
