Good morning, WA2K radio audience.
edgar, I love every song from My Fair Lady. Thanks, Texas.
How about one from Paul Simon this early morning, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiGhtR1JfFo&feature=related
Good morning, Letty.
After all the storms yesterday, I think we can use some sunshine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zx27dP1mTg
A Happy Birthday to Jennifer Lopez. Here she is an FBI agent on a stakeout targeting the man she is in love with. Guess that wasn't a match made in heaven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298Wx0pUjkc&feature=user
Hey, firefly. Love John Denver, gal, and JLo loves to love the enemy. Thanks for that.
After the storm yesterday I was driving home and looked at the rainbow over the ocean. Nothing was more promising than that, but we must remember:
For pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, the bloom is dead
And like a snowfall in the river,
A moment white then gone forever,
Or like the rainbow's lovely storm evanescing
Amid the storm,
Or like the borealis race,
That flits ere you can point the place
And here is a rainbow song for all of us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXChgcqGwe0
For Amelia Erhardt's birthday, this seemed very appropriate. I love the way she does this number.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=v4guXdFeg5o&feature=related
Good morning. Here is Etta James. I have to get ready for work just now, but will be back in the afternoon, hopefully. It is raining very hard out there. I may leave early.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oDApw_fwA58
I'm about to head out into the rain too. Perhaps I should be singing this when I do.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=towIHoNROFE&feature=related
Dan George
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born July 24, 1899
First Nations reserve, North Vancouver
Died September 23, 1981
Vancouver, British Columbia
Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899-September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh, a Salish First Nations people located in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia. He was also an Academy Award-nominated actor and an author.
Early years
Dan George was born as Geswanouth Slahoot on a First Nations reserve in North Vancouver. His English name originally was Dan Slaholt. His last name was changed to George when he entered a residential school at the age of 5. George worked at a number of different jobs, including as a longshoreman, construction worker and school bus driver. He was chief of the Tsleil-Waututh from 1951 to 1963.
Acting career
In 1960, when he was already 60 years of age, he got his first job acting in a CBC Television series, Cariboo Country, as the character "Ol' Antoine". He performed the same role in a Walt Disney Studios movie, Smith!, adapted from an episode in this series (based on Breaking Smith's Quarter Horse, a novella by Paul St. Pierre). At the age of 71, George won several awards for his role in the film Little Big Man, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to act in other films, such as The Outlaw Josey Wales, Harry and Tonto, and Americathon, and on television, including a role in the miniseries Centennial, based on the book by James A. Michener.
George acted the role of Rita Joe's father in George Ryga's stage play, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, in performances at Vancouver, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Washington.
During his acting career, Chief Dan George always worked to promote better understanding by non-aboriginals of the First Nations people. His soliloquy, Lament for Confederation,[1] a riveting indictment of the appropriation of native territory by white colonialism, was performed at the city of Vancouver's celebration of the Canadian centennial in 1967. This speech is credited with escalating native political activism in Canada, as well as touching off widespread pro-native sentiment among non-natives.
In 1971, George was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He died in Vancouver in 1981 at the age of 82. His interment was located at Burrard Cemetery.
Ruth Buzzi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Ruth Buzzi
July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24) (age 72)
Westerly, Rhode Island
Spouse(s) Kent Perkins (1979-present)
Ruth Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress and comedian of theatre, film, and television. She is especially known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.
Biography
Buzzi was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, although she would later claim to have been born in Wequetequock, Connecticut - perhaps because it sounded funnier. Her brother, Edward R Buzzi, was born in Wequetequock.
She is the daughter of an Italian sculptor who specialized in making tombstones. Ruth Buzzi was probably born at the Westerly hospital, but her parents' home was definitely in Wequetequock, where her family owned Buzzi Memorials. She attended Stonington High School, about a mile from her home. The family name was pronounced "bootsy", with Italian inflection, but for entertainment purposes Ruth adopted the "buzzy" pronunciation.
Buzzi was a member of the regular repertory company on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers (1964-65). In the late 1960s, she was featured as a semi-regular on the sitcom That Girl as Marlo Thomas's friend and in a comedy-variety series starring Steve Allen. Her character parts in the Allen sketches led her to be cast for NBC's new show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Ruth Buzzi was the only featured player to appear in every episode of Laugh-In.
A versatile comedienne, she could play everything from Southern belles to flashy hookers. Among her recurring characters on Laugh-In were Busy Buzzi, Hollywood gossip columnist; Doris Swizzler, cocktail-lounge habitué who always got riotously smashed with husband Leonard (Dick Martin); and one of the Burbank Airlines Stewardesses, teaming with Debbie Reynolds as two totally inconsiderate flight attendants.
Her most famous character was the frowsy spinster Gladys Ormphby, clad in brown with her bun hairdo covered by a visible hairnet. In most sketches, she used her lethal purse, with which she would flail away at anyone who sought to take advantage of her. On Laugh-In, Gladys most often appeared as the unwilling object of the advances of Arte Johnson's "dirty old man" character Tyrone.
In a typical exchange, Tyrone would accost Gladys and ask, "Do you believe in the hereafter?" Gladys snapped, "Of course I do!" Delighted, Tyrone shot back, "Then you know what I'm here after!"
NBC collectively called these two characters The Nitwits when they went to animation in the mid 1970s as part of the series Baggy Pants and the Nitwits. Buzzi and Johnson both voiced their respective roles in the cartoon.
Buzzi, as Gladys, later became a regular part of Dean Martin's "Celebrity Roasts", usually punishing Martin for his insults about her unappealing looks and romantic prospects. In one such exchange, Gladys accusingly questioned Martin about who had been chasing her around a hotel room in the wee hours; Martin's response, "The exterminator!" earned him a beating as he broke up laughing along with the audience. Gladys then declared to the audience that, when Martin and other men looked at her, only one thing came to their minds. Martin, still laughing, could barely get out the answer, "Rabies!" which earned him an even fiercer beating from Gladys.
Buzzi starred with Jim Nabors in the The Lost Saucer produced by Sid and Marty Krofft which aired September 6, 1975. Buzzi also guested as Chloe, the usually never-seen but often mentioned wife of phone company worker, Henry Beesmeyer on Alice. Martin's producer, Greg Garrison, enjoyed Ruth Buzzi's work and hired her for his comedy specials starring Dom DeLuise.
Buzzi had a brief cameo in the Weird Al Yankovic video "Gump". She also appeared on Sesame Street, Saved by the Bell, The Muppet Show, You Can't Do That on Television (during its CTV-produced incarnation Whatever Turns You On), and numerous other television shows. She was also a voice actress for The Smurfs and The Angry Beavers. Buzzi also played the role of the eccentric Nurse Kravitz on NBC's daytime soap Passions. As of 2007, she is still appearing in movies, and in 2006 and 2007, she made guest appearances on the children's TV series Come on Over.
Ruth Buzzi will portray the deranged widow of a renowned Italian sculptor in the upcoming comedy film, City of Shoulders and Noses. The feature film is being produced by Tommy Ardolino, Sybil Danning, and George Parra.[citation needed]
American post-hardcore/metal band The Bled recorded a song entitled "Ruth Buzzi Better Watch Her Back" for their album Pass the Flask, and later re-released on Pass The Flask (Reissue). The title of the song comes from a line in the movie Wet Hot American Summer.
Lynda Carter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Linda Jean Córdova Carter[1]
July 24, 1951 (1951-07-24) (age 57)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation Actress, Singer
Years active 1970s - present
For the two Marvel Comics nurse characters, see Night Nurse (comics).
Lynda Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for the Amazonian title role in the fantasy-adventure Wonder Woman which aired from 1975 to 1979.
Early life
Carter was born Linda Jean Córdova Carter in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] Her father, Colby Carter is an Irish American,[1] and her mother, Juana Córdova, is of Spanish and Mexican ancestry.[1] Carter grew up an avid reader of the Wonder Woman comic books. She went to Globe High School in Globe, Arizona and Arcadia High School, in Phoenix. She attended Arizona State University, but after being voted the "most talented" student, she dropped out in order to pursue a career in music. She toured as a singer with several rock groups before returning to Arizona in 1972.
Career
Carter entered a local beauty contest and achieved her first national fame by winning Miss World USA, in 1972, representing Arizona.[1] As the United States entrant in the Miss World pageant she reached the semi-finals. After taking acting classes at several New York acting schools, she began making appearances on TV shows such as Starsky and Hutch, Cos and Nakia and B-movies including her only nude appearances in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976).
Wonder Woman
Her acting career did not take off until she landed her starring role in the Wonder Woman. Her earnest performance endeared her to fans and critics and the series lasted for three seasons. Thirty years after first taking on the role, Carter continues to be closely identified with Wonder Woman, so much so that it has proved difficult for producers to find a suitable candidate to play the character in subsequent aborted productions (work on the most recent attempt was announced in 2005).
Other credits
Carter's other credits include the title role in a 1983 biopic of Rita Hayworth titled "Love Goddess", and a variety of her own television specials: "Lynda Carter's Special" (1980), "Encore!" (1980), "Celebration" (1981), "Street Life" (1982) and "Body And Soul" (1984). She also starred in a few short-lived TV series, including, Partners in Crime, with Loni Anderson, in 1984, and, Hawkeye, with Lee Horsley. During the late 1970s, she recorded the album, Portrait, and made numerous guest appearances on variety television programs in a musical capacity. She also sang two of her songs in the "Wonder Woman" episode, "Amazon Hot Wax."
In 2001, Carter was cast in the independent comedy feature, Super Troopers, as, "Vermont Governor Jessman." The writer-stars of the film, the comedy troupe, Broken Lizard, with member Jay Chandrasekhar directing, had specifically sought Carter for the role, with plans to approach other television actresses of the 1970s had Carter declined. Carter had her first appearance in a major feature film in a number of years in the 2005 big-screen remake of, The Dukes of Hazzard, also directed by Chandrasekhar. She also played in the 2005 movie, Sky High, as, "Principal Powers," the head of a school for superheroes. The script allowed for Carter to poke fun at her most famous character when she states: "What a waste. I can't do anything more to help you. I'm not Wonder Woman, y'know." Lynda returned to the DC Comics' television world on the 2007 episode of, Smallville, titled, "Progeny," playing "Chloe Sullivan's" Kryptonite-empowered mother.
Carter has also done voiceovers for video games, performing voices for the Nord and Orsimer (Orc) females in two computer games from, The Elder Scrolls series. These are The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. These games were developed by, Bethesda Softworks, of which her husband Robert Altman (not to be confused with the late Hollywood director) is Chairman and CEO.
From September 26, 2005, until November of that year, Carter played the role of, "Mama Morton," in the West End London production of Chicago.[3] Her rendition of "When You're Good to Mama" was officially released on the Chicago: 10th Anniversary Edition cd box set in October of 2006. Receiving positive response to the song's release, Lynda booked her own cabaret tour act. It was first scheduled in San Francisco, at the York Hotel's Empire Plush Room, from May 1 - 6, 2007, and proceeded to tour around the U.S. Lynda also marked July 17, 2007 as the date to record her second solo musical release.[4]
Personal life
Carter has been married twice. Her first marriage was to her former agent Ron Samuels, on May 28, 1977. They were divorced in 1982. Samuels was also agent to "Charlie's Angel" Jaclyn Smith (who attended the wedding) and to "Bionic Woman" Lindsay Wagner. Carter later married attorney Robert Altman, on January 29, 1984. Robert and Lynda have two children, James and Jessica Altman.[1]
When, after a lengthy and highly publicized jury trial for banking and securities fraud in 1992, Carter's husband Robert Altman was found not guilty, Carter was shown on the nightly TV news standing in front of the courthouse with her arm around her husband shouting, "Not guilty, not guilty!" to the TV news reporters.
In early June 2008, Carter found a body floating in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. while sailing. She called out to some fishermen and waited for the police to arrive. [5] That same month, she admitted in an interview to People magazine that she had entered a rehabilitation clinic for treatment of chronic alcoholism[6]
Anna Paquin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Anna Helene Paquin
July 24, 1982 (1982-07-24) (age 26)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation actress, producer
Years active 1993 - present
Awards won
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
1993 The Piano
Other Awards
Gotham Award for Best Cast
2005 The Squid and the Whale
LAFCA Award for Best Supporting Actress
1993 The Piano
OFCS Award for Best Ensemble
2000 Almost Famous
Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is an Academy Award-winning, Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated, Canadian-New Zealander actress. Her breakthrough performance was in The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting actress and made her the second youngest winner in history at the age of 11.[1] She is also the first Canadian-born actress to win Best Supporting Actress.
Biography
Early life
Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mary (née Brophy), an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher.[2][3] Paquin moved to New Zealand when she was four. She attended the Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School until she was eight or nine.[4] Her musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and piano. She has also done gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing, but she didn't have hobbies related to acting.[5][6]
While in New Zealand, Paquin attended Hutt Intermediate School from 1994-1995, where she completed Form 1 and 2. Having begun her secondary education in Wellington, New Zealand, she completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, where she moved with her mother following her parents' divorce.[7] She graduated from Windward School in June 2000 and completed the school's community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center. She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue her acting career.
Acclaim as a child actress
Paquin's big-screen debut happened when she attended the open audition for Flora for The Piano along with her sister.[1] The director was impressed by nine-year-old Paquin's performance of the monologue about Flora's father, and she was chosen from among the 5000 candidates.[6]
When The Piano was released in 1993 it was lauded by critics, won prizes at a number of film festivals, and eventually became a popular movie among a wide audience. Paquin's debut performance in the film earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of eleven, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history after Tatum O'Neal.[6]
Paquin as Flora, telling the story about her father in The PianoThe Piano was made as a small independent movie and wasn't supposed to be widely known, and Paquin and her family didn't plan to continue in the acting circles.[5] However, she was invited to the prestigious William Morris Agency, and she kept receiving offers for new roles. She systematically refused them, but she did appear in three commercials for the phone company MCI (currently WorldCom).[8] She also appeared as a voice in an audio book entitled The Magnificent Nose in 1994.
In 1996, she appeared in two movies. The first role was a smallish one as young Jane in Jane Eyre. The other was a lead part in Fly Away Home playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings.[9]
As a teenager, she had roles in several small films, such as The Member of the Wedding, Amistad, Hurlyburly and She's All That.
New fame in X-Men
Paquin returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie in 2000,[1] its sequel X2: X-Men United in 2003, and its third installment X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.
In the summer of 2006, she completed filming Blue State which she also executive-produced, after she and her older brother, producer Andrew Paquin, formed the production company Paquin Films.[10] In November 2006, she completed Margaret. This film is now scheduled for release in 2009, according to imdb.com.
In July 2007, Paquin received an Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her role as Elaine Goodale in the HBO's made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on Dee Brown's bestseller.
HBO has announced that Paquin will be starring in the lead role of the new series True Blood based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.[11] The show premieres on HBO in September 2008.
According to imdb.com, it is rumoured she is working on a new sci-fi film, Metamorphosis.
Theater career
Paquin is also a critically acclaimed stage actress, having made her stage debut in 2001 in a production of The Glory of Living at the MCC Theater. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, and won a Theater World Award for her performance. Paquin appeared on the West End stage in a production of This is Our Youth in 2002. Paquin has since appeared in a number of plays and says that, although "very hard work", she loves doing theater.
Personal life
Paquin's family are spread as far afield as San Francisco, Cannes, her birthplace Winnipeg, Canada and New Zealand.
Paquin's previous relationships include a DJ (who lived in New Zealand) and fellow actor Logan Marshall-Green, whom she dated for a year before their break-up in 2005. She is believed to be currently dating actor Kieran Culkin, who she has been close friends with for many years, having worked with him on a few previous occasions in both film and theater. Neither Paquin nor Culkin have publically confirmed that they are together, but they have been spotted making romantic gestures towards each other whilst out and about in New York during the last couple of years.
Paquin lives in Los Angeles. Her brother and his fiance helped her finance her move there. Paquin's lease on her previous home in New York's West Village had expired, which is partly why she decided to move.
Paquin's hobbies include dancing, boxing and skateboarding, which she has just recently taken up.
In 2001, Paquin became a citizen of New Zealand, meaning she has dual Canada/New Zealand citizenship.
In case you need further proof that the human race is doomed because of stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods:
On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. (darn, and that's the only time I have to work on my hair).
On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)
On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be how???...)
On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (but, it's "just" a suggestion).
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down." (well...duh, a bit late, huh)!
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating." (...and you thought????..)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me more time?)
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and...I'm taking this because???.....)
On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)
On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news flash!)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one: On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly."
On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals." (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
Thanks to everyone for the wet songs. It's lovely here right now.
Hey, hawkman, we always learn so much from your bio's. I was surprised about Wonder Woman, however. Your crazy directions were funny, and I'm with Raggedy on that one.
Thanks again, puppy, for the great quintet and the smile.
This song from Dan George is rather sad, but let's listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBp8Fu3ItQ&feature=related
Tears are silent, aren't they, Raggedy. Well, here's an upbeat song about the tracks they make.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHjkZx_P77s
What a great oldie, edgar. Yes, clowns hide behind their makeup. (remindes me of Enrico Caruso)
Well, let's dry our tears and listen to this one, folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjZaXn18kKY&feature=related
