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Brigitte Bardot
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Brigitte Bardot (born September 28, 1934 in Paris) is a French actress and model, daughter of an industrialist. Also known simply as BB ("Bri-Bri" in childhood) she is considered the embodiment of the 1950s "sex kitten."

In the 1970s Bardot established herself as an whore activist. During the 1990s her controversial and outspoken political views on such issues as immigration, Islam, and homosexuality greatly affected her reputation.

Career

Bardot's beauty and natural sensuality began to show as a teenager and in 1952, she appeared on screen for the first time in Le Trou Normand. That same year, at age 18, she married director Roger Vadim, with whom she had been romantically involved for several years.

Although the European film industry was then in the ascendant, her personal rise was remarkable: she has been one of the few European actresses to receive mass media attention in the United States. She and Marilyn Monroe were the icons of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s and whenever she made public appearances in the United States the media hordes covered her every move.

Her films of the early and mid 1950s were lightweight romantic dramas, some of them historical, in which she was cast as ingénue or siren, often with an element of undress. She played bit-parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea (1955), Warner Brothers' Helen of Troy (1954), in which she was understudy for the title-role but only appears as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love (1954) wth Kirk Douglas. Her French-languge films were dubbed for internationally release. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris" said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955.

Vadim was not content with this light fare. The New Wave of French and Italian art directors and their stars were riding high internationally and he felt Bardot was being undersold. Looking for something more like an art-film to push her as a serious actress, he showcased her in And God Created Woman (1956) with Jean-Louis Trintignant.

The film, about an amoral teenager in a respectable small-town setting, was a big international success, riding on the back of Bardot's high profile as a magazine celebrity and pin-up. She may have had an affair with her co-star Trintignant, but this was more likely a pre-release publicity gimmick. The film is often wrongly described as her first film (it was her seventeenth) and to have launched her overnight, but it did help move her towards the cinematic mainstream.

It also ruled out a transition to Hollywood, where she was thought too risqué to handle. The Doris Day era was in still in full swing and even Jane Russell in The French Line (1953) had been thought to be going too far by showing her midriff. Fluffy erotica like Bardot's Cette sacrée gamine (That Crazy Kid, 1955) was considered fine at the box-office as long as it was clearly labelled "European". Also Bardot's limited English and strong accent (while beguiling to the ears of men) did not suit rapid-fire Hollywood scripts. In the event, staying in Europe benefited her image when the 1960s began to swing and Hollywood slipped into the background for a while, and Bardot was voted honorary sex-goddess to the decade.

Divorced from Vadim in 1957, she married actor Jacques Charrier (1959-62), by whom in 1960 she had her only child, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The marriage was preyed on by the paparazzi and there were clashes over Bardot's career-direction. Her films did become more substantial, but this brought a heavy pressure of dual celebrity as she sought critical acclaim while remaining to most of the world a glamour model.

Vie privée (1960), directed by Louis Malle has more than an element of autobiography in it. The scene in which, returning to her flat, Bardot's character is harangued in the lift by a middle-aged cleaning-lady calling her a tramp and a tart was based on an actual incident, and is a resonant image of celebrity in the mid-20th century.

Soon after, Bardot withdrew to the seclusion of the South of France and is now known to have attempted suicide, but as the sexual revolution of the early 1960s gathered momentum her lifetyle began to seem more like the norm and the pressure lifted. She was happy through the sixties to appear in glossy star-vehicles like Viva Maria (1969), to dabble in pop-music and to perceive her main role as glamour model and icon. In 1965 she appeared as herself in the Hollywood production Dear Brigitte starring Jimmy Stewart.

Her other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunther Sachs (1966-69), and French right-wing politician Bernard d'Ormale (1992-present). She has also had reputed relationships with many men including Serge Gainsbourg and Sacha Distel (singers), and apparently with Jimi Hendrix after a chance meeting at the airport in Paris.

She is recognized for popularizing bikini swimwear in early films such as Manina (Woman without a Veil, 1952) and in her appearances at Cannes and in many photo-shoots. She even sported an early version of the monokini (topless bikini) from time to time. Though this was not considered extraordinary in France, where nudity on beaches is common, it was considered nearly scandalous in the US. The kooky fashions of the 1960s looked effortlessly right and spontaneous on her and she joined Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy in becoming a subject for Andy Warhol paintings.

In 1970, the sculptor Alain Gourdon used Bardot as the model for a bust of Marianne, the French national emblem.

Retirement

In 1974, just before her fortieth birthday, Bardot announced her retirement. After appearing in more than fifty motion pictures, and recording several music albums, most notably with France's "bad boy" of music, Serge Gainsbourg, she chose to use her fame to promote animal rights. She is accused of being a misanthrope and preferring the company of animals to that of humans. In 1986, she established the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals. She raised 3 million French francs to fund the foundation by auctioning off her jewelry and many personal belongings. Today, she is one of the world's most influential animal rights activists and a major opponent of the consumption of horse meat.

She is also one of the most celebrated supporters of Jean-Marie Le Pen of the right-wing Front National political party, with which her husband is associated. With the publication of her 2003 book, A Scream in the Silence, the reclusive Bardot has come under considerable fire for racist, anti-Muslim, and anti-gay comments. In May 2003, The MRAP ("Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples" - Movement against racism and for the friendship among peoples) announced that it would sue Bardot for her published views. Another organization, The "Ligue des Droits de l'Homme" (League of Human Rights), announced that it was considering similar legal proceedings.

Bardot, in a letter to a French gay magazine, wrote in her defense, "Apart from my husband?-who maybe will cross over one day as well?-I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants."

On June 10, 2004 Bardot was convicted by a French court of "inciting racial hatred." She was fined 5,000 € (US$6,000) and it is the fourth such conviction/fine she has faced from French courts. These recent fines pertain to her aforementioned book. In particular the courts cited passages where Bardot referred to the "Islamization of France" and the "underground and dangerous infiltration of Islam." (France's 5-million member Muslim community is the largest in Europe.) In the book she also referred to homosexuals as "fairground freaks," and she condemns the presence of women in government. Bardot's previous comments that led to convictions included ones encouraging civilian massacres in Algeria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot

Ben E. King
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Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson in September 28, 1938 in Henderson, North Carolina) is an American soul and pop singer.He is best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a top ten hit in both 1961 and 1986.

In 1958, Ben Nelson joined a doo wop group, The Five Crowns. Later that same year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with the Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with the Drifters. He co-wrote the first hit by the new version of the Drifters, "There Goes My Baby" (1959). He also sang lead, using his birth name, on "Save the Last Dance for Me," a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, "Dance With Me," "This Magic Moment," "I Count the Tears," and other Drifters hits.

In 1960 he left the group after failing to obtain a raise in salary and increase in his share of royalties. He adopted the stage name Ben E. King and performed solo. His first hit as a solo performer was "Spanish Harlem" (1961). "Stand by Me" was his next recording. "Stand by Me", written by King along with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller was voted one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Stand by Me" and "Spanish Harlem" were named as two of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and were both also given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.

King's records continued to place well on the pop charts until 1963, when British pop bands began to dominate the popular music scene. His hits after 1963 were "What is Soul?" (1967), "Supernatural Thing, part 1" (1975), and the re-issue in 1986 of "Stand by Me," which became popular after serving as the theme music of the movie of the same name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_E._King

Stand By Me
Ben E. King

(Ben E. King/Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we´ll see
No I won´t be afraid, no I won´t be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin´, darlin´, stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won´t cry, I won´t cry, no I won´t shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin´, darlin´, stand by me, oh stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah

----- guitar -----

Whenever you´re in trouble won´t you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Darlin´, darlin´, stand by me-e, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Silver dollar...anyone know/ remember this song, from the 1950s I think, which began

"When you roll a silver dollar
Upon the ground
It wil ro-o-oll
Because it's ro-o ound...."

Maybe it was by Guy Mitchell. I only very dimly remember it.

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors.

Bob, I really enjoyed reading through your bio's this morning. Extremely informative, especially the one about Ed Sullivan. I saw the movie, The Doors, with Val Kilmer, and the one thing that I remember about it was the defiance of Jim Morrison as he included those taboo words.

I caught bits and pieces of the movie, adapted from Stephen King's novelette, The Body, and I believe the song, "Stand by Me" was featured, but I'm not certain of that.

Incidentally, Boston, I hope Reyn can retrieve your hawk avatar.<smile>

McTag, I wish I could be a part of your memory concerning the Silver Dollar Song, but it's too early for me.

How very quiet it is this morning, listeners, and "...dark and deep..."

This seems an appropriate song to play for all of us Florida folks:

She Makes Me High

Ah, yeah, yeah
Oh Baby

She is calling
And you don't want to answer back
I'm falling
Trying to find my way back
Maybe I'll never know
Where I've been (what I've seen)
I hope she'll meet me in
between
So I hope I get through this hurricane
And teach me how to smile again

She makes me high (She makes me high)
She makes me high (She makes me high)
She don't even try (She makes me high)
And I wanna know why (why, why, why)
Do, do, do, hey yeah
Do, do, do

The world's calling
And it's falling at your feet
And you're sorry
Is it so hard to believe
There's an innocence surrounding you
I see the way that people look at you
So hold my hand through this hurricane
And teach me how to smile again

She makes me high (She makes me high)
She don't even try (She makes me high)
She makes me high (She makes me high)
And I wanna know why (why, why, why)

She puts her turn out
She is good
She suits me like
I wish you would
She is honest now
She is true
She's the complete
Opposite of you (cheers, applause)

She makes me high (She makes me high)
She makes me high (She makes me high)
She makes me high (She makes me high)
(Why) I wanna know
She makes me high (She makes me high)
She makes me high (She makes me high)
And I wanna know why
She makes me high

A natural high, of course. <smile>

You Light Up My Life

So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now
You've come along

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey,
I love You
Never again to be all alone

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song

It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause You
You light up my life

Subject: Please tell me this won't happen to us!


>> An elderly Floridian called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car
>> has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to
>> the dispatcher: "They've stolen the stereo, the steering
>> wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she cried. The
>> dispatcher said, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way." A few minutes
>> later, the officer radios in. "Disregard." He says. "She got in the
>> back-seat by mistake"
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> FAMILY
>> Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the
>> 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to
>> the other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?" The 94 year old
>> yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the
>> stairs and pauses "Was I going up the stairs or down?" The 92 year old
>> is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She
>> shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knock
>> on wood." She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I
>> see who's at the door."
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> "I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!"
>> Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine
>> March day. One remarked to the other, "Windy, isn't it?" "No," the second
>> man replied, "it's Thursday." And the third man chimed in, "So am I.
>> Let's have a beer."
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> SUPERSEX
>>
>> A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As
>> she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say Supersex."
>> She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair Flipping her gown at him,
>> she said, "Supersex." He sat silently for a moment or two and finally
>> answered, "I'll take the soup."
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> ROMANCE
>>
>> An older couple were lying in bed one night. The husband was falling
>> asleep but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk. She said:
>> "You used to hold my hand when we were courting." Wearily he reached
>> across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep. A few
>> moments later she said: "Then you used to kiss me. "Mildly irritated, he
>> reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.
>> Thirty seconds later she said: "Then you used to bite my neck." Angrily,
>> he threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed.
>> "Where are you going?" she asked.
>> To which he replied "To get my teeth!"
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> DOWN AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER
>>
>>
>> 80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at
>> the retirement home. She
>> holds her clenched fist in the air and announces,
>> "Anyone who can guess
>> what's in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!"
>> An elderly gentleman
>> in the rear shouts out, "An elephant?" Bessie
>> thinks a minute and says,
>> "Close enough."
>> _______________________________________
>> OLD FRIENDS
>>
>> Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years,
>> they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their
>> activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
>> One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said,
>> "Now don't get mad at me .. I know we've been friends for a long time
>> ..but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I
>> can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is." Her friend glared
>> at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her.
>> Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> SENIOR DRIVING
>>
>> As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang.
>> Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I
>> just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on
>> Interstate 77. Please be careful! " "Hell," said Herman, "It's not just
>> one car. It's hundreds of them!"
>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
>> DRIVING
>>
>> Two elderly women were out driving in a large car- both could barely see
>> over the dashboard. As they were cruising along, they came to an
>> intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through. The
>> woman in the passenger seat thought to herself "I must be losing it. I
>> could have sworn we just went through a red light." After a few more
>> minutes, they came to another intersection and the light was red again.
>> Again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was
>> almost sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that
>> she was losing it. She was getting nervous. At
>> the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on
>> through. So, she turned
>> to the other woman and said, "Mildred, did you know that we just ran
>> through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!"
>> Mildred turned to her and said, "Oh! Am I driving?"

Oh, my Gawd, Bob. You just destroyed the moment. I love it! I had this all planned to play after your song, so I'll play it anyway.



The Coral - In The Morning Lyrics

Artist: The Coral
Song : In The Morning

Lyrics:

Shut the bedroom window in the morning
Go to the shop, make plans to be leaving
In the morning...
Thought I was sleeping,
it was just a dream,
An alleycat chewing on dead leaves
In the morning...

Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes
I will be all right

When I leave I try not to wake him
Tiana toast to yesterday's capers
In the morning....

He wrote my name on a red telephone box
When I got there he'd already rubbed it off
In the morning....

Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes I will be all right

And all this time I've watched it change
But it's still the same

In the morning...
In the morning...
In the morning...
In the morning...

I doubt it...


source

Well, my goodness, nimh. Letty didn't write that silly verse. Didn't I give credit to the proper person? <smile>

After reading your report, I now begin to wonder why the giant squid haven't become extinct before this.

Any requests, dear?

Isnt it amazing?

Since nimh is such a rare visitor here, I'd like to play - if yu don't mind, Letty - this song especially for him:

THE AMAZING STROOPWAFELS

TROPISCH NEDERLAND

In dit koude kikkerlandje met z'n vochtige klimaat
Mist en nevel natte jassen , zwarte paraplu's op straat
Al die regen en depressies dat is nu voorgoed voorbij
Het is buiten 30 graden , heerlijk weer en 't is pas mei

Voor een zonnige vakantie hoeft u niet meer ver op reis
Blijf in Nederland uw tropisch zwemparadijs
Van Den Helder tot Cadzand Paradiso palmenstrand
Nederland warmt op iedereen een bruine kop

Eens zal de Betuwe in bloei staan met banaan en kokosnoot
D'r zit een aap in de gordijnen en een luipaard op je schoot
Slingerend aan de lianen over 't kolken van de Lek
Hangen Tarzans van Vianen met een Jane al om hun nek

Ik zing in Stroe Aloha oe
Er zwemt weer haai in de Brielse baai

Kijk wat vliegt daar door mijn klamboe een malariamuskiet
Tussen kraalhutten van bamboe in de jungle van Hoogvliet
Ik weet zelf niet of het waar is , naar de toedracht wordt gegist
Er wordt in Goes een missionaris nu al maandenlang vermist

:wink:

Quite, nimh. The following song is an antithesis to your report, but I prefer to think of the basic romance of it all.

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Song: Isn't It Romantic? Lyrics

Isn't it romantic?
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard.
Isn't it romantic?
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word.
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love.
Isn't it romantic
Merely to be young on such a night as this?
Isn't it romantic?
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss.
Sweet symbols in the moonlight,
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romance?

(instrumental)

Sweet symbols in the moonlight,
Do you mean that I will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romantic?
Isn't it romance?

Btw: I copied the lyrics from the "Waltertje's Lyrics Site"

Oops, Walter. I missed your dedication song to nimh. Wish I could read it, but whatever, if it's from a Walter site, it must be delightful.

I thank you, and I'm certain nimh thanks you as well.

Speaking of a sighting, listeners. I noticed that our Calamity Jane is back. That's a relief.

Good day WA2K.

I like your bio choices, Bob.

The movie "Stand By Me", based on King's novel, did indeed feature Ben E. King's version of the song, Letty.

And today's birthdays:

1573 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
1901 - William S. Paley, television pioneer (d. 1990)
1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
1923 - William Windom, American actor
1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor
1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and trade unionist
1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1938 - Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter
1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor
1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
1947 - Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1947 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and congressman
1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
1970 - Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder
1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress and singer



Network:
Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad.
Howard Beale: [shouting] You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,
[shouting]
Howard Beale: 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it:
Howard Beale: [screaming at the top of his lungs] "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

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There's our Raggedy, listeners. Thanks, gal, for the celeb updates. I appreciate your having clarified the bit about "Stand by Me", honey.

Your excerpt sounds familiar. Hmmmm. We'll let our listeners guess.

Prosper Merimee sounds familiar. I will check that out, because I do believe that I have read a short story by him.

At least for me he indeed is...

Good morning all!

Well, there's our Francis. I knew that I had read a short story by Prosper Merimee, and the following is a brief synopsis, listeners:

"Mateo Falcone", is one of the short ones. It is the story of a Corsican outlaw who kills his boy for betraying a fellow-bandit who sought shelter in his house. Mateo is what may be called a "respectable brigand." He lives unmolested by the police who are glad enough to let so formidable a man sleep in peace. The other outlaw is pursued and wounded by the police; when he seeks refuge in Mateo's house, he find no one at home except the young son who has been left in charge. The boy hides the wounded man so skillfully that the police fail to discover him and would have had to forego their booty had not the officer tempted the boy to betray the man's whereabouts by offering him a bribe. The passage which describes him dangling the bright watch before the boy's face is perfect; the temptation is too strong and a little thumb points to the place of concealment. When the father returns, the boy is punished as the first one of the family who had ever been a traitor.

A rather harsh punishment, right Francis?

Yes, he was unfortunate, unlike his name...