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Alan Hale, Jr.
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Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale Mackahan, March 8, 1921 - January 2, 1990) was an American movie and television actor, famously known for his role as the Skipper Jonas Grumby on the cult sitcom Gilligan's Island, as well as for his many supporting roles in movies. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr.. After his father's death, he was credited in roles as simply "Alan Hale".

He was born in Los Angeles, California, after his father had already begun a career in silent movies in Hollywood. His father enjoyed a much more successful film career as a supporting character actor, continuing into sound films opposite Clark Gable and Errol Flynn, among many others. The two Alan Hales looked almost exactly alike.

Hale, Jr. performed in his first movie as a baby. In adulthood, he made a smooth transition to a full career and continued to act until his death. In his adult career he was noted for his supporting character roles in such movies as Up Periscope, The Lady Takes a Flyer, The Giant Spider Invasion and The West Point Story. He also appeared in many westerns, and starred in the 1958 TV series Casey Jones.

He died in Los Angeles from respiratory failure due to cancer.

The popularity of Gilligan's Island "typecast" its actors and they had difficulty finding other work. Alan Hale often said he didn't mind being so closely identified with the Skipper. He owned a very popular restaurant and would often greet customers in his "Skipper" hat. Alan Hale was known for his great love of children. When he was dying of cancer, he learned there was a sick child in the same hospital who loved the show. He went to see the boy and said "The Skipper's here, son, everything is going to be all right".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hale%2C_Jr.

Cyd Charisse
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Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. She was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1921, in Amarillo, Texas. Reputedly, the name "Cyd" was a nickname resulting from the inability of a sibling to pronounce the word "Sis".

Cyd Charisse had celebrated on-screen pairings with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Her body of work includes two of the most acclaimed dance sequences in musical cinema, the "Broadway Melody Ballet" sequence from the movie Singin' in the Rain and the "Girl Hunt Ballet" from The Band Wagon. Younger fans might remember her from her appearance in Janet Jackson's "Alright" music video.

Cyd Charisse has been married to singer Tony Martin for more than 50 years, an almost unheard of milestone for a Hollywood marriage. Martin was previously married to musical actress Alice Faye and Cyd was previously married to Nico Charisse.

She has two sons - Nico (Nicky) Charisse from her first marriage and Tony Martin Jr. from her marrage to Tony Martin. Her niece is actress Nana Visitor.

She has written a joint biography with Tony (and Dick Kleiner) called The Two of Us (1976).

Now in her 80s, Charisse still makes occasional appearances in documentaries on Hollywood musicals. When she was in her 60s, she produced a workout video.

Note: She is often thought to be, and incorrectly described as, Jewish, possibly because of her birthname - although she is in fact not Jewish at all; however, her husband, Tony Martin, is Jewish.

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

ynn Redgrave
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Lynn Rachel Redgrave OBE (born March 8, 1943 in London, England) is a British-American actress born into the famous acting Redgrave family. Her parents are Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave, her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave.

Lynn Redgrave's first film role was in a small part in Tom Jones in 1963. In 1966 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Georgy Girl. She has worked on television, the London stage, and Broadway. She has twice been nominated for Tony Awards and is the 1977 and 1995 winner of the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.

Other films include The Happy Hooker, Every Little Crook and Nanny, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask), The Big Bus, Sunday Lovers and Morgan Stewart's Coming Home. From 1979 to 1981, she starred in the American television series House Calls. In 1998 she appeared in Strike! and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gods and Monsters. In her latest film, Kinsey, which starred her nephew-in-law, Liam Neeson, she has a brief but poignant and widely praised role.

In 2000, Redgrave divorced her husband of 33 years, producer John Clark, when it was revealed that he had fathered a child with his assistant. The assistant eventually married, then divorced, Redgrave and Clark's son Benjamin. Several years ago, Redgrave announced that she has breast cancer. She has written a play, The Mandrake Root, in which she will star. As of March 23, 2005, the website of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut states that she will be appearing live on stage in the play Sisters of the Garden, about the Mendelssohn and Boulanger sisters, on March 30, 2005. As of early 2005, she is reported to be writing a one-woman play about her battle against cancer, from which she is evidently in remission, and her 2002 mastectomy, based on her book Journal: A Mother and Daughter's Recovery from Breast Cancer with photos by Annabel Clark (Redgrave's youngest daughter) and text by Redgrave herself.

Redgrave was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, although she later became a naturalized citizen of the U.S.. She narrated Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis for Harper Audio.

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

Reading, Bio Bob.

After successfully passing the bar exam, a young
man opened his own law office. One day he was
sitting idle at his desk when his secretary
announced that a Mr. Jones had arrived to see
him. "Show him right in!" the lawyer replied.

As Mr. Jones was being ushered in the lawyer had an idea.
He quickly picked up the phone and shouted into it "...and you
tell them that we won't accept less then fifty thousand dollars,
and don't even call me until you agree to that amount!"
Slamming the phone down he stood up and greeted Mr. Jones,
"Good morning, Mr. Jones, what can I do for you?"

"I'm from the telphone company," Mr. Jones replied.
"I'm here to connect that phone."

Great joke, Bob, and the perfect squelch

I became interested in Tony Martin, folks, so I searched him out and found this song:



Artist: Tony Martin
Song: Here

(Recitation)

If some of ya'll never been down South too much...
I'm gonna tell you a little bit about this, so that you'll understand
What I'm talking about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the
woods and the fields,
looks somethin' like a turnip green.
Everybody calls it Polk salad. Polk salad.
Used to know a girl that lived down there and
she'd go out in the evenings and pick a mess of it...
Carry it home and cook it for supper, 'cause that's about all they had to eat,
But they did all right.

Down in Louisiana Where the alligators grow so mean
There lived a girl that I swear to the world Made the alligators look tame

Polk salad Annie polk salad Annie
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was working on the chain-gang
(a mean, vicious woman)

Everyday 'fore supper time She'd go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess o' Polk salad And carry it home in a tote sack

Polk salad Annie 'Gators got you granny
Everybody said it was a shame
'Cause her mama was aworkin' on the chain-gang
(a wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin' woman,
Lord have mercy. Pick a mess of it)

Her daddy was lazy and no count
Claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for was stealin' watermelons out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Cause her mama was a working' on the chain gang
(Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a mess of it)

Hi C.I.,

I was just lurking around A2k and heard your name.....thought I'd poke my head out to salute one of our most esteemed members.

hope you and your lovely wife are well!

(jjorge slips back into the weeds)

Well, my goodness, JJorge, quit lurking and play something Irish. <smile>

And while we wait for JJorge to play a shamrock song, here is a dedication to our Reyn:



The things I used to like, I don't like any more,
I want a lot of other things I've never had before,
It's just like my mamma says, I sit around and mourn
Pretending that I am so wonderful and knowing I'm adored

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,
I'm as jumpy as a PUPPET ON A STRING.
I'd say that I had spring fever,
But I know it isn't spring

I'm as starry eyed and gravely discontented,
Like a nightingale without a song to sing.
Oh, why should I have spring fever,
When it isn't even spring?

I keep wishing I were somewhere else,
Walking down a strange new street,
Hearing words I have never never heard,
From a man I've yet to meet.

I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams,
I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing,
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud,
Or a robin or a bluebird on the wing,
But I feel so gay in a melancholy way,
That it might as well be spring,
It might as well be, might as well be,
It might as well be spring.

Which it will be, folks, along with St. Paddy's Day.

...coming soon to a computer near you:

'Will You Taste Some Irishness ' 2006 edition
(beginning Friday March 10th, on A2K) :-)

Van Morrison › Brand New Day

When all the dark clouds roll away
And the sun begins to shine
I see my freedom from across the way
And it comes right in on time
Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light
And it comes from the sky above
Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me
And lights my life with love

Chorus:
And it seems like and it feels like
And it seems like yes it feels like
A brand new day, yeah
A brand new day oh

I was lost and double crossed
With my hands behind my back
I was longtime hurt and thrown in the dirt
Shoved out on the railroad track
I've been used, abused and so confused
And I had nowhere to run
But I stood and looked
And my eyes got hooked
On that beautiful morning sun

Chorus

And the sun shines down all on the ground
Yeah and the grass is oh so green
And my heart is still and I've got the will
And I don't really feel so mean
Here it comes, here it comes
0 here it comes right now
And it comes right in on time
Well it eases me and it pleases me
And it satisfies my mind

Chorus

Ah, Try. Thanks, dear for that Brand New Day.

The following line inspired another song, listeners:


".....But I stood and looked
And my eyes got hooked
On that beautiful morning sun...."



Ouga Chaka ouga! ....

I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me.
Girl, you just don't realize
What you do to me.
When you hold me
In your arms so tight,
You let me know,
Everythings alright, ahahah

I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me.

Lips as sweet as candy.
Their taste stays on my mind.
Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine.

I got it bad for you girl,
But I don't need a cure,
I'll just stay addicted, If I can endure
All the good love, when we're all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on.

I'mmm, I'mmm Hooked on a feeling.
I'm high on believing that you're in love with me.
All the good love, when we're all alone
Keep it up girl, yeah you turn me on.

Ahaha I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me.

I'm hooked on a feeling,
I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me.

I say I'm hooked on a feeling,
And I'm high on believing,
That you're in love with me.
I'm hooked on a feeling.

chiming in a bit late, as usual, but another song for Reyn:

My love she speaks like silence
Without ideals or violence
She doesn't have to say she's faithful
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire
People carry roses
And make promises by the hours
My love she laughs like the flowers
Valentines can't buy her.

In the dime stores and bus stations
People talk of situations
Read books, repeat quotations
Draw conclusions on the wall
Some speak of the future
My love she speaks softly
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no succes at all.

The cloak and dagger dangles
Madams light the candles
In ceremonies of the horsemen
Even the pawn must hold a grudge
Statues made of match sticks
Crumble into one another
My love winks, she does not bother
She knows too much to argue or to judge.

The bridge at midnight trembles
The country doctor rambles
Bankers' nieces seek perfection
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring
The wind howls like a hammer
The night blows rainy
My love she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing.

Ah, Mr. Turtle, what a lovely pawn song, dear. I thank you, and Reyn thanks you.

Hey listeners, in the game of chess, most of us know how to castle, right?


Artist: Castle
Song: Castle



Billions of years ago, sudden I was there
Placed on a rock, around it a lake, the borders that far
In the middle of the waste, it rose to the sky
The place was warmed by a young, yellow burning star
But why???
It had no enemies, until our tribe appeared
They filled the waste with science, soon it all was fertilized!
They filled the waste with the victims of human GREED!!!
Huge, black walls surround the place; the last defence
Massive towers, with magic aura, grabbing for the sun
Winged guardians on the walls, armed with sorcery
The Arch-mage and his son prepared a medusa-stun

Mustard-seeds growing on the walls
Soon they tumble and they fall
The guardians fought at Thermopylae
Choosing Hades as the only way

Impale them with your lust!
Stun them with your GREED!!!

Soon they all, they tumbled their fall
They fell, bleeding, into an endless night
The Virgin was raped, but no one helped her at all
The Arch-mage, he wept, his Son was crucified!

The Arch-mage scorched the Earth with his magic breath
After that he drowned us all, with his endless tears
Forty days of bitter sorrow brought the tribe to death
Very few survived it all, haunted by their fears

Man was scattered over Earth
Lost in too many different languages.

Wow! That is one powerful song.

OMG Letty, I didn't know you actually read all this.

Song: A New Day Has Come Lyrics
Celine Dion

A new day has...come
I was waiting for so long
For a miracle to come
Everyone told me to be strong
Hold on and don't shed a tear

Through the darkness and good times
I knew I'd make it through
And the world thought I had it all
But I was waiting for you

Hush, love

I see a light in the sky
Oh, it's almost blinding me
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun
A new day has...come

Where it was dark now there's light
Where there was pain now there's joy
Where there was weakness, I found my strength
All in the eyes of a boy

Hush, love

I see a light in the sky
Oh, it's almost blinding me
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun
A new day has come

But of course, Try. In our little studio, I hear and read everything. It's my responsibility as Program Director, honey.

I just listened and read your lovely "New Day".

Well, folks it seems that our hamburger will be taking a tour soon, and Walter is taking our vast audience on a tour; McTag is marking books. (he'll be fined for that) and Francis is giving hints and reading pommes. <smile>

Back later, folks, with a "pomme" of my own.

and here it is, listeners:



FIONA APPLE



"When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing before he enters the ring
There's nobody to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter 'cuz you know that you're right"



That's for McTag, Walter, Francis, and Reyn. Love it!

Ready for another idiot story?

Masked Man Tells Bank: 'Just Kidding'

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - A man wearing a ski mask walked into a bank and demanded money, then told tellers, "just kidding," authorities said.

Ryan Wright, 20, surrendered to police Monday night, said Sgt. Mark Hanson, a Williston police detective. Wright was formally charged Tuesday.

Judge David Nelson set his bail at $1,000 and ordered Wright to stay away from alcohol and bars. A preliminary hearing was set for March 21, court officials said.

"He never showed a weapon, but the tellers got quite scared and concerned and thought the worst," Hanson said.

No customers were in the bank at the time of the Feb. 17 incident, he said. Wright then went about his banking business, taking some money from his checking account and then leaving.

If convicted, Wright faces up to five years in jail and a $5,000 fine.

"You don't walk into a bank with a ski mask and say 'Give me all your money,'" Hanson said. "It's just like going on an airplane and saying you have a bomb."

My word, Reyn. I think I have heard it all, now. Five years for a practical joke ain't funny, plus he gets to have a hangover. I almost feel sorry for the guy.