Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Robert Tait reports in The Guardian: Amid simmering political tensions, a fierce post-election crackdown and a depressed economy, reasons to be cheerful are hardly in abundant supply in Iran. Now Tehran city council has found an antidote to gee up down-in-the-mouth inhabitants : the good old belly laugh. It is starting laughing clubs in an effort to reach [...]
The Sniper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
From the blog Reuters Blogs’ Oddly Enough, this is a portion of a post by Robert Basler: As you can see in this combo shot above, Tayyab doesn’t ONLY create men’s clothes for The Shirtless Look. For instance, there’s also the Red Vest and No Shirt Look. Close your eyes and picture Art Carney on [...]
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Film news: Singer Justin Timberlake is set to play Boo Boo in a forthcoming film adaptation of the cartoon Yogi Bear.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Anna Faris, Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake are set to star in a film version of Yogi Bear. and Boo Boo in a new film version of the popular cartoon.
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Actress Carrie Fisher is 53. Actress Joyce Randolph (”The Honeymooners”) is 85. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 69. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s is 68. Singer Elvin Bishop is 67. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”) is 67. Actor Everett McGill (”Twin Peaks”) is 64. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 63. [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Actress Joyce Randolph (The Honeymooners) is 85. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 69. Singer Elvin Bishop is 67. TV judge Judy Sheindlin ( Judge Judy) is 67. Actress Carrie Fisher is 53. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 36. Actor Jeremy Miller (Growing Pains) is 33. Actor Will Estes (American Dreams) is 31. Actor Michael McMillian (True Blood) is 31.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 18-24:
Edward Copeland on Film (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. I watched a lot of television in the summer of 1981, and most of that came courtesy of WGN in Chicago—which due to its “superstation” status was offered by our cable service in my hometown of Ravenswood, WV. Most people remember that summer as the year of the Major League Baseball strike (the fifth one since 1972) and while I haven’t forgotten it either,...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Ralph Kramden ( played by The Great One, Jackie Gleason ): "Alice, don't you realize that if I'm elected Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Raccoon Lodge, you and I get free burial at the Raccoon Cemetery in Bismarck, North Dakota?" Alice Kramden ( played by Audrey Meadows ): "Gee Ralph, I'm so excited, I don't know whether to live or die."— The Honeymooners ( Thanks to...
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 15/08/2009
Guy Trebay of The New York Times certainly knows how to spot a breaking new trend. And this time he's spotted a shocking one: the pot belly. Guy calls it "the Ralph Kramden." (For those of you who are under 30 or who've never caught an episode of The Honeymooners when it ran on Nick at Nite, Ralph Kramden was Jackie Gleason's character in the classic sitcom. Come to think of it, Ed Norton...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
The Brooklyn-inspired TV classic "The Honeymooners" is one of 20 shows from the 1950s commemorated in a new series of stamps.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Postal Service is going into show biz.
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Get a load of this: Jackie Gleason's wife and stepson turn out for debut Ralph Kramden woulda tried to figure out how to make a fortune off his picture on a postage stamp.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
PFT: Vince Young says he'll be the next black quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
A Yankee-in-Belgrade (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
Comedian Jackie Gleason said "How sweet it is!" about Brooklyn on his show "The Honeymooners," but inhabitants of Hershey, Pennsylvania, America's chocolate town, believe it's sweeter here! I took a tour of the Chocolate Town Exhibit, which is a far cry (for the better, in a way!) of the tours I took as a kid. Back then, you could tour the real factory, come finger-licking close...
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