Best of luck to Senator Ted Kennedy, who has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
Month: May 2008
A New Petula Clark Blog
Last year there was a short-lived Petula Clark blog. There was some synergy between my Petula posts and “Petula Clark: Driven by Emotion,” but that blog met an untimely and abrupt end. Petula Clark’s UK fan club has just started a new Pet blog, that you can see by clicking here.
A Beatle In Transit
Here’s a fab picture I found recently in a book that I hadn’t seen before. George Harrison with his parents, Louise and Harold, getting ready to fly to America for the second time. George had flown to the U.S. on his own in September ’63 to see his sister Louise. George’s father looked like George Orwell! The custom British European Airways logo was later seen in A Hard Day’s Night.
Dear Prudence, Won’t You Come Out to Play?
Everybody knows the story of George Harrison meeting Pattie Boyd on the set of A Hard Day’s Night. But who is the girl in this photo?
For my money, for sheer beauty she is in Vivien Leigh territory, and she outshines Pattie. Here they are together in AHDN.
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But who is she? I’m not 100% sure, but I believe her name is Prudence Hooper. There is virtually no information available on Prue Hooper that I have ever been able to find. Where are you, Prudence?
For Bester Or Worster
I admire the work of cartoonist Lynn Johnston. Months ago she promised a resolution in For Better or for Worse to Elizabeth’s romances. But now that Lynn seems to finally be wrapping it up, doesn’t it seem a bit too much like a typical school girl romantic fantasy, where she has so many options? Elizabeth is engaged to a boring, stable guy, yet there’s a less responsible, but more exciting, guy she can hang onto as an option.
Petula Clark on The Muppet Show
I remember watching a PET-icular Muppet Show at Bismo’s house, way back in 1977 when he was still living with his parents. It starred Petula Clark, and little did I know at the time that Bismo’s dad is also a Pet fan. One of the CD’s I had Pet sign on Sunday is for him. (Yes, Jean, there’s one for you, too!)
I was going to post these as a custom YouTube player, but whomever posted the show prevented embedding, so I downloaded them.
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