Author: DOuG pRATt

Debbie Needs a Day Job

Debbie Daughtry at WNYC with Mr. & Mrs. Colbert

That’s Debbie Daughtry with Stephen and Evie Colbert at WNYC, just ten days ago. WNYC recently announced another round of layoffs and today on LinkedIn, Debbie announced that she’s looking for a new job. Debbie does not live by Boss Radio 66 alone!

Debbie Daughtry / Sound Engineer at Ichiban Radio Productions

Hi everyone! I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. If you hear of any opportunities or just want to catch up, please send me a message or comment below. I’d love to reconnect. hashtag#OpenToWork

About me & what I’m looking for:

Experienced Broadcast Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Skilled in Streaming Media, Pro Tools, Adobe Audition, Audio Engineering, and Audio Post Production. Strong operations professional graduated from The University of Georgia.

  • Radio Host, Podcaster, Sound Designer, Audio Engineer, and Music Curator roles.
  • I’m open to roles in Brooklyn.
  • I’ve previously worked at New York Public Radio.

Howard’s End

On the Roku Channel I’ve been watching Leslie Howard’s son Ronald as Sherlock Holmes, in the 1950’s TV series. The shows are good fun, and being in the public domain they’re widely available.

The old Alfred Hitchcock Presents series is also on the Roku Channel. Ronald Howard appears in an adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s 1890 short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”.

Howard as a Southern plantation owner was a clever bit of casting, considering that his father was Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind. I can’t embed the Hitchcock episode, but this link will take you there.

https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/b19e33491d2656a3a444fce5d0281a12

Rerun Rudolph Rerun

Who’d a thunk that sixty years after it first aired, the stop-motion Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer would continue to be shown on network TV? After being on CBS for decades, this year it returned to NBC, where it premiered in 1964.

This time it ran for 75 minutes, with the extra 15 minutes used for more commercials, rather than an introduction to note the anniversary. On the plus side, Rudolph looked brand-new, even better than on my Blu-ray copy.

Fifteen years ago here, I answered the question “Hermey or Herbie?” As heard in this video clip, there’s no confusion why there’s always been some confusion about the wannabe dentist elf’s name.

A Fanclub of One

Of interest to very few other than myself, today on TCM I caught Bomba on Panther Island. It’s the second movie in the “Bomba the Jungle Boy” series and it features my very first childhood crush, Allene Roberts.

Allene’s dress that’s seen early in the movie seemed familiar.

Yep, just as I thought. It’s the same dress that Allene wore later in “The Haunted Lighthouse”, the first of her three appearances in The Adventures of Superman.

They weren’t kidding about “Poverty Row,” the term that was coined in the movie business for the ultra-low budget studios! Maybe it was one of the dresses Allene’s seamstress mother made for her.

Allene goes swimming with Johnny Sheffield, who before playing Bomba the Jungle Boy was simply “Boy” in the Weissmuller Tarzan series. Allene bears something of a resemblance here to Maureen O’Sullivan, who was Sheffield’s mother Jane in the Tarzan movies.

Speaking of Allene, eBay currently has a couple of unique items. I had a tough time deciding which one to bid on.

Norman Rockwell’s Vision of My Future

In 1965/66, Norman Rockwell envisioned the girlfriend I would have ten years later, right down to the drawing pad and jeans with boots. Except for her height. Marion was almost 5’10” tall. Few girls could pull off this classic “college art student” look so beautifully.

Picasso vs. Sargent, by Norman Rockwell, 1966

As with other Rockwell paintings, Picasso vs. Sargent has a humorous idea behind it, like a single-panel gag cartoon. Here is a critique by someone who has put a lot more thought into the painting’s gag than I have.

https://massmedievalist.substack.com/p/the-massachusetts-medievalist-on-23d