Best buddy Denro gifted me with a new turntable mat to add to my growing collection of rotating fun felts.
An original 1967 Mono LP that I “borrowed” from my sister and “forgot” to return.
Author: DOuG pRATt
More Fan Chat
Denro and I were at the Albany Comic Con today. We were flipping through a portfolio of Spider-Man comic strip original art belonging to our pal, Joe Sinnott’s son Mark, who told us the run of syndicated reprints is coming to an end. On my phone I opened the Washington Post app and brought up today’s reprint.
At that moment Denro landed on a piece of original art and said, “Hey, I think this is it!” Indeed it was.
Most of the originals in the portfolio were autographed by Stan Lee, but not this one, because Stan had passed away the previous November. Losing Stan knocked the wind out of Joe’s sails, and King Features deciding to let the Spider-Man strip die with Stan didn’t help, leading to Joe having some assistance when completing the final batch of strips.
Fan Chat
Word is circulating among comic book fans that Barry Windsor-Smith suffered an Ischemic stroke in May. He reportedly spent about a week in a hospital.
True Equivalency
Equal in the Eyes of the Law.
The Leader
The Follower
A Pair of Jeans
In 1951, Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters appeared together in the fluffy film Take Care of My Little Girl. When I see Jeanne I think she was more beautiful than Jean, and when I see Jean I think she was more beautiful than Jeanne. When they’re together I can’t make up my mind.
Jeanne and Jean became close friends. They looked as though they could have been sisters, and in a bit of casting that was equally obvious and inspired, they played sisters in Vicki, from 1953.
As a murder mystery Vicki isn’t a great movie, but it’s fast-paced and entertaining. Along for the ride with Jeanne and Jean there is Richard Boone before Have Gun Will Travel, Carl Betz before The Donna Reed Show, and Aaron Spelling before he became a TV producer.
Louie Lewy, Me Gotta Go
I’ve been going through old recordings on my FiOS TV DVR. How old? Last night I watched an episode of Louie that was recorded on August 2, 2012. “Whoever dies first,” says Robin Williams. Almost exactly two years later, he committed suicide.
Williams had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. An autopsy revealed Lewy Body Dementia. Then Louie C.K. pulled a “metoo” and committed career suicide, but it was temporary and he’s been back on stage for a while.