Donovan, at full flower, with Pattie Boyd’s kid sister Jenny and Graham Nash.
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She’s not bionic after all
As my sister Jean will corroborate with sarcastic glee, as a young man a secret shame of mine was “The Bionic Woman.” Today, I had the pleasure of saying hi to Lindsay Wagner.
Lindsay put a lot into making “The Bionic Woman” more than just a spin-off of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” and for her efforts she won an Emmy. Ostensibly a kid’s show, there was plenty in there to keep college boys like me watching, as seen in this video that a Lindsay fan put on YouTube. You’ll see scenes from a beauty pageant, and you’ll find the complete episode below.
Lindsay is an advocate of homeopathic health, and she holds seminars and workshops as part of a program she calls “Quiet the Mind, and Open the Heart.” Here is part of a recent conversation with Lindsay.
Ellie Drake-Bionic Woman of Healing Lindsay Wagner Pt 2
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There isn’t a DVD set of “The Bionic Woman” in America yet, although Linsday says it’s been released in England and elsewhere in Europe. She was surprised to learn today that some of the shows are available on Hulu. Here’s the beauty pageant episode.
A temporary cure for Dry Eye Syndrome
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Colbert the Immortal
Comedy Central splits this video into two parts, and the sound is muffled, so I made my own transfer. This sort of thing, from Thursday’s show, repeating tomorrow, is why I enjoy watching Stephen Colbert so much. Unfortunately, later in the show he had Woody Harrelson as a guest, who I can’t stand.
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Happy Pet Day
Happy Birthday, Petula Clark!
Petula says she’ll continue to work and perform as long as there’s an audience. Judging from this appearance in France a few months ago, she still has an audience.
It was 40 years ago, on Petula’s birthday, that BBC One TV broadcast its first programme in colour. BBC Two had been transmitting in colour for some months. The first colour show on BBC One was, “An Evening With Petula.”
Sour Sugar, Sugar
If you’re of a certain age, the Monkees were once a very big deal. For two-and-a-half years I’d loved the Beatles, and “Revolver” had just been released. I was amazed by their progression, but I still loved light Pop music, and I thought the Monkees were great.
Way back in January, the Smithsonian Channel showed “Making the Monkees,” about the fascinating birth, brief life, and demise of the Pre-Fab Four, the all-time greatest manufactured Pop music entity. Here are five minutes from the documentary, focusing on the conflict between the group — especially Mike Nesmith, not so much Davy — and music supervisor Don Kirshner.
Mike’s interview is over ten years old, but the others were interviewed more recently. All of them, after these many years, still speak with anger and bitterness over what happened. Everybody was right, and everybody was wrong, but Kirshner comes across as a fool, for thinking that any four guys could have done what the Monkees did.
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