A tip o’ the ol’ Dog Rat virtual toupee to my friend Morris for tipping me off to a guest appearance by Stan Lee tonight on the CBS sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory.’
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Category: Cartooning
The fifty year circus
Charles M. Schulz lived to see ‘Peanuts’ reach its 50th anniversary year, but not the actual anniversary date of October 2. Bil Keane’s ‘The Family Circus’ comic strip first appeared on February 29, 1960. Unlike Schulz, Keane has had help for many years producing his strip, but it’s still an anniversary worthy of recognition.
Hotel Penn: From Big Bands to Comic Books
Denro is heading to New York for a comic book show at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Seventy years ago, the Cafe Rouge at the hotel was a hotspot for hipsters to hear the biggest of the big bands, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra…
Snoopy’s dog house not included
As I’ve noted before, Prue Bury’s home in France is for sale, and so is a former home of Charles M. Schulz.
Hmm… TV needs updating. A 65″ plasma or ceiling-mounted LCoS projector would do nicely.
Is this the Peppermint Patio?
Why Don’t We Do It in the Abbey Road?
Well, it seems that Abbey Road Studios aren’t up for sale, after all.
[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2010/FEB/TheWorldAbbeyRoad.mp3]Even if it were, Andrew Lloyd Webber promised over $50 million to buy the place.
Meanwhile, Paul McCartney will be playing Phoenix and Los Angeles next month.
Here’s a bit of Paul at the brand-new Citi Field in New York last summer, before we saw him at ancient Fenway Park in Boston.
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What’s up, coming up
I’m busy with stuff. Answering some mail that can’t be answered quickly, figuring out how to pay for Eric’s college next year, and continuing to work my knee that in return continues to not work as it should.
When I get back to blogging I’ll have Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ralph Meeker, Morty Gunty, Bing Crosby. Les Paul and, of course, the Beatles.