I’m on a Boston-bound Amtrak Acela train that was two hours late leaving Penn Station in NYC. Before I say anything about meeting Prue Bury, read this, because it’s about Prue’s dear, old friends the O’Neals, who Prue is staying with right now:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/garden/05apthorp.html
I have been in unit 11L of the Apthorp, and unit 11K appears to be undergoing renovations, so presumably it will soon have occupants. [To see who moved in, click here.]
I’m off to New York City for a couple of days. See the banner picture and category of this post.
Saturday was the 60th anniversary of Beetle Bailey, created by Mort Walker. The comic strip was introduced before Peanuts, and unlike Charlie Brown the premise and setting changed. For most of its run Beetle Bailey has been on an Army base, but it started out with Beetle in college.
There was a series of Beetle Bailey cartoons produced in the 60’s by Al Brodax. The ending of this one I remember very well.
Brodax’s next project was to produce another batch of cartoon Beetles, but they were Beatles.
One of Prue Bury’s best friends is in this video clip, a montage-homage to the film Carnal Knowledge. I’m in the middle of reading her memoir, which has almost nothing to do with modeling, or acting, or anything glamorous.
September 3, 1964, 5 pm — Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis
Denro and I have various catch-phrases we like to use, and at least a couple of them are Beatles-related quotes. One of them is, “I can say no more,” from HELP! Another is “Touring became intolerable,” from an 80’s documentary, now out-of-print, called The Compleat Beatles. Here’s the complete Compleat. The quote is at 1h 12m into the video.
http://youtu.be/DrvhyL0cIm4?t=1h12m10s
