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All Hail, Terry Jones
At best, the self-proclaimed preacher Terry Jones belongs in the 19th century, at worst he’s simply nuts, and not in the intentional, good way that Monty Python’s Terry Jones is.
Charlie Brown no longer United, he’s Universal
Less than a month before the 60th anniversary of the introduction of Peanuts by United Feature Syndicate, there is the announcement that the strip will leave United Media for Universal Press Syndicate, now called UClick.
Remember the 90’s?
Denro pointed out this Boston radio tidbit:
This weekend, Mix is bringing you back to the 90’s with music that will make you say Oh Wow! You’ll hear some old favorites like Marky Mark, Hanson, Spice Girls and more! We can hear you saying “Oh Wow” to yourself right now! It’s all weekend on Mix 104.1!
This can’t be right. Having a weekend music mix celebrating a decade that’s only ten years ago, as if it were the distant past, would be ridiculous, like having a Doo-wop tribute band at Woodstock!
Meet the Beetles
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. Brodax’s next project was to produce another batch of cartoon Beetles, but they were Beatles.
A friend of a friend
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.