Someone else had a cancer removed in January, but his was in a very different place than mine. Note: Fry used private insurance for the procedure, not the UK’s National Health.
By the way, Fry’s heritage is — surprise! — Jewish.
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Moore Cooking
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, no strangers to performing live on stage, landed on Broadway in 1973-74 with their show called “Good Evening.” At its grittiest in the mid-70’s, New York was nevertheless receptive to the duo’s decidedly British comic antics.
Running Legacy
Medical student Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile in 1954. Dr. Bannister, who became Sir Bannister in 1975, has died of Parkinson’s Disease.
A BBC radio feature I catch every so often is called “Desert Island Discs.” In 1992 Bannister talked about his favorite music.
Leave it to the Public Domain
Is “Leave it to Beaver” in the public domain? Because every episode is on Archive.org. MeTV is still showing them, and if the series were in the public domain you’d think it would be on a lot of channels.
On Facebook, Jerry Mathers recently pointed out that he had worked with Hugh Beaumont before LITB. Watching this promotional film for a cemetery, you can see why Hugh was hired to play Ward Cleaver.
Keep on Truckin’
This post isn’t about the Grateful Dead, and it isn’t about Robert Crumb, but there is a cartooning connection. It was a surprise for me when it came up in this “Fresh Air With Terry Gross” podcast. I recommend listening to the entire interview, but if you don’t want to wait to find out, listen to enough of it to get the gist, then jump to about 24:00.
An Afternoon In 14 Minutes
When you don’t know if you’re coming or going…
https://youtu.be/3nzWZomOYmQ