news from me (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
Here's another one of these. Back when I had an answering machine — in the primitive era before voice mail was invented — I had answering machine messages recorded by a number of great cartoon voice actors. I've been posting...
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
I'm happy to say that WFMU has become one of the first places people come to on the internet when they want to learn about Arnold Stang. Sadly, I do not have as much time to devote to elaborate articles...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
By David Lambert - Wagon Train - Going West brings you 12 exciting episodes, with great stories and western scenery and featuring a terrific cast, starring John McIntire as the Wagon master with Denny... (more)
Way Out Junk (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
These are some fun animal stories narrated by the unmistakeable voice of Arnold Stang. (If you don't recognize the name, you'll certainly recognize his voice!) I thought it odd that that fact isn't advertised on the record cover itself. It is mentioned on the record's label though. Part of me wonders if these were originally meant to be collected together (although the last story does reference the...
Sadly, No! (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
ABOVE: With great power comes great imbecility Because he is somewhat articulate and gives the appearance of thinking before he speaks, it is easy to believe that Mark “The Human” Steyn is only stupid about politics. But, in fact, as with his as-portrayed-by-Arnold-Stang American counterpart James Lileks, the musical theater enthusiast is capable of being [...]
news from me (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Here's a scene you may remember from It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — the demolition of a service station by Jonathan Winters and two attendants. The attendant on the left is the brilliant comic actor Arnold Stang....
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Every city seems to have at least one radio station that saves an hour each night as a sanctuary from the plethora of angry right wing talk radio that overwhelms the all-night frequencies. That one hour or so often contains...
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
1972’s THE RED, RED DRAGON was Australia’s first feature-length animated cartoon and by all accounts was an enjoyable, energetic musical fantasy. It apparently played kiddie matinees throughout the US but it never played around here. While it looks like the kind of film you see in the dollar bins at WalMart, IMDB says that the picture (also known as MARCO POLO JUNIOR VS THE RED DRAGON) has not been...
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 09/28/2007
Actor William Windom is 84. Windom continues his career; IMDb lists nearly 250 credits for him. He was the congressman in The Farmer’s Daughter and Dr. Seth Hazlitt on Murder She Wrote. IMDb says Windom's kindergarten teacher was Margaret Hamilton. Comic actor Arnold Stang is 82. Stang was a comic foil — [...]
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 09/28/2007
Your birthday today: You are impulsive, emotional, impatient and like to get results quickly. You have originality, and are quite versatile, quick to grasp a point and have good judgment. You have a keen sense of humor, are winsome and vivacious, loving and demonstrative in your family. Your home life will be happy one. There are no others listed in the book to share your birthday. Did we say you have...
The Last Visible Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2007
Here’s a very important post on the Otto Preminger film “Skidoo,” one of the few movies that gets sold as completely, utterly bizarre and ACTUALLY IS. That's because it's usually the final stop for people who have seen a gazillion completely, utterly bizarre films and can't imagine this one is all that they say it [...]
