Hey Hey It’s Another Monkee!
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
The only thing that was unfortunate about getting the chance to meet Davy Jones at the July 18, 2009, Hollywood Collectors show, was that I didn’t find out that he was going to be present until after I had already arrived in California. So even though I had just acquired a nice color photo of The Monkees that I had had Mickey Dolenz sign in October 2008, I hadn’t brought it along with me. But despite that annoying fact, I was thrilled to be meeting yet another Monkee – and the most popular one at that! Read the rest of this entry »
Bruce Abbott’s film career was rather brief, and mostly he starred in low budgt flicks. In fact, these days he works as an architect and is semi-retired from performing. However, he did star in one over-the-top, entertaining, cult classic that made it a must to get an autograph from him. That movie was the insanely and disgustingly entertaining 1985 sci-fi horror flick Re-Animator. 
Ernest Borgnine falls into the classification as ‘legendary actor’ – and was one of the driving forces that inspired me to travel to Chicago on October 17, 2009. Although he looked great, he was 92 years old, so I didn’t know when there might be another chance to get to meet this Oscar-winning performer. Borgnine had claimed the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in Marty in 1955. 
Of all of the celebrities whom I have met, I must say that Jenilee Harrison has to be one of the nicest. As a buff of Three’s Company, I was excited to meet the gal who replaced Suzanne Somers in the series, portraying her almost-as-dumb but way-more-clumsy cousin Cindy Snow. She appeared throughout the entire fifth season of the show as the third roommate, but then was relegated to a lesser role in the sixth season having moved out of the apartment to make way for Terri Alden, played by Priscilla Barnes. 
Ever since I was a kid, the whistled version of Sweet Georgia Brown has indicated that the Harlem Globetrotters were coming to town. I can’t say exactly when it was, but I do recall seeing the Globetrotters live at least once and always enjoyed their antics, trick shots, and sense of fun in their exhibition basketball games – which were the hoops version of professional wrestling. Meadowlark Lemon is one of the most famous of the team, having played for them for 22 years and over 16,000 games.