"Women - can't live with 'em, can't stuff 'em in a sack." - Larry, "Newhart"
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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. Read the rest of this entry »
On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Thanksgiving came around swiftly and without warning. Literally, I think this one creeped up quicker than any other have as I was still reeling from the the unexpected arrival of Halloween. After this, there were two down and the final of the big three to go. I had been up late the night before at Sly and Kristy’s house playing cards. I ended up sleeping in their guestroom so I only got about two hours of sleep before they had gotten up and headed off to work. Read the rest of this entry »