Invasion of the Picture Snapper
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
I had gotten the signed photo of Kevin McCarthy (seen at right) back in the late 1990’s when my friend Bob picked it up for me at one of the Hollywood Collector Shows. Then I lamented about missing a chance to get a photo with him after he had appeared another Collector Show in 2005. Somehow I was afforded one final opportunity to get my picture taken with this 96-year-old legendary actor who had starred in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Death of a Salesman in 1951. Read the rest of this entry »
Readers of this website might get the impression that I enjoy visiting the Disney parks. And of course, they would be right. So naturally I grabbed yet another opportunity to hang out at both Disneyland and California Adventure following my visit to the Hollywood Show in Burbank on Saturday, February 12, 2011. We had made a relatively brief visit the night before, so this brush with Disneyland represented the first time ever that I visited the park on two consecutive days. 
Edd “Kookie” Byrnes has appeared a several autographs shows that I have attended, and each time I saw him I bypassed him. It’s not that I had anything at all against Mr. Kookie, it’s just that I had never seen his starring detective vehicle 77 Sunset Strip in which he played Gerald Lloyd “Kookie” Kookson III – so I just wasn’t particularly interested. And even though I’ve seen Grease many times, which included his role as dance show host and contest judge Vince Fontaine, that just wasn’t quite enough to tip the scales. 
Mom, Bob, and I had had a great time exploring Miami the day before, but now it was time to move on to our next destination: the Imagination ship which part of the fleet of cruise liners – the fifth of eight build in the Fantasy class. Not only was the ship itself similar to the Ecstasy that I had Mom and I had both been on for the 1996 Sons of the Desert 
I first saw Vicki Lewis in the two episodes of Seinfeld in which she portrays George’s secretary Ada. Over the course of her first episode, George has sex with her, promises her a raise, requests one, and then ends up making less than she is. Her character was both charming and funny, puncuated by a playful line in which she tells George proudly “I’m good at what I do”. After I began watching NewsRadio, I appreciated Vicki Lewis even more in her role as Beth. What’s more, she also has a bit of a Disney connection as she is the voice of Deb in Finding Nemo.