The Terrible Catsafterme

We’ve all loved David Spade in his deliciously snide roles in Saturday Night Live and Just Shoot Me. We’ve laughed with him for his wry, pessimistic, and wonderfully sarcastic roles opposite Chris Farley in the classic Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. But what do you suppose Mr. Spade would be like in real life? Surely the snippiness is all just an act, right? Well, I think I can answer that question based on the ten seconds I had with him on Saturday, April 4, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

I hadn’t planned to take the side trip excursion to Paris, France during my weeklong visit to England, mostly because I had already been there before. This may sound silly, but if I had intended to go, the number one reason would be to visit the Hard Rock Cafe. So I nearly almost passed up the trip even when circumstances (namely a couple who had signed up for the trip never made it to England) allowed me to go for free, because I knew there wouldn’t be an opportunity to get to the Hard Rock during our brief guided tour of the city. But there was one specific thing that I had not accomplished the last time in Paris, and this tipped the scales in favor of me going to Paris again. Bob passed on the opportunity although I tried my damnedest to get him to go. Read the rest of this entry »

When I first watched the classic teen beach romp film Beach Blanket Bingo, there was one thing I couldn’t get out of my head: the red hot Donna Loren crooning It Only Hurts When I Cry. I even downloaded it from LimeWire and put it on my iPod. That’s it. That’s my story. Donna Loren’s story continued though with another slew of beach films. Among them Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, and Pajama Party. Read the rest of this entry »

For some strange reason, I had thought that Martin Landau was dead. In fact, when I met his daughter Juliet Landau (who played Drusilla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer), I had mentioned to her that I had been a big fan of her father – implying that he was no longer with us. In fact, I practically accused my friend Bob of being nutty when he told me that Martin Landau would be appearing at a Hollywood screening of my very favorite film North By Northwest at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

“Sweet Baby” was the pet name that Rebecca Howe (played by Kirstie Alley) gave to her rich lover Robin Colcord (Roger Rees) in one of my all-time favorite sitcoms Cheers. And one of my favorite lines from the show comes about when Sam asks Rebecca how she was going to break it off with Robin. She replies, as she is reduced to comical Lucy-esque tears, “That’s it, sweet baby!” While in London, England on Friday, April 2, 2010, I got a chance to meet the sweet baby himself, Roger Rees – although at the time, I didn’t even know who I was getting my picture with. Read the rest of this entry »