Artists
For the last 25 years, Staten Island’s Scott LoBaido, 55, has painted thousands of renditions of Old Glory on schools, homes, fire houses, police stations, cars and canvases. Here’s an example of his art:
And here’s the artist at work:
Attention eggheads — headline from nypost.com: “NASA offering $20,000 for best idea in astronaut toilet challenge.” Be the new Thomas Crapper.
Here’s a great headline from foxnews.com: “Minneapolis council members calling to defund police hire private security after death threats.”
Here’s a sad one: “Nearly half of all coronavirus deaths in US occurred inside nursing homes.”
I’m hoping feminists start demanding the removal of statues of womanizers. Wouldn’t that be fun? And I’m still waiting for news on whether there has been movement to take down any that honor Senator J. William Fullbright, Bill Clinton’s mentor, and Senator Robert Byrd, Hillary’s.
Last night’s episode of Combat! on the Heroes and Icons channel, 9–4 on over the air antennas in NYC, featured quintessential New Yorker Denise Alexander as a French teacher trying to protect a small group of students. Born in NYC in 1939, she worked almost exclusively in TV, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019. There are 45 titles listed under her name, but that doesn’t begin to tell her story. She did 1454 episodes alone of Days of Our Lives, 122 of General Hospital, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1976, and 24 of Another World. She also has three credits in production. Here she is in character:
The episode, No Time for Pity, Season One #21, first aired in 1963. It was directed by Bernard McEveety, who had a great run on the small screen. There are 72 titles listed under his name. He did multiple episodes of popular prime time fare, including 52 of Gunsmoke. His brother, Vincent, had a similar career, 78 titles attributed to him, including 40 of Simon and Simon. A third sibling, Joseph, worked as a second unit director and AD, 15 titles, and also has 10 writing credits, including nine of The Magical World of Disney. He passed away at 50 in 1976. Bernard died at 79 in ’04, and Vincent at 88 in ’18. Here he is:
And here’s Bernard:
And Joseph:
Kudos to a family that helped entertain millions.
My thanks to the young man interested in the esoteric, who bought five books, among them Descartes’ Discourse on Method and Meditations of First Philosophy; and to the woman who purchased 11 Great Horror Stories, which includes The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe and The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft.
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