Gypsy Actor…Lois Nettleton

After actor Carroll O’Connor left the series “All in the Family” he went on to another series that lasted for several years called “In The Heat Of The Night. ” The series took place in ” the new South” – a little city in Mississippi. One of the regulars on this series was a woman [...]

Suzanne Pleshette – Legendary TV and Film Actress

In the late 60′s, Disney would convert their movies over to a Super 8 or 16 mm and rent them out to elementary and high schools for them to raise money. It was a good plan and my little Alabama hometown elementary school did this about once a month. For many it was the only [...]

Brady Bunch’s Sam the butcher – Allan Melvin

Being a fan of the Brady Bunch TV show, I remember watching as their maid, Alice, would go out on her off nights with Sam the butcher. Sam became a regular on the series.  When the TV show stopped we did see a few Brady Bunch movies where the girls all get married. In it [...]

Plan Nine’s Investor and Actor- Rev. Lemon

This must be the week for people tied to the campy classic film “Plan 9 From Outer Space” to take their Final Taxi. First was Vampira / Maila Nurma now I hear about the minister in the movie. Reverend Lynn Lemon, 90, was one of the Baptist investors convinced by fellow pastor J. Edward Reynolds [...]

Wham-O’s toy inventor of the Frisbee and Hula Hoop – Richard Knerr

There was a group of us kids from the neighborhood that rode our bicycles all day long through the street of my small Alabama home town. We knew short-cut and could get anywhere. We loved our bikes. We all had the high handlebars with the banana seats. A few even had the wheelie bar on [...]

Horror Film Hostess Vampira – Maila Nurma

If you have ever saw Ed Wood’s camp classic Plan 9 from Outer Space then you may have remember a ghoulish vampire looking girl running around the graveyard scenes. That character was called Vampira who was a popular television horror host in the 1950s. She was played by actress Maila Nurma who has taken her [...]

Crematorium Saving Fuel By Making “Body Heat”

A crematorium near Manchester, England, has introduced the idea of using heat produced by burning bodies to keep mourners warm. Tameside Council officials are planning to use heat generated from cremating bodies to keep people warm at Dukinfield Crematorium, the Daily Mail reported Monday. The council said the plan would reduce its carbon footprint by [...]

Dead Mouse Found In Beer Bottle ??

If a dead mouse in a beer bottle sounds like a plot in a 80’s comedy movie its because it is. The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie. The McKenzie brothers were a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted [...]

Even Dead Customers Still Have To Pay Cell Bill

I was a loyal Cingular customer. They treated me right and when I talked to someone over the phone the customer service as good. I never had a problem until AT&T bought them out. WE now have more dropped calls, bad service and if you try to talk to someone in customer service you might [...]