TRUE STORY -- Sharing A Bit Of Gene Wilder

TRUE STORY -- Sharing A Bit Of Gene Wilder

5 years ago, Gene Wilder's assistant had been asked
to clear things out for him. He no longer needed his
cassette tapes. The assistant compiled a shopping bag
filled with store bought cassettes and those which Gene
himself recorded from LPs onto blank cassettes. The
assistant gave the bag to a close friend.

The close friend did not need tapes either and asked
me if I wanted them. I still had a cassette player/CD in
the car and still used the format myself on occasion.
I gladly took them.

For many months, I listened to and shared Gene Wilder's cassette
collection while driving. He obviously also shared these
at one time with his wife Gilda Radner as a few of them were
hand labeled "Gilda's Favorites" and so on.

What was there?

The majority were specific classical pieces which
he obviously loved.
There were some Broadway musicals from the 80's and 90's.
There was only one Beatles--the love song compilation album.
But what touched me the most was this.

My favorite musical film is "Umbrellas of Cherbourg."
The entire film is sung. There is no dialogue.
It has some of the most beautiful French music composed
by Michele Legrand.

Up until 10 years ago, a soundtrack to 
"Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (which is the whole film)
had never been released. Than it came out on CD.
This old home made cassette was clearly many decades
older.
Somehow, Gene Wilder and/or Gilda Radner had gotten
a copy of the soundtrack to the beautiful love film.
If you are familiar with it,  this is a very touching
part of Gene Wilder.


 
 

 

 

PROBLEM SOLVED

1. Everybody likes this guy.
2. America has become a 24-hour version
of Mad Magazine anyway.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

WANTED. NEW MANAGER FOR DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN.

WANTED. NEW MANAGER FOR
DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN.


*NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
*JOB WILL LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 8 OR UNTIL HE FIRES YOU FIRST
*MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE CLEVER EXCUSES FOR DONALD'S IRRATIONAL STATEMENTS
*RUSH LIMBAUGH AND SEAN HANNITY WILL KISS YOUR ASS
*PREFER H-1B WORKER FROM INDIA. THIS IS A MINIMUM WAGE JOB. 32 HOURS A WEEK. NO BENEFITS.
*SPECIAL TRAINING IN HOW TO TELL DONALD'S VARIOUS WIVES FROM EACH OTHER
*STAY IN LUXURY SUITE IN CASINO...SCRATCH THAT...IT JUST WENT BANKRUPT

THE WINDS OF WAR

In 1983, ABC broadcast the most expensive and magnificent mini-series to date. It was called "The Winds of War." It cost $35 million to make and was seen over seven nights. There were 240 million Americans in 1983. 80 million viewers per night were watching this story of a family caught up in the middle of the events leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II. It provides a clear basic understanding of the worldwide events that occurred up to and in the beginning of World War 2. I had forgot about how sensational this production was having only seen it in 1983 and then discovering it is currently available for free on YouTube. I just watched all 15 hours, couldn't wait every night to continue the next segment. Currently also available is "War and Remembrance," ABC's 1988 $150 million sequel. Watching that nightly right now. I cannot tell you how wonderful "The Winds of War" is and you should catch it while it is there.

SEAN HANNITY IS AN IDIOT

"Breitbart cites Gateway Pundit to prove Trump will win in a landslide because he has more Facebook likes"
...Sean Hannity.

Yes Sean. That is Very Scientific.
Even more credible than today's
NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll showing
Hillary with an 11 point lead in Pennsylvania.
And Spongebob has more likes than both
Hillary and Donald together. He'll make a
great President.

AUGUST ELECTION ANALYSIS -- ELECTORAL COLLEGE

AUGUST ELECTION ANALYSIS -- ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Every 4 years in America we play a game called 
"Electoral College." The rules of the game are basically that only a few states will determine who becomes the next President.
This will change in 2020 when the
www.nationalpopularvote.com 
becomes law and makes every vote equal throughout the United States.

In August 2016, this is how the Electoral College Map looks. They show the importance of the states in comparison. You will notice that the colors of blue dominates. They correspond to the latest polls.

 Nothing matters but who wins the most Electoral College votes. Everything else is insignificant.
I think you can determine the most likely outcome from this map. If Arizona and Georgia turn blue in the next few weeks, it's back to game shows for Donald Trump.

 

It was Monday, August 8, 1966.


The newest Beatles album, “Revolver,” was being
released in America. I was at a 3-week summer camp, Camp Chi in Lake Delton, Wisconsin. Campers had no access to any radios, TVs, or a record player.
However, a counselor saved the day by going into the Wisconsin Dells and bringing back the album for all of us to listen to. It was overwhelming.


I'm going to talk about what it was like hearing those songs for the very first time. I will make reference to the American version of “Revolver,” which is minus the songs “And Your Bird Can Sing,” “Dr. Robert” and “I'm Only Sleeping” which us lucky Americans got to hear two months earlier on an “let's make an extra Beatles album for those Beatles-obsessed Americans” put out by Capitol only in the U.S.


Side 1
“Taxman” – Whoa! The Beatles are getting political for the very first time. They're complaining about the high taxes they have to pay. And they even are attacking British prime ministers.


“Eleanor Rigby” – This is some kind of extraordinary poetic musical masterpiece using only an orchestra. And it's got a sad story and a very sad feeling.


“Love You To” – Uhhh, can you put the needle ahead to the next track?


“Here, There and Everywhere” – This is to date the most beautiful song the Beatles have ever recorded.


“Yellow Submarine” – It's a children's song! I wonder if it's going to catch on?


“She Said, She Said” – This has a really interesting sound to it.


Side 2
“Good Day Sunshine” – This song really make you happy! It sounds like it should be in a musical.


“For No One” – That is a really sad love story.


“I Want to Tell You” – There are some really brash chords in there.


“Got to Get You Into My Life” – Wow! The horns are fantastic.

“Tomorrow Never Knows” – What Was That???
Can you play that again? (there was no slang word “psychedelic” yet in America)


I listen to “Revolver” no less than 25 times a year. I have heard it a minimum of 1,250 times.
In Mono. In Stereo. (there are mix differences in some of the songs). The U.S. Version. The British Version. On LP. On 8-Track. On Cassette. On CD. On MP3. On Remastered CD.


When I slow danced later that week to “Here, There and Everywhere” and I saw the tears in her eyes, and in the eyes of every girl slow dancing in the room. And I saw the other 13-year old males overcome with emotion that they were not supposed to be showing.


The Beatles. The soundtrack of our lives.

HIROSHIMA -- Was There An Option 71 Years Ago Today?

HIROSHIMA -- Was There A Specific Option 71 Years Ago Today?

The debate goes on every year at this time. 
We can get into every possible angle on this so I am just going to focus on one particular question.

Could the United States have done a live demonstration of an atomic weapon on a remote island or shown the film footage of the "Trinity" test taken in New Mexico to a panel of Japanese military and scientists?

Why do I even ask this?
That is because the United States is supposed to take the high road and set examples for the rest of the world.

1. Would the Japanese believed that the film footage of the "Trinity" test was real?
ARGUMENTS AGAINST:
*Probably not. Animation and special effects were already so sophisticated in both the American and Japanese film industry for the time, they would have thought it was created at Disney.

2.  Could Japanese representatives been taken to an empty remote island and a demonstration show them the awesome destruction of an atomic bomb?
ARGUMENTS AGAINST:
*There is a possibility that the bomb would have not gone off and nothing would have been accomplished.
*It would have been one less atomic bomb the U.S. would have had. There was the "Trinity" bomb, the Hiroshima bomb, the Nagasaki bomb and unknown to almost everybody--there was one more ready to go.
*The Japanese might not have been impressed regardless. After all, they didn't seem to be bothered by 100,000 Japanese dying in May 1945 during the ultimate U.S. bombing of Tokyo. They wanted to keep going even after that.

ARGUMENT FOR:
Maybe showing them the film would have made them surrender.
Maybe demonstrating the real thing to them on an empty remote island would have made them surrender.

If both of these options were presented, there was nothing to lose. The subsequent plans could have continued if the results were not satisfactory.

Should the U.S. have at least tried these options?
 





 

THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FUN TODAY!

THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FUN TODAY!

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT DONALD TRUMP COULD NOT
SAY ANYTHING ELSE OUTRAGEOUS IN 24 HOURS--HE FINISHES UP THE
DAY BY CALLING HILLARY CLINTON "THE DEVIL."

THIS MAKES ERIC CARTMAN A LIVING PERSON!

THE MEDIA IS SLANTED. isn't it fun???!!!

Even though I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of today's media alliance to pounce Donald Trump, I must admit that this coordinated coalition effort among America's media (with the expected exception of Fox News) proves that the Major Media has specific agendas that coincide with their corporate perspectives.