THE AUTUMN YEARS

 

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE!

 

HAPPY EASTER!

 

LIVING ALONE

Being Alone

OSCAR NIGHT 2024...

Each passing year, I find less and less things to enjoy about the Academy Awards ceremony. 

On the bright side, there are many alternate ways to enjoy the evening...like watching Bugs Bunny cartoons on my tablet...or DVD player!

The Rabbit Hole!

VALENTINE'S DAY, 2024!

After many years of singlehood, I think maybe the time has come to replace my Cupid,

 whose on target average has been 00.00!

In the meantime, may I wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day with these great pictures of my favorite blonde, Marilyn Monroe!

THE SHADOW KNOWS...AGAIN!

By the time you reach a certain age and you do not have anyone to share your life with, you realize you're chances of meeting someone are close to nil, so you accept the fact and move on with your existence...

However, the impulse is still there...and the shadow knows!

Sleeping Positions With A Kid

Whenever I visit my grandchildren, there's always that bonding moment where

you go to bed with one of them. The experience can be somewhat distressing if you

don't know beforehand what this adventure entails.

My 2024 New Year resolutions!

Happy New Year 2024...with Harry Harrison!

Harry Harrison was a radio personality, primarily in New York City, for over 50 years. Harrison is the only disc jockey to be a WMCA "Good Guy", a WABC "All-American", and a personality on WCBS-FM's oldies format. Harrison retired in June 2005. He was known as New York's "Morning Mayor" after having hosted morning drive time through most of his career.  In 1965, he recorded the holiday narration "May You Always", which was released as a single on Amy Records and made the Billboard Christmas singles chart that year. The recording has been a staple and airs every New Year's Eve on the radio station.

Harry Harrison died peacefully on January 28, 2020, at his home in Westwood, New Jersey, at the age of 89. 

 

This is a copy of the WCBS-FM letter that Harry sends out to those who request the lyrics. But, to truly appreciate it, you have to hear Harry read it.

THE COMING OF THE YEAR 2024!

Signs that tell you Christmas is over!

My Yearly Christmas Wish

My Facebook account was hacked!

More Senior Tips

The old bod ain't what it used to be!

A CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

After years of waiting, the Flip The Frog Complete Series Blu-Ray discs from Thunderbean Animation Shop have finally been released and I just received my copy, as a Christmas present from me to myself!

WIKIPEDIA describes Flip the Frog as follows:

Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American animator Ub Iwerks. He starred in a series of cartoons produced by Celebrity Pictures and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1930 to 1933. The series had many recurring characters besides Flip, including Flip's dog, the mule Orace, and a dizzy neighborhood spinster.

Ub Iwerks was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios and a personal friend of Walt Disney in 1930. After a series of disputes between the two, Iwerks left Disney and went on to accept an offer from Pat Powers to open a cartoon studio of his own, Iwerks Studio, and receive a salary of $300 a week, an offer that Disney was unable to match at the time.

Iwerks was to produce new cartoons under Powers' Celebrity Pictures auspices and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The first series he was to produce was to feature a character called Tony the Frog, but Iwerks disliked the name and was subsequently changed to Flip.

The character eventually wore out his welcome at MGM. His final short was Soda Squirt, released in August 1933. Subsequently, Iwerks replaced the series with a new one starring an imaginative liar named Willie Whopper.

 Flip became largely forgotten by the public in the ensuing years, but the character would make a small comeback when animation enthusiasts and historians began digging up the old Iwerks shorts. And finally, now in 2023, the complete Flip The Frog cartoons are available on Blu-Ray discs and ready to be enjoyed by all of us who remember them fondly.

AWFUL MOMENTS

THANKSGIVING DAY 2023

   

When you get older...you notice a few odd things!