Wishing You All A Very Happy 2026!

NEW YEAR WISH!

                                                             As you get older, this happens a lot!

THE ANNUAL GRUMPY OLD MEN REUNION!

It's almost the end of the year so, as it always does at this time, the Grumpy Old Men Club held its annual reunion at a park bench to bid farewell to 2025 where, after much discussion and heated arguments, we decided to hold next year's meetings someplace other than a park bench. The reason? We've been bothered too much by all the damned pigeons hanging around looking for crumbs!

Bye bye, BB

 Very sad news today. Brigitte Bardot, French ‘sex kitten’ who gave up movies for animal rights, died at 91 years of age.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (28 September 1934 – 28 December 2025), often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. Famous for portraying characters with hedonistic lives, she was one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remained a major pop culture icon. She acted in 47 films, performed in several musicals, and recorded more than 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985. (Wikipedia)

                      

             

          

With Sean Connery in SHALAKO

        

  

      

Hallelujah! Christmas Time is Here!

  MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

CHRISTMAS EVE!

I'm ready!

TWO SHADES OF GRINCH

Yes! Don't get me wrong.  I enthusiastically love Christmas but there's another side to the Yuletide Season I just simply hate...and that is the crowds at department stores, the long, long lines at cashiers, the prices being hiked up on everything and the fact that it's all over, done with and gone so quickly.  Still, unlike the Grinch, I have never, ever hated Christmas. 

CHRISTMAS 2025 WISH LIST!

I have compiled a very exhaustive and thorough list of great gifts I would like to receive on this Christmas Season. And if past history serves as a guide, I know very well my list will be ignored as it typically has been the case for the last 70 plus years...but who cares! It's always a delightful exercise to think about all those lovely girls I know I'll never meet!

A CHRISTMAS MEMORIES REVIEW

ACTING! (The Christmas Sweater Performance)

Christmas is the season for gifting and receiving...and Yuletide themed sweaters are among the top favorite gifts exchanged between family and friends. If you are a good actor, you will wear your Xmas sweater with phony but very convincing pride!

DICK VAN DYKE IS 100 YEARS OLD TODAY!

Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor and comedian. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020.

(From WIKIPEDIA)

Van Dyke often spoke of his admiration for silent film era comedians such as Buster Keaton and his hero Stan Laurel

Van Dyke had a chance to do his Stan Laurel impression on the Dick Van Dyke Show with Henry Calvin portraying Oliver Hardy.

With Nancy Kwan and Walt Disney

THE COMIC (1969) with Michele Lee and Mickey Rooney

A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006) with Mickey Rooney and Bill Cobbs

 

FITZWILLY, WHAT A WAY TO GO!, THE ART OF LOVE, DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE, MARY POPPINS, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, NEVER A DULL MOMENT, BYE BYE, BIRDIE,  LT. ROBIN CRUSOE U.S.N.

COLUMBO - With Peter Falk and JoAnna Cameron in "Negative Reaction".

Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo and Dick Van Dyke as Paul Galesko

With Peter Falk, years after starring together in the Columbo episode "Negative Reaction

  

 

Barbara Bain, Patrick MacNee, Robert Culp, Robert Vaughn and Dick Van Dyke in

DIAGNOSIS MURDER

Dick Van Dyke reached the ripe old age of 100 on December 13th, 2025!