Froma Harrop: About the People Who Serve Us (Creators Syndicate)
A New York voice boomed from the back of the long car rental line: "Wha'd they do, lay off half the people?" One of my thoughts no doubt shared by fellow detainees waiting, waiting at the big-name car rental office at a Florida airport. Behind the desk flashed a screen informing us of the company's very high ratings for customer service. I was not the only one smirking.
Henry Rollins: The Unrelenting Misery of the Holidays (LA Weekly)
As you consume your sugarfied coffee drink, you look over your text pal's shoulder to see a gray-haired man writing in a notebook at great speed with unnerving intensity. That's me, you dumb bastard! I've been there for hours. In fact, it's my second shift. I was at the Starbucks in Burbank because they open at 0430.
Scott Burns: A Different Kind of Investing (AssetBuilder)
… I'm going to pursue a different theme in some of my columns this year. I call it Investing-Without-Money. …Tell me where to go to find people who are creating a good life with a little income, rather creating a good life by starting with a lot of income. If you're one of those people, send me a note. I'll call, maybe visit, tell your story and, just maybe, share some useful wisdom.
The Ross Sisters (YouTube)
The Ross Sisters were a trio of female sibling singing dancers consisting of Aggie Ross, Elmira Ross, and Maggie Ross, (whose real names were Veda Victoria, Dixie Jewel and Betsy Ann Ross). The Ross Sisters performed as a 3-part harmony trio, in which they also danced and did acrobatics and contortionism. Their public attention peaked during the 1940s, during which they were featured prominently in the film Broadway Rhythm.
Jonathan Harris (born Jonathan Charasuchin; November 6, 1914 - November 3, 2002) was an American character actor. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the TV version of The Third Man and the prissy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science fiction television series Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided the voice of "Manny", a praying mantis in the animated feature A Bug's Life.
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Marian was first, and correct, with:
Jonathan Harris
Charlie wrote:
Most familiar as Dr. Smith
Alan J responded:
Jonathan Harris
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Jonathan Harris
Adam answered:
Jonathan Harris.
Sally said:
Born Jonathan Charasuchin, actor Jonathan Harris had a degree in pharmacology from Fordham Un.
Although he was born in NY, I did not know of him until I saw his photo. He remains an unknown character actor to me...
PS: I have a friend who lives in Puerto Rico. I was commenting to her that if I were there, we could go to the beach and swim. To this she replied, "¡Dios mío, no one swims now, it's TOO COLD!" I have known this woman for over 40 years, and she still doesn't know that I am a Nordic woman! She has that 'warm climate, thin blood" that all the southerners seem to acquire when living in the heat...
I like the beaches in PR, they have trees on the shore line! I must put another visit there on my bucket list!!
Lois In Space Of Oregon responded:
Ah, now you speak of matters dear. Jonathan Harris was a
delight! Who else could hold his own in a scene with a
talking carrot (sad footnote: the carrot was later in a car
accident and left a vegetable), and his reply to a question
about his accent; "Are you British"? "No no, my dear. Just
affected." I LOVE Doctor Smith AND Robot! Watching "Lost in
Space" as an impressionable young girl helped make me the
man I am today (a gay one trapped in a woman's body). Oh,
how I miss the Golden Age of Everything.
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norfallcali still no precip, took the day off.
MAM wrote:
Jonathan Harris (1914 - 002) The prissy villain Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science fiction television series "Lost in Space". My kids loved this program.
BttbBob replied:
Ha! You thought, mebee, that I'd pick that dorkmeister "Dr. Smith" from "Lost in Space" ("Oh, the pain!"), eh? No way... Here ol' Jonathan depicts, of all people, Charles Dickens in a 5th season "Bonanza" episode... I catch "Bonanza" episodes, occasionally, in the late afternoon on the "TVLand" network. It's amazing the noted actors that were on that program as guests...
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Why, just last week I saw "Little Joe" beat up a 'bad guy' played by Charles Bronson. Yeah, right... Like, "Little Joe" could take ol' Charlie fer real.
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"Arctic Vortex be gone!" Moment - Earlier this week we had wind chills -25, or so. Today it was 41 with a spring-like sun... Go figure. Oh, and it rained hard and long yesterday on top of the 10" of snow we got Monday-Tuesday. Not the best ice fishing conditions, I'm tellin' ya...
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(52) She seems to me to be a teenager trapped in a middle age body... She's whacko, but funny...
(36) "Legolas"... He of the never empty quiver. I'd want him on my side. Yep...
(79) Speaking of 'whackos'...
Born this day:
(1919-2003) He was 'Untouchable'... I loved that program when I was a tad.
And, Joe S answered:
He first changed his occupation from pharmacist to wizard then magically changed his place of birth to Japan and his name to Jonathan Usuke in the mistaken belief it would help him to become a famous as an actor. That didn't work out at all, no one took him seriously because he neither looked nor sounded Japanese. He then reversed the magical spell and reverted to Jonathan Charasuchin and renounced his wizardly affiliation, but then everyone laughed at him so he changed his name to Jonathan Harris.
After that he got acting jobs but was not famous until he landed the role of Dr. Zachary Smith on a stupid TV series called Lost in Space. He did well in this role because he wasn't acting, he was actually playing himself. He really was a self-serving, insufferable ass. Because of his role as Dr. Smith he became a "Famous Minor TV Personality." Sadly he never progressed beyond that.
Famous Minor TV Personality Full of Himself
Aaron Paul was ROBBED!! Chiwetel Ejiofor was ROBBED!!
THRILLED that "Twelve Years a Slave" won!!!!!! KUDOS to the HFPA for the obvious slap to the Duck-fucking racist-loving A&E ilk who continue to plumb the depths of ignorant sheep who give up their cracker food-stamp/welfare at Wal-crap just to foist their merch. I suggest that we all pool $ to send copies of "Twelve Years.." off to the Robertson inbreds and offer free screenings at their "churches".
Interesting that no person of color won this year; guess the NFPA, ( made up of almost entirely white, European voters) might be feeling threatened?
Happier'n a smooth AMBM that "Breaking Bad" got its' final due!!
Sunny, and the Santa Ana's are supposed to come to town.
So, had my credit card denied at Target on Friday. Wasn't humiliating at all.
Turns out the store that was responsible for my card being hacked let me know it had been hacked by refusing it.
Tonight, Monday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'Mike & Molly', followed by a FRESH'Mom', then a FRESH'Intelligence'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Bill Cosby and Sleigh Bells.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Kevin Bacon and Karla Souza.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'American Ninja Warrior', followed by a FRESH'The Blacklist'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Jennifer Lopez, Aaron Eckhart, and Dorian Holley.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Queen Latifah, Jon Bernthal, and London Grammar.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Nick Cunningham & Dallas Robinson, St. Lucia, and Madi Diaz.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Bachelor', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Kevin Costner, Harry Connick Jr., and Kevin Costner & Modern West.
The CW offers a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie', followed by a FRESH'Beauty & The Beast'.
Scheduled on a FRESHArsenio Hall are Tyrese, Wendell Pierce, Gary Owen, and TGT.
Faux has a FRESH'Almost Human', followed by a FRESH'Sleepy Hollow'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Duck Dynasty', followed by a FRESH'Don't Trust Andrew Mayne', then another FRESH'Don't Trust Andrew Mayne'.
AMC offers the movie 'Mission: Impossible III', followed by the movie 'X-Men', then the movie 'Judge Dredd'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 5 - Ep 5 - Flesh and Stone
[9:00AM] TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY-Season 4 - Ep 8 - End of the Road
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 12 - The Wounded
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 13 - Devil's Due
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 14 - Clues
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED US - Season 4 - Ep 1 - Revisited: Down City, Classic American, Davide
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 4 - Ep 5 - The Curry Lounge
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 1
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 2
[6:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 5
[7:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 6
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 1
[9:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 2
[10:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 20 - Episode 3
[11:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 5
[12:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 18 - Episode 6
[1:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 10 - Episode 4 - Botswana Special
[2:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 3
[3:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 13 - Episode 1
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 1
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 15 - Episode 2 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of BH', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of BH', then a FRESH'Vanderpump Rules', and 'Real Housewives Of BH'.
Comedy Central has an old 'Colbert Report', an old 'Jon Stewart', 'Futurama', another 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and still another 'South Park'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Roger Ross Williams.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is David Fanning.
FX has the movie 'Hall Pass', followed by the movie 'The Hangover Part II', then a FRESH'Archer', followed by a FRESH'Chozen'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Enter the Dragon
[8:15AM] Batman Forever
[10:45AM] Mulberry Street
[12:30PM] Enter the Dragon
[2:45PM] Batman Forever
[5:15PM] No Country for Old Men
[8:00PM] The Wrestler
[10:15PM] We Were Soldiers
[1:15AM] We Were Soldiers
[4:15AM] Captivity (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Law & Order-Misconception
[7:00AM] Shrink
[9:15AM] In America
[11:30AM] Cassandra's Dream
[1:45PM] Heathers
[4:00PM] Law & Order-In Memory Of
[5:00PM] Law & Order-Out of Control
[6:00PM] Law & Order-Renunciation
[7:00PM] Law & Order-Heaven
[8:00PM] Law & Order-His Hour Upon the Stage
[9:00PM] Repo Man
[11:00PM] Breaking Bad-End Times
[12:00AM] Breaking Bad-Face Off
[1:00AM] Kiss of Death
[3:15AM] Repo Man
[5:15AM] The Writers' Room-Game of Thrones
[5:45AM] Lipsett Diaries (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Blade II', followed by a FRESH'Lost Girl', then a FRESH'Being Human', followed by a FRESH'Bitten'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Courteney Cox, John Leguizamo, and Jamestown Revival.
Canadian rock icon Neil Young launched a blistering attack on the Harper government and Alberta's oilsands at a news conference on Sunday, saying that he was "shattered" after visiting a Fort McMurray industrial site he compared to the atomic bomb-devastated wreckage of Hiroshima, Japan.
Joined on the Massey Hall stage by representatives from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Young was especially scathing in his criticism of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's "hypocritical" administration, which Young said was ignoring science to irresponsibly drive corporate profits.
"Canada is trading integrity for money," said the environmentally engaged 68-year-old rocker. "That's what's happening under the current leadership in Canada, which is a very poor imitation of the George Bush administration in the United States and is lagging behind on the world stage. It's an embarrassment to any Canadians."
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation represents a community living roughly 200 kilometres downstream of current oilsands development. The group is embroiled in a legal battle to protect their traditional territory from further industrialization.
Young, who was born in Toronto before launching his storied music career in Winnipeg, was ferocious in his condemnation of what he sees as a violation of treaty rights.
Sarah Silverman arrives at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Colin Young-Wolff
An all-star lineup of musicians feted Gregg Allman Friday night at a tribute concert heralding the southern rock luminary and the blues rock that influenced many artists to follow his band's early 1970s success.
Traditionally, Allman's biggest fans have been in the audience, dancing and swaying to his southern rock ensemble's well known songs like "Melissa" and "Midnight Rider." But on this night those effusing about Allman the most were on stage in Atlanta, performing for him and beside him - including Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal and Vince Gill.
Allman, who has come back strong from a liver transplant in recent years, said he feels years younger and fit enough to go on the road again.
The event signals a bit of a wind down for the Allman Brothers Band as two members, Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, announced earlier this week they are leaving the band at the end of 2014. Haynes joined the group in 1989, and Trucks became a member in 1999. Trucks' uncle Butch Trucks was the drummer and one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers band.
We can't wait for the new "Star Wars" movie next year.
Until then, while we rewatch the first six (or maybe five) films, we can't think of a better way to mentally prepare than with nostalgic photos from the set.
"Star Wars" actor Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca in the series has shared more than 50 photos on Twitter this week from the making of the original trilogy.
The cast of the drama series "Breaking Bad" pose backstage after they won the award for Best TV Series, Drama at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 12, 2014.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson
Pamela Anderson is giving marriage another try - with ex-hubby Rick Salomon.
The "Baywatch" alum was looking pretty in pink and wearing a huge new diamond ring on the red carpet at Sean Penn's Help Haiti Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The 46-year-old told E! News that she's once again off the market, having quietly tied the knot with the producer.
This is Anderson's second time down the aisle with Salomon. They first said "I do" in Las Vegas in 2007. At the time, she was working as a magician's assistant in a stage act at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. After the 7 p.m. show, she left to marry Salomon, 45, during her 90-minute break. She was then back in time for the 10 p.m. performance.
They split almost immediately and annulled the marriage in 2008.
A permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia sold for $350,000 at an auction in Dallas on Saturday with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals despite protests from animal rights groups that saw the sale as immoral conservation.
The license allows for the killing of a single, post-breeding bull, with Namibian wildlife officials on hand for the hunt to make sure an appropriate animal is selected.
The Dallas Safari Club had been expecting the permit to bring $250,000 to $1 million at an auction held during its annual convention. The hunt will help in managing the population and provide an underfunded Namibian government hard cash in the expensive battle to thwart poachers, it said.
There are about 25,000 rhinos in Africa - 20,000 white rhinos and 5,000 black rhinos - with the majority in South Africa. Namibia is one of the leading habitats after that.
From left, The Edge, Bono, and Adam Clayton of U2 perform on stage at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Colin Young-Wolff
Gene Simmons wagged his trademark tongue as an all-glammed-up Kiss swept down the John Varvatos runway in an unannounced appearance during Milan Fashion Week.
The band that brought glam to rock decades ago gave a burst of energy to the Varvatos' rock-inspired menswear preview for next winter Saturday, bringing the normally restrained fashion crowd to its feet to "Rock and Roll All Nite."
Varvato's designs have that "rock persona," Simmons said, adding "if he wasn't designing clothes, he'd have a guitar around his neck."
Singer and guitarist Paul Stanley said the band met Varvatos during Milan Fashion Week last year when they were performing in the city. The band has since signed on to do an ad campaign for Varvatos.
Actress Diane Keaton presents and accepts the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Woody Allen at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 12, 2014.
Photo by Paul Drinkwater
There was no fist-pumping or wild celebrations by the polygamous family that stars in the TLC reality TV show "Sister Wives" when a federal judge in Utah struck down key parts of the state's polygamy laws.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Kody Brown and his four wives said they felt humbled and cried when they heard in mid-December the judge ruled in their favor in a lawsuit they brought against Utah in July 2011 after they fled the state for Las Vegas under the threat of prosecution.
Kody and his wives - Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn - said they hope the landmark ruling stands and enables other polygamous families in Utah to live open and free without fearing prosecution.
Jonathan Turley, the Browns' Washington, D.C.-based attorney, said he's been told Utah will appeal. He said he's eager to defend the ruling before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The ruling decriminalizes polygamy, but bigamy - holding marriage licenses with multiple partners - is still illegal. Utah's law was considered stricter than the laws in 49 other states because of the cohabitation clause. If the ruling stands, Utah's law would be identical to most other states that prohibit people from having multiple marriage licenses. In most polygamous families in Utah, the man is legally married to one woman but only "spiritually married" to the others.
Sean Penn arrives at the 3rd Annual Sean Penn & Friends HELP HAITI HOME Gala on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Photo by Colin Young-Wolff
Legend has it that the long arm of Texas law once extended to hotel balconies where the men with star badges would take into custody anyone who violated a state statute forbidding people to hunt buffalo from such a perch.
The legend ends at the Legislative Reference Library of Texas, where a small team of well-referenced librarians has gone through the records and sorted out fact from fiction when it comes to the laws of the Lone Star State.
There was never any state law forbidding buffalo hunting from the second floor of a hotel. But a person who fired a weapon in those circumstances would probably face other violations of criminal law.
The library has received a steady stream of requests from the public and lawmakers to see if a certain statute is still on the books or whether it existed at all. It recently sorted through claims for an exhibit at its home in the state capitol building.
Bolivia's Culture Minister Pablo Groux (R) and indigenous leader Leonilda Zurita hold posters made of coca leaves next to the podium during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Uyuni, some 450 km (280 miles) south of La Paz January 12, 2014.
Photo by David Mercado
"Lone Survivor" triumphed at the weekend box office. The patriotic Navy SEAL drama starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster smashed expectations to earn $38.5 million domestically in its first weekend in wide release, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Universal film directed by "Friday Night Lights" and "Battleship" filmmaker Peter Berg is based on Marcus Luttrell's memoir about a dangerous mission his Navy SEAL team embarked on in Afghanistan in 2005.
In its eighth weekend, Disney's icy animated tale "Frozen" stayed cool in the No. 2 spot, earning $15 million and bringing its domestic total to $317 million, passing Disney Animation's $312 million record set by "The Lion King" in 1994. "Frozen" also topped the international box office with $27.8 million from 50 international markets.
Paramount's controversial "The Wolf of Wall Street" scored No. 3 in its third weekend, earning $9 million and boosting its total domestic haul to $78.6 million. The hedonistic tycoon drama directed by Martin Scorsese stars Leonardo DiCaprio as reckless stock broker Jordan Belfort. The film earned an additional $10 million from 17 international territories.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday:
1. "Lone Survivor," $38.5 million ($750,000 international).
2. "Frozen," $15 million ($27.8 million international).
3. "The Wolf of Wall Street," $9 million ($10 million international).
4. "The Legend of Hercules," $8.6 million ($650,000 international).
(tie) "American Hustle," $8.6 million ($5.2 million international).
5. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," $8 million ($22.2 million international).
6. "August: Osage County," $7.3 million ($175,000 international).
7. "Saving Mr. Banks," $6.6 million.
8. "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones," $6.3 million ($15.5 million international).
9. "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," $6.1 million ($3 million international).
10. "Her," $5.4 million.
Activists from a human rights group known as National Commission for Justice and Peace form a peace sign during a demonstration demanding to effort for peace in the country, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan 12, 2014.
Photo by K.M. Chaudary
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