BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 28 July, 2005
Thursday
28 July, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Jazz From Hills
Trimmed Bush and Hedges
Karl Who?
One of the biggest things in the media last week was how Andrea Mitchell got man-handled by a murderous regime in Sudan for asking their prez why he killed a few million people. Oooh, Condi got pissed and demanded an an "Official" apology. So what. This guy murdered some two million people and the ladies from the U.S. are pissed because they(Andrea et.al.) were told not to ask about the murders, so they said fuck that and they violated the rules of protocol of that murderous country, which brings up, why were they there?
Well, one very good theory would be to throw enough smokebombs around the situation of Karl Rove and it's bigger cousin, the issue of why we went to war. Has our president gotten us into something due to non-negotiation with Iraq that might make Watergate look like a truthfest and confessional?
These are strong words, but I mean them wholeheatedly. I think Bunnypants has become the enemy of the people. He has , either purposely or through stupidity, damaged everything he has touched. Walker Bush has to be called on the cards he has played regarding why we went to war, when are we leaving, where is all the oil money from Iraq, where is the money appropriated to the soldiers overseas, why is he protecting a man guilty of treason (Rove), how'd he blow the surplus so fast, his relations with the bin Laden family and their relationship with the Carlyle Group, I mean, c'mon. Jesus Fucking H. Christ, folks. It goes on and on and on. When a man takes on the arrogance of afflicting his world view upon his own people he is serving, he must be willing to own up to those decisions resulting from the arrogance.
What does it take before the U.S. realizes that we were never meant to be in this conflict? There was no conflict prior to our "liberation". If one follows Bunnypant's supposed political philosophy, what in the hell was Condi Rice doing visiting Sudan? If you followed what he has said regarding rogue nations, we would be at war with Sudan, with North Korea, with Iran, with Libya, and on and on and on.
One soldier was recently asked if they were provided with a rathole during a combat in '04. He replied "We are all in a rathole, sir. " He was demoted. Can the soldiers there not speak their minds? I wonder what the feelings for Rumsfeld are from the special ops troops. Even though they are soldiers, they still have freedom of speech. I wish some would begin to speak up. The horrid conditions these men have been subjected to could not cause feelings of ill will. Wait until the truth hits them between the eyes. If Bunnypants gets hit with indictments, as he should, then the whole BFEE should crumble.
But the media is to blame as well. They overlook the big picture in order to gain ratings advantages over competitors. At least the internet has provided outlets such as Bartcop who keep the REAL ISSUES up top on page one. None of the majors do it. None of the networks do it. They'll have op-ed pieces or have a blurb someplace but, and I hate to repeat what I have said before, but we are at a very bloody war and we aren't "winning".
Why weren't Middle Eastern scholars attending those pre-invasion talks with Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney and the rest of the liars? I'm sure any Middle Eastern scholar would have warned of the risk of the religious divisions that existed and would continue to exist. The Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds have been at odds for thousands of years. Did Bush really think of himself as the Frat Boy Who Everyone Will Agree With?
Steven Bochco , a television producer who has come up with some very good drama has a new series regarding the war in Iraq. I wonder how much horror they will allow on television. Maybe it will take a television show to make people think. If things have come to information through television drama, so be it. I just hope the horror of war can begin to be translated through such a medium. I highly doubt it.
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Posted by Phillip L. Vincent to Trimmed Bush.
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CUTE CHICK ON A TRIKE
IS STOPPED BY 3 LITTLE BOYS
"CAN WE RIDE THAT THING?"
Zen Man
(in Golden Gate Park)
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Reader Comment
Re: What Lies?
Marty:
I hope your research didn't take too long!
Best,
EJ2E
Puh-leeeze, Ed.
That might have seemed like a lot of work to you, but it was closer to shooting fish in a barrel.
Not much of a sport, but it impresses republicans, monkeys, and the intellectually challenged.
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Bush's Black Voter Court Shakes Democrats (Alternet)
Ken Mehlman and the GOP are pulling out all the stops to woo the black vote.
Monica Mehta: A Self-Made Death (AlterNet)
[A] PBS documentary makes the case that the end of life is something we should be preparing for -- and not just with a 401(k).
Mark Benjamin: Turning off gays
Wayne R. Besen, author of Anything but Straight, which tracks scandals inside conversion groups, says much of the close coordination between ex-gay groups and the religious right started in 1998, when a conglomeration of 15 religious right organizations sought new traction in the culture war ....
RICHARD ROEPER: Summer debates: hot dogs, flip-flops and the box office (Chicago SUN-TIMES)
Four columns for the price of one: The late Mike Royko was a hot dog purist who believed there was only one way to enjoy a Chicago-style hot dog.
ROGER EBERT: Hustle & Flow (3 1/2 Stars)
Sometimes you never really see an actor until the right roles bring him into focus.
Compassion and Choices
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Not stinking hot or humid - quite nice.
Talked to dear old Dad tonight.
He's installed ceiling fans in a couple of rooms & is very happy with the results.
Also bragged he hasn't bought produce at the store in about a month thanks to his garden.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Big Brother 6', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: The Original One', then a RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave is Bill Murray.
On a RERUN Craig are Ringo Starr and Amy Yasbeck.
NBC begins the night with a RERUN 'Joey', followed by a RERUN 'Will & Grace', then the SERIES PREMIERE 'The Law Firm', followed by a RERUN 'ER' (starts 1 minute before the top of the hour).
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Tilly, and Garbage.
On a RERUN Conan (from 5/12/05) are Will Ferrell and Louis XIV.
On a RERUN Carson Daly (from 5/10/05) are Tom Green, Katherine Heigl, and the Eels.
ABC starts the night with a RERUN 'Extreme Makeover', followed by a FRESH 'Hooking Up'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 7/20/05) are Ty Pennington, Perry Farrell, and G-Love.
The WB offers a RERUN 'Smallville', followed by a RERUN 'Everwood'.
Faux has a RERUN 'That 70s Show', followed by another RERUN 'That 70s Show', then a RERUN 'The O.C.'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE SmackDown!'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Great Escape', followed by the movie 'The High & The Mighty', then the movie 'Island In The Sky'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 3;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Shoulder to Shoulder;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 5;
[4pm] 'Comics Unleashed' - Episode 1;
[4:40pm] 'Blackadder' - Beer;
[5:20pm] 'Blackadder' - Chains;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Episode 6;
[7pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 34;
[8pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century;
[8:40pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - It's the Arts;
[9:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - You're No Fun Any More;
[10pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 3;
[10:30pm] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 4;
[11pm] 'The Benny Hill Show' - Episode 34;
[12am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century;
[12:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - It's the Arts;
[1:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - You're No Fun Any More;
[2am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 3;
[2:30am] 'Just For Laughs' - Episode 4;
[3am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century;
[3:40am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus - It's the Arts;
[4:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus - You're No Fun Any More;
[5am] 'Just For Laughs - Episode 3;
[5:30am] 'Just For Laughs - Episode 4;
[6am] 'BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'West Wing', 'Queer Eye', 'Being Bobby Brown', another 'Being Bobby Brown', still another 'Being Bobby Brown', yet another 'Being Bobby Brown', and still another 'Being Bobby Brown'.
Comedy Central has 'Comedy Central Presents' (Jimmy Carr), 'Reno 911!', last night's 'Jon Stewart', another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Reggie McFadden), still another 'Comedy Central Presents' (Sheryl Underwood), 'South Park', 'Chappelle's Show', and 'Reno 911!'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Maggie Gyllenhaal.
History has all 'Modern Marvels' all night.
IFC -
[6AM] 'The Bad Sleep Well' (1960);
[8:45AM] 'Happy Times' (2001);
[10:30AM] 'Hoop Dreams' (1994);
[1:30PM] 'IFC July Short Film Collection II' (2005);
[3:30PM] 'Gods and Monsters' (1998);
[5:30PM] 'Hoop Dreams' (1994);
[8:30PM] 'The Grey Zone' (2001);
[10:30PM] 'Henry's Film Corner #108' (2005);
[11PM] 'The Grifters' (1990);
[1AM] 'Marie Baie des Anges' (1997);
[2:45AM] 'IFC in Theaters' (2005);
[3AM] 'The Grifters' (1990);
[5AM] 'IFC July Short Film Showcase' (2005). (ALL TIMES EDT)
SciFi has the movie 'Death Becomes Her', followed by the movie 'Army Of Darkness'.
Sundance -
[7AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (07/27/05);
[8AM] 'Security, Colorado';
[9:35AM] 'The Flower of Evil';
[11:15AM] 'Traveler';
[11:30AM] 'Aftershock';
[12PM] 'Mule Skinner Blues';
[1:35PM] 'At Five in the Afternoon';
[3:30PM] 'The Other Final';
[5PM] 'Madame Bovary' (1991);
[7:25PM] 'Security, Colorado';
[9PM] 'The Tesseract';
[10:40PM] 'Doppelganger';
[11PM] 'Anatomy of a Scene: Stander';
[11:30PM] 'The Al Franken Show': (07/28/05);
[12:30AM] 'Since Otar Left';
[2:10AM] 'Love Me or Leave Me Alone';
[2:30AM] 'The Al Franken Show': (07/28/05);
[3:30AM] 'The Tesseract'. (ALL TIMES EDT)
TCM spends the morning & afternoon celebrating
Joe E. Brown (who was born on this date in 1892).
[6:00am] 'Broadminded' (1931);
[7:15am] 'Local Boy Makes Good' (1931);
[8:30am] 'The Tenderfoot' (1932);
[9:45am] 'Elmer The Great' (1933);
[11am] 'Son Of A Sailor' (1933);
[12:15pm] 'The Circus Clown' (1934);
[1:30pm] 'A Very Honorable Guy' (1934);
[2:45pm] 'Alibi Ike' (1935);
[4pm] 'Bright Lights' (1935);
[5:30pm] 'Earthworm Tractors' (1936);
[6:45pm] 'Polo Joe' (1936);
[8pm] 'The Long, Long Trailer' (1954);
[10pm] 'They Live by Night' (1949);
[12am] 'Rain Man' (1988) [View Trailer];
[2:30am] 'Sullivan's Travels' (1941) [View Trailer];
[4:30am] 'You Only Live Once' (1937). (ALL TIMES EDT)
Friday - 07/29
TCM spends the morning & afternoon celebrating
William Powell, who was born on this day in 1892.
[6am] 'One Way Passage' (1932);
[7:15am] 'The Key' (1934);
[8:30am] 'Fashions Of 1934' (1934);
[10am] 'Reckless' (1935);
[11:45am] 'Rendezvous' (1935);
[1:30pm] 'Star Of Midnight' (1935);
[3:15pm] 'The Ex-Mrs. Bradford' (1936);
[4:45pm] 'The Emperor's Candlesticks' (1937);
[6:15pm] 'The Heavenly Body' (1943);
[8pm] 'Back to the Future' (1985) [View Trailer];
[10pm] 'Batman' (1989) [View Trailer];
[12:15am] 'It Started With A Kiss' (1959);
[2am] 'Ordet' (1955);
[4:15am] 'The French Connection' (1971) [View Trailer]. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
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Actor William Shatner, star of the returning ABC television series 'Boston Legal,' describes smoking cigars in the series as he answers questions from television critics during the ABC Summer press tour hosted by the Television Critics Association in Beverly Hills July 26, 2005. The series tells the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but emotionally challenged attorneys.
Photo by Fred Prouser
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Pushes Back Broadway Opening
'Lennon'
"Lennon," the problem-plagued musical celebrating the life and songs of John Lennon, has pushed back its Broadway opening again, this time to Aug. 14.
The show originally was scheduled to open at the Broadhurst Theatre on July 28, but later decided to open a week later, Aug. 4.
Producer Allan McKeown said the second postponement was made so director Don Scardino and his creative team could "make fundamental changes to the opening and closing scenes of the show, including adding an additional song from the John Lennon catalog."
'Lennon'
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Film co-creator Paul Provenza, left, jokes around with comedian Gilbert Gottfried, right, at the premiere of the film 'The Aristocrats', Tuesday, July 26, 2005, in New York. The film is a documentary about an abominably foul-mouthed joke comedians have been sharing for decades.
Photo by Stuart Ramson
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Agenda Remains Stalled
FCC
Federal regulators were all set to dive into the thorny issue of media ownership rules when a problem cropped up: They couldn't agree on how to get started.
The five-member Federal Communications Commission has only four spots filled, leaving an even division between Republicans and Democrats and the potential for stalemate along political lines. That's what happened on the media ownership issue, which was shelved.
That illustrates one challenge new chairman Kevin Martin faces: trying to set his regulatory agenda with only one other GOP ally on the commission. Few believe the FCC will get a fifth member - and Martin another Republican ally - before the fall, leaving the possibility that contentious issues like media ownership will remain stalled until then.
FCC
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Studios Agree on Specs
Digital Cinema
After three years of study, Hollywood studios have agreed on a technical specification to deliver digital movies to theaters.
Digital cinema promises crisper, clearer films for theatergoers. A digital "print" of a film is pristine no matter how many times it is shown, unlike traditional 35mm film prints, which develop pops, crackles and other blemishes over time.
Going digital also promises millions of dollars in savings for the studios, which would no longer have to make and distribute the costly prints.
Digital projection systems are expensive. A projector alone can range from $75,000 to $120,000. Then there's the server to store the files and a software system to compress and encrypt the files to protect them from piracy.
Theater owners have said studios should pay because they will see the greatest savings from going digital. Studios have so far balked at footing the bill to outfit the nation's screens with the costly systems.
Digital Cinema
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Wins Libel Case Over Drug Report
Kate Moss
A lawyer for Kate Moss said Wednesday the British supermodel had accepted substantial libel damages from a newspaper that alleged she had collapsed into a coma after taking cocaine.
An article published in Britain's Sunday Mirror and on the newspaper's Web site in January alleged that during a visit to Barcelona, Spain, in June 2001, Moss collapsed into a drug-induced coma and had to be revived after taking large amounts of cocaine.
The newspaper's solicitor, Philip Conway, acknowledged the allegations made against the model were wrong, and apologized for the distress and embarrassment caused.
Kate Moss
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U.S. actors Jessica Lange (L) and Bill Murray pose for photographers as they arrive for the premiere of the film 'Broken Flowers' in New York July 27, 2005. Lange and Murray star in the film directed by Jim Jarmusch.
Photo by Dave Allocca
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Underrepresented
Disabled Actors
Actors with disabilities are underrepresented in movies and TV shows and are reluctant to ask producers for even minor accommodations, according to a study commissioned by the Screen Actors Guild.
While 20 percent of all Americans have a physical or mental disability, less than 2 percent of TV show characters display a disability and only one-half percent have speaking roles, according to an executive summary of a report released Tuesday.
The study was compiled using focus groups and a survey mailed to 1,237 SAG members who have identified themselves as having a disability.
Disabled Actors
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Want To Fight In Iraq
'Raging Grannies'
Five greying anti-war activists from a group dubbed the "Raging Grannies" face possible jail time after demanding to be enlisted in the US Army to fight in Iraq, one of them said.
The women, aged between 57 and 92, were charged with criminal trespass after turning up at an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in the western US state of Arizona demanding they be allowed to join the fighting ranks.
"We're very serious about that, we really want to enlist," 74-year-old "Raging Granny" Betty Schroeder told AFP.
"We think it would be better if old people were killed at war than young ones," the retired nurse, whose husband and two brothers were killed in battle in other wars, explained.
Eight "grannies," including Schroeder, are accused of invading military territory by entering a military recruiting office in the city of Tucson on July 13 to sign up.
'Raging Grannies'
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American designer Jerry Skeels shows the autograph of Mother Teresa, embroidered on the Hollywood Graffiti Gown, before fitting it on Bolivian designer Beatriz Canedo Patino in La Paz July 26, 2005. The gown was created 24 years ago to bring together women from all cultures to raise awareness of and help fight AIDS. Embroidered on the gown, in platinum and crystal beads, are the autographs of nearly 400 famous women who wore it, including Mother Teresa, Yoko Ono and Katharine Hepburn. Patino, the latest person to have her signature added to the gown, is known as the Queen of Alpaca for her creations using Alpaca wool. The gown is on a final global tour before being auctioned off as its final contribution to the fight against AIDS. Picture taken July 26, 2005.
Photo by David Mercado
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Ticketed Twice During Charity Race
Dennis Rodman
Even when he's doing good, Dennis Rodman comes across as bad, bad, bad. The former NBA star was pulled over for speeding twice Tuesday while driving his gold-and-black Lamborghini in a charity rally race, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
In between, Rodman was involved in a minor crash and later accused of stealing a hat in what he says is a "misunderstanding" at a gas station in Glenwood Springs.
"It's been that kind of day for me," Rodman said by phone late Tuesday.
Dennis Rodman
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Furniture, Arts to Be Auctioned
Richard Avedon
Furniture and decorative arts from the estate of Richard Avedon, the fashion and art photographer who died last year, will be auctioned by Sotheby's in October.
Highlights of the Oct. 14 sale include a Navajo serape estimated at $20,000 to $30,000 and an Egyptian stucco mummy mask of a woman estimated at $7,000 to $10,000, the auction house announced Tuesday.
Sotheby's sold four pieces of fine art from Avedon's estate as part of its Impressionist and modern art sale in May.
Richard Avedon
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Wearing traditional attire, a resident of Drass, the world's second coldest inhabited place, attends 'Vijay Diwas' (victory day) celebrations in Drass, 160 km (99 miles) east of Srinagar, July 26, 2005. Indian army annually commemorates 'Vijay Diwas' in memory of their more than 500 comrades who were killed six years ago during a war with Pakistan in the mountains of Kargil and Drass sectors, at the Line of Control or a military ceasefire line, which divided Kashmir between the two south Asian nuclear rivals. The neighbours, who have fought two wars over disputed Kashmir region, launched a peace process nearly 20 months ago. Picture taken July 26, 2005.
Photo by Fayaz Kabli
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More Spotted in Texas
Rare Hummingbirds
The recent sighting of a rare hummingbird has bird biologists in Texas almost giddy. A white-eared hummingbird spotted in Lubbock earlier this month was the first to be seen in the South Plains and Panhandle regions, according to the Llano Estacado Audubon Society. Eight others have been seen in West Texas this year. Between 1972 and the end of last year, only 14 had been sighted in Texas.
"This is a real explosive jump in our numbers," said Mark Klym, who coordinates the Texas Hummingbird Roundup for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "Our bird biologists want to know what's going on."
Wildlife department officials want the public's help in reporting additional sightings of the bird, which has a short red bill with a black tip and a distinctive white patch of feathers on its dark head.
Rare Hummingbirds
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In Memory
George Wallace
George Wallace, an actor whose career spanned 50 years and was best known as Commando Cody in the film serial "Radar Men from the Moon," has died. He was 88.
Wallace died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications following injuries when he fell during a vacation in Pisa, Italy, said his wife, actress Jane Johnston.
Born in New York City in 1917, Wallace moved to West Virginia where he worked in the coal mines and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1936, he joined the Navy, serving for eight years.
The one-time lumberjack who had been the light heavyweight champion of the Pacific Fleet before World War II was tending bar in Hollywood in the late 1940s when gossip columnist Jimmie Fidler discovered him and helped launch his career in show business.
Some of his film credits included "Submarine Command," "Nurse Betty" and "Minority Report." He also made more than 125 TV guest appearances, ranging from "Hopalong Cassidy" to "Joan of Arcadia."
Wallace is survived by Johnston, his wife of 40 years, who he met when they both appeared in the musical "The Most Happy Fella" at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera in 1963.
George Wallace
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In Memory
Danny Simon
Danny Simon, a comedy writer who together with his brother, Neil, wrote for such classic 1950s television series as "Your Show of Shows," has died of complications of a stroke. He was 86.
It was Danny Simon who mentored his younger sibling, as well as nicknaming him "Doc." They worked together in radio in the late 1940s and then in television, a period of their lives chronicled in Neil Simon's 1993 play, "Laughter on the 23rd Floor."
The brothers wrote not only for "Your Show of Shows," 90 minutes of live, original comedy starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, but also for "The Jackie Gleason Show," "The Red Buttons Show" and "The Phil Silvers Show," in which the popular comedian portrayed the conniving Army Sgt. Ernie Bilko.
It was with "Your Show of Shows" that the Simons collaborated with such legendary writers as Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Mel Tolkin and later Woody Allen, who once said, "Everything I learned about comedy, I learned from Danny Simon."
When Neil Simon grew dissatisfied with the restrictions of network TV and left to write for the theater, Danny Simon stayed in television as head writer for NBC's "Colgate Comedy Hour." He later wrote for "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas; "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life," and provided material for many of Joan Rivers' appearances on "The Tonight Show."
Danny Simon, born Dec. 18, 1918, in the Bronx, also taught comedy workshops in universities around the country. He is survived by his son, Michael Simon; his daughter, Valerie Simon; and two grandchildren.
Danny Simon
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Ponies make their way across the Assateague Channel in Chincoteague, Va., Wednesday morning July 27, 2005, during the annual pony swim. The pony swim is part of the Chincoteague Volunteer Firemen's Carnival. The ponies were then herded through town to a corral on the carnival grounds, where they will be sold at auction Thursday.
Photo by Yoon S. Byun
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