Oregon. A United STATE of America. North of California. Mountains and forests. Home to a Portland Basketball team of some note… no NFL gridiron ….but you can ‘Go Ducks’ Baseball. It is a state made up of settlers. Many people have travelled from far and ..umm far’ar…. to get there. Brave settlers from afar… like [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Huey Lewis and the News playing at the State Fair in Oregan. Ok ok – what is a state fair? Is it a bad thing or just a ‘thing’ that Huey is playing at the fair? And what exactly is a corn dog? Is it like a Dagwood dog with a battered sausage on a stick… dipped in tomato sauce… but with corn somehow involved… like maybe in the sausage… Is Huey paid with Corn Dogs? Possibly maybe. Oddly.. corn.. music…I am thinking Hugh Grant in ‘Music & Lyrics’ …and Drew hurhur… but more so in Charlies Angels. (Darren Saturday | 1 Comment)
Following on from yesterday’s post featuring a classic comedy moment from Jerry Lewis, we’ve also stumbled across another sheer-lewis performance, this time from one of Jerry’s television shows. A drumming duel with jazz great Buddy Rich.
One night, she said “Yikes!” in her sleep, and I’ve always wondered what that dream was about. (Murray @ Midnight | 0 Comments)
On a previous post I mentioned that I had ‘moved’ on from Jerry Lewis… of course I meant a full sitting of his films… that’s not to say that he was and currently ‘is’ still a sensational talent – just check this out if you ever had a doubt. Just brilliant.
Russell Peters is a favorite standup comic. He performed last year at the Secret Policeman’s Ball and delivered his”Kill Me? I Kill Me… and You” set which was really funny. Here’s is an encore performance for those that missed him live or during the telecast. Not suitable for work, people easily offended… and most right [...]
When I was a teen in the ’80′s – my weekends featured a solid television ritual. On Saturdays one of the networks would always screen a double feature of a Jerry Lewis with Dean Martin occasionally ‘tagging’ along film followed by an Elvis Presley film. I loved them both and wanted to be like them.
……and yet… it turned out she wasn’t singing to me …she was singing to my girlfriend. Disappointing. So very disappointing. The song and the circumstance. For the three of us.
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