tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post4035689091521909150..comments2024-03-09T08:43:03.511-05:00Comments on CELLULOID SLAMMER: Gramps, Why the Hand Cream and Tissues?Behemoth mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224320582603239565noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-74255788168527868692008-09-04T10:11:00.000-04:002008-09-04T10:11:00.000-04:00What's cool is I've been reading a George Burns bo...What's cool is I've been reading a George Burns book where he talks about all his friends. He has talked about Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, and manh others.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832710800680256206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-26290847421478138682008-09-02T08:50:00.000-04:002008-09-02T08:50:00.000-04:00Donna- MEET THE BARON! You did!Donna- MEET THE BARON! You did!Mavis Martinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559284049953060879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-19126559280093962092008-09-01T11:00:00.000-04:002008-09-01T11:00:00.000-04:00Yep Edna May. This Jack Pearl was a big deal at th...Yep Edna May. This Jack Pearl was a big deal at the time.....glyphjockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415131064329161925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-41173665615405052732008-08-31T19:09:00.000-04:002008-08-31T19:09:00.000-04:00Ok, now back to this clip: what a find! Obviously...Ok, now back to this clip: what a find! Obviously pre-code. That looks like Edna May Oliver as the prim matron in charge of the water.Donna Lethalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581340436152988440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-44404190512228418602008-08-31T19:06:00.000-04:002008-08-31T19:06:00.000-04:00Oh that's great! Whenever I think of him (which i...Oh that's great! Whenever I think of him (which is often lately, b/c some song of his is in a car commercial or something) I'm reminded of the "kick the bucket" scene in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World."Donna Lethalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581340436152988440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-3199319381714733922008-08-31T10:46:00.000-04:002008-08-31T10:46:00.000-04:00I was in a hotel with my parents, and my mother, w...I was in a hotel with my parents, and my mother, whenever she saw someone famous would get all Lucy. She started to cry out "Jimmy Durante!" and instead of just waving, he came how and said howahya howahya - all that was missing was the "hot-cha-chaaa". Afterwards my father claimed repeatedly that he had briefly met Durante, and it was <I>his eye contact</I> that got Jimmy to come over. I as an 11 or so year old, was mortified.glyphjockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04415131064329161925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-35333215247819995312008-08-30T21:37:00.000-04:002008-08-30T21:37:00.000-04:00Wait - back up and tell us about Jimmy Durante!Wait - back up and tell us about Jimmy Durante!Donna Lethalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581340436152988440noreply@blogger.com