frederick c. wiebel, jr.

Happy 32nd Birthday to my darling daughter Lenore....

STAN FREBERG INTERVIEWED BY THE FREDITOR Freberg talks about "Tip Of The Freberg" CD/video box set, Firesign Theater, Jack Webb, Lawrence Welk and others in this slightly edited raw telephone interview from 1998.

Howard's Art and Frames Your locally owned Quality Art Supply and Custom Framing Store.

Found this well worn relic from 1964 on the basement closet floor...

Cast of The 3 Castrati? The 3 Funny Opera? The 3 Pretenders? The 3 for All? 3 on a Cookie?

Today's Day Lilies: Two for Tuesday

Pinetop Perkins Benefit with Bob Margolin Join us for a night of blues like no other: Youth Showcase with Bob Margolin to benefit Pinetop Perkins Foundation.

Lola Dupre

Happy Birthday to Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) for many he is the screens finest SHERLOCK HOLMES & for others one of the screens foremost villains in films like ROBIN HOOD, ROMEO AND JULIET, ANNA KARENINA & CAPTAIN BLOOD. He is also associated with horror with films like SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE MAD DOCTOR, TOWER OF LONDON & TALES OF TERROR. Whatever he did--he did it well.

Bela Lugosi with his son outside the Famous Artists Country Playhouse, Fayetteville, New York, July 1949.

My buddy Ernie...

Remembering Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) on his birthday. Borgnine played heroes, heavies, or just everyday Joe's in a large number of films (winning an Academy Award for his 1955 performance as MARTY). He found success on television too with the antics of MCHALE'S NAVY (1962-1966) & heroics of AIR WOLF (1984-1986). Among his many films: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, VERA CRUZ, BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, THE DIRTY DOZEN, THE WILD BUNCH, ICE STATION ZEBRA, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

The latest in potable TV...

Ernest Borgnine publicity photo for Marty (1955)

Ernest Borgnine photographed in London in 1957. 😎

"Frankenstein" (1931) Poster art by Jessica Seamans
A FRIENDLY WARNING- If you have a weak heart and cannot stand intense excitement or even shock...We advise you NOT see the production...If, on the contrary, you like an unusual thrill, you will find it in "Frankenstein"

Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx in 1972. Both in their early eighties.  Mutual admirers.  And the two greatest laugh makers. Both passed away in 1977. (Photo by Candice Bergen)

10-4... 21-50

On the Stereo: Soundtrack from 1988 with 2 Beck tracks... Probably one the best studio versions of Train Kept A Rollin with a traditional Lord Sutch style vocalist...

Remembering Ernie today.

True talent is being able to play the assistant to not one monster, but TWO.