Hello, after a long (long long) time I am here again... can someone explain me how Fred choose a recording song in the twenty years? Or better, I can...
I happened to come across "A Family Upside Down" last night. I have seen it before, but its been a while. While watching it this time I was struck by how good...
"When she does that hoochy-coo, she'll tear the balcony in two." - Bing and Fred, July 16, 1975. While I've not seen the new film musical "Chicago" yet, I have...
Anyone who will be near Manchester for this (I wish i was!), it cannot fail to include FA. Pam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I went to see "Thoroughly Modern Millie" on Broadway yesterday and I can ecstatically report that it was SWELL! The leading lady, a heretofore unknown Sutton...
I'm reading one of my Christmas gifts "The Joy of Sumo, A Fan's Notes" by David Benjamin. And i quote: "Kushimaumi, in almost every aspect.... is one of the...
Dear Group, I just joined to ask you all if anyone might know the value of some pictures I have. I have 5 pictures when Fred and Adele (Asterlitz) Astaire were...
I'm such an ingrate. Terribly homesick, and missing you all terribly. Can't escape to the engine room--no passengers allowed there these days, for security...
Terry stated that the Ed Sullivan staple "Topo Gigot" was Italian. To quote Erik Rhodes: "Oh no! Signor! Topo Gigot was French!" He added, insupportedly: "Fate...
I watched Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer this evening in order to confirm that it includes clips from "Dancing: A Man's Game." It does. What hit home for me ...
Again, I only too well remember the rather annoying appearances of that mouse, Topo Gigio, as Italian as the mouse was short, on Ed Sullivan's Sunday evening...
Pam wrote: "Who the hell invented the sound bite anyway??????" Hey! That's pretty good! Mind if I use it? Jay ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful....
I too remember Alistair Cook's "Omnibus". I would love to see one again, just to enjoy the 'langorous' pace of 1950's TV........Who the hell invented the sound...
Hi All - Just unearthed my notes from the Astaire archives at Mugar - in December of 2001 we came across an article clipped from a British magazine, "The Spur"...
Hi, everybody: Since I am in "digest mode" I see that Luann and Alessandra both got to "titter and jeer" before I did! Ah, but I love that number in Funny ...
... but just to avoid this message going totally off-topic ... can anyone help me with one line of the lyric in the song 'Bonjour Paris!'? After 'We're simply...
Has everyone seen the public service announcements on television for Alzheimer's research? The plea for funds is made by the daughter of Rita Hayworth, and...
I caught a few minutes of a PBS program entitled "Think Tank" last Sunday and the topic was the music of Irving Berlin. The host, Ben Wattenberg, at one point...
Happy New Year, all! Being a dinosaur who does not yet possess a DVD player, the various plaudits for this issue (available in UK) have caused me to agonise ...
Resolved: No conveyor belt used in "A Couple of Swells." (Looks like the start of a William F. Buckley political forum, doesn't it?) I just blew the dust off...
Friends of Fred: While doing some research yesterday at the Academy Library I glanced over at their Christmas exhibit and was happy to see the card Fred sent...
In 1952 when Hedda Hopper asked Fred if his dancing got in the way or improved his golf game, he answered: "It gets in my way. I'm too loose." Mike (known to...
Hello all, I'm sure this has been talked to death previously, perhaps before the advent of moi ici .... Friend Tom was reading new issue of Golf Digest (or...
Hi All, I was watching NBC Nightly News on New Year's Eve. The topic of the segment was New Year's Eve parties of the past (they actually showed a few scenes ...
One of the perks of Rob's status as a radio host is that we are considered celebrities enough that people actually enter contests or fund-raising auctions for...
Chris wrote: I *love* "Not My Girl." Now and then I get it stuck in my head, complete with stride piano solo. Which brings me to a question: Was Fred Astaire ...
