Maybe it's time to clean up the 25th

Maybe it's time to clean up the 25th: It's obvious to anyone that President Biden's elevator did not go to the top floor. Not long ago, some of us saw the President on TV and wondered how that man was fit to answer any national security phone call no matter what time it came in….

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 7, 2025

It’s obvious to anyone that President Biden’s elevator did not go to the top floor. Not long ago, some of us saw the President on TV and wondered how that man was fit to answer any national security phone call, no matter what time it came in.  Suddenly, there are books telling us that our eyes were indeed watching a man in cognitive decline, as Nicole Russell reports:

For months in early 2024, conservatives like myself tried to sound the alarm on President Joe Biden’s declining physical and mental health. It was obvious that he was unwell.

Yet, Democrats and much of the legacy news media ignored that reality and even attacked those of us who were willing to speak the truth. They claimed we were fabricating tales and spreading baseless conspiracy theories.

Now, the narrative has changed dramatically. Journalists are publishing books and news articles detailing not only Biden’s poor health but also an orchestrated cover-up inside the White House. According to one of the books, even one of Biden’s closest former aides now admits that the commander in chief was “out of it” last year as he attempted to run for reelection.

This is one of the biggest scandals of my adult life. Now we know that Biden’s inner circle deliberately misled the American people in an election year about the incumbent president’s ability to serve a second term.

We also know that journalists were far too passive, at best, in reporting revelations that Americans needed to know before the election.

Too passive? Ya think? Or maybe a combination of “in the tank” and Trump Derangement Syndrome?

The Congress should hold hearings and bring in some of the people around the President and demand explanations. For example, did he really understand all those pardons? Or the executive orders? A little information would go a long way.

Finally, we should clarify how to activate the 25th Amendment. At the moment, there is too much reliance on the Vice President and Cabinet. What happens when the VP and the Cabinet protect the man?  Should there be another trigger such as a congressional resolution to activate the 25th.

We cannot have a repeat of what we saw from the Biden years. After all, everybody knew that the President was not up to the job but the people who could do something about it did not.

What’s the point of a 25th if it doesn’t get activated?

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We remember Tom Phoebus (1942-2019)

 

We remember Tom Phoebus who was born in Baltimore on this day in 1942....he died in 2019........
50-37 3.06 ERA in 7 yrs with Baltimore Orioles.....43 wins in 1967-69.....

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Happy # 74 Janis Ian

We remember Janis Ian.   She was born Janis Eddy Fink in New York City on this day in 1951.    

Back in 1967, Janis recorded "Society's child", a very controversial tune about dating a black young man.    It was banned in some stations but did sell well.

In 1975, "At seventeen" was a song about a young woman growing up in our society.

Her LP "Between the lines" sold very well and earned Janis Ian a gold record.

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We remember Mongo Santamaria (1917-2003)

Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría Rodríguez was born in Havana on this day in 1917.      He died in Miami in 2003.

According to his biography, he moved to New York City in 1950 and made his US debut with Pérez Prado.   He followed that by performing with Tito Puente and and recording with Cal Tjader (1957-1960).

In 1963, he put “Watermelon man” in the Top 10 of Billboard USA.    The rest is musical history and many of us danced to his recordings for a very long time.

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April 7, 1970: The first Milwaukee Brewers opening day

Like so many others, I skipped school and attended the Brewers' very first opening day game.

For the record, I don't remember whether or not I got permission from Mr. Wolff, our school principal.   On the other hand, he did not say anything so I guess that it was OK!   Frankly, there were so many kids in the park that it would have been difficult to suspend us!

Opening Day 1970 was very unique.

The Brewers went into spring training as The Seattle Pilots.

During March, we got reports that Seattle would move to Milwaukee. Eventually, the deal was made and the team moved a couple of days before the season started.

Who was on that team?

Tommy Harper, Mike Hegan, Danny Walton, Lew Krausse, Marty Pattin, etc.

What happened on opening day? The Brewers were destroyed by the Angels, 12-0!

The Angels scored quickly and often. The game was over by the 3rd inning!

The Brewers did have Danny Walton, who thrilled fans with majestic home runs. Unfortunately, pitchers caught up with Danny and he was traded the following season.

They had young pitchers like Marty Pattin, who pitched well but it's tough to pitch for a bad team.

It wasn't much of a game but it was a great memory.

It is still my favorite opening day!   Thanks to Mr Selig for bringing baseball back to Milwaukee!

Who knew back then that Bud Selig would end up as commissioner of major league baseball?

This is my chat with Tom Skybosh who also skipped school that day.

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The Rangers and DFW Sports with Dave Michaels

Dave Michaels, DFW podcaster and sports journalist, joins me for a chat about the Rangers, Stars, Mavs & Cowboys.  The Rangers are 8-2 and looking great.  They are off to play the Cubs and Mariners.  The pitching has been super and Josh Smith continues to impress me.  

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Jasmine Dixiecrat

Jasmine Dixiecrat: Once upon a time, interracial marriage was a big issue in the US. I thought that the whole debate was in the past, but I guess not. The vocal Representative Crockett has put the issue on the front page again when talking about Representative Byron...

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 6, 2025

Happy # 74 Bert Blyleven

We say happy birthday to Bert Blyleven who was born on this day in 1951.  We also remember one of the best curve balls in baseball history.  

Blyleven was born in Zeist, Netherlands and raised in Southern California.  
Bert was 19 when he broke into the majors with the Twins in 1970.   Overall, he won 287 games with a 3.31 career ERA & 3,701 strikeouts.     Blyleven was also a workhorse with 4,970 innings pitched and 242 complete games.

Blyleven went into the Hall of Fame in 2011.   A great pitcher!   He remains a fan favorite in the Twin Cities.

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We remember Marty Pattin (1943-2018)

Marty Pattin was born on this day in 1943.    He broke with the Angels in 1968 and ended up with the Seattle Pilots that became the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970.

Pattin was a tough pitcher: 35-38 record over 3 seasons as a starter with the expansion Brewers.    He started 92 and completed 22 during that time.  I recall that he always kept Milwaukee in the game.   As we say today, he pitched a lot of innings and had that "bulldog" personality that you value in a starter.

In 1972, Pattin was traded to the Red Sox and eventually the Royals.  He was an important part of KC' s post season run in the late 1970's:  43-39 with a 3.48 ERA.

Overall, Marty Pattin was 114-109 with a 3.64 ERA & 64 complete games.   Naturally, he would have gotten a lot more headlines had he pitched with some better teams in his career.

Pattin died in 2018.

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RIP Mike Sandlock 1915-2016

Major league players put their names on the record books with homeruns, wins or living a long life.    We learned that Mike Sandlock died today.  He was the oldest living major leaguer and had a huge influence on a young catcher Roy Campanella:

Sandlock played 16 seasons of professional baseball, most of it in the minor leagues. Though he had batted over .300 in a handful of seasons in the minors, Sandlock, a switch-hitter, did not exactly scare big league pitchers from either side of the plate.
He played parts of two seasons with the Boston Braves in 1942 and 1944 — he spent 1943 working in a munitions factory — and had his best year in 1945 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, batting .282 in 80 games and swatting the only two home runs of his career. Both, oddly enough, came off pitcher Harry Feldman of the Giants.
By 1947, with many major league players having returned to baseball after serving in World War II, Sandlock was back in the minor leagues with Montreal, the Brooklyn farm team from which Jackie Robinson made his history-making leap to the major leagues.
Robinson was gone from Montreal by then, but one of Sandlock’s teammates was a young catcher he took under his wing: Roy Campanella, who would go on, as a Dodger, to win three Most Valuable Player Awards and enter the Hall of Fame. Campanella gave Sandlock credit for curing him of a tic in his throwing motion that slowed his release on stolen-base attempts.

RIP Mike Sandlock.  

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"2001 the movie" released this week in 1968

Stanley’s Kubrick’s science-fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey made its debut in the US in 1968.   
To be honest, I did not see the movie until many years later.   It was on TV the other night and it looks a lot better 50-something years later.   

Last, but not least, the musical introduction was fantastic!

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A chat with George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative

Guest: George Rodriguez, South Texas conservative.   A new book about Biden and 2024 confirms what we suspected about his conditions.   Rep. Jasmine Crocket vs Rep. Byron McDonalds....School choice in Texas....  We will remember Dr. King's assassination 1968.   Plus other stories...

What a month of April 1968

What a month of April 1968: Maybe it’s me, but certain events are frozen in my memory. Back in 1968, I was at home reading my brand new The Sporting News, the weekly sports newspaper that we used to read before ESPN or the internet. My parents had given me a…

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 5, 2025

Maybe it’s me, but certain events are frozen in my memory.

Back in 1968, I was at home reading my brand new The Sporting News, the weekly sports newspaper that we used to read before ESPN or the internet. My parents had given me a subscription for Christmas, and I loved rushing to the mailbox to consume every bit of information. It was "box score" heaven for baseball fans like me. Who knew back then that someday I'd be getting all of that on my phone? I didn't, but that's where we are today.

And then the phone rang. It was my late school buddy Harvey with the news that Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis. Then President Johnson spoke to the nation! By a crazy coincidence, he had just announced days before that he would not be running for re-election in 1968.

Then all hell broke loose. Cities were burning from coast to coast. I shared the frustration about Dr. King’s assassination but did not understand what looting businesses had to do with the shooting. My guess is that all of the chaos boosted Governor George Wallace’s campaign, the “law and order” man that election.

In later years, we created a national holiday to remember Dr. King, and his words are heard over and over again.

Nevertheless, I’ve asked myself a simple question: what would Dr. King say of the state of black America today? the collapse of the black family? the black on-black crime? the terrible black Democrat leadership that runs cities like Baltimore and Chicago? The dependence on government programs?

We will never know, but I’ll submit that Dr. King would have mixed emotions. Yes, lots of progress here and there, but too many problems everywhere.

I can’t believe Dr. King would be very happy looking at the state of black America today. I’m sure he’d be reminding the “identity politics” Democrats to judge people by their character, not the color of their skin.

Well, it was one heck of an April day to remember. It may have been the first time that I stayed up all night watching a developing story on television.

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Happy # 75 Agnetha Fältskog

We love ABBA's music. We love their sound and those wonderful harmonies.

So we send a very happy birthday the the very beautiful Agnetha of ABBA.  She was born in Sweden on this day in 1950.

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"Behold a pale horse", a movie about Spain years after The Civil War

We remember Gregory Peck who was born in California in 1916 and died in 2003.

Has anyone seen "Behold a pale horse"?   It is a 1964 movie about the Spanish Civil War.    

The story is based on "Killing a mouse on Sunday" a book by Emeric Pressburger.   I have not read the book but plan to check it out.

It is the story of Manuel Artiguez, a veteran of the Civil War, who returns from exile in France to see his ill mother.   He is confronted by Sr. Vinolas, a police chief who sets a trap to arrest him.

The movie includes Gregory Peck as Artiguez, Anthony Quinn as Vinolas and Omar Sharif as the local priest.   

It is a bit slow but very interesting.   I love these black and white films because they used choreography in such a unique way.   Also, the dialogue is very intense.   Frankly, the story could be difficult for someone not familiar with the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930's.

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The Scarlet and the Black

We remember Gregory Peck who was born in California on this day in 1916.  He died in 2003.

War is hell but "The Scarlet and the Black" is a different sort of World War II movie.  

The story is about Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Gregory Peck) who saved Allied POW's and airmen in Nazi-occupied Rome.  

His German rival is Colonel Herbert Kappler played by Christopher Plummer of "The Sound of Music" fame.

It's worth watching.  The story has an amazing ending but you need to watch it.  

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We remember Gregory Peck (1916-2003)

We remember Gregory Peck who was born in California on this day in 1916.  He died in 2003.

One of his movies was “Roman Holiday” and it opened on this day in 1953.  It was Audrey Hepburn’s first major role, a European princess who dumps royalty and falls for an American journalist (played by Gregory Peck) while on tour in Rome.  

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One hell of an April in 1968

Maybe it’s me, but certain events are frozen in my memory, and I remember them as though it was yesterday.

As I recall, I was reading my brand new The Sporting News, the weekly sports newspaper that we used to read before ESPN or the internet.  My parents had given me a birthday subscription, and I loved rushing to the mailbox to consume every bit of information.

At I read all of the columns, I asked myself the classic pre-season questions: would Yaz and the 1967 Miracle Red Sox repeat?  

Are the Cardinals now a dynasty?

After all, St. Louis had won the World Series in 1964 and 1967 and had Bob Gibson on top of their rotation.

And then the phone rang.  It was my school buddy Harvey with the news that Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis.

Then President Johnson spoke to the nation!  By a crazy coincidence, he had just announced days before that he would not be running for re-election in 1968.

Then all hell broke loose.  Cities were burning from coast to coast.  I shared the frustration about Dr. King’s assassination but did not understand what looting businesses had to do with the shooting.  My guess is that all of the chaos boosted Governor Wallace’s campaign, or the “law and order” man that election.

Over the last years, we’ve created a national holiday to remember Dr. King, and his words are heard over and over again.

Nevertheless, I’ve asked myself a simple question: what would Dr. King say of the state of black America today? the collapse of the black family? the black on-black crime? the terrible black Democrat leadership that runs cities like Baltimore and Chicago? the dependence on government programs?

We will never know, but I’ll submit that Dr. King would have mixed emotions.  Yes, lots of progress here and there, but too many problems everywhere.

I can’t believe Dr. King would be very happy looking at the state of black America today.  I’m sure he’d be reminding the “identity politics” Democrats to judge people on their character, not the color of their skin.

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Stocks, jobs report and MLK

Another bad day for stock market, jobs report was good & oil prices down, Snow White disaster for Disney, new book about Biden & 2024 plus we remember MLK 1968......

Snow Edsel White?

Snow Edsel White?: We should start calling the new Snow White movie Snow Red. Why? Because there is a lot of red ink on the Disney balance sheet. Red as in losing money. This is the story: The studio’s remake of the 1937 animated classic suffered a…

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 4, 2025

 We should start calling the new Snow White movie Snow Red. Why? Because there is a lot of red ink on the Disney balance sheet. Red as in losing money. This is the story:

The studio’s remake of the 1937 animated classic suffered a dismal box office opening on the weekend of Mar. 28, earning only $43 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada. This represented a huge drop-off from box office predictions in February that it would open to $85 million domestically.

With a $43 million opening, "Snow White" performed worse at the box office than the worst-performing live-action Disney remake up to that point, the 2019 "Dumbo" remake, which opened to $46 million.

The film’s poor opening extended to its second week, where it earned only $14.2 million domestically -- a 66% decline from its opening weekend. These numbers appeared all the more catastrophic considering the film had a budget of approximately $250 million -- making it one of the company's most expensive film productions in the last several years.

Who is getting fired over this movie? I don't know, but this may be the worst economic mistake since the Edsel. Remember the Edsel? It was a big flop too, and it was because they listened to the experts who always tell each other how smart they are.

What failed with this movie was two things:

First, don't mess with a classic. It never works. Why rewrite Beethoven's 5th Symphony? Just buy the CD, or download it, listen to it, love it, praise the composer, and then set out to write your own symphony. We love classics because they are. We don't need smart people outsmarting themselves.

Second, and perhaps more important, is that the people behind this move hate the country and its traditions. They have a vision of women that most women don't have. Women do not hate men unless they write scripts at Disney. Women, like my wife, sister, and cousins who grew up loving the movie were not happy seeing their favorite character turned into a feminist crusader.

So moral of the story? Leave the classics alone and try to create your own classic. Shame on any expert who supported this disaster and didn't defend the image that Walt Disney built over decades.

Let the red ink flow and I hope that the bean counters finally convince the experts that these attacks on our traditions are unproductive, i.e. go woke, go broke, they say!

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We remember Ray Fosse (1947-2021)

We say happy birthday to Ray Fosse who was born in Illinois on this day in 1947.   He broke with the Indians in 1967 and became the starting catcher in 1969.

In 1970, Fosse hit .307 with 18 HR & 61 RBI.   He also crashed with Pete Rose in the All Star Game that year.   Frankly, he was never the same after that collision.    Fosse retired in 1977 with a career .256 average in 924 games.

Ray died in 2021.

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April 4, 1960: "Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston won 11 awards.

It was a great night for "Ben Hur" at the 1960 awards.    In total, the film swept 11 of the 12 categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Charlton Heston). 

It's still a great movie all of these years later.   I catch it anytime I get a chance.    Finally, I did not know that the movie was based on a book written in the 19th century!

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April 4, 1974: Aaron hit # 714 on opening day

It was a big week for Aaron.

On opening day 1974, Hank Aaron hit # 714 off of Jack Billingham.   He tied Babe Ruth with a 3-run HR.   

A few days later, he hit # 715 in Atlanta in front of a national TV audience.

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April 4, 1968: We remember MLK

Maybe it's me but certain events are frozen in my memory and I recall them like it was yesterday.

As I remember, I was reading my brand new The Sporting News, the weekly sports newspaper that we used to read before ESPN or the internet.  My parents gave me a birthday subscription and I loved rushing to the mailbox to consume every bit of information.

At the time, I asked myself the classic pre-season questions:  Would Yaz and the 1967 Miracle Red Sox repeat?  Are the Cardinals now a dynasty?  

After all, they had won the World Series in 1964, 1967 and had Bob Gibson on top of their rotation.   

And then the phone rang.  It was my school buddy Harvey with the news that Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot in Memphis.

Then President Johnson spoke to the nation!  By a crazy coincidence, he had just announced days before that he would not be running for reelection in 1968.   

Then all hell broke loose.  Cities were burning from coast to coast.   I shared the frustration about Dr. King's assassination but did not understand what looting businesses had to do with the shooting.  My guess is that all of the chaos boosted Governor Wallace's campaign, or the "law and order" man that election.

Over the last years, we've created a national holiday to remember Dr. King and his words are heard over and over again.

Nevertheless, I've asked myself a simple question:   What would Dr. King say of the state of black America today?  the collapse of the black family?  the black on black crime?  the terrible black Democrat leadership that runs cities like Baltimore and Detroit?    the dependence on government programs?

We will never know but I'll submit that Dr. King would not be happy.

For sure he'd be reminding the "identity politics" Democrats to judge people on their character not the color of their skin.

Let me recommend this one Jason Riley.

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1949: Another anniversary for NATO

                                     

NATO has been in the news lately.  

You may have heard about Article 5 of the NATO agreement, or the mutual defense clause.

Or maybe you’ve heard that some member countries are not paying their way.  

Unfortunately, NATO is not much of an alliance anymore.  

To say the least, this is not what the US and President Truman had in mind when NATO was created in 1949.    

NATO was designed as a Western Alliance against the USSR.  The Marshall Plan rebuilt Europe and NATO defended the Europeans.

It worked well because there was a goal of containing communism.   

Today, the USSR is gone and Europe has a lot of self-inflicted wounds, from terrible birth rates to an unsustainable welfare state.

Going forward, NATO won’t survive as an alliance if the US continues to do all of the heavy lifting.   

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Tariffs and a word about Snow White

Tariffs hit stock market, Senator Booker speaks all day, Snow White losing money and Doris Day (1922-2021)

Senator, you talk too much

Senator, you talk too much: Imagine being the guy in the Senate TV control room responsible for recording Senator Cory Booker's speech. How did he stay awake? Did he have co-pilot so that he could catch a nap? Yes, the senator from New Jersey decided to go long and so he…

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— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) April 3, 2025

 Imagine being the guy in the Senate TV control room responsible for recording Senator Cory Booker’s speech. How did he stay awake? Did he have a co-pilot so that he could catch a nap? Yes, the senator from New Jersey decided to go long, and so he did. This is the story:

Democrats have been struggling to energize their frustrated base since losing all three branches of government in the November 2024 election. 

Senator Cory Booker may have found a way.

For more than 25 hours, the New Jersey Democrat stood at the Senate lectern speaking against President Donald Trump’s policies in what may be the most dramatic and sustained public challenge to Trump’s agenda since his return to the White House.

Haven’t heard one that long since Senator Thurmond. At least Strom was talking about a specific issue: the 1957 Civil Rights Act.

Booker reminded us that this is not a partisan moment but rather a moral moment. Really, Senator? Well, many of us thought that it was a political speech intended to put your name out there at a time when Democrats aren’t crazy about anything except bashing Elon Musk.

Booker never gave a speech like this when President Biden opened the border or tolerated high crime rates. He didn’t mention any of that, which may explain what his fellow Senator Banks said about the party’s 27% approval.

Like a runner preparing for a marathon, the senator said that “…he did not eat for days and purposely dehydrated himself.” I guess that’s what you do when you want to spend 24 hours delivering a “moral” speech about how “immoral” the Trump policies are.

By the way, did anyone in the senator’s office remind him that he’d be doing this on April Fool’s Day? Maybe he can do another on April Fool’s Day 2026 and announce that he is thinking about running for President to make America like New Jersey again.

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Happy # 81 Tony Orlando

We say happy birthday to Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis who was born in New York on this day in 1944.     

We know him as Tony Orlando, one of the top performers of the 1970's.     

In the 1970's, Tony Orlando & Dawn had a lot of big hits on the radio:  "Knock Three Times" (1971); "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree" (1973); and "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" (1975).     

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1948: The Louisiana Hayride radio program

In 1954, Elvis Presley made an appearance on The Louisiana Hayride, the radio program that went on the air on this day in 1948.   It introduced Elvis to millions listening all over the South.

The Hayride was about country but it did embrace the electric guitar, the instrument that would turn “hillbilly music” into rock and roll.

The Hayride shut down in 1960 but its legacy lives on.

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A word about Wally Moon (1930-2018)

Wallace Wade Moon was born on this day in Bay, Arkansas, in 1930.   He died in 2018.

Wally Moon became one of the best hitters of the 1950's.    His story is rather remarkable.  

Wally Moon retired with the LA Dodgers:   .289 average, 1,399 hits, 212 doubles, 142 HR & 661 RBI in 1,457 games.    

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We remember Doris Day (1922-2019)

We remember Doris Day who was born on this day in 1922 and died in 2019.

Yes, she gave us a lot of fun over the years, specially those silly movies with Rock Hudson and "The man who knew too much" with Jimmy Stewart.     

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A word about Leslie Howard (1893-1943)

Leslie Howard was born in London on this day in 1893 and died in a plane crash in 1943.

We remember Mr. Howard for his role as “Ashley Wilkes” in “Gone with the wind”, the movie released in 1939.  

However, there is another side to Mr. Howard’s career or his involvement in the war effort in the early 1940’s.   His plane was shot down in 1943 and many believe that the Germans were shooting at a spy plane.  

We will never know the full story.    It could have been a tragic mistake, such as the case of Glenn Miller in December 1944.    Nevertheless, Leslie Howard was dead and a great actor was gone. 

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