Red Skelton’s Famous Rendition of the Pledge of Allegiance Richard Red Skelton who was professionally known as Red Skelton was an American comic. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills at […]
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How To Sing The Blues How To Sing The Blues Just follow these simple steps: Most blues begin “woke up this morning.” “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues, unless you write something nasty on the next line: “I got a good woman – with the meanest dog in town.” Blues are simple.
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Home Plate – Stay At 17 Inches In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup
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Pacific Ocean Park In My Youth I lived in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley, and got my drivers license in 1959. Because it was only about 30 miles away, one of the places I would go to frequently during the summer was the Santa Monica beach and Pacific Ocean Park. Wink Martindale would
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The Wrecking Crew Early in my career, I co-founded a telecommunications consultancy to provide advice to hospitals and corporate America. One of my customers in the early 1970s was Motown Records in Los Angeles, California. One day during my consulting gig there, Berry Gordy’s brother, George, asked me if I would be interested in watching