Category Archives: American Fun

American Fun – April Fools

APRIL FOOLS PRANKS… I’ve been known to pull a few, including: Saran Wrapping a door entryway, stuffing olives with toothpaste, and calling mail order companies to ask the most mundane questions about their products (okay, I was pubescent!) The origins … Continue reading

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Bruce on The Early Show!

Set your DVRs, ’cause I’ll be hopping onto the CBS Early Show Tuesday 3/30 around 8:30 am with all kinds of Easter fun (and wearing my bunny ears!) Tune in for holiday ideas for you and yours! There’s a rumor … Continue reading

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Dinner Party Talk – Baking with Dorie

If you are into deliciousness, watch “The Art of Baking Bread” from CBS News Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood featuring the delightful Dorie Greenspan. Dorie is family and has made her deliciousness for me many times. The video features the … Continue reading

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History of Fun – Tongue Twisters

Limber up that tongue! Tongue-twisters are some of the oldest, easiest, and most fun word games out there, and they produce some pretty hilarious results. According to the Guinness World Records, the most difficult tongue-twister in the world goes, “The … Continue reading

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Dinner Party Talk – Pam Anderson Dances With the Stars

Bored with this season’s American Idle, I finally caught ABC’s Dancing with the Stars on Monday night. Why? Because I’m a sucker for the wiles of Pamela Anderson. She, like other vixens before and after her, was plastered on many … Continue reading

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Talented Kids – And I’m Telling You

Please welcome to the stage 6-year-old Kevin Curenton singing “And I’m Telling You” on Apollo’s “Star of Tomorrow.” He’s got talent, a dapper outfit, and a future. And I’m Telling YOU, there’s nothing like a talented kid.

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Dinner Party Talk – Kelly Ripa’s friend

At a birthday party over the weekend a TV addicted friend confessed that when friends told her they had named their newborn daughter “Lola,” she immediately squealed, “Oh, I love that name, another friend of mine named her daughter Lola … Continue reading

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Happy Spring – Celebrate Life

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American Icon – Davy Crockett RIP

Fess Parker, known to millions of kids as “Davy Crockett”, has left this frontier, but his legend will be long remembered. Disney originally aired his show in December 1954, and Parker as Crockett in his coonskin cap quickly became an … Continue reading

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American Fun – National Potato Chip Day

This week celebrates National Potato Chip Day. One of the most popular snack foods in the United States, the potato chip began as a chef’s joke. They were invented by George Crum, a chef from Saratoga, New York. A cranky … Continue reading

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