Category Archives: Dinner Party Talk
Life 101 – A smile a day in 2011
As we head toward New Year’s, I thought I’d post one of the most iconic commercials of all time and suggest you join me in resolving to make at least one person smile a day in 2011. I don’t believe … Continue reading
Travel – Airport flash mob
I’m traveling around the country doing TV for TJ Maxx. Having been on a flight a day for the last week, as Johnny Cash sang, “I’ve been everywhere man!” Except for the old lady at Chicago O’Hare who was accosted … Continue reading
Pet fun – Ugly dog
I’m in love. Isn’t this the cutest, ugliest dog you’ve ever seen? His bug eyes and crooked teeth left scrawny “Ug” overlooked and ignored for months as he sat and waited for the right person to adopt him from an … Continue reading
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Dinner Party Talk – For your weekend
That’s not Santa. Voyager 1, the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977, is now 10 billion miles away from earth and about to leave our solar system and head to interstellar space. (Just to give you an idea of how far … Continue reading
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American Icons – Larry King
Larry King has hung up his suspenders. And it was a star studded final show. Yes, Katie Couric read a poem. Yes, Obama dropped by. So, did Bill Clinton. And, yes, Tony Bennett sang him goodbye. But it was Larry’s … Continue reading
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Holidays – Santa Claus comes to town
In 1841, J.W. Parkinson’s store in Philadelphia hired a man to dress up in a “Criscringle” outfit and climb the store’s chimney, but in 1862 Rowland H. Macy set new holiday standards by decking out the window’s of his New … Continue reading
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Christmas History – Mistletoe
My friend singer Ann Osmond gave me some mistletoe the other night. (“With fake berries ’cause real berries are poisonous.”) And I looked up the history of Mistletoe. It dates back to Pagan solstice festivals and was once believed to … Continue reading
Dinner Party Talk – Filmography 2010
The Golden Globes nominees were announced. Congrats to all. After I get back from my Christmas TV Tour (Philadelphia TV this a.m. headed to Chicago)… I’m going to spend the holidays going to one movie after another. I certainly won’t … Continue reading
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Dinner Party Talk – For your weekend
‘Tis the season. I’m trying to play nice in all my reindeer games, even though last Saturday some fat guy at the mall called me a Ho three times! I started to get mad, but then a little kid climbed … Continue reading
History of Fun – Obscure English words
What I’m loving right now: Heather Carreiro’s list of twenty old English words that should make a comeback. When was the last time you heard someone say “jargogle”? Probably around 1692, when John Locke last used it to describe something … Continue reading
