tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6554956738669080357..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: By the time I got to PhoenixBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12405254344948147022010-03-08T03:36:06.127-08:002010-03-08T03:36:06.127-08:00I found your blog on google and read a few of your...I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.Term Papershttp://www.flashpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7907471506225740302009-04-10T21:43:00.000-07:002009-04-10T21:43:00.000-07:00I grew up part of the way in Phoenix and must say,...I grew up part of the way in Phoenix and must say, this post would be hilariously perfect if not for the Roy Rogers reference, of which the Valley of the Sun has none. <BR/><BR/>That said, the Arby's on West Guadalupe Road in Mesa is by far the BEST one in America ...Kenneth M. Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666275272819956774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23266630852881708062009-04-10T12:31:00.000-07:002009-04-10T12:31:00.000-07:00uh, that's Clarence Boddicker from Robocop and he'...uh, that's Clarence Boddicker from Robocop and he's a real badass.spearNmagicHelmetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53770372126964679272009-04-09T08:42:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:42:00.000-07:00Don't have anything of substance to say, really --...Don't have anything of substance to say, really -- I just thought there should be one post in here that spelled Shelley Fabares correctly. :)jbryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8261174811469964132009-04-08T19:22:00.000-07:002009-04-08T19:22:00.000-07:00You must have missed the University of Phoenix cam...You must have missed the University of Phoenix campus in Waikiki Beach... we didn't!Megalionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728988423240566112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43277934715430076712009-04-08T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-08T16:58:00.000-07:00Thanks, Paul, for the info on Shelly Fabres. The g...Thanks, Paul, for the info on Shelly Fabres. The girl who replaced her was Patty Peterson, real life kid sister of Paul Peterson, who played Donna's son Jeff.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20298759319315149082009-04-08T07:39:00.000-07:002009-04-08T07:39:00.000-07:00Ken:Next week the hotel prices go up again -- NASC...Ken:<BR/><BR/>Next week the hotel prices go up again -- NASCAR.<BR/><BR/>(I had the pleasure of being at the Embassy Suites three years ago when the Dallas Cowboys and NASCAR were in town at the same time. They really should plan ahead better for Happy Hour liquor supplies...).Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8433143404983512332009-04-07T21:10:00.000-07:002009-04-07T21:10:00.000-07:00-----PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT-----The National ...-----<B>PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT</B>-----<BR/>The National Parks Assn. reminds you not to throw things into the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is <I>your</I> canyon. It is the <I>deepest</I> canyon we have. But it will cease to <I>be</I> the deepest canyon, if tourists and campers keep throwing things into it. If you would truly like to help in this campaign to preserve our natural wonders, use the litter cans on your city sidewalks. <I>Don’t</I> throw things into the Grand Canyon.<BR/><BR/>Small world. Bob and Ray classic, shamelessly replaced by the Kilauea Crater in my Hawaiian standup, Myron Kahuna, The Last of the Great Jewian Storytellers. Incidentally, being the baseball professional that you are, I guess I don’t have to tell you how much that friggin’ Astroturf grass skirt weighed.<BR/><BR/>I may be the only person who ever was less than a half hour from the Grand Canyon, and yet never actually got to see it. Stuck in a lousy motel room on a deadline. Welcome to my life. However, as a family, we did have ample opportunity to actually negotiate the narrow paths and cliff dwellings of nearby Walnut Canyon. All of these sites greet you with the same introductory sign. “As long as 3,000 years ago, an ancient people known as the Anasazi, occupied the walls of this canyon. Then, mysteriously, 700 years ago, they all disappeared, and no one knows where they went.”<BR/><BR/>I’ll tell you where they went, Bunky. Over the damned <I>side</I>. That’s where they went. Those paths are maybe 3 feet wide, tops. One begins to grasp the logic of the papoose concept.<BR/><BR/>All of which raises the question, <I>what? Garry Shandling and Worst Week don’t even get a nod?</I> With regard to that Arizona Fair, I’m proud to announce that, once, spending a night at the Renaissance Phoenix, I had two resurrections. As for judging talent, plumbers really ought to stick with electoral punditry, where they belong. And that Tilted Kilts joint needs to look over its shoulder. We’ve got a bid on the lot next door for our topless Arizona police hangout, Copper Tailings. Incidentally, you do take a nice photo.A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48615514783298190572009-04-07T19:50:00.000-07:002009-04-07T19:50:00.000-07:00Geez, I was gonna write something flip and perhaps...Geez, I was gonna write something flip and perhaps humorous in response to Paul's comment, but after reading Crane's Wiki again, I appreciated his work more than ever...and all the funny ran away.<BR/><BR/>Bob Crane was a great DJ and productive actor.<BR/><BR/>I'm not worthy...Barefoot Billy Alohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586870309250699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52487828635392166692009-04-07T16:27:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:27:00.000-07:00I think I saw Kurtwoood Smith playing at the Calif...I think I saw Kurtwoood Smith playing at the California Actors Theater in Los Gatos, California in the late 1970s. I'm sure I was younger then.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Alan TomlinsonAlan Tomlinsonhttp://www.voicemedia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77720283131090325642009-04-07T16:05:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:05:00.000-07:00Cap'n Bob...by the time Crane appeared on THE DONN...Cap'n Bob...by the time Crane appeared on THE DONNA REED SHOW, Shelley Fabres had left.<BR/>Now you've made me worry about the child actress who played an orphan girl the Stone family adopted, to replace Fabres' character.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9943548849793960622009-04-07T16:00:00.000-07:002009-04-07T16:00:00.000-07:00Bob Crane was dedicated to his work, both in radio...Bob Crane was dedicated to his work, both in radio and TV. I worked at KNX four 4 years and Bob was always most cooperative. He appeared at my College, five year reunion dinner for me, did his routine (recorded voices, etc.) and knocked 'em dead (bad metaphor). As far as I knew, he never drank or smoked and was married to his high school sweetheart. Had no idea about his sex life, until one night he walked into the "Classic Cat" on Sunset Blvd. with another guy (probably the one who offed him). I was shocked to see him there. Even more shocking he know all the girls! I was there attending a Board Meeting for a club I belonged to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34499078088397399722009-04-07T15:29:00.000-07:002009-04-07T15:29:00.000-07:00Love me a Kurtwood sighting! Always been a qualit...Love me a Kurtwood sighting! Always been a quality actor. Nice to know he's a good guy with a sense of humor.Refnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83127502467650592652009-04-07T15:03:00.000-07:002009-04-07T15:03:00.000-07:00I always felt that Alfred Hitchcock knew EXACTLY w...I always felt that Alfred Hitchcock knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he had PSYCHO start out on an aerial view of Phoenix. The message of PSYCHO was clear" "Live in Arizona; end up slashed in the shower, dead but clean."<BR/><BR/>"Paul Duca said... <BR/>Mr. Aloha...WHICH Bob Crane do you want to be? The church-going family man successful in his career, or the one indulging his appetites?"<BR/><BR/>They were inseperable. You can't have one without the other. (Those appetites empowered his success.) But to answer for myself, I would NEVER want to be described as "church-going."<BR/><BR/>When my cousin had a heart attack while climbing a mountain in Arizona last year, the nearest hospital was a 20 mile drive, which he made himself. He WISHES it had been merely 13.2 miles. (Fred survives to this day, but has had to have several heart surgeries since.)<BR/><BR/>But you know, they still got one hell of a canyon there. Well worth the trip to see it in person.<BR/><BR/>WV: antax: 1. The Republican bail-out's big idea.<BR/><BR/>2. Less profitable than an Aunt Tax.<BR/><BR/>3. A harmless white powdery substance.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2286408506030031802009-04-07T14:32:00.000-07:002009-04-07T14:32:00.000-07:00Sadly, Phoenix is looking like a model American ci...Sadly, Phoenix is looking like a model American city. <BR/><BR/>Kurtwood Smith made That '70s Show worth watching, if you had a mute button handy for when Demi Moore's boytoy came on. <BR/><BR/>(Am I having some kind of stroke, or have the WV words gotten very hard to read?)Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6626464939375299242009-04-07T12:36:00.000-07:002009-04-07T12:36:00.000-07:00Jennifer, my condolences for your friend...Jennifer, my condolences for your friend...gwangunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157448484837431226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37583304911447652082009-04-07T10:03:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:03:00.000-07:00A friend of mine just moved to Phoenix. I'm so sen...A friend of mine just moved to Phoenix. I'm so sending her this link.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906089927390662087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77143416922116425222009-04-07T08:52:00.000-07:002009-04-07T08:52:00.000-07:00Anyone remember Bob Crane from The Donna Reed Show...Anyone remember Bob Crane from The Donna Reed Show? I wonder if he hit on Donna, or Shelly Fabres.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20597910583586407852009-04-07T07:42:00.000-07:002009-04-07T07:42:00.000-07:00Ken: Next time you're in town...call!Ken:<BR/> Next time you're in town...call!Michael Hagertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854329436921975104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81865450322323009142009-04-07T06:44:00.000-07:002009-04-07T06:44:00.000-07:00Kurtwood Smith gave his character Red Forman some ...Kurtwood Smith gave his character Red Forman some real texture on "That '70s Show." What could have come off as a one-dimensional stereotype instead became someone you had empathy for.<BR/><BR/>Also, Ken, did you see the <I>Los Angeles Times</I> piece on the number of sitcoms among pilots? It particularly noted the revival of the multi-camera format, which, to paraphrase Don Steele, is "alive. ALIVE!" (Somewhere, Desi Arnaz is smiling.) Maybe I should dust off my treatment and scripts for a series I envisioned about a sitcom writer who's secretly a witch... <BR/><BR/>wv: "mityme" -- a Verne Troyer type who harbors Thurberesque fantasies.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87062736959757760262009-04-07T06:21:00.000-07:002009-04-07T06:21:00.000-07:00But I thought Kurtwood Smith was a Tigers fan...I ...But I thought Kurtwood Smith was a Tigers fan...<BR/><BR/>I mean, I've seen Robocop a couple of dozen times and...Mike Bellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11712278083788575282009-04-07T06:03:00.000-07:002009-04-07T06:03:00.000-07:00Say what you will about Vero Beach, but they've ne...Say what you will about Vero Beach, but they've never even had so much as a Werner Klemperer sighting.Joehttp://blog.vinapedia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34117444228182001032009-04-07T05:04:00.000-07:002009-04-07T05:04:00.000-07:00Mr. Aloha...WHICH Bob Crane do you want to be? The...Mr. Aloha...WHICH Bob Crane do you want to be? The church-going family man successful in his career, or the one indulging his appetites?<BR/><BR/>WV: phorquet--what one shouts before swinging the malletPaul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90311226493636756042009-04-06T22:16:00.000-07:002009-04-06T22:16:00.000-07:00Nailed Phoenix to a T!Nailed Phoenix to a T!gwangunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00743626777447874196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45365809209093519702009-04-06T22:04:00.000-07:002009-04-06T22:04:00.000-07:00As an actor, Bob Crane was hard to beat......As an actor, Bob Crane was hard to beat......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com