06 January 2014

Year of Jimmy Durante: 1/6/2014

 

A little background on the making of Frosty the Snowman from the producer.

05 January 2014

#3, already, and it's only January 5!


Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest on Xfinity.comcast.net to #___WowsInBikini!

Now HERE'S a Jimmy Durante song I can understand!


Today's contribution to the #YearOfJimmyDurante:

Nobody Wants My Money from The Milkman (1950)
 
 
 

03 January 2014

2014 is, I have declared,...


a) the "Year of Jimmy Durante" (follow on Twitter at #YearOfJimmyDurante)

Jan 1st: The Blanks' "Ballad of Jimmy Durante"

Jan 2nd: The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart

Jan 3rd: Frosty The Snowman

 


and

b) the year that I'm going to track the number of times the website Xfinity.com thinks an actress in a swimsuit is newsworthy.  (Follow on Twitter at #_____WowsInBikini")

Thus far, only three days into 2014, Charlize Theron and Jane Seymour have been spotted!

 


Ah, a big year ahead, no?



31 December 2013

Remembering my Dad, who passed away 9 years ago today...


Ya gotta LOVE the internet.



From The Bradford Era, 23 May 1952:

Johnsonburg Student to Get Degree of Bachelor of Arts

NORTHFIELD, Vt., May 22--Gilbert M. Gigliotti, son of Mr. and Mrs. Battista Gigliotti, 407 Cobb St., Johnsonburg, Pa., is a candidate for the degree of bachelor of arts, with a major in biology, at Norwich University's 133rd commencement to be held here Sunday, June 8, when the old military college will graduate more than 130 Seniors. Mr. Gigliotti will graduate with honors. Mr. Gigliotti. a 1946 graduate of Johnsonburg High School, where he was prominent in dramatics, debating, and yearbook work, has been a Dean's List student at Norwich. He served as president of the German Club and vice president of his social fraternity, Theta Chi. His other Norwich affiliations have included the French Club, the Newman Club, the Maroon Key, the Honorary Tank Platoon, the Pegasus Players, the Glee Club, and the Biology Club. He also did editorial work on both the student newspaper and the yearbook, and served as football manager. A distinguished military student, he reached the rank of major in the Cadet Corps, was awarded the Wheatley Medal, and won election.