This Week's RED HOT Celebrity Birthday (2/1 - 2/7)

This Week's RED HOT Celebrity Birthday (2/1 - 2/7)
Eddie Bracken, best known for his role as Walley World owner Roy Walley in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION would be celebrating his 95th birthday on February 7th were it not for his death in 2002. The Montclair, NJ resident and star of radio, screen and stage, Bracken died several months after his wife/actress, Connie, passed away. if you make it to Heaven, be sure to check out Eddie and wife Connie in the highly entertaining BACK IN BRACKEN, a true favorite with the elderly deceased.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

This Week's Separated At Birth (1/12 - 1/18)

If you truly remember the '70s and all that it had to offer, you most likely recall Phantom of the Paradise, a film written and directed by Brian De Palma. Combining an ace director with a score from pint-sized Paul Williams of "We've Only Just Begun" fame and an opening narration from Mr. Rod Serling makes this film an indelible guilty pleasure.

And doesn't Mrs. Brady, Florence Henderson, look like the film's main character, the Phantom? Oh how similar their eyes and beaks are!!! I must thank my friend and colleague, John Reeves, for this week's selection. Well done, good man!

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