I watched a video of two fourteen year old boys recently trying to use a 1970s vintage rotary dial phone without any instructions. It was hilarious. Hadn’t they ever seen an old movie video of anyone using a dial phone? Or watch an old episode of the Dynamic […]
A Special Mother’s Day Story On August 12, 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin, Bruce McCandless, Wally Schirra and more at a collectSpace event in San Antonio. There were other space related celebrities I talked with including James Drury (Classic TV’s The […]
Our father was a natural junker. I started out at age five, living on the Southside of San Antonio, accompanying him on his junk routes. Years later, my sister Bobbi would join us. As I became busy with important things like Little League, sometimes she’d go solo with […]
Did Captain Kangaroo fight at Iwo Jima with actor Lee Marvin? Was Mr. Green Jeans the father of musician Frank Zappa? Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, a native of Lynbrook, New York, graduated early from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York. In 1945, because of World War […]
Elvis Presley remains front and center in the hearts and minds of millions of fans from around the world. GRACELAND Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee consistently receives between 600,000 to 750,000 visitors a year over the last decade. In the four years prior to pandemic 2020, attendance […]
Country Music legend Buck Owens was once asked, “Looking back on your great career, is there any one thing you regret doing or not doing?” “Elvis Presley was appearing at the Hilton in Las Vegas,” Owens thought of the first thing that popped in his head. “Bakersfield to […]
Born between 1946 and 1964, U.S. Baby Boomers are 73 million strong and by 2030 all will be at least 65 years old, according to the Census Bureau. _____________________________ BONUS: More Boomer memories.
In a December 2020 conversation with a group of friends and acquaintances, the topic of student indoctrination by liberal college professors came up. When one father asked where I graduated, I proudly said,” Texas State, but when I went there it was good ol’ Southwest Texas State University!” […]
You be the judge. ____________________________ For the record, Elvis was a Pepsi man. ______________________________ Famous people of all persuasions who have endorsed Coca-Cola include Marilyn Monroe, Ray Charles, Anita Bryant LeBron James, George Michael, 50 Cent, David Beckham, Paula Abdul, Cal Ripken, Kobe Bryant, Roger Clemens, Neil Diamond, […]
Returning only twice since the 1970s, I first learned about hiking up the highest location in my state from my Texas State University Journalism (then Southwest Texas State University) professor, David Yates, in 1977. Guadalupe Mountains National Park He published, for a .90 to $1.50, an 11 1/2″×14 […]
I first met Pam Tillis in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 1979 while she was singing backup to her father, country music singer Mel Tillis. Mel surprised his daughter by announcing to the crowd at the Frontier Hotel that night that he was inviting her up front so she could […]
