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Harold Ramis passed away at the age of 69. He held his own co-starring with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in the "Ghostbusters" films, and co-wrote "Animal House", "Caddyshack", and "National Lampoon's Vacation". Thanks, Harold, for all the laughs you gave me (way back when movie tickets were...

A lot of you Muppet fans might remember seeing Arlo Guthrie on the Muppet Show (Season 4?). His main claim to fame is a song that has become a Thanksgiving institution, "Alice's Restaurant". You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want at Alice's...

For any fan of the Monster cereals- FrankenBerry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry, (and limited edition) Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy, if there is a Target store close to you, get there ASAP. Their Halloween promotion is over, and the Monster cereals they sell only at this time of year have been put on...

People Magazine just issued a thick volume "Celebrities That Left Us Too Soon", and devoted 2 pages to Jim. Everybody else got at least 4, but the fact they included him is enough. There's a nice shot of Jim and Kermit in a movie seat holding a bucket of popcorn, and behind them is a mural of...

Who's Ray Manzarek, might Collgoff ask? Let me fill you in... Once upon a time there was a rock group called The Doors, and if you ever heard "Light My Fire" on the radio, you'll recognize Ray's keyboard riffs that gave the band their first #1. While lead singer Jim Morrison was busy getting...

Our church holds AA meetings every Saturday. Every so often, between working with my pastor, I'll stand at the edge of the room and listen to people's stories, how alcohol ruined their lives, but they found the strength and resolve to put their lives back together. I'm not an alcoholic, but my...

Another 60's icon gone. Richie was a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk music scene for almost 50 years. He opened up a little concert in 1969 called Woodstock, and even showed up on Sesame Street to sing "Wonder Child". Deeply soulful, spiritual man. I was lucky enough to meet him some years...

He probably won't be a recognizable name to many of you, but he was a super graphic designer who specialized in one field: album covers. Back in ancient times, before CDs and iTunes, we used to listen to music on these big vinyl discs called LP's. And they were housed in cardboard sleeves...

40 years and 50 million copies ago, Pink Floyd released their sonic masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon. Many of the songs have become FM radio staples, and have touched on such universal themes as isolation, going crazy, time(or lack of), money(or lack of), and how all of us on one planet...

Do you remember the first movie you saw in the theatre? Ever been to a drive-in? (They're almost extinct now). For me, 1973, Disney's Robin Hood. Back then, you could see an afternoon matinee, with popcorn and a soda for about two bucks. 'Scuse me while I get back to my rocking chair now...

Today marks seven years of being at the same company, and in spite of massive layoffs and cutbacks, still having a job to go to, and a possible promotion. :) How about you? There must be something that happened that made you glad you got up today. Let's hear it, and don't be shy.

The former New York City mayor, who had a bit part in Muppets Take Manhattan, passed away at the age of 88. He helped turn New York around back in the 70's after years of decline, and he made as many enemies as he did friends, but he was never boring. Koch could be a pistol. He came up with...

There's another long-lost bit from around 1973 starring David. Here he plays a baseball catcher named Sluggo (Jerry Nelson narrates) who's about to start playing, but has to put on all his protective gear. Trouble is, he can't remember which body part they go on, so Jerry helps him out. On go...

Back in the early years, David bore the brunt of a lot of slapstick comedy. He got pies in the face, doused with buckets of water, buried in snow, the end is listless. In an attempt to demonstrate "In" and "Out", David was a waiter, first day on the job. Maria was the boss, and trains David on...

Jim Boyd, the actor who gave us J. Arthur Crank and the Blue Beetle on the original Electric Company, passed away January 2. The New York Times just got around to posting his obituary. (SIGH!!!) :(

Well, we made it through another Doomsday none the worse for wear :) I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for making this a happy year for me. After spending 2011 in and out of hospitals and in a haze of depression, it was really nice to be welcomed back here in 2012...

Poor David. Throughout the 70's and into the 80's, he and Maria were quite an item, but he sometimes had trouble winning her over. One day he was really going to impress her by learning Spanish, so he hit the books. He was going to invite her to Hooper's to have a soda "Te invito a tomar una...

A few months ago it was discovered there were actually peanuts in peanut butter (!), now I find on a bottle of sleeping pills, there's a warning: MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS. Well, call me a goober from Short Hairs, Kentucky who just fell off the back of the proverbial turnip truck, but... ISN'T THAT...

Just found out Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on "Welcome Back Kotter", passed away today. He was 63. (That made him 26 playing a 10th-grader on tv, which was really stretching things a bit). Back in the 70's, "Kotter" was must-see tv on Thursday nights (followed by "Barney Miller")...

Let's hear it for our dads- and for those of us whose dads are no longer here, we'll never forget you... For katzi428- Hey Kathy, I'll bet my dad is up there with yours, and they're both enjoying Happy Hour (it's always five o'clock somewhere) and swapping stories about their amazing kids. :)