| | | Gomer Pyle Memorabilia Found Here | myLot Discussions about Gomer Pyle Memorabilia| old tv shows | | i love to watch the old shows i love lucy or the beaver. nothing is better to watch and i just love to watch them. how about bewitched or the munsters. who else loves these shows | |
| | How do you feel about all the actors getting dropped except Jeff Goldblum? | | I think Vincent D'Onofrio made this show. Dropping him after all these years doesn't seem right, unless he was ready to leave the show anyway. He's a gifted actor who has done many quirky roles. I still remeber him as "Gomer Pyle" in full metal jacket. The men's room scene was scary. Somehow dropping everybody to make the show more centered on Goldblum doesn't make sense without some sort of transition period. How do yo explain a change of partners AND a change of Captain at the same time? | |
| | My bargain for the month with a goal - what's yours? | | I have been watching sales for TV series and movies from the 60's70's and some 80's. That was back when TV was good, sitcoms were funny and movies had a point.I watch Amazon.com and watch theones I want and when they hit $15 for a season, I buy them. But I also wathc as if you spend $25 you get free shipping. SO far, I have been fortunate that I can get 2 seasons ($15 each) and that puts me over for the free shipping. Remember GOmer Pyle USMC? Newhart? Andy Griffith show? Just hilairous to the max. Fun and enjoyable. Anyway, when it was on, I love the Mary Tyler Moore show - wanted to be like her and have that amazingly cute apartment like hers!And a great friend like Rhoda!! I got season 1 and 4 for $15 ea prior, but yesterday there was a sale at Amazon and it was BOGO!! My favorite way to shop! The season 2 and 3 were on sale for $23.99 each and with BOGO, I got not only the free shipping but the box sets for $12 each!My goal is not only to have some good shows to watch for entertainment, but most likely will have to cancel cable and out here, if you don't have cable you don't even get the basic local channels - ABC< CBS, NBC. But since I can get news on line - I"ll... | |
| | Why do we like stupid people so much? | | Ya'll ever watch TVLand on sat tv? They got re-runs of all our favorite stupid people - Gomer Pyle, Jethro, Elly Mae, Gilligan, Archie Bunker, and list goes on and on. So, why is stupid funnier than smart? (Major exception - Bob Newhart). Who are your favorite stupid people?OK, you can't call people stupid, but these are TV characters - unlike real life presidents and preachers - leave them out so we don't get censored. | |
| | Brady Bunch' actor dies at 84 | | I got this in my email today. I hadn't heard about him for awhile, so I didn't know he was still alive. The characters he played seemed nice and lovable.LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Allan Melvin, a character actor best known for playing Sam the Butcher on "The Brady Bunch," has died. He was 84.
Allan Melvin played Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on "All in the Family."
Melvin died of cancer Thursday at his home in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Amalia Melvin, his wife of 64 years.
The jowly, jovial Melvin spent decades playing a series of sidekicks, second bananas and lovable lugs, including Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on "All in the Family," and Sgt. Bilko's right-hand man Cpl. Henshaw on the "Phil Silvers Show."But his place in pop culture will be fixed as butcher and bowler Sam Franklin, the love interest of Brady family maid Alice Nelson, who was played by Ann B. Davis. Melvin played the role from 1970 to 1973.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1923, Melvin grew up in New York and attended Columbia University.
He was appearing on Broadway in "Stalag 17" when he began his decades-long television career with "The Phil Silvers Show," playing... | |
| | Pt 4 Basic Training Week 2 through 4 in 1970 | | I think I said where I was but if not let me refresh where I was for basic Training.
During the WAC (Women's Army Corp) years all females did their basic training at Ft Mc Clellan Alabama.
It was a beautiful base but I never knew it while in basic LOL.I gave you pretty much what happened during the first week.
Week 2 through 4 was full of scheduled class room training. Basically learning the history of the Corp.
Both the Women's Corp and the actual Army.
We were given insight into how the 4 military services work together in peace time and in war.
I also learned during this time that we could be backing up the Marine Corp as far as medical and other services that their Corp did not offer as jobs.
It was a very interesting time.
If I did not tell you previously, I left the day after my 18th birthday
That would be July 30th, 1970. Man it was hotter than hell during that time too.
The humidity in Alabama was quite different than in Missouri where I was born and raised.
So by each water facet there was a container above it containing salt tablets.
We had to take between 8 to 12 a day
I had never heard of salt pills before I entered the army.
During the 1970's and... | |
| | US Census Recent Statistics... | | I found these very interesting facts that the US Census Bureau has put together and although I know from experience about the price changes some of the other facts are very new and interesting to me...
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The United States population reached 300 million on October 17, 2006, according to projections by the Census Bureau. To help spotlight this occasion, the Census Bureau steps back in time by comparing contemporary life and statistics to those in the time periods in which the nation reached other noteworthy population milestones in 1967 (when the population reached 200 million) and in the year 1915 (when it reached 100 million).
Presidents:
2006: George W. Bush
1967: Lyndon B. Johnson
1915: Woodrow Wilson
Price of a new home
2006: $290,600
1967: $24,600 ($149,147 in 2006 dollars)
1915: $3,200 ($64,158 in 2006 dollars)
Cost for a gallon of regular gas
2006: $3.04 (as of Aug. 7)
1967: 33 cents ($2.00 in 2006 dollars)
1915: 25 cents ($5.01 in 2006 dollars)
Price of milk
2006: $3.00 gallon
1967: $1.03 gallon ($6.24 in 2006 dollars)
1915: $ .36 gallon ($7.22 in 2006 dollars)
Cost of a first-class stamp
2006: 39... | |
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