This week, John Fogerty pulled out several of his classic Creedence Clearwater Revival tunes in a medley on The Late Show with David Letterman. At a thunderous pace, Fogerty played excerpts from “Travelin’ Band,” “Proud Mary” and “Fortunate Son.”
Having seen Fogerty live during the era where he did not play CCR songs because of legal battles, I am always happy to see him bust out these great songs even though I also love his post-CCR songs. Note where Fogerty points when he gets to the “Proud Mary” lines about leaving a good job in the city. Check it out.
If you wish to catch Fogerty live singing some of his CCR songs, check out his tour this summer. As for Letterman, watch for this final show on May 20, 2015.
What CCR song would you like to hear Fogerty perform? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Actor David Duchovny recently released his novel Holy Cow, which is about a milk cow who learns about industrial farming and which one reviewer called “totally bizarre.” While promoting the book, Duchovny asked singer Bree Sharp to appear with him at a Barnes & Noble so she could sing her funny song about him.
The song “David Duchovny” appeared on Sharp’s debut album A Cheap & Evil Girl (1999). The song is a catchy, charming, and funny tribute to Duchovny and his reign as a heartthrob during his years on the original run of The X Files during 1993-2002. In the song, Sharp pines for the TV star, asking “David Duchovny, why won’t you love me?”
You may have forgotten how big Duchovny (as Fox Mulder) and his co-star Gillian Anderson (as Dana Scully) were during those years. But the song, and Sharp’s recent performance, will take you back. Check it out.
If you want more on Bree Sharp, check out her website. If you want more Duchovny, in May he will start appearing on the NBC TV series Aquarius, and Fox will revive The X Files for six episodes. And that is not all. On May 12, Duchovny will release Hell Or Highwater, his first CD. He really is amazing. What do you think of “David Duchovny” and David Duchovny? Leave your two cents in the comments.
We are used to seeing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as relatively young men in films from the prime of their career together that spanned 1926-1945. By chance, both did appear as even younger men in the movie The Lucky Dog (1921), although it was before the two became a team. As for after the 1926-1945 period, following the main years of their career together, the two men did appear together in the 1950s before Hardy passed away.
Their last feature film together was an Italian-French production called Atoll K, which was released in 1951 and marketed in the U.S. as Utopia and in the U.K. as Robinson Crusoeland. It had been more than six years since Laurel and Hardy had appeared together in their previous film, 20th Century Fox’s The Bullfighters (1945). Below is the trailer for Utopia (1951).
At the time of the filming of Atoll K/Utopia, the two men were not in good health as the production faced various challenges. Most considered the resulting poorly dubbed film a disaster. If you would like to watch the entire movie, it is available on YouTube.
After Atoll K, around 1954, Laurel and Hardy appeared on the TV show This is Your Life, hosted by Ralph Edwards. The series surprised and honored people by recounting their life and bringing on people who knew them. In this episode devoted to both Laurel and Hardy, the guests included Buster Keaton.
Finally, a silent home video captured Laurel and Hardy in 1956 at the Reseda, California home of Stan Laurel’s daughter, Lois. Stan Laurel had been born with the name Arthur Stanley Jefferson on June 16, 1890 in the United Kingdom, so he was around 66 years old at the time of the video. He would live awhile longer until he passed away on February 23, 1965 in California.
Oliver Hardy, whose birth name was Norvell Hardy, was born on January 18, 1892 in Georgia, so he was around 64 at the time of the home video. Hardy earlier had a heart attack in 1954 and at the time of the video, he only had about a year to live as he passed away on August 7, 1957 in Los Angeles.
So, check out this 1956 home video from the UCLA archives, which may be the last time the two giants appeared together on film. Even without sound, you can see the spirit of the two men as they look into the camera one last time.
What is your favorite Laurel and Hardy moment? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Recently on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon remembered his days in high school with the Saved by the Bell cast. Check out as Fallon reunites the gang from Bayside High: Slater (Mario Lopez), Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Kelly (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen), Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley), and Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins).
One thing missing from the reunion was Screech Dustin Diamond, who was recently arrested.
What is your favorite memory of Saved by the Bell? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Jeff Bridges has put together an album called Sleeping Tapes that is full of sounds to help you sleep. It appears, though, that the main purpose of the album is not because Bridges is so concerned about your sleep but because it is Super Bowl ad time and the album ties in with a promotion and Super Bowl commercial from Squarespace, a company that wants to help you build your websites.
Still, it is always fun to see Jeff Bridges being Jeff Bridges. [2023 Update: The video is not currently available.]
If you wish to hear and/or order the album, head over to dreamingwithjeff.com. Leave your two cents in the comments.
, his first CD. He really is amazing.
