I choose Neuman.

1995 Disneyland PeopleMover Vehicle



I was in Disneyland back in 1996 for a short visit seeing my friends down there and one of things that I liked to do is to ride the People Movers and I've spent about a half-hour a day for three days riding them.









Had a ball doing so, and I usually ride them after Lunch and had a blast doing so.

Dolores Gray & Cyd Charisse
Grey in the Red, Charisse in the Pink








Photographed in 1955


Dolores Gray - From IMDb

Dabbling in practically every facet of the business during her over six-decade career -- nightclubs, cabaret, radio, recordings, TV, film and Broadway -- sultry, opulent, hard-looking singing star Dolores Gray, distinctive for her sharp, somewhat equine features, lived the high life for most of her time on earth. Born in Chicago in 1924, she began singing in Hollywood supper clubs at age 14 and eventually was discovered by Rudy Vallee, who made her a name on his radio show. From there the larger-than-life talent took to the stage, debuting on Broadway in 1944. In 1947, she gussied up London's post-war theater district when she starred as Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun." Lucky for her, Ethel Merman refused the tour and Dolores became the toast of the West End for over two years. She also attracted tabloid attention with her extravagant life style, outlandish clothes and 'Auntie Mame'-like joie de vivre. Broadway musicals beckoned following her success abroad and the dusky alto returned to New York, earning raves in the short-lived "Carnival in Flanders" with John Raitt, which won her the Tony award, and "Destry Rides Again" co-starring pre-TV star Andy Griffith, which earned her a Tony nomination. MGM wanted in on the action and signed her. Dolores managed a few scene-grabbing second leads in It's Always Fair Weather (1955) starring Gene Kelly, Kismet (1955) with Howard Keel and Ann Blyth, The Opposite Sex (1956), starring June Allyson and Joan Collins, which was a somewhat misguided musical version of the classic comedy "The Women," and the chic non-musical Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. And then it was over for Dolores in movies. Hit by the decline of the musical film, she, trooper that she was, found work on TV variety, recorded for Capitol Records and remained a top-of-the-line cabaret act for decades to come. Despite her somewhat outré reputation, Dolores married only once -- to California businessman and race horse owner Andrew Crevolin in 1967. Although the marriage lasted approximately 9 years, they never divorced. In fact, the couple never even formally separated as she was a devout Catholic. She and Andrew would remain close friends until his death in 1992. Dolores passed away a decade later in her Manhattan apartment of a heart attack at age 78 in 2002.


Cyd Charisse - From IMDb


Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1921 in Amarillo, Texas. Born to be a dancer, she spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at age 13. In 1939, she married Nico Charisse, her former dance teacher. In 1943, she appeared in her first film, Something to Shout About (1943), billed as Lily Norwood. The same year, she played a Russian dancer in Mission to Moscow (1943), directed by Michael Curtiz. In 1945, she was hired to dance with Fred Astaire in Ziegfeld Follies (1945), and that uncredited appearance got her a seven-year contract with MGM. She appeared in a number of musicals over the next few years, but it was Singin' in the Rain (1952) with Gene Kelly that made her a star. That was quickly followed by her great performance in The Band Wagon (1953). As the 1960s dawned, musicals faded from the screen, as did her career. She made appearances on television and performed in a nightclub revue with her second husband, singer Tony Martin. Cyd Charisse died at age 87 of a heart attack on June 17, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.


My Thoughts

Two terrific dancers and entertainers -- these two make no exceptions and I would describe these two fantastic and every right to be their own way blessed with great legs. Cyd is a combination of Rita Hayworth and Ginger Rogers. Dolores is more like Cyd and somewhat copied her and that's where both of them were exceptional.

Here's something that was popular in the 70's, that I never really understood, the "I'm with stupid" tee shirts. I could never get into that, but I'll admit that if memory serves me correctly, my dad had one.
This isn't a vintage shirt, but you get the idea.

Gambler's Shirt






At the during the late 70's and or early 80's -- my girlfriend at the time got me the brick red and green shirt of the Gambler's Sleeve Shirt and she asked me to wear these shirts when we go dancing and going out to parties of which we did a lot back in those days. I was in my Senior Year in High School (Grad in 1978) and wore them through my three years of Junior College getting two Associate of Arts degrees and after the completions of these degrees we broke up.

I wore these shirts about 12-15 times a year -- a roundabout number back then and I told my Mom that I look silly in these shirts and yet my girlfriend insisted that I wear these shirts on our dates.

Later on, she got me the Yellow one for my 20th birthday of which it was back in 1979 and now I have three of the four colors shown here and she loves the feel of the fabric and that's why she wanted me to wear them.

Yellow was called Glowing Gold
Red was called Cranberry
Green was Olive Green and she prefers me to wear the Olive Green most of the time and she got me another one for my 20th birthday and I now have back then -- two Greens, one Red, and one Gold.

It was utterly embarrassing for me to wear them at the time; and when we broke up -- she found another boy to wear them and I had no problem giving them back to her and proceed from there.

I gave them back to her no questions asked.

Some Thanksgiving Cheers





Vintage Thanksgiving card, 1911





A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving limited edition cel artist’s proof by Bill Melendez, c. 1990s





From the 1920's ...





Dress your Thanksgiving table with this ceramic turkey covered serving dish. Use this turkey as decoration, a cookie jar, or a serving dish. 10.75" wide x 11" deep x 11.5" high. My Mother had one just like this and my Sister-In-Law got this from my Mother when she died and I'll be seeing it today in a mere 3 hours from now. I'm having a Noon Dinner -- a tradition in our Family to have a NOON Thanksgiving Dinner and she will be using this covered serving dish for her great Cranberry Sauce that she makes on an annual basis.


Happy Thanksgiving ... and enjoy your time with family and friends.