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Post by debjorgo on Feb 11, 2014 21:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by debjorgo on Feb 12, 2014 19:13:23 GMT -5
Thanks to wogblog, a third Shirley Temple picture on Sgt Pepper, this one obscured by the wax figures. Attachments:
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 19, 2014 1:03:29 GMT -5
I am surprised Temple's death didn't trigger a bigger wave of grief and television specials. I guess she outlived her fan-base. I didn't see squat on TV other than the quick announcements. I thought she died years ago so I guess I wasn't sad because I must have erroneously grieved years ago.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Feb 23, 2014 16:29:24 GMT -5
Yes, you're right, John! I heard more in the media about Russell Johnson's (the Professor from Gilligan's Island) death than Shirley's!
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Feb 23, 2014 22:23:00 GMT -5
Yes, you're right, John! I heard more in the media about Russell Johnson's (the Professor from Gilligan's Island) death than Shirley's! I think it depended on where you looked. There was a lot about Shirley all over...
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Feb 23, 2014 22:25:01 GMT -5
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Post by sayne on Feb 24, 2014 22:13:33 GMT -5
Interesting how Ringo's the only one having a good time.
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 25, 2014 11:47:34 GMT -5
Yikes! Thanks Steve, I have never seen that. Clearly The Beatles weren't excited to pose with her and her kid! Yet she made it to the cover of SPLHCB, or did she? Did she block it? I need to go look. I heard no old people mention being sad or even talking about it. My mom, my retired 85 year old law partner, aunts, old clients. None of them said squat and we generally talk about everything under the sun. There were media reports but was there an hour long special for instance on CNN? Maybe there was and I missed it. I figured that she would be one of those big celebrity deaths, maybe kicking some of her recordings back up Billboard's charts as the old people unite one last time as music buyers!
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Post by OldFred on Feb 25, 2014 13:39:42 GMT -5
I enjoyed Shirley's movies. A bit sappy today, but still very enjoyable. She was an important and iconic film legend. Bless her soul.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Feb 26, 2014 0:12:16 GMT -5
Yikes! Thanks Steve, I have never seen that. Clearly The Beatles weren't excited to pose with her and her kid! Yet she made it to the cover of SPLHCB, or did she? Did she block it? I need to go look. I heard no old people mention being sad or even talking about it. My mom, my retired 85 year old law partner, aunts, old clients. None of them said squat and we generally talk about everything under the sun. There were media reports but was there an hour long special for instance on CNN? Maybe there was and I missed it. I figured that she would be one of those big celebrity deaths, maybe kicking some of her recordings back up Billboard's charts as the old people unite one last time as music buyers! My wife's a big fan and in fact dug out the DVDs of some of her movies after she died. I have to admit there are a few I like too, being a fan of old movies. "Heidi," "Curly Top" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" are three of my favorites. Yeah, they got sappy, but that's where movies were in those days.
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 26, 2014 10:11:09 GMT -5
I liked "Heidi" as a kid. That is a neat movie. Not sure if I saw the others. LOL, your wife owes you big for being a good sport on those movies. She needs to allow you to have at least five guys nights where your buddies come to your house, drink beer, smoke cigars and watch the Giants on TV, all nine innings! Sadly, I know it doesn't work like that. Men don't get to store "brownie points." We are simply expected to do what the wives demand and smile about it!
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Post by John S. Damm on Feb 27, 2014 12:48:24 GMT -5
The Economist had a great Obituary for Shirley Temple, the last page location in the magazine itself.
Go to the Economist's website and simply do the search for Shirley Temple and it is the first hit. I would give the link but I have run out of free online articles for the time being and I didn't want to give a bad link.
The Obituary made me realize what a loss her death was. That little girl cheered up many people during the Great Depression.
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Post by markc on Feb 28, 2014 13:41:10 GMT -5
George liked her so much he duplicated her curls in 77-79.
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Post by debjorgo on Feb 28, 2014 19:15:52 GMT -5
Shirley was the first superstar! When she walked into a room it was like a Beatle had walked in.
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Post by scousette on Feb 28, 2014 22:31:06 GMT -5
George liked her so much he duplicated her curls in 77-79. Hey! I had those curls in the 1950s. My mother made me sleep with curlers to get that look. Maybe that's why I can't get enough sleep now.
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Post by John S. Damm on Mar 3, 2014 12:16:09 GMT -5
George liked her so much he duplicated her curls in 77-79. Hey! I had those curls in the 1950s. My mother made me sleep with curlers to get that look. Maybe that's why I can't get enough sleep now. LOL and for most of 1980 I had a male perm which looked like a really bad short Afro on a white guy! I wanted to look like Bob Dylan from Blonde On Blonde but I looked more like "Pat"(is it a he or she) from SNL! I had that "Do" when John was murdered. It got chopped the moment winter high school baseball training started in February 1981.
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Post by scousette on Mar 3, 2014 17:12:32 GMT -5
Hey! I had those curls in the 1950s. My mother made me sleep with curlers to get that look. Maybe that's why I can't get enough sleep now. LOL and for most of 1980 I had a male perm which looked like a really bad short Afro on a white guy! I wanted to look like Bob Dylan from Blonde On Blonde but I looked more like "Pat"(is it a he or she) from SNL! I had that "Do" when John was murdered. It got chopped the moment winter high school baseball training started in February 1981. I think we need to see a photo of that.
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