New Comments and General Entries for July 2009
Good Morning, Ladies
I am posting the general entry page for July 2009 this evening so the early birds on the east coast will have somewhere to put their chatter. Happy posting.
Wishing everyone a joyous, grand and safe fourth of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suzy
I am posting the general entry page for July 2009 this evening so the early birds on the east coast will have somewhere to put their chatter. Happy posting.
Wishing everyone a joyous, grand and safe fourth of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suzy
hi barb type in under web search the www.allstarpic.net it will then bring up several web site click on to natalie portman natalie portman picture gallery them type in ed ames.i will pray for carol rebecca. hope you find it barb.cathy
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Yes Rebecca, tell Carol there are others out there saying a prayer and wishing him well.
Thanks for posting the July playpen Suzy, didn't mean to jump the gun!
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Cathy, I can't seem to find the bunch of pictures. Does it have a site you could attach?
Inahlee
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i found it on aol image it was on page 15. i try to find a simple was to help you all when i put www.allstarpic.net. it them list a bunch of web site i clicked on natalie portman picture gallary then they had a search and i put in ed ames. hope that helps inahlee. barb did you find them maybe you can help inahlee.cathy
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inahlee try typing in natalie portman pictures-natalie portman photo gallary. see if that doesnt work. when you find that then type in the search box ed ames. cathy
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Oh I see them! Thank you!
... hey, how'd my pictures get in there??
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Hi All,
I found some new pictures too that I had not seen before. Just to let you know, Inahlee, if you have put your pictures on say Wikipedia or other places on the web they are out there and can show up on image searches.
Susie
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Inahlee,
HELP! I cannot find the pics that Cathy said she found. My computer says that the website does not exist.
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hi inahlee glad you found them what some of them yours.cathy
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Cathy,
I can't find the pics at all. My computer tells me that allstarpic.net does not exist!
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hi barb i had inahlee to type in natalie portman pictures-natalie portman photo gallary. if you type in that you should see that then it has a search and type in ed ames.i think you should find it that way if not come back and ask inahlee how she found them. i hope that will get you there. cathy
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Forgive me if you already know this Cathy, but have you tried highlighting the address from the address bar, doing a Ctrl C, and then doing a Ctrl V in the box you are posting your comments in on MW? Maybe I am missing something here and hope I'm not insulting your knowledge by saying that, maybe I'm the dummy but just wanted to say that if it was helpful.
Keats
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this doesn't work with some search engines, but at least would provide a direct link to the search engine, or any website you wanted us to see.
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hi barb did you find the photos.keats your not insulting my knowledge i dont know a lot of thinks when it comes bring photos and web sites. i use to do data entry when i was working but everything was set up we just had to login and out.i just got my first home computer in dec as a christmas gift from my mom and dad so i am still learning.you all will have to bare with me.cathy
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Yeah, I worked in software configuration management for years, which means I took instructions from the developers and ran the sw to make sure it ran the way the developers MEANT it to. I was too burned out at night to play on pc at home, so rarely did. Then when I started too, I realized home pc was totally different and my sister was totally perplexed why I had to learn simple functions at home and had trouble maneuvering the internet! So I can definately relate!
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hi ladies i have been trying to find with no luck,ed ames once said that when as to join db he was asked for a photo of himself in swim truncks i sure would like to find that one how about all of you.cathy
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yes, I heard that in a Fess Parker interview too. I wanted to ask that too but was never bold enough.
Now Cathy, you really think there is a MW out there with that pic hidden in her special closet, the one where they always keep a candle burning, and they haven't shared it with us? LOL
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I've always wanted to see that one too. For some reason, I have a feeling I saw it a long time ago while looking for Mingo pictures. But, I was too stupid and didn't get a copy. Waaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Inahlee
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hi, no keats i dont think anyone has it hidden except maybe ed ames himself. in the show ed seemed the couple of times that he was without his shirt like when he showed his back to daniel in a rope for mingo and when he was shotcin first in war first in peace seemed to be unconfortable showing his uperbody. cathy
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Cathy,
No, I have not been able to find those pics that you found. Any assist in that area would be most welcome. For some reason or other, or maybe just in my 'dream's I think I saw at one time a pic of Ed in his swim trunks as well. Weren't they white with a little more material on the legs?
Did you guys see the website that I posted where there actually WAS a Jewish Indian chief?
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First in war, first in Peace - yes I thought that too. I assume he was just self-conscious. But definately seemed like he was doing anything to cover up!
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hi inahlee can you help barb find those 21 photos i found on aol.i have tried to help her and i know you found them maybe you can tell her an better way to get to them. i mentioned the swim trunks because i been looking for it an cant find it we have people that are good at finding things.barb did you try the natalie portman pictures.web sites will come up you want the one natalie portman pictures-portman photo gallery. hope you can find them maybe inahlee can help.everyone happy fourth of july hope everyone has a wonderful safe fourth.cathy
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hi barb one more thing if you type in natalie portman pictures and go to the one says natalie portman pictures natalie portman photo gallary it will not look like anything that has to do with ed ames there will be a little search box type his name in then ed ames pictures should come up.cathy
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Hello All,
I believe that the picture of Mr Ames in a swimtrunk probally wont be found anytime soon. His modesty probally made sure he got all the copies, and there might not be any for the public. I have been looking for that one for a long time too. But Im still working on it. Any picture of him is a good one.
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Oh I don't think men wore anything like speedos back then, did they? I don't think he did, anyways. The tiny pick I found, if I remember, was him with a group of others. He had those long knee-length ones.
Inahlee
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Hi Ladies,
That tiny pic of Mr. Ames and a group of others, happened to be his brothers. It was a publicity photo of the Ames Brothers when they appeared at the Sahara in Las Vegas back in the 50's. Just in case you wondered. I've seen that pic too, the tiny one.
Take care,
Susie
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Mom says men had some tinier bathing suits in the 50's, but not for very long. By about 1960, they were wearing ones that looked more like Boxer shorts today. By then she says my Dads "swim trunks" as we called them, came mid-thigh and were very modest by today's standards. Gosh, I think he still has them packed in a drawer somewhere!
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Omigosh, has anyone ever read The Count of Monte Cristo? Looks VERY complicated. Too much for me I'm afraid. I couldn't even follow the plot summary online. I mean, I got a general idea but couldn't discuss any details. I tried to conquer War and Peace once. Even tried renaming the characters to Fred, Joe, Mary etc. to follow them more easily - still got too confused, which led to ambivalence.
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Hi Keats,
Have I read The Count of Monte Cristo??? Hah, hah, hah. I had to read it when I was in 10th grade ... and in French! I don't know whether I have ever read it in English. However, even in French, the plot was not nearly as complicated as some other French novels I had to read in college, especiallly those written by George Sand. By the way, the title of the French version of Count is "Histoire D'Une Revanche" ... Story of Revenge. There are indeed a lot of characters in War and Peace, but I trudged my way through it ... in English. I had to read Dostoyevsky when I was in college ... I hated that. I did read Dr. Zhivago (on a lark!) and did manage to finish it. It's amazing that they were ever able to extract the main story from that book and put together such a good movie.
Ellen
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You had to read it in HIGH SCHOOL? Yikes. I think I've told you before I'm a BIG Shakespeare fan, and always enjoyed it - but War and Peace makes Shakespeare look like Dick and Jane! (at least to me) Totally different styles - obviously, I just can't tolerate the writing I guess. I imagine EA mother read The Count in Russian! Hey! That's like COMBINING it with War and Peace! (ugh) Hmmm, I wonder why she liked it so much? I recognized the name Edmund Dantes but never put much thought in it beyond that.
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sorry, typo - Edmond.
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There was a recent article in which Ed Ames said that his mother was a romantic ... so maybe she sort of identified with Mercedes (Edmund Dantes' love interest) or maybe she liked the name or maybe she just liked the story a lot. I read a lot of "hefty" books when I was in high school ... in sophomore year, the English class was rather rigorous, plus I had a study hall that I usually used to read biographies and heavy novels. When I was in college, I took several French literature classes, so I had to read some pretty "deep" books in French ... it was very, very painful for me, because I absolutely hated some of them. The writing in classic Russian novels is extremely wordy and the scope of the stories is rather large, which makes the books rather long. With some Russian writers, I think they were competing with their French counterparts to be as obscure as possible and fill up as many pages as possible. When one HAS to read a book to pass a class, then one reads it ... like it or not!
For me, War & Peace is like Dick & Jane as compared with Shakespeare! My husband teases me, because I prefer to read novels that are at least 700 pages and have small print.
Ellen
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Just curious about those French authors. Who are they ?
Johanne
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That was quite some time ago ... almost forty years at this point. I don't so much remember the names of the authors or their works ... they were pretty much the typical French authors of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries that are considered essential to a Bachelor's Degree in French literature, although my degree was specialized in Language & Linguistics, the art of forming phrases correctly and speaking in Parisian dialect. At the time, I much preferred the American and British novels of the same vintage that I had to read in Rhetoric and Literature classes. Even in the years after college, some of the translated Japanese books of the same timeframe were much more appealing to me.
Ellen
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This comment is a little late in coming, but I haven't been to this website for a while. I read The Count of Monte Cristo years ago in college, but not as a required book. Every night after a hard day studying linguistics I treated myself to a bedtime read of something fun: Monte Cristo, all of the Three Musketeers books and T.E. Lawrence's The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. (Don't ask me why I thought that last one was fun, but it was for me and I enjoyed it immensely.)
As for Mrs. Urick naming her last child Edmond Dantes, I always thought it was because she had so many children and had just plain run out of names when he was born.
Hunter
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I read Alexandre Dumas and Victor Hugo as a child, by choice. Le comte de Monte Cristo is still a book at home. Dumas père et Dumas fils have written wonderful stories , often misrepresented in movies, as Hugo have been as well. Très facile en français. Histoire d'une revanche ? pas sur mon bouquin; le debut d'une section peut-être.
Johanne
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If you have not yet found it, the link for the photos that Cathy mentioned is at http://www.allstarpics.net/pic-gallery/ed-ames-pics.htm
Ellen
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Thanks Ellen,
Now I can see the pics. There were only 2 that I had not seen before and really enjoyed being able to see them.
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hi thanks ellen for bringing them over for me .i am still learning how to do things like that.cathy
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I found the picture of the Ames Brothers online several months ago. It was so small it was hard to see who was who. I have tried to find it again but had no luck. On one radio interview Mr. Ames said that he had turned down roles he thought were too risque.
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hi barb glad you found them. thanks to ellen bringing the web site over i have still got to learn how to do that. i bet it was the two from craw green that you had not seen. there are not very may of them left on mw.cathy
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HI EVERYONE I WAS JUST ON EBAY UNDER DANIEL BOONE I SAW A PIC OF PAT BLAIR (BECKY) IN EITHER A STRAPLESS ONE PIEACE SWIN SUIT OR A ON PIEACE SHORT, SHORTS AND TOP ONE PIEACE I CANT TELL FOR SURE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE SURE NEVER SAW BEACKY LIKE THAT. THE EBAY NUNBER IS 300328083396. CATHY
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I never knew he was named for the character in The Count of Monte Cristo. That's one of my favorite books. I discovered it in about 8th grade and would read it every year as my first book in summer vacation. Suzy, I used my new email address for this comment as you suggested. Hope it works.
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Well, I had wonderful teachers in school, but no one even mentioned The Count of Monte Cristo! I have a low tolerance level for fiction anyway, mostly read history and biographies by choice, but since y'all seemed to have cut your teeth on this here book I'm gonna give it a look see! (And let's not forget Dickens and his run-on sentences!)
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My Daniel Boone DVD's came in the mail yesterday. 5 full seasons worth. So, last night I watched DVD's 1-4 of Season 1. I don't really remember that first season. It was interesting to see Leslie Nielson and many of the other actors who are in that first season. It is easy to see that the writers were trying to develop characters to see which ones melded together. I enjoyed them and my husband even watched 2 1/2 parts with me and enjoyed it. It'll probably take me a good week to get through season 1. When I start watching, it's hard to stop! Anyway, I'm enjoying and looking forward to all of the seasons as I go along.
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hi barb so glad you got your dvd i am sure your going to have a lot of fun seeing all the great ep again.cathy
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I saw the pic of Pat Blair on ebay. She was always very attractive on DB, but in this pic, in the bathing suit she is a real knock-out! What a beautiful young woman she was. Ya know, if we could only look young all of our lives and not turn into wrinkled old women and men, that would be nice. Course, I certainly wouldn't want to have the 'work' done on me that Burt Reynolds did! Not a good job at all
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i agree barb it would be nice but it just doesnt happen. pat blair is very pretty she has such beautiful red hair.cathy
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hi inahlee i see that you are working on another painting of ed ames cant wait to see it.and when you have some free time can you maybe post some pics from first in war first in peace.cathy
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Certainly, Cathy. I love that episode like.... too much!
Inahlee
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hi keats got your e mail that real neat nice idea. never thought of that though i have framed a few of my favorite pics .i have all native american decor in my house so mingo goes along great.thanks for sharing.cathy
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thanks inahlee ,i understand you got a lot going on just when you have some free time i will be looking forward to it and your new painting.again thanks cathy
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What is the ethic about using old general entry when you would love to pursue a "discussion" started last month ?
Johanne
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Huh?? I don't understand what you are trying to say. Perhaps you could re-state your comment in a different way.
Thanks!
Ellen
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Jo, you can go back and use any old general entry that you want. The reason I suggested using a general entry each month for topics that do not relate to the an entry is that there were discussions of unrelated issues being added just any topic. Sometimes it was hard to find something that had been said.
You can always bring back an old topic for more discussion.
Suzy
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hi did you all see the photo on ebay of ed ames and two others. it looks like one of his horses what do you think. it is on regular bid on ed ames and daniel boone. they say it from daniel boone path if it is i think it was taken at his ranch.cathy
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It does look like his one horse. Maybe if anybody on MW gets this pic they can share with the rest of us. Don't particularly like the way that EBAY was scrawled all over the pic. Although I understand.
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yeah, looks like his paint alright, and him standing there. I dont care for it. Looks like the groundskeeper snapped it from behind a tree and is trying to make some fast cash. Someone should tell him he's got a mole.
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Well, any picture of Ed will do for me. It's actually nice to see him in regular clothes instead of a suit/tux or sport coat.
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Oh yeah, I like the pic, just meant I didn't like that it looked like it was taken "sneakily." Kinda fuzzy, too far away and kinda from behind. Hey, I thought he wore a tux or suit at home too! Or maybe a Count's cape? Or a chief's robe?
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hi looks like barb and keats thinks its his paint too. i am like you barb i understand how come they put something on the photo so people wont enlarge it and make copies,but this one they made it hard for anyone how was interested to really see what they are buying. its not the best you cant even see ed ames face.cathy
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Hi y'all: This is the seller who had the "Mingo Parade picture" up a few months ago. I can tell you that the quality of that picture was terrible -- it was simply a copy of a newspaper picture although the seller assured us it was of excellent quality. And he also lurks on MW all the time. Paula
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yes paula i bought the parade picture after it went on buy now and it was not very good quality.i felt like i payed way to much. this new one is not very good i just thought it looked like it was his paint horse that they where looking at.cathy
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It's Friday, a lovely day, not too hot. I leave work, go with friends to eat at the restaurant. Get home, turn the tv on. What do I see ? Kirk Douglas speaking to his son Michael about One Flew over the Cuckonest.
What do I see while Kirk speaks ? pictures of the play. Which pictures ?
Ed Ames.
Name of the documentary : A Father ... A Son ... Once. It's a hour and half long.
Johanne
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Really??? DId you get your camera and start taking pictures??
Inahlee
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http://www.amazon.com/Father-Son-Once-Upon-Hollywood/dp/B000BBOU9A
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hi thanks johanne for letting us know about a father a son. i just order a copy.keats and everyone ebay has it too a number of copies at all prices.cathy
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hi inahlee i got the two on how to take photos off of dvd. but i didnt get the one on posting photos that say from image web sites to mw.cathy
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inahlee ellen brought those 21 photos on to july comments on july 6.but i would still like to know how to bring them over when i find anything else new that i think the rest of you would like.cathy
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Hi Cathy, I'll send you info on how to post pictures to MW.
For the site that features the 21 photos, I had to sign up in order to view the pictures. So far, it looks like pictures that were here on MW. Are you able to look at the pics without having to sign in? The site is called Who's Dated Who. http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/people/dating/ed-ames.htm. I'm not sure if this is the same site but it has the 21 pictures.
Inahlee
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While watching the DB series, I became interested in Albert Salmi. Now, I knew he committed suicide (very tragic to my way of thinking, but who knows what demons lurk in our hearts and minds) and I came across this web page where Ed Ames had a memory of Albert Salmi. Thought you guys might find the article interesting. If not, then so be it!
http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/01/13/past_articles/salmi.txt
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Found this website on Darby Hinton. Didn't know if ya'll be interested or not, but I found it interesting.
http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/090808-daniel-boone-documentary
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Barb, these articles you're digging up are fascinating. This one was particularly interesting too -- but Israel Boone was NOT killed by Indians (that was James Boone); Israel died at the Battle of Blue Licks, one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War. Hugs y'all: Paula
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Thanks for that info Paula. I merely posted what Darby Hinton wrote. Wasn't he just the cutest little boy you ever did see?! I just love those freckles! What really took me most was that Fess Parker really was a 'father figure' to Darby Hinton. What a lucky boy Darby was to have such a tremendous mentor huh?
I actually have a book on Daniel Boone, but only got part way through it. I think I'll pick it back up again and start from the beginning. It's always interesting to hear what other people actually know about Daniel Boone, the man.
Again, Paula, thank you for your information (and I DO appreciate it). Actual history is always more informative than 'TV history' unless it's the Biography or History channel!
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Truth be told, as a child I couldn't stand Israel. He must have reminded me of someone nasty at school! LOL Always had a crush on Mingo, even then!
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I never had a problem with Israel or the way Darby Hinton played him, but every time Hinton/Israel yells "Pa! Pa!", I keep thinking there's a crow in the background.
Hunter
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I never had a problem with Israel or the way Darby Hinton played him, but every time Hinton/Israel yells "Pa! Pa!", I keep thinking there's a crow in the background.
Hunter
(Sorry if this message has re-posted. My computer is having the hiccups.)
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Actually Darby is right. Blue Licks was a revolutionary battle but with far more Indians than British. According to Boone's own words in the Draper manuscripts and several early historys he was beside Israel when he was killed by an Indian. My husband and I were there the day Darby and Ed were filming at Blue Licks with the rangers talking about it.The show is not a "TV history" but a fact based history airing on PBS.Blue Licks has a great web site and they are having their annual reenactment soon.
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I'm currently ready "Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer" by John Mack Faragher. It's a little different from all of the other Boone biographies because this one deals with the folklore of the colonial settlers and it got mixed with the Daniel Boone life story. Good stuff, but maybe not right as an introduction to Boone's life.
Hunter
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Hunter, read "Boone: A Novel of an American Hero" by Cameron Judd. I loved it. Hugs, Paula
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Ladies, I found a new picture you all may not have seen yet. I emailed everyone I had on my list about it. If no got it, here's the web address: http://media.photobucket.com/image/ed%20ames/grinillinois/GRandEdAmes.jpg?o=1.
Ed looks rather spiffy in that suit, including that bulky pendant. That was the thing in the 70's, wasn't it? lol, that young man beside him doesn't appear to have been ready for any paparazzi. Ed, on the other hand, acts as if posing was his habit. lol!
Inahlee
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Ouch, what an ugly couch! We certainly didn't have very good taste back in the 70's did we?
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hi thanks from me too inahlee just keep them coming we love it.barb the thing is a the time things we think are really really great but looking back they are ugly like the couch.cathy
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Well, Ed almost always looks great to me. In the 70's my mom had gold carpet in the living room with gold and white wallpaper and gold louvered doors! Looking back I say YECH!
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hi barb in the 70s i had green carpet and i had the famous gold stove and green refrigator. i too look back and say yech.cathy
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hi inhalee got your e mail on posting hopefuly it will help me the next time i find something that i think mw would like to see thanks. cathy
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I lived in California in the late 1960s, the valley just next to Napa. Everything back then was avocado and gold, avocado and gold. Reeeealy bad. By the time we moved to Illinois in the early 70s, all the newly-decorated houses were in pink and aqua, pink and aqua. Do you think that when decorators look at their past work they feel ashamed?
Hunter
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oh yes hunter that was my kitchen avocado green harvest gold. i now dont know how i could stand them.cathy
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hi everyone i just had a great idea.of course ed ames is my favorite,but there is another that i have always really liked an that is henry darrow he played manolito montoya on high chaparral. i was just looking on high chaparral home and they have a artist that puts painting and drawing of the high chaparral cast.wouldnt it be great to get him to do one of ed as mingo.his name is walter fornero he does nice paintings and funny drawing. he has a web site walter fornero and also you can see his work on high chaparral home.there is a e mail address maybe if several of us e mailed him he might do some for mw.cathy
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I've often thought of someone doing a detailed sculpture of Mingo full-figured. I've seen sculpts of Fess before.
Inahlee
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hi that sounds neat inahlee i bet you can do it you have a lot of talent. if you do you will have to takea pics of it and post the pic for us to see. looking forward to seeing your latest painting is it as mingo or ed ames as himself. bet it will be great either way.cathy
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Just posted the picture!
I'd love to do the sculpture, but I don't know how, sadly.
Inahlee
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Inahlee,
OMG! That pic of Ed took my breath away! I can't add anything else on that. It's just perfect.
Techumsa is also very good, but I just love the first one. It captures him.
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The Syracuse Nationals are going on this weekend. Huge classic car show in the Northeast. There will be a 1966 Batmobile replica there, one of only a handful that exist. The original one is in a museum in LA. Adam West and Julie Newmar (the original CatWoman) will be here signing autographs with it. And for my six degrees of seperation, the man who designed the original Batmobile also designed the custom Thunderbird that is pictured with Ed Ames (and two teen girls) for the Sounds of '68 TV special. (The TV special which only exists for viewing now at the UCLA archives and the William S. Paley Media Center in NYC.) Ed Ames sang 5 songs on that show. If anyone cares. Or not.
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Well Jeepers,
Let me see if I can link the goings on in my neighborhood to Ed Ames/Mingo like you did, Keats. In Northeast, PA(and that is a little town 7 miles east of me) it is the big Cherry Festival. I am surrounded by many fruits here..........let me rephrase. I live in the country surrounded by acres of vineyards, those big purple Concord grapes, but they're not ripe yet.
Up the road, apple orchards, cherry trees, peach trees, strawberry fields, blueberry patches, and when I went for my walk out in the fields behind my place, the bushes are full of blackberries, still green, but lots of them.
And in the little town of Waterford about ten miles west of me, they are celebrating their Heritage Days. Waterford is known for a stopping over place by George Washington, when he was a surveyor I believe. So I guess that would be the connection, not to Mr. Ames, but to Mingo. He met George Washington didn't he? Hmmmm in one of my favorite episodes, First in War, First in Peace. I know it's fiction, and Mingo is fiction, but oh what very fine fiction.
Again enjoy the weekend,
Susie
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Actually I've corresponded with the guy who wrote about both the Batmobile and the '68 Thunderbird in a Classic car magazine. He interviewed the designer. In 1968, the fact that the Thunderbird was designed by the same guy that designed the Batmobile was a BIG thing and was part of the big draw for the show - which was the culmination of pop band competitions that had been held all over the country (for months before they made it to the TV special) and was sponsered by Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ed Ames was chosen as host because his star was so bright at the time and the teens loved him to boot. The pic of him with the car was one of the promo shots. Adam West was also a big star at the same time as Ames, and competed for ratings against DB. I thought someone might find it interesting as we've discussed other things from that era. You aren't making fun of me are you? It's hard to tell when you are only reading something.
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Oh, and actually it was the guy who wrote the article on BOTH cars that gave me a heads up on where to locate Sounds of '68. I then corresponded with UCLA archives and the Paley Center on the possibility of sending the TV show out on intra-library loan for viewing. UCLA is currently considering this. Not much chance with Paley Center. I would love to see Ames sing 5 songs that were solo hits for him!
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The car was actually a Pontiac Firebird.
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Yes, I stand corrected. I was doing all this from memory and was so deep into it I shouldn't have made such a mistake. But we've got so much going on with the cars here I misspoke! Thanks for clarifying!!
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Hi Keats,
You have obviously been doing a lot of research, and it's wonderful to hear about the things that have resulted from your time at the library. It would be wonderful if UCLA will loan out their recordings through your intra-library loan.
Keep up the great work!
Ellen
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Hi Keats,
No, no I was not making fun of you at all. I found that very interesting as well. Anything that can connect with Mr. Ames I love to hear about. I was just looking at what was going on here and trying to connect too.
I'm sorry if it sounded that way. Are you have a wet and cool weekend like we are here in Erie? This so-called summer is getting very depressing.
Take care,
Susie
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Hi Susie,
Well, Pgh is having the same weather ya'll are having up in Erie! Stormed last night but we needed the rain. The rest of the weekend is supposed to be in the 70's and sunny. I'll probably be doing yard work.
Keats does some really interesting research. Wish I had the time to do that. The only thing I can connect Ed to is that here in Monroeville, PA he and his brothers performed at the old Holiday House. I don't know the year, couldn't find it at the time I was looking, but it would have been when I was just little, so I wouldn't have known about them at any rate.
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Thanks. Yupper, bad weather. I don't get to go anywhere or do anything because I am a caregiver for my parents: two ill, housebound seniors who live with me - with no one to help me - so "the goings on in my neighborhood" and the computer are all I have. I contribute what I can. I didn't see how you connected Ed Ames/Mingo to blueberries and a Cherry Festival, unless you were waxing very whimsical, which I guess you were doing. I'm glad you appreciated all the info. I like the cars, both designed by the same guy as a I said in my first posting. While I joked about 6 degrees of separation, I don't think it was a real stretch. And I hope I get to view the TV special someday.
Good luck to everybody. I'm signing off. Life is too short. Got other things to concentrate on now.
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hi everyone johanne i just got my copy of the dvd of a father a son saw the photos of ed ames.thanks for telling us about it i was able to get a copy from ebay for $1.98 and $2.98 postage thought that was a good price.if anyone that has the things needed to post photos from dvd get the dvd please post them for us.thanks cathy
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hi everyone i got up and was trying to find something to do not much going on so i thought i would see if anything going on with mw. doesnt seem like much talk even on mw. whats going on with everyone this weekend.cathy
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Hi Cathy,
It seems as though MW has been deserted!
Nobody having a birthday or anything. Is everyone on vacation and we just didn't get the 'memo'?
This weekend my husband is going to fix our running toilet, I should at least run the sweeper and wash the dog that smells like skunk. She is rather odiforous (sp?). Can't afford to 'flea' this weekend either. Have to go over to my dad's tomorrow and do a few chores for him and then tomorrow evening Jim and I are going to the American Legion for a dinner.
I'm almost finished with season 2 of DB. Season 1 was rather disappointing. Closer to the end of season 2 the story themes were much better and did not have so many holes in them. I just finished Cibola and next will be The High Cumberland and then on to season 3.
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Hi y'all: We are packing and shipping books out today, letting the bunnies rampage through our living room (no furniture, and hardwood floors, no trailing wires), doing laundry and a sinkful of dirty dishes. Does it get any more exciting than that!?
And Barb, you didn't LOVE Season One?! I would have to say, even with black and white, that's my favorite season. For one thing, the stories were written by real writers, and made more general sense. Comments, y'all? Hugs, Paula
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Hi Paula,
Nope, didn't LOVE season 1. It was ok, I even liked it in black and white, I just didn't think the stories flowed well. Too many holes and I didn't get to see Mingo enough! Maybe that was the problem.....I loaned season 1 to my neighbors but haven't had any comments back from them on that as yet. Although there was one episode where Mingo got beaten up by a bear and I got to see more of his chest than usual
What kind of books are you shipping out? Is that what you do for a living? I have so many here that I have to finish reading as yet. I've got 2 on Gettysburg, one (The Gettysburg Gospel) I have to finish before I can start the other one. I also have on on General Patton that I have to get to as yet, but also have to finish my ghost stories (real ones) book as well as my book on Eddie Rickenbacker. Ah, too many things to do and not nearly enough time!
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Hi Barb & Cathy: I have a bookstore on eBay. Nope, I still like One the best -- as you say, you got to see more of bare-chested Mingo! Hugs, Paula
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hi good to here from you barb and paula.i just went out on my back padio to do some painting on back door and padio fur. real fun getting the paint off of me is the fun part. i think i get more on me than on what i am painting.maybe the rest will chime in later.have a great day.cathy
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hi season one had two great ep that i thought made mingo seem real an that was my brothers keeper and not in our stars.which gave mingo a family and father and half brother. in season two i liked a rope for mingo and the trap.i started writing a story i dont know if i can make worth reading but i am trying.it a story if i can make it work i loved to see ed and fess do now.it mingo and daniel reunited after many years at the age they are now.hope it works.cathy
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Gee, I really love season one. I think most of the plots were fresh -- well, ok, so the evil twin bother has been done a thousand times before, but all things considered, I think season one revealed a lot more about the characters then the other five seasons combined.
By the way, does anyone else have a problem with the DVD of the black & white shows being too dark? It's hard for me to see the bad guys sneaking up at night.
Hunter
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Hi y'all: To Rebecca, I sell mostly used books, and occasionally new ones. I am most drawn to children's books (after 12 years as a library employee, what can I say?) and I love the wonderful illustrations so that's what I end up selling mostly, though at least a third of what I sell are non-fiction, cookbooks, or adult fiction.
I got my copy of "Spotlights & Shadows" at Amazon -- if you could get your hands on a copy, and could contact Sandra, I'd bet she'd autograph it for you. Heck, she may even have copies for sale.
And Hunter, we too have a horrible problem with the darkness of season One. I usually sit two inches from the tube and squint. What can you expect from people who forgot the most crucial part of "My Brother's Keeper"? Hugs, Paula
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Hi Ladies,
Yep, we were on vacation...left on the 19th and just returned this afternoon. My best friend, my husband and I went to Chincoteague and Assateague Islands on the Eastern Shore of Virginia to relax and see the ponies. The campground where we stayed had a 'waterfowl park' which contained all sorts of "beasties"---ever have a close encounter with a 6 foot tall Emu??? He was rather scary looking, but a really nice fellow after all, he ate corn from our hand! There were dozens of Peacocks,llamas,goats,sandhill cranes,egrets and ponies. The peacocks were molting, so we collected tons of beautiful feathers, we would go up each evening to visit and play with them all. Penny had one peacock that attached himself to her each day and the goats climbed our legs!! A neat way to spend a summer eve. The beach was great, we walked, I think, almost to Delaware each morning while my husband fished. One day we watched a guy fight with a 4 foot sting-ray for 2 hours, but he lost it in the end-his line broke.Supposedly they are good to eat--eeck!!! Friday found us at a 'Blueberry Festival' enjoying fresh blueberry pancakes and 100 crafters. "Beasties" and all, we had a great time, great trip, no RV trouble-----until we pulled into our driveway----as my husband checked a 'foot', the door flew back and whacked him in the head--much blood and a very nasty cut, but he refuses to go to the Urgent Care---MEN!!!! Thankfully it isn't too deep so I suppose he will survive. And of course, our son,the 'medic' is out of town! So, Miss Cathy and Miss Barb, you see what I have been up to..... looking forward to new messages and stories. Good luck with your writing Cathy, it sounds interesting.
And to Paula, an on line bookstore?? What type of books do you sell, and how may I find a copy of "Spotlights and Shadows"? I have tried at the Library to no avail.
Off to check on hubby and the 'grand puppy'......
A Sandy Rebecca
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Geez guys! Ya'll are making me feel really bad for not really liking season 1!!!
I just finished the High Cumberland. I truly enjoyed that one. I sat on my duff all day and did nothing but watch DB!
I too am writing a story. Haven't worked on it in a few weeks. I have the beginning and the end and the title. Now I neeed to come up with some more ideas as I don't want it full of holes in the middle. It surely takes a lot of thought.
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Hi Barb and All,
Don't feel bad about not like Season 1 as much as the others. That is your preference and we all know, we as women can have as many preferences as we like. LOL, I like any of the seasons Mr. Ames and Mingo were in, but I do like Season 1 because of the more "dark" storylines.
B&W films are hard to do as far as night scenes. way back when. I am an old B Western movie fan, Hopalong Cassidy, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Hoppy being my favorite. His first couple of years as Hoppy were much more serious in tone, more dramatic, but it's the same thing as far as being hard to see, when he and Topper (his white horse) were chasing the bad guys at night......forget about it. Pretty hard to see, I guess they didn't have the lighting technology down pat yet.
Maybe it was the same with the first season of DB, heck they weren't even certain they were going to have a Season 2 until our favorite singer/actor/entertainer/person, Mr. Ames made his "infamous" Johnny Carson tomahawk toss. And that got the public's attention to watch the show. I try not to mention that toss much, because it irks me that anytime (except for in our group or the DB group I would guess) the name Ed Ames is mentioned it always comes back to that crazy throw, when there is so much more to this gentleman than that. Ed Ames is too talented a singer and actor, and too good an American citizen to go down in the books as the man who threw the tomahawk on Carson.
Okay off my little morning soapbox, back to the dark color of Season 1, wasn't there a mention once of maybe colorizing Season 1 at one time? In fact I think they filmed that Season in color to begin with. Although I am a fan of the black and white episodes, it wouldn't bother me to see Daniel and Mingo and Yad and Natus and Israel, and Becky, and Mima and the rest in color. Whoever has the "ear" of the Liberation group could maybe suggest that or maybe they already have. I'd buy another set of Season 1 in color if it came out.
Also I know the old twin brother TV episodes have been done to death, but I don't think anyone did it better than Mr. Ed Ames as CaraMingo and TaraMingo. I still say he should have been nominated for an Emmy for My Brother's Keeper. No doubt in my mind that was an Emmy winning performance. If you watch, he not only changed his appearance, that's the easy part, but he changed his mannerisms, his voice and accent, the way he walked, facial expressions. He showed the mystery of Mingo's life before meeting Daniel and the privacy that Mingo sought. I think we all write Mingo like that. He only shares his innermost feelings and his personal life when he chooses to share it, and to whom he chooses to share it with. That's the mystery of our Mingo.
And on that I think I'll retire to my pen, tablet and cup of coffe and write a little more Mingo. Isn't it great that Mr. Ames gave us the wonderful gift of Mingo, and that he is inspiring us to want to write more. I can't wait to read more MW Mingo stories.
Take care All,
Susie
My Saturday, I fought the raindrops most of the day. Every time I got ready to mow my lawn, it poured. I watched a little DB too, did a little antiquing, watched some repeats of some Big 10 college football games. Won't be long now, the college football season will begin. Then my Saturdays are set. Go Penn State!! Go Nittany Lions and JoPa(that's Coach Joe Paterno to you non college football persons.)
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Hi All,
Well our sun didn't last long, it is one of those days when the weather changes every five minutes. Sun, to dark clouds, thunder, downpours, and now it's sunny again. It's a very strange summer all over it would seem.
Barb,
I meant to say to you, many times I write my stories like you are now. My stories usually start with one Mingo scene or scenario and I go from there. One of my Hoppy stories I wrote the very last scene first, then went back and added the beginning, middle, and title LOL
I know I should start with an outline and go from there, but alas I don't. I have notebooks, tablets, even just scraps of paper filled with ideas, scenes, dialogue, for future stories. I even write down interesting sounding names for potential characters. It's fun and I think Daniel and Mingo are two characters who can get in and out of trouble together in so many ways, in so many places.
Take care All,
Susie
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hi barb, high cumberland was good i loved the scenes between mingo and becky when he got hurt.they seemed to work well together she seem so caring when it came to mingo that made me like her.good luck with your writting this is the first time i have really tride i hope it comes out like i would like.maybe mw will have two more writters in the group.good luck and have fun at it.cathy
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I really loved the scenes between Mingo & Becky in High Cumberland. It shows how quickly they bonded and how natural it was for them to become friends. I wish they'd been able to show that with Mingo & Dan. Still, 60s television didn't allow for much of that. When you need a sidekick, you need him right away!
I'm working on a new story, too, but I think it may take a while to pull it together. Character motivation not quite clear yet, though I do know what's supposed to happen.
Hunter
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Hi Susie,
I didn't mean to speak badly of My Brother's Keeper. It is one of my favorite episodes and I think it's the best evil twin stories I've ever seen. You're spot on when it comes to Mr. Ames' acting; the differences between Caramingo & Taramingo are just right -- not too much to bash us over the head with and not too little that we can't pick up on it on the small screen. I think black & white film shows the actors' skill better than color, but dang! I do wish Liberation would've taken more time putting season one together.
Hunter
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Hi Hunter,
How are you doing? I didn't mean to imply that you spoke badly of My Brother's Keeper. I think we all like that one. It's just when I get on a roll about Mr. Ames' acting abilities I tend to go on and on LOL. I love to watch that episode, and yes, of course there is the bare-chested Mingo, :o) but there is so much more that he gave to the two characters, and the writing of that episode was so good.
Have a great Sunday, the sun is actually shining here today. It's a miracle !! But then it's only Noon here.
Take care All,
Susie
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Hi Susie, Hunter and Everyone who is not having a normal summer!
We are having a "bad" summer for everyone in the PAC NW that does not like it above 75 degrees (and that includes a lot of people.) We are headed to a 5-7 days period of over 90 degrees-94 by Wednesday and Thursday with no rain in sight. No one that I have spoken to in the last few days is looking forward to what is coming.
I wish that I could send it all back East.
Suzy
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Suzy: Thanks, but no thanks! Here in sunny Florida, it is 90F or higher EVERY SINGLE DAY, usually by 7:00 AM and well into the evening. Even when it rains, it's hot. We can hardly wait until August and September when it's apt to be in the low 100's (yes, really) every single day. Why don't you send us some cold weather instead? Susie C. tried, but for some reason it didn't work. Hugs, Paula
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Suzy: I must apologize for poking fun at the heat wave in the PAC-NW. Just as we in the South are never prepared for "cold weather" -- (30F or below), those in the PAC NW are never prepared for hot weather. It never even occurred to me that y'all up there, for the most part, don't have air conditioning. According to PRI, y'all are having the hottest weather since temperature records have been kept, with several days at 100F or higher. When we traveled to Chicago many years ago for our eldest daughter's graduation from Navy boot camp, Chicago experienced a heat wave with temperatures hovering at 105F for several days, and dozens of people died. Hot weather, or cold weather, hurricanes, forest fires or drought, extreme weather is no joke, and I apologize for my comment. Hugs, Paula
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There's a photo of Ed Ames from the horse ranch for sale on e-bay. The seller originally set the price at $50, but has now changed to a buy-it-now at $19.99, with a "best offer" option. I would think that one might be able to bid $9.50 and win the remaining two photos.
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How do you know this is from horse ranch?
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I am kind of wondering that myself, Patti. Good question.
Susie
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Ed is wearing the same shirt as in the photo where he is standing in front of his horse and has 2 friends with him. The same guy wrote EBAY all across Ed's face, so I too, believe it is on his ranch.
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hi barb is right the other photo that was on ebay earlier.it looked like the horse in the pic was one of eds and it looks like from the same seller.it says that it was from danielboonepath so probably since ed was not at the fort when you that went where there.i bet they filmed his part a his ranch.of course i dont know for sure.cathy
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He was at Kentucky that week, we saw them a few days before that weekend. A crew member told us that he would not be filming that weekend because a "so-called fan on one of the fan sites" had sent some hostile emails to an associate, and since this person said they would be there that weekend his plans changed. Security was with them all week. Sad that real fans didn't get to meet him because of the actions of one.
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hi patti,it is sad that one nut has to ruin the chance of real fans who just admire him and love his work as a singer and actor. maybe get and autograph and let him know how much he has added to a lot of peoples lives.cathy
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We are currently in Salem, Virginia, which is right close to Roanoke in the southwest section of the state. My husband Bill commented today that he remembered Salem being mentioned on the DB show as the place Daniel always had to go to find the magistrate. I noticed a city sign today, indicating that Salem was established in 1804. So, perhaps the DB writers took a little license with time and location to make Salem a continuing magisterial center from the late 1700's onward. We will get a chance to visit the historic downtown section on Wednesday. I have bene there once before and remember it as being one of those older looking, past-its-prime downtowns with a lot of brick buildings that hug the streets. It will be interesting to see whether it has changed for the better over the past nine years.
We went to Bedford today to visit the WW-II memorial. A very impressive and very artistically-designed memorial. Well worth the trip!
Best regards,
Ellen
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Correction .. Salem was founded in 1802. I found the city's website and found that my recollection of the date on the sign was wrong. You can read about the history of the city at http://www.salemva.gov/about/history.html and I think most of you will find the last sentence of the second paragraph to be quite interesting.
Ellen
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hi everyone i found something that i think you all will want to know the company that put out daniel boone dvds had on amazom that in nov the is a new dvd coming out that you can pre order daniel boone the best of mingo.how about that i hope that it will include the missing footage of my brothers keeper.anyway i pre ordered a copy it 17.99 it says it two dics.thought you all would like to know.it under daniel boone.cathy
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