May all your dreams come true this Christmas

Having love in your life is a pretty great thing. We are awfully glad for what we've got.
Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Love,

Cliff, Rusty, Poppers, Rage, Pigtails, and Cobina

Maybe you've noticed

But things are starting to look "nicer"I seldom let you see my (winter) office

It's Gary Morton's Birthday!!!!

There you go, she loves the man

Today is Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg's Birthdays!!!!

Regrettably I could not find any photos of either gentlemen- it's not easy finding photos of them online, believe you me, so anyway I took this picture of Pigtails passed out in the forecourt of Mother's villa. There's going to be more pictures like this in the 2009 Hollywood Trainwreck Calendar. More details on that this weekend!

Anyway, Mr. Spielberg celebrates his 62nd today, as Brad turns 45.

One of Cobina's Holiday Gifts

We thought we should have a few more portraits around the house. Pigtails even took off his trademark bows!

Please take a minute to browse

Cobina's new site, Cobina Cugat Vintage Goods. One of a kind vintage items, many of them not even stolen!

Today Pigtails Let Us Into His Part of the Villa

There's this small sunroom which is always nice on a chilly day

Pigtails n me went to Pickfair for cocktails

and you know that lasts about sixteen hours

It all turned to shit because of cigarettes

First there was Talullah's emphysema-related death, Forty years ago today
And then Jack Cassidy's dropped ciggy on a couch death by immolation in 1976

It All Turned to Shit- Only One Year Ago Today

One of the iconic talent agents of all time, Freddie Fields, aka Ephraim Feldman, died on this date last year. Poor man, he is STILL being yelled at by former client Judy Garland.

We're Letting The Cat Out of the Bag

And we're not talking about Cobina! Going on sale in about a week.You'll see lots of your favorite stars!!!!

Pigtails wants you to see this episode of "Masterpiece Theatre"

It All Turned to Shit Thirty-Six years ago Today

Lolly Pop, dead

Speaking of leaving things out for people to see

I practically stapled this to Cobina's foreheadNow she will quit asking to come to Desilu

Yes this is a repost of sorts

Aunt Doris and Rusty and me ask those of you who liked it the first time to watch this other version which features

Margo Sappington is Miss Baransky
Baayork Lee is Miss Wong
Donna McKechnie is Miss Dela Hoya do nothing but keep your eyes on Donna McKecnhnie, it is a freaky experience, seriouslyand c'mon it cheers me up every time

Today is Max Baer's birthday!!!

Yes, Jethrine Beaudine (also occasionally known as Jethro Beaudine) was born on this date in 1937.

This date also marks the forty-first anniversary of the passing of Bert Lahr aka Irving Lahrheim. Here is an obscure photo of him from some unidentified movie:

It all turned to shit Twenty-two years ago today

For "Dead-y" Arnaz, at least. Don't even ask how this is going to affect my "job".

Jane calling from Schwab's

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No wonder the economy is in the shitter

We always start Thanksgiving Day with This

Well,this and DrambuieChristmas is just four weeks away- there's lots wrong with the world, but at least we have each other to weather the storm. (For greatest enjoyment of this, hit the fullscreen option next to the volume on the Youtube controls)

Mother is all dressed up

We are having a smallish Thanksgiving celebration, but it does begin tonight, the night before. Mother is hosting a dinner for us, Mr. Benchley, Howard Hughes and Pigtails. I am planning on touching not only Howard's plate and food but Howard just to see him freak out. Mr Benchley is the only one certain not to be an overnight guest.

Today is Rich Little's Birthday!!!

I am very excited to see him recreate his stage role in the upcoming "An Early Frost"

Today is Boris Karloff's birthday!!

Dermabrasion really is a bitch

Cobina left these out so you'd see them

Mother went to Mass and has left out these oh so convincing photos of her luxurious accomodations during her spa visit. An aside- another "guest" at the "spa" was the star of the recently cancelled long running CW show "Oh, Pigtails!!!", the show with the precocious talking two year old female Basset Hound, Pigtails. It's kind of tough on Pigtails aka Frank as he in truth is a little boy dog and his littermate/agent (Josh Marmelstein of Aggressive Artists) has told him he's never going to work again. He too has spent the last five months at the "spa". Pigtails and Cobina have struck an odd alliance, as if that isn't already redundant.Pigtails and the employed boy starring as a girl, Lassie aka Laddie.
Electroshock just off to the right
Before she brings him home, can someone at least make sure that Pigtails is a dog?

Jane calling from Schwab's

Shocker: problemo with the order.
Jane is going to be hocking Cobina's vintage jewelry online to pay off her enormous Schwab's tab. Check out her in the lower right column as you scroll down. Drambuie doesn't grow on trees. Or maybe it does, ask Mr. Benchley or Frank Rose.
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It all turned to shit twenty-eight years ago today

See, my godmother Miss LeRoux knew Frank and Jilly and Sam and JFK; you know, the same ones Cobina "knew"; somewhere along the way the guys heard that Mae was really a dude, I'm just telling you what I've heard Cobina heard. Regardless of what was underneath, Mae was great for business.
from "Go West Young Man"

A little sister honky tonk

and Myra, just as a capper

It's Goldie Hawn and Marlo Thomas' birthdays!!!!

Yes folks, the Laugh-In cutie is a sprightly sixty three today, whereas "That Girl" clocks in at seventy-one. This was the only photo I could find of them together.

Today is Kaye Ballard's birthday!!

Their 60's hit, THE MOTHERS IN LAW- see if you think it is a wee bit like Lucy and Ethel schtick


maybe a little Cinderella with Kaye and Alice Ghostley

It All Turned to Shit Eighty Four Years Ago Today

Well, for a lot of people, but let us start with Thomas Harper Ince: The Chief was throwing a birthday party for Mr Ince on his boat "the Oneida". Lore has it that Marion had disappeared underdeck with perhaps Mr Chaplin for horizontal mambo-ing. The Chief, a jealous sort, went and got his gun and starting firing wildly and allegedly shot Ince in the process.

Such was the power of the Hearst press that the incident was spun very differently: Ince was overtaken with severe stomach cramps and was taken off the boat and driven home where he died. 'Course the fact that the chief had his body taken from the boat to the crematory sort of obviates that possibility. Ask Louella or ask Mother to ask Louella for you.

Ponder the greats born this date

1865 Dame May Whitty Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva)
1877 Charles Coburn Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1896 Mrs Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield), Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
1897 Moe Howard comedian (3 Stooges)
1902 Guy Lombardo London Ontario Canada, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne)
1908 Mildred Natwick Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1919 Pauline Kael movie critic (NY Times) 1928 Nancy Marchand Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant)
1932 Marisa Pavan actress (John Paul Jones, Solomon & Sheba, Rose Tattoo)
1932 Pier Angeli Italy (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge)
1936 Gena Rowlands Cambria Wisc, actress (Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job)
1947 Salman Rushdie novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses)
1949 Kathleen Turner Springfield Mo, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married)
1951 Ann Wilson San Diego, singer (Heart-What About Love)
1959 Mark DeBarge rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny)
1962 Paula Julie Abdul Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up)
1973 Josie Davis actress (Charles in Charge)
1978 Garfield the Cat animated character "Big fat hairy deal"

It all turned to shit Forty-nine years ago today

Cobina's Friday morning shopping list

There appears to be a redundancy about mother's order.

Wander around Holy Cross on Friday the 13th

Check out some resting Catholics:and yes I know that a few non Catholics, notably my hero Mr. Wasserman, have made it into this file. An error, but not worth correcting. They are blocks away at Hillside Memorial Park.

It all turned to shit Twenty-five years ago today

For our beloved Norma Shearer, that is. Interred at Forest Lawn Glendale, Norma rests next to her sister-in-law Sylvia Thalberg (who had been married to producer Lawrence Weingarten) and just above her "sweetheart forever", first husband Irving Thalberg. Norma and her second husband, ski instructor Marti Arrouge were neighbors after they moved to the Garden after living at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a decade. He was quiet, handsome, and adored her. She was a kook. Ask Gavin Lambert.

Not such a hot day for Greg Peck,either Five years ago today

Greg resides within the Rog Mahall, downtown Los Angeles.

It's Raymond Cramton's birthday!!!!

Another one of Henry Willson's pretty boys, this one he named "Chad Everett". Born this date in 1935.

Forty-one years ago today, finally drunk enough to die

Such a complicated man, our Spence.

Holy shit it is Judy's birthday!!!!

Comic Genuises born this date

Eighty one years young: Jerry Stiller
Parts of, if not all of Joan Rivers are celebrating most of itself being Seventy-one

(whisper): It's Sidney Korshak's birthday!!!!!!

Reminder: if you ever hear that Sidney is trying to "fix you up"- generally NOT GOOD. Go read Wiki. Do not say I sent you.

No More Velvet Fog

Yup, 'twas on this date nine years ago today that Mel Torme met his maker. Poor thing, I wonder how long that line is (you know, the one of people waiting in line to be screamed at by Judy. I am sure she is almost through screaming at Freddie and he has been dead for six months. Guy must be bored shitless waiting for his turn). I digress:Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great male jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire").

Tormé wrote more than 250 songs, a number of which became jazz standards. He also often wrote the arrangements for the songs he sang. He often collaborated with Bob Wells, and the best known Tormé-Wells song is "The Christmas Song", often referred to by its opening line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." First recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946, it has been a holiday favorite ever since. Tormé said that he wrote the music to the song in only 40 minutes, and that it was not one of his personal favorites.

For a partial Mel Tormé discography, please see the Mel Tormé discography.

Today is Angelina Jolie's birthday!!!!!

Regrettably, all of my photos of Miss Jolie, whom I understand is turning 34 today, have disappeared into Rage's room. I'm going to consider them a loss because I am truly frightened to think of what might have happened to them. Anyway, I digress. Today is also Rosalind Russell's One-hundred-first birthday. In case you live under a rock:

Today is Tony Curtis' Birthday!!!!!!

Yup, Mr. Bernard Schwartz is celebrating Eighty-three years of life today.

It all turned to shit six years ago today

For Lew R. Wasserman, this is. Actually, for all of us. The end of an era.