“The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.” — Michael Landon
Michael Landon enjoyed an astonishing career as an actor, writer, director, and producer. His success was all the more impressive given that he was relatively small in stature (5’9″), and retained a boyishness that would have robbed a lesser man of the aura of authority needed to attain his career heights.
I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it. — Ed Asner
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, September 19, 1970, to March 19, 1977). The iconic sitcom made superstars of its namesake, already an American Sweetheart (via The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS 1961–1966), as well as a host of charismatic performers including Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Georgia Engel, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod, John Amos, and Ed Asner.
For anyone who’s been waiting for a definitive look at the life and career of Mary Tyler Moore, the wait is over. MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY is filled with revelations and delivers the goods.”
— Ed Gross, CloserWeekly.com
MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY is an in-depth biography of the iconic actress who first found fame on the 1960’s TV sitcom, “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and in her own ground-breaking ‘70s series, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
On September 19, 2020, the iconic MTM comedy celebrates its 50th Anniversary.
Actress Eileen Grubba—physically disabled since childhood, and an advocate for Performers with Disability (PWD)—has always beaten the odds.
A few months before her 5th birthday, Grubba was paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors didn’t think she would make it, and when she did, they predicted she would never walk again. But she prevailed again.
Vince Staskel, also an advocate for PWD, was born with cerebral palsy and is a friend and colleague to Grubba. He says Grubba “forced herself to walk through sheer will, and it took a lifetime of effort to keep her walking.”
LB’S NOTE: People keep asking why Gwen the Beautiful and I moved all the way up to the Northwestern Tip of the United States after so many years in L.A. The following article is a fine example:
With summer events canceled en masse, once vibrant and colorful bulletin boards around Port Townsend now sit mostly empty.
Before the pandemic, real estate on local bulletin boards was at a premium; today it’s a buyers market. Rose Burt, local artist and illustrator, said she hopes her “Attention Citizen!” poster can bring some beauty back into these empty spaces.