Thursday, December 25, 2008

Eartha Kitt, R.I.P.

Nothing to add, no anecdotes. Just wanted to say I always liked her.

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Today's Video Link

The fine website Cartoon Brew has been featuring some excellent Christmas animations but they've left out my favorite short one. This was a promo done for CBS in 1966 by a great cartoonist named R.O. Blechman...

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...And Kids Dressed Up Like Eskimos

Every year around this time, a mess o' blogs link to my Mel Tormé article...and this morning, it's reprinted (slightly abridged but with my permission) in The Rocky Mountain News. So I might as well link to it here.

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