Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd dangling from a rooftop set near the intersection of 9th and Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, 1923. (SIDE NOTE: The theater in the background — The Majestic — is where Lon Chaney, Sr. gave his last stage performance, in 1913.)

A silent clown whom
one might never wish to ask,
"How is it hangin'?"



DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME: Lloyd climbed this building while missing the thumb and forefinger of his right hand, the tragic result of a real bomb being mistaken for a prop, and wore a flesh-tone glove to conceal his handicap.

The Three Stooges

THE THREE STOOGES: Larry, Curly (Babe) and Moe performing their novelty song, "Swinging The Alphabet," in a clip from the 1938 short film, "Violent Is The Word For Curly." The film was directed by Charley Chase.

Larry, Moe, Babe, Shemp...
A bunch of slaphappy guys
in a hard knock world.

The Marx Brothers

THE MARX BROTHERS ON FILM (clockwise from upper right): Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo (but never Gummo).

Here's to Minnie's boys!
Four of The Three Musketeers,
with a fifth out back.

Dear Heidi

Twenty-three-year-old reality TV personality Heidi Montag as interviewed by Entertainment Reporter Billy Bush on "Access Hollywood."  Montag underwent an incredible ten cosmetic procedures in one day.  (Copyright © 2010 NBC Universal.)

Real transformation
occurs from within the soul,
not under a knife.

Imperfect Beauty

Leave your face alone.
Too many plastic bombshells.
Be you. Be unique!

ONE Good Guy

Actor George Clooney with refugees in Darfur.  (Photo: The Huffington Post)

Darfur in crisis.
Who will come to the rescue?
George Clooney, for ONE.

2010 A.D. Arrest

Andy Dick (at left) in happier times.  (Image courtesy of the1secondfilm.com)

Andy may have earned
the role of sex offender.
Befitting last name?

(See FOX News for more information.)

Dim Bulb on the "Today" Set

Gifford thinks Conan
was really gouging "Tonight";
called him "no class." Pffft!

Not "Tonight"

No hand for Triumph.
Network pooping on Conan.
Jay is the Big Dog.

Telethon For Haiti

Hollywood calling.
Mass destruction in Haiti.
It's time to help now.

(To learn more, visit hopeforhaitinow.org.)

...Always A Trouper

"Move more to your right,"
the director said to me.
"I'm hiding a light."

Once A Trouper...

Not yet SAG; no lines.
I was cast to play the part
because the dress fit.