Weekly Update:Another semi-quiet week which was nice but this coming week will be pretty dang busy from Tuesday through the weekend. But I had a couple of meetings, nothing major but then on Saturday I took some friends to Frank & Sons to meet Stan Lee since he was there signing autographs. Frank & Sons ... it is only open two days a week, every Wednesday and Saturday and basically what it is, an indoor collectible swap meet. From comic books to figurines to buttons and pins, people have their booths and sell their stuff. I've been a few times in the past and the prices were good then but now these days with the success of the movies based on comic books, they are pretty inflated. One can still haggle it down but you shouldn't really have too all the time. The prices is what usually gets one interested but if they are too high, you keep walking by. No more real bargains there.
At the movies:As the baseball season is underway, so are the movies of similar tastes. Hitting a home run at #1 is the story of Jackie Robinson, the first pro African-American baseball player called 42 after his jersey number coming with 27.3 million. Funny at #2 as Scary Movie 5 brings in 15.2 mil. Holding ground at #3 is "The Croods" with another 13.2 mil as it quickly approaches 150 mil cume. Slight drop to #4 is "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" with 10.8 mil as it passes the 100 mil mark. Rounding off the top 5 is "Evil Dead" with a sizable drop and earning 9.5 mil as it will quickly sizzle trying to reach 50 mil cume.
Quote of the week:
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." - Benjamin Franklin
Other News:A double whamie this week as Hollywood loses two legends who join the real stars high above us. The first is veteran comedian and actor Jonathan Winters who passed on Friday. He made so many laugh with his baby face and expressive cheeks. I think my first time seeing him on TV was on the show "Mork and Mindy" as their son Mearth because from Ork, where Mork is from, they are born old and age backwards. He has been in many classic films such as "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," "Moon Over Parador" and recently the voice of Papa Smurf on "The Smurfs." He was 87.
The second one this week was from Monday of last week. Singer and one of the original Disney "Mouseketeers," Annette Funicello, passed away from MS. She was an amazing talent and her credits include "Babes in Toyland," the original "The Shaggy Dog" and the classic "Beach Blanket Bingo." My fondest memory was when I was a small boy, maybe around 10 years old on an Hawaiian Princess cruise ship. I was wondering the ship during the day, nothing going on and nothing to do ... I think most people were on shore excursions but I happened to stroll into the performance hall and saw someone rehearsing a song with the band. So I quietly walked in, sat at one of the chairs along the dance floor and just watched them. The singer noticed me and started to come over and sing to me for the rest of rehearsal. Later, as in years later, I realized it was Annette. Something I will never forgot. She was 70.
Facts & Tips:Eleven of the 50 U.S. states are named after an actual person.
"You're history." - Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod in the TV series "Highlander."
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