Our prayers go out to
the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings. No place on Earth is immune from
terror but no place on Earth should be safe for the perpetrators. God bless
Boston.
Today, in 1889,
Charlie Chaplin was born. Charlie and Walt were mutual admirers. Charlie was
featured in the Disney short, Mickey’s
Polo Team, which played in front of Chaplin’s Modern Times, the last movie to feature the beloved Little Tramp.
Chaplin’s company, United Artists, distributed Disney’s shorts in the early
1930’s. To honor Charlie, let’s go on The Great Movie Ride, which features
scenes from The Gold Rush.
The great Peter Ustinov was born on this day in
1921. A filmmaker, stage director, designer and humorist, Ustinov supplied the
voice of Prince John in Robin Hood and
played Captain “Blackbeard” Teach in Blackbeard’s
Ghost. If you spy around The Magic Kingdom you can find characters from Robin Hood and that would be a fitting
tribute for Peter.
Da-dum, da-dum…da-dum, da-dum… Henry Mancini,
author of the theme song for The Pink
Panther, was born in 1924. Mancini has a huge number of songs on his resume
including the music for The Great Mouse
Detective. Let’s ride The Great Movie Ride again.
On last quickie: 1965: Jon Cryer. To me Cryer
will always be Duckie from Pretty in Pink
but for most people he is probably Alan Harper from Two and a Half Men. Cryer also appeared twice on Hannah Montana. (Hey, Miley Cyrus is my
kids’ cousin give me a break.)
Remember, your best excuse is always: waiting
for your dreams to come true.
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