Tuesday, September 23, 2025
The order in which I have posted about the primary cast members and creators of Seinfeld speaks volumes: Jerry Seinfeld (2020), Larry David (2021), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2024), Heidi Swedberg…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:18PMToday marks 35 years since the opening shot of Ken Burns’ The Civil War (1990) went hurtling toward Fort Sumter. Arriving at the height of the Culture Wars, this nine part, ten hour docume…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:12PMMonday, September 22, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 22, 2025 includes ones on Narragansett Indian track champion Tarzan Brown, and a thing on rhinoceros movies. In no particular order, other Trava…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:18PMSeptember 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day, but I have already done numerous elephant themed posts. Fortunately, it’s also World Rhinoceros Day so I thought I would do a small post on these…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:18PMBorn of a September 22, track star Ellison “Tarzan” Brown (1913-1975). My recent trip back to the city of birth, Westerly, Rhode Island, reconnected me with memories of Brown, a more fam…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:12PMSunday, September 21, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 21, 2025 is about actress/author/entertainer Fannie Flagg. In no particular order, other Travalanche posts for September 21 include ones on: Sile…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:24PMI was working at a bookstore when the 1992 screen version of Fried Green Tomatoes was released. Naturally at the time there was a reissue of the novel, which had been written in 1987 by Fann…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:24PMSaturday, September 20, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 20, 2025 are about Batman (for Batman Day), tempestuous actress Rachel Roberts, and Nelson Sardelli, secret father of Mariska Hargitay. In no pa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42PMThe third Saturday in September is celebrated as Batman Day by nerds throughout the globe, and why should I be any different? In observation of the day I have pulled together my many posts r…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:36PMThere used to be more than one definition of the word sexy. It’s come to mean sexually attractive, or attractive full-stop. Long ago, maybe a century ago or thereabouts, it was sometimes u…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:32PMNearly every online photo of Las Vegas lounge singer Nelson Sardelli (b. 1934) shows him either with Jayne Mansfield, his romantic partner for a few months in 1963 and 1964, or with Mariska …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMFriday, September 19, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 18, 2025 is about actor William Hickey: In no particular order, other Travalanche posts for September 19 include ones on: (For Talk Like a Pirate…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMSeptember 19 was the birthday of acting legend William Hickey (1927-1997). Coincidentally, Hickey is the name of the character at the heart of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh. I’m n…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMThursday, September 18, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 18, 2025 are about the late country comedian and actor Gailard Sartain and the recent cancellations of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert: In no p…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:02PMI’m fairly certain I have nothing to say about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the cancellation of Stephen Colbert that hasn’t already said by millions, but I do want to get my positi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PMCharacter actor Gailard Sartain (1943-2025) passed away a couple of months ago; I opted to wait ’til his next birthday to post a long-planned tribute. Sartain was one on a very short list …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMWednesday, September 17, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 17, 2025 are about George Cleveland (Lassie), Dorothy Loudon (Annie), and the birth, life, death, and possible reincarnation of the U.S. Constit…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PMI think that’s about where we’re at, and while it is indeed catastrophic, it’s also not a reason to give up hope or to cease working for progress. September 17 is Constitution Day in A…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PMBorn 100 years ago today, Broadway star Dorothy Loudon (1925-2003). Loudon’s time in the sun clustered around several big moments, none of which succeeded in pushing her into widespread re…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMBorn of a September 17, Grover “George” Cleveland (1885-1957). Cleveland had nearly 200 screen credits, but (quite wonderfully) his biggest and best known role was his last one, the part…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMTuesday, September 16, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 16, 2025 are about Ed Begley Jr, the Lady Aye’s new book on 19th century spiritualism, and the late Robert Redford: September 16 is a great da…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:24PMJust a real quick note to let you know the exciting news that the new book by Ilise Carter a.k.a. The Lady Aye drops today! It’s entitled When We Spoke to the Dead How Ghosts Gave American…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:06PMIt’s a rare blog, I make bold to assert, that lavishes attention on Ed Begley the Elder long before it sets its sights on his much better known progeny Ed Begley, Jr. (b. 1949). The origin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PMJust got the memo that Robert Redford (b. 1936) has passed. To someone who remembers a time when he was America’s biggest male sex symbol, nothing is as well calculated to make you feel ol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMMonday, September 15, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 15, 2025 is about game show host Jack Bailey and Queen for a Day, and some cool shows I saw yesterday. Other Travalanche posts for September 15 i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PMIt was a glorious late summer day yesterday (Yes, it’s still summer. Why is Labor Day held several weeks PRIOR to the end of summer, I want to know?! Even now, there’s still a week of su…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PMSeptember 15 was the birthday of actor, announcer, and emcee Jack Bailey (1907-1980), best known in his time as the host of the game show Queen for a Day for nearly 20 years. Originally from…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMSunday, September 14, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 14, 2025 is about movie director Alfred Santell, who started out in the days of silent comedy. Other Travalanche posts for September 14 include o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMSeptember 14 was the birthday of Alfred Santell (1895-1981). Santell was a director who started out in the days of silent slapstick comedies and made over 100 films over a 30 year period. He…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMSaturday, September 13, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 13, 2025 is about producer and agent Leland Hayward. Other Travalanche posts for September 13 include ones on: Claudette Colbert Jesse Lasky Mae …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PMBorn of a September 13, talent agent and producer Leland Hayward (1902-71). Hayward wasn’t the flashy impresario type like so many I’m drawn to and have written about. He’s one of thos…
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