FOOTLIGHT PARADE

MY FAVORITE XMAS ENTERTAINMENT.........BUSBY BERKELEY, NATURALLY.......I HAVE A BOXED SET OF HIS MOVIES....A SOURCE OF PERPETUAL JOYFUL ENTERTAINMENT........MERRY XMAS

Tom Ford, Colin Firth and Christopher Isherword......Nothing wrong with this Picture!

After Matt Tyrnauer's "VALENTINO, THE LAST EMPEROR", a new wave of Gay-themed films seems to be evolving......I'm eager to view Tom Ford's new movie "A SINGLE MAN".....It is sure to be stylish, tasteful, impeccably produced and flawlessly acted by Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, two of my favorite actors........What's next, a musical about Greg Louganis, with Zac Efron?

RUSS MEYER SEXPLOITATION DOUBLE FEATURE

I was just chatting with a friend from the 50's......the "event" that we each remembered from 10th grade was this tawdry double feature at Woody's Drive-In Theater. An older friend, 16, took our pack of 5 in a huge black DeSoto to finally view "adult" fare......Oddly enough, we were all laughing uproariously at "Mr. Teas"...... Only Bridget could bring home the goods, for me!


After it's run of a quarter century, Woody's was demolished.......I couldn't even find a picture of the old drive-in! Like the Berlin Wall, only some old aluminum letters with paint falling off remain, like Vixens in walkers at sleazy rest homes.......

TECHNICAL INTERJECTION

the latest generation of "sound bars" has just gone to market......the Yamaha is still too pricey, so I acquired the last generation of Philips' "3-speaker" systems for a seventh the cost......it sounds about 70% as good, but the math is good enough for my 45th tier of home theater equipment. The unit that I purchased even has an IPOD dock, to boot! Nevertheless, NONE of these "soundbars" can produce a stable soundfield, but...to a generation used to MPEG compression and digitally enhanced sound....this will be of little concern....and..to my generation....anything seems an improvement to old-tech paper cones disintegrating inside 4:3 tv cabinets, of course.....

GUYTANGO SAURA JULIO BOCCA CARLOS RIVAROLA

NEXT YEAR ON DANCING WITH THE STARS? MAN/MAN WOMAN/WOMAN or anything inbetween......why not.... American's Got Talent! of course, these guys aren't American......but they ARE Catholic!