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JAIMIE VERNON – A GREAT LONG GAME

Posted in Opinion with tags "A Great Long Game", "Bloom", "Still Here Inside", blue sky, Bob Segarini, Bruce Jenner, Canadian Music, Chris Jenner, Cold chisel, DBAWIS, Dee McNeil, Diane Sawyer, Don't Believe a Word I Say, duo, gay pride, gender re-assignment, hetero, Jaimie Vernon, Kris + Dee, Kris Abbott, laundry, lesbians, LGBT, music reviews, Reality TV, reptilian brain, same-sex marriage, sex change, Super Folk, the Kardashians, The Pursuit of Happiness, yoga pants on May 2, 2015 by segarini

This past week over 16 million people watched former Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner ‘come out’ (air quote theirs, not mine) on national television to answer questions about his gender transitioning from male to female – an issue that has been the subject of salacious tabloid fodder ever since Jenner’s public profile was reignited as the husband of Kardashian matriarch Chris Jenner.

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Doug Thompson: “YEP, LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY SURE CUT THROUGH THAT FENCE ALRIGHT.”

Posted in Opinion with tags Advertising Hall of Fame, Alan Livingston, Aquarius Theatre, Arthur Godfrey, Baba Looey, Barney Rubble, Capitol Records, Che Guevara, Daws Butler, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Ed Sullivan, Elroy Jetson, Elvis Presley, Hanna-Barbara, Harry Belafonte, Hokey Wolf, Huckleberry Hound, Jack Benny, Jack Gould, Jack Webb, Jackie Gleason, Johnny Ray, Kay Gardella, Lawrence Welk, Madison Avenue, MGM, New York Daily News, New York Times, Paramount, Peter Leeds, Quick Draw McGraw, radio, Raymond Conner, Records, Red Fox and His Musical Hounds, Scott Shaw, Screen Actors Guild, segarini, Snagglepuss, Stan Freberg, Super Snooper, The Flintstones, the Jenners, The Jetson’s, the Kardashians, TMZ, Wally Gator, Walt Disney, Walter Lantz, Warner Bros., Woody Woodpecker, Yogi Bear on April 13, 2015 by segarini

Stan Freberg passed away on Tuesday, April 7^th, 2015 in Santa Monica, California. He was 88. Despite his incredible success in the recording world (albeit in the 1950’s), radio, television and advertising (Freberg is in the Advertising Hall of Fame after all), somehow, Stan wasn’t hip enough for the TMZ generation. They’d rather report on yet another lame Kardashian/Jenner photo op, so Stan’s passing didn’t even merit a mention on their popular website or TV show, although his obituary did make the New York Times.