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  4. Posted

    This was a couple days ago:

     

    http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/w...+Search+Results

     

    Popular '50s and '60s TV host Art Linkletter dies

    May 26, 2010

     

     

    Los Angeles (AP) — Art Linkletter, whose "People Are Funny" and "House Party" shows entertained millions of TV viewers in the 1950s and '60s with the funny side of ordinary folks and who remained active as a writer and speaker through his ninth decade, died Wednesday. He was 97.

     

    Linkletter died at his home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles, said his son-in-law, Art Hershey, the husband of Sharon Linkletter.

     

    "He lived a long, full, pure life, and the Lord had need for him," Hershey said.

     

    Linkletter had been ill "in the last few weeks time, but bear in mind he was 97 years old. He wasn't eating well, and the aging process took him," Hershey said.

     

    Linkletter hadn't been diagnosed with any life-threatening disease, he said.

     

    Linkletter was known on TV for his funny interviews with children and ordinary folks. He also collected their comments in a number of best-selling books.

     

    "Art Linkletter's House Party," one of television's longest-running variety shows, debuted on radio in 1944 and was seen on CBS-TV from 1952 to 1969.

     

    Though it had many features, the best known was the daily interviews with schoolchildren.

     

    "On 'House Party' I would talk to you, and bring out the fact that you had been letting your boss beat you at golf over a period of months as part of your campaign to get a raise," Linkletter wrote.

     

    "All the while, without your knowledge, your boss would be sitting a few feet away listening, and at the appropriate moment, I would bring you together," he said. "Now, that's funny, because the laugh arises out of a real situation."

     

    Linkletter collected sayings from the children into "Kids Say The Darndest Things," and it sold in the millions. The book "70 Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965" ranked "Kids Say the Darndest Things" as the 15th top seller among nonfiction books in that period.

     

    The primetime "People Are Funny," which began on radio in 1942 and ran on TV from 1954 to 1961, emphasized slapstick humor and audience participation -- things like throwing a pie in the face of a contestant who couldn't tell his Social Security number in five seconds, or asking him to go out and cash a check written on the side of a watermelon.

     

    The down-to-earth charm of Linkletter's broadcast persona seemed to be mirrored by his private life with his wife of more than a half-century, Lois. They had five children, whom he wrote about in his books and called the "Links."

     

    In 1969, his 20-year-old daughter, Diane, jumped to her death from her sixth-floor Hollywood apartment. He blamed her death on LSD use, but toxicology tests found no LSD in her body after she died.

     

    Still, the tragedy prompted him to become a crusader against drugs. A son, Robert, died in a car accident in 1980. Another son, Jack Linkletter, was 70 when he died of lymphoma in 2007.

     

    Art Linkletter got his first taste of broadcasting with a part-time job while attending San Diego State College in the early 1930s. He graduated in 1934.

     

    "I was studying to be an English professor," Linkletter once said. "But as they say, life is what happens to you while you're making other plans."

     

    He held a series of radio and promotion jobs in California and Texas, experimenting with audience participation and remote broadcasts, before forming his own production company in the 1940s and striking it big with "People Are Funny" and "House Party."

     

    Linkletter was born Arthur Gordon Kelly on July 17, 1912, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. His unwed mother put him up for adoption when he was a baby; when he was about 7, he and his adoptive parents moved to the United States, eventually settling in San Diego.

     

    He recalled his preacher-father forced him to take odd jobs to help the family. So Linkletter left and became a hobo, hopping trains across the West, working where he could. He recalled later that he felt the religious faith instilled by his father had been a great gift.

     

    After leaving daily broadcasting in 1969, Linkletter continued to write, lecture and appear in television commercials.

     

    Among his other books were, "Old Age is Not for Sissies," "How To Be a Supersalesman," "Confessions of a Happy Man," "Hobo on the Way to Heaven" and his autobiography, "I Didn't Do It Alone."

     

    A recording Linkletter made with his daughter Diane not long before she died, "We Love You, Call Collect," was issued after her death and won a Grammy award for best spoken word recording.

     

    "Life is not fair ... not easy," Linkletter said in a 1990 interview by The Associated Press. "Outside, peer pressure can wreak havoc with the nicest families. So that's the part that's a gamble.

     

    "But I'm an optimist. Even though I've had tragedies in my life, and I've seen a lot of difficult things, I still am an optimist."

     

    Linkletter had extensive business interests. He headed a company involved in real estate development and management and operation of cattle ranches in Montana, New Mexico and California. He held interests in oil and gas wells, owned livestock in Australia and was involved in a solar energy firm.

     

    He is survived by his wife, Lois, whom he married in 1935, and daughters Dawn Griffin and Sharon Linkletter, as well as seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

     

    (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

  6. Posted

    I think that they look kind of cool, but I am not a fan of Apple, I find that their products are overpriced and not really worth the cost. I am looking into getting a PDF reader at some point for use with school since all of my text books are in PDF/ebook format. It would make it much easier to carry them around with me to study whenever and wherever I can find a few spare moments.

    Speaking of books, I was looking at what my books for the classes I'm planning on taking in the fall will cost last night. Nearly $1,000.00....

     

    Ok, back on topic lol

  7. Posted

    "Little Boy" was uranium highly enriched with U-235 and "Fatman" was plutonium.

     

    I imagine that there are many projects and operations that only the President and those directly involved are aware of within our country.

    I thought I might have it backwards but was about to go out and didn't have time to double check it.

  8. Posted

    I don't really 'need' it, if I got one it would be a 'toy' that I'd use at school. I've actually been looking at the Archos 9 also though and so far I haven't really read any outstanding reviews of any of these tablets. I've been pretty unimpressed to say the least.

     

    The iPad that I played with did seem pretty 'cool' but coolness wears off after a few hours.

     

    As for 'actual computers', I have that well covered lol. I have 3 PC's in my home network plus my 2 laptops.

  9. Posted

    Has anyone gotten an iPad? I was in Best Buy about an hour ago and played with one that they had on display, pretty cool little gadget. It was heavier than I had expected, not that it was heavy just heavier than I expected.

     

    It doesn't have a camera and it doesn't have a usb input so I'd probably want to wait for their next generation before getting one but I was thinking about the possibility of getting one to use in my classes for taking notes.

  10. Posted

    http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/gary.colem....2.1720765.html

     

    Gary Coleman, the actor known for the famous line, "What'chu talkin' about Willis?" on the classic sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," has passed away, CBS 2 has learned.

     

    Coleman died at approximately 12:05 p.m. MST at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, a spokesman for the hospital said in a statement. Family members and close friends were at his side when life support was terminated.

     

    Earlier Friday, he was placed on life support after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage at his home on Wednesday. Hospital officials said as of mid-morning Thursday, Coleman was conscious and lucid, but by early afternoon he was slipping in and out of consciousness and his condition worsened.

     

    Coleman's family in a statement urged fans to pray for the 42-year-old actor, who was taken to the Utah hospital on Thursday. He suffered the hemorrhage Wednesday evening at his Santaquin home, 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.

     

    Coleman has lived in Utah since 2005. He's best known for his stint as "Arnold Jackson" on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes," which aired from 1978 to 1986.

     

    In February, Coleman suffered a seizure on the set of "The Insider."

     

    Coleman has had two failed kidney transplants and been plagued by various health problems.

     

    Coleman has lived in Utah since 2005, when he came here to star in the movie "Church Ball," a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He met his wife, Shannon Price, on the movie set and married her in 2007.

     

    Coleman has had a string of financial and legal problems, in addition to continuing ill health from the kidney disease he suffered as a child. Coleman has had at least two kidney transplants and has ongoing dialysis.

     

    Last fall, Coleman had heart surgery that was complicated by pneumonia, his attorney Randy Kester has said.

     

    In February, Coleman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to an April 2009 domestic violence incident at his home.

  12. Posted

    Very interesting I did not know that Truman did not know that. I really do not know anything about the Manhattan project other than the name sounds familiar.
    The Manhattan project was the name given to the program that developed the first atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan. The two bombs that were dropped were named "Fatman" and "Little Boy".

     

    I believe "Fatman" was a uranium based bomb and "Little Boy" was a plutonium based bomb. I might have that backward though.

     

    There's a Paul Newman movie named "Fatman and Little Boy" that is very interesting that you might enjoy.

  13. Posted

    Yeah, I've seen every episode multiple times (all 700+ episodes) and that one was, to me, the most "powerful". I've read articles and seen polls over the years that have declared it the best Trek episode ever made. Of course I agree completely but also completely understand why others would disagree.

     

    Of course that's not to diminish other great episodes like "The Inner Light", "Carbon Creek", "The Visitor" or "Far Beyond the Stars" (among others) but for me "ITPML" was just a great, great episode.

  20. Posted

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/27/...in6525489.shtml

     

    Former child television star Gary Coleman is in critical condition near his Utah home, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

     

    Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said Coleman, 42, was admitted to the Provo facility on Wednesday but she couldn't release any other details.

     

    Coleman lives in Santaquin, which is 55 miles south of Salt Lake City.

     

    The actor is best known for his stint on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes," which aired from 1978 to 1986.

     

    In February, Coleman suffered a seizure on the set of "The Insider."

     

    Coleman's Utah attorney, Randy Kester, said he had communicated by text message with Coleman's wife, Shannon Price, and that the family did not want to release any additional details at this time.

     

    "Anything they could say would be premature because they don't know the full extent of his condition right now," Kester told The Associated Press.

     

    Coleman has lived in Utah since 2005, when he came here to star in the movie "Church Ball," a comedy based on basketball leagues formed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He met Price on the movie set and married her in 2007.

     

    Coleman has had a string of financial and legal problems, in addition to continuing ill health from the kidney disease he suffered as a child. Coleman has had at least two kidney transplants and has ongoing dialysis.

     

    Last fall, Coleman had heart surgery that was complicated by pneumonia, Kester said.

     

    In February, Coleman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to an April 2009 domestic violence incident at his home. Recent health issues have caused several follow-up hearings in Coleman's case to be delayed, Kester said.

  21. Posted

    Thinking back on this discussion the analogy that comes to my mind in all of this goes back to World War II, when Roosevelt died in 1945 Truman knew nothing about the Manhattan Project. It fell to the Generals and Secretary of War to brief the new President of it's existence and potential/destructive power.

     

    In this situation in Star Trek there would have to be something similar in place.

  22. Posted

    Well, she didn't really like "In The Pale Moonlight", that's ok though because she's a Niner and that's all that matters.

     

    She loves the Vic episodes which makes up for not liking "ITPM". She likes the Ferengi and Ferengi episodes, likes the Alternate Universe but thinks there's just too many AU episodes in DS9 and likes Ezri better than Jadzia.

     

    Favorite episodes so far include (and she can correct me at some point if I get this wrong): "Far Beyond The Stars" #1, "The Visitor", #2, "His Way", "It's Only a Paper Moon" and "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang". Maybe some others added in there but those are the ones I remember so far, all great episodes.

     

    All in all, with the exception of "ITPM" and "The Siege of AR-755" I agree with everything she's said about DS9.