I hated high school. All the more ironic, then, to find myself, nearly fifty years after I had successfully made my escape, back inside the Gulag of my youth. The Brockville Collegiate Institute (BCI, as we called it) celebrated its one hundred and twenty-fifth…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Back To School–Without My Turtleneck
Tagged with: Brockville, Brockville Collegiate Institute, high school, Ogdensburg, President Kennedy, reunion, St. Lawrence River, Steve McQueen, The Great Escape
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The Ghosts At Their Underwoods
The ghosts are always at their Underwoods now, and I seem to be walking around with a constantly heavy heart in memory of them. Last week, Greg Quill, old neighbour, friend, Star colleague, and erstwhile screenwriting partner made his exit.…
Tagged with: Andy Donato, Dallas, Danielle Crittenden, David Elfick, David Frum, Diane Jackson, Don Hunt, Doug Creighton, Greg Quill, Jack Diamond, Jack Ruby, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Margot Kidder, Peter Worthington, Sunshine Girl, The Sunday Sun, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, The Toronto Telegram
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And Then Ann-Margret Kissed Me…
I have known many publicists over the years, but I have never known a publicist like Prudence Emery. Wild, wildly lovable, highly intelligent, no-nonsense, a combination gypsy, therapist, drinking buddy, and den mother, I covered more movies with Pru than…
Tagged with: Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin, Broadway, Brockville, Bruce Dern, Bye Bye Birdie, Carnal Knowleledge, Elvis Presley, Kitten With A Whip, Middle Age Crazy, musical, Pamela Tiffin, Pat Boone, Prudence Emery, Rogers and Hammerstein, State Fair, Tom Ewell, Toronto, Viva La Vegas
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Ron Base Writes 