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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for June 3, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche posts for June 3, 2026 are about poet Allen Ginsberg and comedian Ted Ziegler, both born 100 years ago today. For World Bicycle Day, a guide to bicycle related posts on Travalanche. Earlier Travalanche posts for June 3 (in no particular order) include ones on: Alla Nazimova Chuck Barris and The Gong Show Josephine Baker Lili St Cyr Paulette Goddard Leo…
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The Ted Ziegler Centennial (And a Cool Cold Case)
A minor figure to be sure, but one who made his mark in television, and some of you lot may actually remember him: Ted Ziegler (1926-1999), born 100 years ago today. Ziegler enjoyed a nice stretch as a sketch comedian on American television throughout the 1970s. He was a regular cast member on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Sonny Comedy Revue, The Sonny and Cher Show, and The Hudson…
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The Allen Ginsberg Centennial
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was born 100 years ago today and that’s a mind-blower. In some other dimension, one pictures him at this age, perhaps as a denizen of Shangri-La, high atop a Himalayan peak, seated in a lotus position, visited by the occasional pilgrim or seeker, looking at 100 like he did at 40. If one chants enough, or takes enough peyote, maybe it can become so. Part of me wants to…
Your Travalanche Daily Digest for June 2, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche posts for June 2, 2026 are about Howard Johnson (Tin Pan Alley songwriter, not restaurateur/ hotelier) and the Marquis de Sade. Earlier Travalanche posts for June 2 (in no particular order) include ones on: Kevin Brownlow Dana Carvey Leopoldo Fregoli Valaida Snow Charlie Watts Johnny Weissmuller June MacCloy Jerry Mathers and Leave it to Beaver Max…
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Many Happy Returns, Marquis de Sade
No wait, hear me out! Okay, I don’t precisely celebrate the life and legacy of the Marquis de Sade (Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, 1740-1814) taken as a whole, but neither do I condemn his existence, whole cloth, either. de Sade is one of those historical figures who is widely known for a notorious reputation, yet little known beyond that. The popular idea of him, I’ll wager, places him a…
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for...Howard Johnson
There are two famous Howard Johnsons, both of them associated with ice cream. The better known of the two is of course the founder of the popular restaurant and hotel chain. We may well take that up as a topic in future. Anyway, that Howard Johnson launched his business in 1925, and ice cream was one of the key offerings at his eateries. As to the other Howard Johnson, today’s Howard Johnson…
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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for June 1, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche post for June 1, 2026 is about Tennessee. That’s it. Just Tennessee. Also, June is Pride Month. Check out over 300 LGBTQ-related posts here. And go here to obverse Accordion Awareness Month. Earlier Travalanche posts for June 1 (in no particular order) include ones on: Marilyn Monroe (today is the 100th anniversary of her birth) The Travalanche Guide to Games Shows…
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Tennessee Statehood Day
Look, kids: I did your school report, so AI won’t have to! I don’t know what motivates me to do posts like this, apart from the fact that I’m a nerd at bottom, and by that I mean less that I am socially awkward than that I get enthusiastic about certain topics to a degree that will register to many as embarrassingly excessive. And that’s a nerd. This particular series of posts will probably…
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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for May 31, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 31, 2026 are about Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet from Batman) and Dave O’Brien (Reefer Madness). Earlier Travalanche posts for May 31 (in no particular order) include ones on: The Coney Island Smile Face The History of Madison Square Garden Fred Allen Walt Whitman Don Ameche Jim Hutton and Ellery Queen The Westerns of Clint Eastwood Peter Yarrow (Peter,…
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The Matronly Madge Blake
Madge Blake (Madge Cummings, 1899-1969) was one of those Grandma Moses actors. She didn’t take the plunge into acting professionally until she was 50 years old, but she flourished. She specialized in playing silly, parochial older women, a kind of heir to Spring Byington. Her best known roles were the parts of Larry Mondello’s mother on Leave it to Beaver (1958-60) and Bruce Wayne’s Aunt Harriet…
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Dave O'Brien: From "Reefer Madness" to Red Skelton
The career of Dave O’Brien (David Fronabarger, 1912-1968), though it consists largely of B movies, serials, and shorts, fills me with envy and awe. He was an actor, director, stunt man, dancer, and writer (in spite of near illiteracy), was in some famous films, and even played a couple of memorable roles. He made his mark in westerns, horror, adventure, exploitation and classic…
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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for May 30, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche post for May 30, 2026 is about radio, TV, and Broadway writer Joseph Stein. Earlier Travalanche posts for May 30 (in no particular order) include ones on: Copacabana (Groucho Marx) Irving Thalberg Stepin Fetchit Howard Hawks (comedies) Howard Hawks (westerns) Benny Goodman Ben Bernie Mel Blanc The Great Raymond Little Jack Little Mike Donlin Russ Brown and…
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The Bernie West Centennial
Born 100 years ago today, comedian, actor, writer and producer Bernie West (Bernard Wessler, 1918-2010). Looks like Richard Deacon, eh? What a great show biz journey this guy made! A Bronx native, born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, he obtained a B.S. from Baruch, with a major in advertising. That’s about the smartest subject to master for someone with a career in television, though I’m sure that…
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Justice for Joseph Stein
The title of this post because I am a little nonplussed that Joseph Stein (1912-2010) is almost invariably left off of a very prestigious list on which he belongs, a list that includes Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, and Carl Reiner. Surely you know what they have in common: former writers for Sid Caesar’s television variety shows that later went on to great success as…
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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for May 29, 2026
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 29, 2026 are about Rodolphe Salis and Le Chat Noir, and a tribute to the late Karen McCarty. Earlier Travalanche posts for May 29 (in no particular order) include ones on: Bob Hope John F. Kennedy G.K. Chesterton Beatrice Lillie On Alligators and Show Business (for National Alligator Day) Donna Jean Young and the 1975 tv show Vaudeville Harry…
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G.K. Chesterton at 150
I have only belatedly discovered the pleasures of G.K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1784-1936), though I have long been aware of him through references in the lives and histories of others. The thing Chesterton is best known for, and rather imperfectly, is having been the author of the Father Brown mysteries, yet that was not at all the context for most of my encounters with his name…
The Bertha Priestley Centennial
Born 100 years ago at this writing: character actress Bertha Priestley (1921-1981). As you can deduce from the photo above, Priestley was a big gal, just the kind who become sight gags in Three Stooges shorts. The thing is, she only did one of those, the 1947 short Brideless Groom, where she has the pleasure of chucking a bashful Larry’s chin in flirtation. The rest of her roles were similar —…
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