Illinois? Just try San Juan Bautista
The national press should cover San Juan Bautista’s politics as
the governor of Illinois trying to sell President-elect Obama’s
vacant Senate seat pales in comparison. Councilman Bob Paradise
resigns from the San Juan Bautista City Council and a reporter asks
what his accomplishments were. Bob answers without hesitation:
”
I went to meetings for two years. I showed up.
”
Illinois? Just try San Juan Bautista
The national press should cover San Juan Bautista’s politics as the governor of Illinois trying to sell President-elect Obama’s vacant Senate seat pales in comparison. Councilman Bob Paradise resigns from the San Juan Bautista City Council and a reporter asks what his accomplishments were. Bob answers without hesitation: “I went to meetings for two years. I showed up.”
I am not the least bit shocked about the governor of Illinois accused of trying to sell the Senate seat left vacant by Obama. What bugs me is that the FBI called him and told him they had agents outside his front door ready to arrest him. They did not want to arrest him in front of his family.
Quick: all of you who have been arrested in Hollister, raise your hands if you were arrested with Sheriff Hill calling you first so as not to bother your family. Put your hand down. You don’t count. You’re a relative.
Connie Francis is 70. I was a teen and when she sang “Where the Boys Are” more than my hand raised.
Another gal who raised more than my spirits was Bettie Page. When I was 15 she was on every girlie magazine cover. The difference between slut-like Britney Spears poses was that Page looked like the girl next door, wholesome to the end. She just passed away and a bigger smile on the angels you have never seen. Halo everybody, halo.
Just returned from Keifer Sutherland’s Walk of Fame star ceremony. He is cool and one of my favorite “younger” actors with “Lost Boys,” filmed in Santa Cruz, still my favorite. I have never seen him in the popular and award-winning TV show “24” as unfortunately here in Hollywod it is up against the reruns of “Hee Haw.” In Español. Aye chee waa waa, y’all.
Keifer also has a father who acts and Donald introduced him with one of the funniest stories ever told by a master story-teller. Donald, with his white mane blowing in the wind, is a spellbinder, reminding one of a wizard. My favorite Donald Sutherland movie is “Eye of the Needle,” one of the most exciting thrillers ever, enhanced by Miklos Rozsa’s score that gives new meaning to spine tingling. Donald should have won an Oscar for this.
The Golden Globes are a Hollywood joke but actors love them because there are so many categories it is hard not to be nominated, plus they serve booze at the ceremony. All young actors were nominated for the Golden Boobs best actor category. The prestigious National Board of Review just announced its winners. Unlike the Globes, which didn’t even nominate him, 78-year-old Clint Eastwood walked away with the best actor award for “Gran Torino.”
I hate when columnists use their special bond with readers to plug other writings. That is why I am not mentioning my 50th wedding anniversary and my trip down memory lane circa 1958 Hollister in the Life section of today’s edition of the Pinnacle. It has little to do with my wedding but more about Hollister before growth and big box stores. Oh, and for further enticement to read it, it has Hollister prostitutes doing their business in empty refrigerator boxes.
The answer to last week’s Quick Quiz was “The Klansman,” as O.J. Simpson’s worst of many acting attempts. The film was an immediate bomb so the distributors changed the title to “The Burning Cross,” and when that didn’t work they settled for “K.K.K.” This was no small production and starred Lee Marvin and Richard Burton. More next week on the filming fireworks near Chico with Elizabeth and “the waitress” thrown into the mix. And believe me, at Liz Taylor’s weight at that time, no one was throwing Liz. But it was easy to tell her age as you just counted the rings. Aye chee waa waa.
This week’s Quick Quiz: Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood has won how many Oscars for best actor?
Received a letter from the little old blue haired lady. “Mr. Venzykulo, how come every year when the Pinnacle wins all kinds of statewide awards you never seem to win anything?” This leads me to believe that the little old blue haired lady has never read my column.
New Pinnacle columnist Adam Breen says he likes writing a column for the Pinnacle because unlike other jobs he has had, he does not have to wear a nametag. Why doesn’t the new guy have to wear a nametag? I write my column every Monday morning in my kitchen in the nude and I pin on my Pinnacle nametag just as stipulated in the employee handbook. Oh, I see. Is it because he’s white?
Remember my other article in Today’s Pinnacle has Hollister prostitutes doing business in refrigerator boxes right in downtown Hollister … but don’t let that pique your curiosity. Aye chee waa waa! Did Nancy find out? I came home with Frigidaire spelled backwards on my butt.
