Dueling organists?Marie Lewis of L.A. notes that...
Dueling organists?
Marie Lewis of L.A. notes that services for Presbyterians on the Westside provided a wide range of themes one recent Sunday.
“Nobody Came to My Funeral” was the title of the sermon at Bel Air Presbyterian.
Westwood Presbyterian, meanwhile, offered: “Party Time!”
EVERYONE’S CUTTING BACK: Rodney Nelson of L.A. snapped a shot that illustrates just how extreme some companies’ cost-saving measures have been (see photo).
ONE TOO MANY BLOWOUTS? An appliance dealer’s sign in Santa Monica, meanwhile, brags that the store is a bit more, well, informal than a nearby chain rival (see photo).
NO 97-YEAR-OLDS NEED APPLY: The latest issue of the newspaper Drama-Logue carries a casting notice for a Camarillo play, “Social Security,” which has openings ranging from “Martin & Trudy, 40-55, uptight, put-upon, nerdy” to “Maurice, 98, charming, European artist.”
ON THE OTHER HAND . . . : Perhaps, for the role of Maurice, the producer would consider a 93-year-old actor who just left NBC: Bob Hope.
HIS ONE CENT WORTH: “Congratulations, you’ve earned $0.01 in savings for the 1996 redemption period,” said the note from Pacific Bell to Jack Campbell of La Canada Flintridge. “Watch your mail in October for your savings redemption kit that will instruct you how to redeem your savings. Be sure to redeem before Feb. 28, 1997. Thank you for using your Pacific Bell Savings Card.”
Campbell said, “We’re so excited we don’t know how we’re going to spend it.”
CREEPY LIST OF THE DAY: In honor of Halloween, the Associated Press printed some tombstone inscriptions of celebrities, including:
* “That’s All Folks” (cartoon voice Mel Blanc).
* “A Lifetime to Go” (actor Robert Taylor).
* “We love you, Psalm 23” (TV actor Freddie Prinze).
* “Nothing in moderation” (comic Ernie Kovacs).
* “To yesterday’s companionship and tomorrow’s reunion” (actress Rita Hayworth).
* “Portland, Maine, to Hollywood” (director John Ford).
* “Peace at last” (comic Lenny Bruce).
CREEPY LIST, PART II: Inspired, we unearthed a few more tombstone inscriptions from other sources:
* “Go away, I’m asleep” (actress Joan Hackett).
* “1910-1975-?” (actor Richard Conte).
* “It Is True” (sportscaster Jim Healy, whose trademark phrase was, “Is it true?”).
TALK ABOUT PERPETUAL CARE: In keeping with the Halloween theme, we relay word from Suzanne Marks of L.A., whose father, Harold, received a strange note from a doctor. It said:
“According to our records, it is now time to schedule your annual eye examination. Your last vision health exam was Feb. 9, 1995. Our examinations are thorough and comprehensive.”
How thorough and comprehensive? Marks’ father died in 1993.
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Paul Marsh of Toluca Lake reports, “As you approach the entrance to St. Andrew’s Abbey, a 700-acre ranch monastery near Palmdale, there is a sign that reads: NO HUNTING EXCEPT FOR PEACE.” That’s all folks.