Tuesday Reads

Women really need to ask themselves whether men are worth going through surgical mutilation, especially one where it can destroy women's sexual pleasure.  Many surgeons know little to nothing about female anatomy, as noted in the link.
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Obituary:  Noted jazz musician Jack Sheldon, 88 has died.  He died on December 27 of undisclosed causes.

Sheldon was known for his work on the cartoon Schoolhouse Rock and also as a regular on the  The Merv Griffin Show.    He was music director on that show.  Sheldon also was a bandleader for many years.

To yours truly, always looking for that obscure part of a famous person, Sheldon will always be remembered to me as appearing as the title role in the short-lived sitcom titled Run, Buddy, Run.   It ran from September 1966 to January 1967, and, as I recall, the "problem" in the series had been resolved at the end of its short run.  Sheldon played a musician who was a witness to overhearing mobsters in a steam room talking about a hit on somebody named "Chicken Little."  Since these mobsters, specifically Bruce Gordon (best known for his work on The Untouchables television series), caught him, Buddy had no other solution than to try and escape from them.  In other words, it was a cross between The Untouchables and The Fugitive, two of the most popular dramas of the 1960s.  Leonard Stern, known for his work on Get Smart, produced the series.

After the show went off the air, Sheldon continued with his music career.

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Born on Nov. 20, 1931, Sheldon was seemingly destined to go into show business: His mother was Jen Loven, a drama teacher who founded a famous Los Angeles swimming school attended by the children of many Old Hollywood celebrities. He began playing music professionally at age 13, performed in military bands during his time in the Air Force in the late ‘40s, and eventually became a key player in the West Coast jazz scene in the 1950s.

During his lifetime, the longtime L.A. resident also racked up more than 70 screen credits, ranging from playing trumpet on the theme songs for Peter Gunn and The Munsters and on Johnny Mandel’s “The Shadow of Your Smile” from The Sandpiper, to acting in Freaky Friday, Gilligan's Island, Dragnet, Marcus Welby M.D., Petticoat Junction, Adam 12, Police Woman, The Cara Williams Show, and even his own ‘60s sitcom, Run, Buddy, Run.

Example of an episode from Run, Buddy, Run:


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