Oh no! It happened again! Millie got bored in the middle of the night and went a little Windows Movie Maker happy...

...and made another STRANGE video.

Seriously, you guys need to start having someone on Twitter all night long, just to talk to me...and keep me from the craziness! ;-D

Anyway, this video is made up of clips from many films and TV shows (but, NO narration by The Millie).

It's titled: How to Look Cool in Any Situation: Tips From Some Very Cool Guys (as you can see, I'm positively brilliant when it comes to original and amazing titles...NOT!)

Yeah, so that's about it. It's clips I had to get off of YouTube, so the quality may not be the best on all. BTW, does anyone know of a good, FREE, DVD ripping program?



I'm gonna go work on my gnome project some more. Ignore me.

OH, yeah, one more thing, my blog email has been freaking out the past week or so, so if you have sent me an email...I JUST got it, and will be responding shortly!

ALSO! Photos of the Day will be returning tomorrow!!! *And there was rejoicing in the streets*

I really don't know what I'm saying right now.

And THIS is why it is bad to let a 15 year-old have a blog for other people to read.

Okay, really! Goodnight/Good morning!

-Millie!

Now THIS is a "Wowzie Kazam, are you serious????" kind of moment!

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Goodbye Pernell Roberts...

NOTE: This was supposed to be published yesterday, but I had some computer problems...




The brilliant and super-cool Pernell Roberts died Sunday night at the age of 81. That news was just so depressing to me.

Bonanza is one of my favorite shows. EVER. At the age of five, I would wait expectantly for reruns to come on every afternoon at 4'clock. I watched it every afternoon without fail, until it was taken off the air when I was about twelve (okay, there was about a month when I was six, I wasn't allowed to watch it because my older brothers dressed up like cowboys and had me pretend to be a saloon girl and bring them ice water...um...yeah...). When it finally came out on DVD this past fall, I was ecstatic. I watched the entire first season within a week or so of getting it.

Bonanza is just such a part of my life.

Pernell Roberts was the one of the coolest people ever. And his Adam was pretty much the coolest character ever. (I say this in retrospect, because when I was five I was in love with Little Joe...and HE was the coolest character! I am such a dork...)

But, Pernell was so much more than Bonanza. So much more. You should check out C.K. Dexter Haven's post on Pernell. Really great!

Probably my favorite non-Bonanza role of Pernell was in an episode of Wild Wild West. He plays a brilliant Irish villain (one of the most memorable villains on a show that can boast about Dr. Loveless) with plans to start an Indian uprising and take over Canada (mainly just to spite Queen Victoria).

I watched it for the zillionth time right after I heard the news of Pernell's death, Monday night.


He's really just too amazing in it. He pulls off a crazy Irish accent, a crazy mustache, and attempts to pull off his crazy plans, and he makes it all believable.

Of course, even as an evil villain (and he's really a great villain), I instinctively like Pernell. He was just too darn likable. I mean even when he's having The Kid and Heyes beat up and shot at on Alias Smith and Jones...he's still likable. That's quite a feat.

Rest in peace Mr. Roberts...there would be a large gap in classic television without you...

The Millie is angry...VERY angry!

And when she starts talking in the third person-- WATCH OUT! ;-D

My anger is probably slight overreaction, but still.

I happened to be on TCM.com today, and saw there is going to be a festival of Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road" films. So, I clicked on the link, to read the article about it, what I read did not make me very happy.

It's interesting to note that Hope and Crosby were not the loving off-screen buddies that press releases and carefully orchestrated public outings implied they were. Though both men knew a major cash-cow when they were riding one, and thus were able to maintain a façade of deep friendship, they were highly competitive egotists who never missed an opportunity to belittle each other. And it wasn't always in good fun.

First of all, the article does not state where it gets this opinion from, but merely treats it as common knowledge.

It IS important to note that every biography I have read/watched has maintained that they were great and very genuine friends. And the Hope family (I have read many Bob Hope bios and no Bing ones, so most of my quotes/examples come from Bob) has always declared Bing to be one of Bob's closest friends.

Bob Hope once said, "A lot of people think that Bing was a loner, but Bing was a very loyal friend."

"Bob was so broken up about Bing's death that he couldn't sleep for days on end. He stated that it was one of the worst times of his life and that his wife was his rock who got him through the tough time." [source]

Dolores (Bob's wife) said, that the day Bing died was the only time Bob EVER missed a day of work. He was that upset.

Anyway, those quotes are just to explain that their "deep friendship" was not just a "facade".

It is very true that they constantly made fun of each other! It's evident in all their films together, and much of their personal life:

"Bing Crosby and I weren't the types to go around kissing each other. We always had a light jab for each other. One of our stock lines used to be 'There's nothing I wouldn't do for Bing, and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me. And that's the way we go through life - doing nothing for each other!' "

But, that could hardly be construed as a "highly competitive egotist" working hard to "belittle" someone.

Because if that's what that is, than Bob Hope must have disliked pretty much everyone who ever existed. There's hardly anyone who escaped an occasional wisecrack on Bob's part! And in the same way, Bob, himself, loved to joke about his own faults (his nose was an oft-target) and found himself the brunt of many other people's jokes. So...

And speaking of "highly competitive egotist"...are they serious? I can't even IMAGINE anyone calling Bob Hope, of all people, that. Bob Hope is the man who dedicated SO much of his time and money entertaining and supporting the troops. Would the writer of the article also call his over-fifty years of service to the troops - a money-making "facade"?

The last line of the article was really too much for me:

So much for a partnership made in heaven.

That's just not cool. That's writing a "sensational" article about two men, both now dead and unable to defend themselves, who were extremely close friends and genuinely liked each other. Would an article about their long-lasting friendship not have been good enough?

I'm less angry now (after spending the time to write this out) and more disappointed. Disappointed in TCM. TCM is just so amazing (I beyond wish I was able to get that channel where I live) and so faithful in furthering classic movies in today's world. So, I am disappointed that they would publish an article that has so much untruth in it.

-Millie

P.S. Yes, I'm kinda weird and rather overreacting, but I've been such a Bob Hope fan for longer than I can even remember, so...

Check out this great post!

Merriam of Bygone Brilliance wrote a post about her reaction after seeing The Best Years of Our Lives for the first time! Check it out!

Of course, the one downside to her seeing the film is now she has "fallen madly in love with Dana Andrews". Um, it's been quite clear ALWAYS, that Dana's MINE, so, um... (apparently, she has some plan about stealing him from me, but whatEVER...)

Best quote in the post:

"It's absolutely mind-boggling that there are so many morons out there, so many blind morons that didn't take one look at Dana Andrews and think, 'Ten! Ten! Ten!' "

That's good old Merriam for you, haha!

What Jean Simmons Meant to Me...

I am currently curled up on the couch eating Redvines licorice and watching Guys and Dolls.

The news that Jean Simmons had died hit me rather hard. I adore Jean. I think she is gorgeous and a brilliant actress. But, she means so much more than that to me. She was one of those rare actresses that I actually connected to, that I felt like I knew. For instance, I love Rita Hayworth but, I don't feel like I know her. Jean to me was like Ingy, Audrey, and Carole are to me.

In fact, I loved her before I even knew who she was.

It was a few years ago, I was 11 or 12, I was on some classic movie site searching for some photos, and I stumbled upon these two:





I didn't even know who she was, but I was struck by her beauty, especially her eyes. Her eyes were not normal - there was something beyond her eyes.

I was like, "Who is this Jean Simmons? I need to watch something with her in it!"

Then a couple months later I checked out Guys and Dolls from the library. I didn't know that Jean was in it. The credits came up, and I vaguely recalled the name, but I couldn't place a face to it.

Then, I saw her, I saw Sgt. Sarah Brown! Then, I immediately remembered. It was HER!

Jean took a character like Sarah and just made so much out of it. I felt I knew her, I knew Sarah, and I knew Jean. I connected in a very personal way both to the character...and especially to the actress.

Every role I've seen of Jean (and I still have many more to see), has been so completely Jean. I can't really explain it, but I automatically love any character she plays, because "she's my old friend"; because she and I "know" each other.

And, that is why I am so heartbroken this night - heartbroken, because I've lost an old friend.

And, besides that, I recently wrote her a gushing letter telling her just how amazing she was and how much I loved her...but I hadn't mailed it yet. That kinda makes a person feel even more rotten.

I made Jean a tribute video. Not very well-made, but just a little something to express some of my grief at her death. I chose the song, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" by The Lovin' Spoonful for a very specific reason. Besides the obvious lyrics, there is an entire line that is just SO Jean:

You came upon a quiet day
You simply seemed to take your place
I knew that it would be that way
The minute that I saw your face

That's pretty much how Jean and I "met". I instantly "knew" her, even though I didn't even know her name. She was just there one day.

I'm gonna miss her, but thank goodness we have her 60 years of film and television work, so we don't have to really say goodbye.

So, rest in peace lovely lady...you will not be forgotten!

-Millie

Rest in peace, Jean Simmons...

Jean Simmons, the beautiful and talented actress has died at the age of 80.

I beyond adore Jean Simmons, she is one of my very favorite actresses.

I actually had a letter all written to her, that I was going to mail this week.

This news is really upsetting to me. I just feel sick about it.

Rest in peace, lovely Jean, you will be sorely missed...

-Millie