Very fascinating piece Eddie. When reviewing the life of Honest Abe, I truly believe the things he stood for and accomplished as a human being far outweigh those he did as a president. He was a man who knew that life was not going to be easy, and that things would not be handed to him on a silver platter. But I am quite surprised, Eddie that you didn't mention perhaps the one feat that saved arguably thousands of lives...his experience as a Vampire killer. Man...what Hollywood won't stoop to. What's next? Grover Cleveland...Exorcist!

Batman is not gay. He's about as gay as SNL's THE AMBIGIUOSLY GAY DUO and we all know that they're not gay.....right??
Then again, he does call Robin DICK when he's not Robin.
Maybe he came up with his sidekick's name because he's ROBIN' him of his manhood??
Come to think of it...I guess you could have Bruce GAYne and DICK GAYson.
Makes ya think....

Great piece Eddie. I think MacFarlane is incredibly talented and deserves to receive opportunities like hosting the Oscars (although I thought his opening act with Shatner was far too long). But then again, I'm an old school guy who would have loved to have seen Johnny Carson host it forever. Anyway...thanks for the info about Seth. A lot I did not know.

Ali is the only true Champion in my generation. He is still referred to as "Champ" when people address him and it's well deserved and he's earned it. My favorite Ali story is the Ernie Terrell one where Terrell refused to acknowledge Ali by his Muslim name and kept calling him Cassius Clay. When the two finally met in the ring, Ali came out and started landing punch after punch and yelling to him "What's my name? Say it. Ali. What's my name?" Terrell refused and took the punishment. At one point, Terrell appeared to be going down but Ali went over and lifted him up by the underarms and told him "You're not going down till you say my name. What's my name?" Finally in round 12, Terrell had enough and said the word "Ali. Your name is Ali". The referee immediately stopped the fight. True story. Great post Eddie. Great topic!! Ali is definitely one man I would like to meet.

I am a HUGE believer in fate and I've always believed that had Decca signed The Beatles, they NEVER would have been as popular and successful as they were and that's because they never would have worked with George Martin who really took them under his wing and molded their style of music into something special & historical. So a BIG thank you to Dick Rowe for allowing The Beatles to take their rightful place in history!! Atta Boy Dick!!

All John & Yoko wanted to do was try and make peace something that everyone should think about, especially at Christmas. Their message was simple....stop all the unnecessary dying on both sides and make the peace. How many families woke up Christmas morning and thought about their son or daughter either fighting in Nam or had lost their life there and for what? For what? Their message was true...it can be over...if you want it. Just a decision of what is more important and to me, my child's life outweighs it a billion billion to one. Thanks for the inside story Eddie. I sure do miss John.

Sorry but anything to do with the Beatles, and that means Paul McCartney, is the greatest music of all time. I love The Chipmunks and remember as a kid singing their Christmas song. By the way Eddie....if you weren't aware, The Chipmunks released a record of all Beatles songs. I used to have it as a kid. I've seen the CD of it on eBay before too.

Very good and informative tribute about, in my opinion, the underrated Stooge. Curly may have been the most popular but I always thought Larry was the funniest. My favorite part of the Stooges films was when Moe would pull large handfuls of Larry's hair out. Still laugh like hell when I watch it. Great piece Eddie!! And great picture of Larry with the shorter, combed over look. That was a first for me.

He was absolutely great as J.R. but to us baby boomers, he has to be better known for I Dream of Jeannie. I can still recall watching that show as a teenager and shaking my head in disbelief every time Jeannie would make a pass at him and he'd turn her down. So here was a guy in his late 20's (?), who has the most beautiful woman in the world at his beck and call whenever he wants her and he'd rather go play golf. Yeah....ok....now I could understand that coming from Robert Reed (Mike Brady) or Dick York (Bewitched) who were both gay but not Major Anthony Nelson! Nice piece Eddie.

You know....next to having my picture taken with all four Beatles, perhaps my second choice would be having one taken with Wyatt Earp AND John Wayne. Can you imagine being in the same room those two REAL men? Oh my God!!! Cool piece Eddie. I love these!!

Great topic Eddie! There was a similar story in the movie Great Balls of Fire where Jerry Lee Lewis watches an African American woman (made to look a lot like Big Mama by the way) perform Whole Lot of Shakin' and decides to record it. I love your insights on Rock & Roll topics. Keep them coming!!

What a sad ending to someone who made us laugh and laugh and laugh. Never knew that he was such a mean kid when he was a Lil Rascal. Those were some pretty mean tricks to play on the other kids. Thanks Eddie!

Great piece Eddie. Harpo was a classic although the quick witted Groucho was always my favorite. Makes me wonder if Harpo was like his brother. Too bad he didn't speak enough in public to let us know.

Koufax was always one of my favorite players growing up. He always seemed to be in control of every game he pitched. You have to give him credit for standing up for what he believed in. Nice post Eddie. That was really good!

Pretty much anything with the Three Stooges in it (especially Curly) is a classic. It's just another great success story of three guys whose future loked bleak but decided to make it a go of it alone and the rest, as they say, is history!! Thanks Eddie!!