Arthur Godfrey fired Julius La Rosa ON THE AIR! Right in the middle of his show! Julius had made a couple of records that did fairly well on the charts and he was so popular on the Godfrey show that he was getting more fan mail than Arthur was. Then Julius, against Godfrey's wishes, hired his own manager.
No doubt about it, Arthur was a ego maniac and all that attention Julius was getting didn't sit well with the boss. So, after singing a song on the show, on October 19th, Arthur said, "That was Julie's swan song with us" and, in front of the huge audience watching the show told La Rosa he was fired.
That little stunt did Godfrey a lot more harm that it did to La Rosa. Ed Sullivan immediately signed Julius to appear on his "Toast of the Town" show where he made about 13 appearances. He also hit #1 on the music charts with "Eh, Cumpari" and he got a TV show of his own as the summer replacement for Perry Como for two seasons. Julius always gave credit to Arthur Godfrey for giving him his chance is show business but he also always added that Godfrey wasn't a very nice man. A lot of people agreed with him.
This video is from earlier days when Julius was still in Arthur's good graces.
Rita called this afternoon. They're having a great time with Rick and Angela and have decided to stay over the weekend and start back home on Monday.
Temperatures were in the low 40's in Worland so they were sitting around the fire place and enjoying the day.
Did you see this? THE BEST PLACES TO RETIRE ON $75.00 A DAY
I see San Antonio is on the list.
Congratulations to the crew of Spirit Airlines for getting their crippled aircraft safely back on the ground, in Dallas, after one of the engines blew up.
It's another testament to the expert training the crews receive and their dedication to the job. And, also, another example of how well these planes are built to withstand serious damage and still fly.
There's one good thing about the shorter days and cooler temperatures. I sure have been sleeping good the past few nights.
I hope Cher is feeling better soon. She tweeted, this morning, that she's feeling under the weather. Doctor told her, no flying as it could affect her eardrums.
It's going to be a sunny Thursday in the Coulee Region with a high around 56. Can't expect much better weather, considering we're into the last half of October.
Looking ahead, I see a wet Saturday and there's an ever so slight chance we could see A FEW SNOWFLAKES ON SUNDAY. High's will be in the mid-40's for the weekend so it's really going to start to feel like fall and we'll have to keep the coats and jackets handy again.
(Big sigh).
I'm guessing Rita, Roger and Angela made it to Worland, safe and sound, so they'll get a feel for that 40 degree weather today. It was in the upper 30's, early this morning in Worland, and they'll only warm up to the low 40's today.
The latest problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a panel that fell off the fuselage of the plane while it was in flight over India. I don't know why they keep calling it the "Dreamliner". With all the problems it has had, in the past couple of years, Nightmare-liner would be a more descriptive name.
27 in Rapid City, this morning and 24 in Worland. I'll bet Rita, Roger and Angela aren't running any a/c in the car. I guess I won't mention it's 50, in La Crosse if they call.
A lot of farmer in China, on the other hand, are happy to have as many cockroaches as they can get. It's a great cash crop selling for $20.00 a pound in the Chinese markets. In Asia, cockroaches are used in medicines and cosmetics.
The closer you get to Thanksgiving the higher the fares will be. Don't put it off if you want to go by air.
Patchy frost is possible tonight, especially in central and north-central Wisconsin.
Today looks like a miserable fall day with thick, dark clouds and drizzle this morning.
"You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership."
Believe it or not, Ashton Kutcher is now the highest paid actor on television and the second highest paid actor is Jon Cryer. Who said "Two and a half men" couldn't survive without Charlie?
My votes would go to:
Chic
Kiss
Linda Ronstadt
Cat Stevens
The Zombies
I see Dripping Springs had a little rain overnight and they'll see a big cool-down today.High temperatures will only be in the mid-50's around Austin.
I hope Rita and Roger took some winter clothes along. They'll be on the last leg of their trip to Worland, Wyoming, today where it was below freezing early this morning. Worland's high will be in the mid-50's today too.
And, guess what. Right here in La Crosse afternoon highs will also be in the mid-50's. Sounds like wherever you go, there you are.
Where would I rather be? Key West, of course and I'll bet I could talk Carl and Kathy into going with me. The Key's will see sunny skies with highs in the mid-80's.
By the way, I got an email from Rick and he said Rita, Roger and Angela spent the night in Wall. He added, "They observed the unfortunate sight of many dead cattle from the recent storm."
"As we sit on the porch on these still-warm autumn days, we hear the small acorns fall onto the wood deck. Discovered this one that got itself spiked on a cactus."
The earlier you get your shot the better. They say people are coming in earlier this year and, I know, they were very busy at Gunderson when I got my shot last week.
They didn't get started until around 8 this morning and the plan is, now, to make it a two day trip. They, originally, thought they would drive straight through but La Crosse to Worland in one stretch is a bit much for "senior citizens". Leave those marathons to the kids!
They'll stop, somewhere along the way, and get a good nights rest before moving on in the morning.
Take a look at this Yahoo! article on crockpot cooking There is some very good advice for making a better crockpot meal.
Speaking of coffee, Here's an article from the Mayo Clinic that says if you drink more than 4 cups in a day it could shorten your life.
Back in my radio days, I drank four cups of coffee in the first hour I was out of bed....and I continued to drink coffee...non-stop...until I left the studio and headed for the bar. I don't drink quite so much anymore but I can drink a good POT full and I'm still going strong. Maybe it's just me.
The Black Hills is looking at another inch or two of snow this afternoon. Those poor folks have already had enough winter to last all winter and winter isn't even here yet!
Guess what. As long as you REALLY believe that the vitamin C tablet is keeping you cold free that's enough for your brain to fire up your immune system and, sure enough, you don't get the cold. So, does the vitamin C do the trick? Maybe it does....as long as you BELIEVE it does! Read more here on Yahoo!
There's that old line, "seeing is believing". In a lot of cases it's, actually, "believing is seeing."
There was some light rain falling when I got up this morning. This is a good day to stay home and do the laundry and that's just what I'm going to do.
It turns out that bees can see the difference in images in 1/300th of a second. Humans see the difference in 1/50th of a second. Which means that while each of the frames, on TV or in the movies, all blend together, for us, so it looks like the picture is moving, the honeybee would be able to perceive the difference between each, individual, frame as it passes through the lens. And, that's WITHOUT glasses!
On the night of October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee. Roosevelt was in Wisconsin stumping as the presidential candidate of the new, independent Progressive Party, which had split from the Republican Party earlier that year. Roosevelt already had served two terms as chief executive (1901-1909), but was seeking the office again as the champion of progressive reform. Unbeknownst to Roosevelt, a New York bartender named John Schrank had been stalking him for three weeks through eight states. As Roosevelt left Milwaukee's Hotel Gilpatrick for a speaking engagement at the Milwaukee Auditorium and stood waving to the gathered crowd, Schrank fired a .38-caliber revolver that he had hidden in his coat.
Roosevelt was hit in the right side of the chest and the bullet lodged in his chest wall. Seeing the blood on his shirt, vest, and coat, his aides pleaded with him to seek medical help, but Roosevelt trivialized the wound and insisted on keeping his commitment. His life was probably saved by the speech, since the contents of his coat pocket -- his metal spectacle case and the thick, folded manuscript of his talk -- had absorbed much of the force of the bullet. Throughout the evening he made light of the wound, declaring at one point, "It takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose," but the candidate spend the next week in the hospital and carried the bullet inside him the rest of his life.
Heavy downpours in central Texas and Oklahoma. Snow and rain in Montana. Snow will fall, again, on the Black Hills tonight into tomorrow morning. Wyoming, Colorado and Utah will also see snow.
THIS IS GOING TO BE
A LONG WINTER
And speaking of people who made it to 73, Cliff Richard is celebrating his 73rd birthday today.
Worland will have a windy day with snow, 2 to 4 inches of snow, today. And, the overnight low in Worland, tonight, will be 29 degrees.
Rapid City, today, will be very windy with a cold rain and a high of 44. Tonight will bring more wind, a bit of snow and a low of 32.
Roger asked me, the other day, if I'd like to ride along as far as Rapid City. I think I was wise to decline. While I'd like to see my Rapid City friends again, I'd like to see them on a warm day with a lot of sun. I don't think that will happen this week.
This, by the way, was Rapid City 10 days ago.
"I got a maverick tree trimmer here cutting limbs. He saw me struggling out in front. They will haul it all away too. I had them start on the south patio. I was afraid of the cover collapsing."
"We got more rain than I realized. Our rain gauge overflows at 5 inches. I had trouble reading it by spyglass from the inside until I realized it was full. Our new sidewalk creates a bit of a damn across the front yard so we now have a pond there."
In fact, so much rain that the National Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WARNING. They were getting rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour in parts of the area.
Donnie said, "I sowed a yard-full of winter rye grass yesterday. It's now getting soaked in but I also gave myself a terrific backache today.
We are enjoying the most prolonged rain we've seen all year. We've had several hours of good, steady showers with virtually no wind. Just water."
With a clear sky, the temperature was down to 43, at 3:00 A.M. with a wind chill of 39 degrees. We've got a couple more sunny days ahead and then the rain will move in Monday night and Tuesday. Low temperatures will range between 39 and 49, this week, so there's still no chance of a freeze but we're getting closer.
I'm more concerned about the weather out west. Rita, Roger and Angela will be heading west in a few days and the west is getting ready for more winter weather.
Another winter storm, the third one in the past couple of weeks, is firing up for Wyoming and Colorado and the forecast calls for up to another foot of snow in the mountains of Wyoming and more heavy snow in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Forecasters say if you have any plans on traveling I-90 through the Black Hills or I-25 from Casper to Billings, this week, pay very close attention to changing weather conditions.
I feel so sorry for those people out there. They've already had enough winter, this year, and winter hasn't even started yet.
Duane has a real mess around his yard with trees and branches down, still a lot of snow to get cleared away, etc. It's almost impossible to find help because everyone is in the same boat. He said it will take months to get back to normal and now they have more snow coming. He's lived in Rapid City most of his life and he said he's never seen anything like this.
