It's a Bank Holiday, so of COURSE it's time for James Bond!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUC8dJ0D6sA
But enough about me, how was your weekend?
Today's storytime is an odd fish - it was serialised in four issues of Dark Horse Comics, an anthology of (mostly) licensed characters from... uh, Dark Horse Comics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR9q9-xMMu4
That's enough of James Bond for today...
... Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of Madeline, was born 119 years ago on Thursday...
... Walter Lantz was born 118 years ago...
... Russell T Davies was 54...
... Michael Mahonen was 53...
... as was Lisa Wilcox...
... Sally Hawkins was 41...
... and Stanley Adams died forty years that day.https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/
Lee Falk was born 106 years ago on Friday...
... Dick Ayers would've been 93...
... Carolyn Jones would've been 87...
... as would Richard C. Sarafian, who directed 2 episodes of the 1966 Batman show...
... Madge Sinclair would've been 79...
... Sir Terry Pratchett, whose work has been adapted into several comics and cartoons, would've been 69...
... Paul Guilfoyle was 68...
... Bruno Kirby would've been 68...
... Mary McDonnell was 65...
... Steven Blum was 57...
... Nate Richert was 39...
... Ken Curtis died 26 years ago yesterday...
... and Jerome Bixby, who wrote episodes of Star Trek and The Magic School Bus, died nineteen years ago.
Irvin Kershner, who directed Empire Strikes Back and Never Say Never Again, would've been 94 on Saturday...
... Iwao Takomoto would've been 92...
... Lane Smith would've been 81...
... Jerry Seinfeld was 63...
... Leslie Jordan was 62...
... as was Kate Mulgrew...
... Michelle Pfeiffer was 59...
.. Paul Adelstein was 48...
... and Al Feldstein died three years ago on Saturday...
... as did Bob Hoskins.
Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie was born 137 years ago on Sunday...
... Cloris Leachman was 91...
... Larry Niven, who wrote for Star Trek: The Animated Series, was 79...
... Bill Plympton was 71...
... Adrian Pasdar was 52...
... Steven Mackintosh was 50...
... Agnes Moorhead died 43 years ago yesterday...
... Johnny Galecki was 42...
... Kirsten Dunst was 35...
... Robert Stevenson, who directed Mary Poppins and Bedknobs & Broomsticks, died 31 years ago...
... David Opatoshu died 21 years ago...
... and Mike Gray, who directed and co-wrote most of TNG's second season, died four years ago.
Glenn Ford was born 101 years ago yesterday...
... Dan O'Herlihy would've been 98...
... Stephen Macht is 75...
... Joanna Lumley is 71...
... Phil Foglio is 61...
... Wes Anderson, who wrote and directed the Fantastic Mr Fox movie, was 48...
... Julie Benz is 45...
... Luana Patten died 21 years ago today...
... and Grace Lee Whitney died two years ago.
Well, I'm done for today. I'll be back tomorrow, knock on wood, with some more licensed comics, as well as the usual stuff.
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