Which leads me back to the great Totie Fields. Perhaps her greatest moment was the time she made mincemeat of Kiss’ Gene Simmons on the Mike Douglas show in 1974. Only during that era could you even have two disparate entities like Totie Fields and Gene Simmons inhabiting the same stage; they were simply from two totally different planets, she from the Catskills and he from Mars. Or were they?
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Hermione Gingold Singing “I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You” from Evita, Plus: Eating With the Stars Features Her Recipe for Steak and Kidney Pudding, Which Would be Surprisingly Not Good For You
For those of you under the age of say 70 or 80, today’s Eating With the Stars subject may be a bit obscure, but I assure you that spending some time with the great Hermione…
John Water’s 10 Favorite Overlooked Movies
One of my favorite books as a kid was the original Book of Lists (1977) which I frequently site as an influence on Stargazing (along with Rona Barrett’s Hollywood, the Merv Griffin Show, and…
In the Attic with Connie Stevens and Tab Hunter; Plus: 2 Connie Stevens Recipes in Eating With The Stars
When I grew up and actually moved across country to begin my career in show business, it seemed at once inevitable and unbelievable that I found myself in some of the strange Hollywood places…
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