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Blog Carnival for PPP Bloggers
Number of Comments » 1Are you a PayPerPost Postie? Hunna’s Happenings is having a PPP Postie Blog Carnival for all Posties. If you are a PPP Postie and want to participate, follow these simple steps:
1. Be an active postie. (Meaning posting for PPP at least once a week)
2. Email hunnagirl063080@gmail.com. Include a link to your blog and […]
Glynis Johns
Number of Comments » 1Glynis Johns played the vote-getting mother in Mary Poppins. She was born October 5, 1923 in South Africa - her parents were there on tour from Wales. My favorite role was when she played Maid Jean in the very funny movie The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye and Angela Landsbury.
The song “Send […]
David Tomlinson
Number of Comments » 0David Tomlinson played the stuffy Dad - Mr. George W. Banks - in Mary Poppins. He was born in 1917 in England and had a very successful acting career, appearing in more than 50 movies. He started his career in 1940 and was a great character actor. He was friends with […]
Mary Poppins
Number of Comments » 0Last night I came home from a Rutgers Basketball game and turned on the television. On the Fox Family Channel they were playing the movie Mary Poppins. So I settled in to watch the ending with my kids. We all know what happened to Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke (both big […]
Grape Ape
Number of Comments » 1Continuing on with my Grape theme - Whatever happened to Grape Ape? Do you remember the cartoon from the 70s?
Grape Ape was produced by Hanna-Barbera from 1975 to 1978 and was shown on ABC on Saturday Mornings. Grape Ape always used to say his name twice “Grape Ape, Grape Ape” and had a […]
Grape Tang
Number of Comments » 7Do you remember when Tang was first introduced? I thought that it was in the 60s, but it was actually in the marketplace in 1959. It did not become popular until 1965 though when NASA began using it on their Gemini flights. It traveled to the moon in 1969 and that is […]
Big Bang Cannon
Number of Comments » 0When I was a kid, my brother got a Big Bang Cannon for Christmas. You loaded it with tube of Bangsite and then press the button. BANG! Well, I’m thinking, these must be illegal by now. Right? Nope, found their website http://www.bigbangcannons.com. They still manufacture the 60MM Cannon that […]
