Death of the World's Greatest Entertainer

Townhall.com ^ | July 16, 2009 | Larry Elder

[Mr. Lucky]

You gotta reach a little too far to compare Ginger Rogers with Judge Sotomayor.

[Churchillspirit]

I made the point about Sammy David on one of the "King of Pop" threads here. No comparison. Davis was a true star.

BTW I really miss Larry Elder. He had a great show on local radio here in So. Cal. until it was cancelled.

I know he checks into Free Republic because he read some of our posts one day on his show.

[relictele]

Her words not mine. Anyway Paglia is a voice of reason on the usually hysterical left (and study the root word of hysterical closely).

[fieldmarshaldj]

Slick Willardbots don’t have much credibility to argue about honesty and logic. ;-)

[Kaslin]

I like Loui Armstrong (Satchmo) also.

My favorite song by him is What a Wonderful World

[Kaslin]

My husband was there in Vietnam during the time. He said he saw Bob Hope at the concert, he have

[Kaslin]

OMG he was at Bearcat, that is where my husband was in 1967

[Kaslin]

This still has nothing to do with this thread

[Kaslin]

Is it possible that he is a freeper?

[ETL]

Ok, I see. You found the quote that substantiated what you wrote in your post #31.

Re: “After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2293792/posts?page=31#31

Thanks.

[ETL]

OMG he was at Bearcat, that is where my husband was in 1967

I hope he wasn't one of these guys up on stage dancing with Raquel Welch! :)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2293792/posts?page=55#55

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

But, you left out the fact that Elvis was forbidden by many parents. And, that kids did not have buying power in the 50’s.

Interesting point. I didn't give it that much thought since there are more relevant things to consider like the fact that Obama throws like a girl.

It would be difficult to quantify and account for the fact that some parents might have forbidden Elvis. A survey perhaps - but what would be the parameters? But, the purchasing power issue would indeed by subject to a legitimate estimate that could be incorporated into a model. That coefficient would make an enormous difference for comparison purposes.

To take it a step further, one might also try and accommodate differences in the overall number of choices available as well. I mean, if Elvis is 1 of 50 and Jackson 1 of 100 artists that might also make a difference due to level of competition. Actually this is a fun thought exercise. Look forward to your additional feedback.

[Yaelle]

I was too young to be exposed much to Sammy Davis Jr., but his autobiography impressed me so much that I considered the name Sam for the unborn boy I was carrying when I read it.

Larry Elder, where have you been, and what are you up to?

Here’s a great link to Sammy singing and doing fantastic impressions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQc-naGb3E&feature=related

[denydenydeny]

Leonardo Di Caprio is 35. When Charlton Heston was 28 he played Moses.

Leo still looks like a kid wearing his father's clothes.

[donna]

I was talking to a friend who was an Elvis fan. She reminded me that it was a luxury to have a record player in the early years and stereo didn’t even exist! They listened to the radio, but at night the station reduced power and the static got too bad to listen, LOL.

[Deb]

He needs a shot of hormones or something.

[Churchillspirit]

Is it possible that he is a freeper?

He (Larry Elder) may well be.

We do have some very eloquent folks in this forum.

[Kaslin]

Yeah, I know. Remember Tony Snow was a freeper and his member-ship is still kept active

[r9etb]

Third, Michael Jackson’s hits were the last big hits of the non-download era, where record sales were everything and nobody bought single songs from Wal-Mart. In this age, there will never be hit albums again....only hit songs.

What ... you never heard of one of these?