Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 17, 2025 are about George Cleveland (Lassie), Dorothy Loudon (Annie), and the birth, life, death, and possible reincarnation of the U.S. Constit…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PMI think that’s about where we’re at, and while it is indeed catastrophic, it’s also not a reason to give up hope or to cease working for progress. September 17 is Constitution Day in A…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PMBorn 100 years ago today, Broadway star Dorothy Loudon (1925-2003). Loudon’s time in the sun clustered around several big moments, none of which succeeded in pushing her into widespread re…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMBorn of a September 17, Grover “George” Cleveland (1885-1957). Cleveland had nearly 200 screen credits, but (quite wonderfully) his biggest and best known role was his last one, the part…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMTuesday, September 16, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 16, 2025 are about Ed Begley Jr, the Lady Aye’s new book on 19th century spiritualism, and the late Robert Redford: September 16 is a great da…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:24PMJust a real quick note to let you know the exciting news that the new book by Ilise Carter a.k.a. The Lady Aye drops today! It’s entitled When We Spoke to the Dead How Ghosts Gave American…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:06PMIt’s a rare blog, I make bold to assert, that lavishes attention on Ed Begley the Elder long before it sets its sights on his much better known progeny Ed Begley, Jr. (b. 1949). The origin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PMJust got the memo that Robert Redford (b. 1936) has passed. To someone who remembers a time when he was America’s biggest male sex symbol, nothing is as well calculated to make you feel ol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMMonday, September 15, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 15, 2025 is about game show host Jack Bailey and Queen for a Day, and some cool shows I saw yesterday. Other Travalanche posts for September 15 i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PMIt was a glorious late summer day yesterday (Yes, it’s still summer. Why is Labor Day held several weeks PRIOR to the end of summer, I want to know?! Even now, there’s still a week of su…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PMSeptember 15 was the birthday of actor, announcer, and emcee Jack Bailey (1907-1980), best known in his time as the host of the game show Queen for a Day for nearly 20 years. Originally from…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AMSunday, September 14, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 14, 2025 is about movie director Alfred Santell, who started out in the days of silent comedy. Other Travalanche posts for September 14 include o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMSeptember 14 was the birthday of Alfred Santell (1895-1981). Santell was a director who started out in the days of silent slapstick comedies and made over 100 films over a 30 year period. He…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMSaturday, September 13, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 13, 2025 is about producer and agent Leland Hayward. Other Travalanche posts for September 13 include ones on: Claudette Colbert Jesse Lasky Mae …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PMBorn of a September 13, talent agent and producer Leland Hayward (1902-71). Hayward wasn’t the flashy impresario type like so many I’m drawn to and have written about. He’s one of thos…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMFriday, September 12, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche posts for September 12, 2025 are about the 15 Best Movie Comedy Stars of All Time; an upcoming seminar series on Charlie Chaplin; and tomorrow’s 400th birthday ce…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:32PMAs generally happens to me on September 11, yesterday I found myself thinking the phrase “I love New York so MUCH”. In In the Shadow of the Towers, Art Spiegelman said that the closest e…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:32AMThis exercise is due to the fact that Looper recently published a listicle they called the 15 Best Comedy Movie Stars of All Time, Ranked — and it was so dreadful it was downright risible.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMThis is an unpaid endorsement for an online class produced by the 92nd Street Y starting in a couple of weeks. I don’t usually shill for such things (and the class is a little pricey) but …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:54AMThursday, September 11, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 11, 2025, includes several new posts connecting the events of 2001 to the world of show business, including ones on Ultra Violet and her 9/11 art…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PMWhile I have participated in oral history projects about both September 11 and Coney Island, both of which topics factor into this post, Travalanche is not an oral history blog, by a long wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AM20 years on, it is interesting in new ways to engage with In the Shadow of No Towers, Art Spiegelman’s lesser known second comic masterwork. There are ways, technically, in which it surpas…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AMAbout a week ago I did a post on Superstar Ultra Violet and learned about an art project she created in 2011 for the 10th anniversary of September 11. It made sense to me to save talk of tha…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:54AMWednesday, September 10, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 10, 2025 is about my kid! And I Iied! I promised some new show biz posts for today, but the truth is I had a dental implant installed yesterday a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06PMMy son Cashel Byron Stewart hits the benchmark of 30 years old today so I hope you’ll forgive a sentimental old father the indulgence of doing something here in his honor. And after all, t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PMTuesday, September 9, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 9, 2025 is on Richard Webb, star of Captain Midnight. Other Travalanche posts for September 9 include ones on: Adam Sandler Colonel Sanders The D…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMActor Richard Webb (1915-1993) was born on September 9. Webb was best known for starring in the serial The Invisible Monster (1950), and for playing the title character in the television ver…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:32AMMonday, September 8, 2025
Today’s new Travalanche post for September 8, 2025 is a brand new finding aid for my posts related to Sid Caesar. Also today happens to be the centennial of the birth of Peter Sellers! My …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:12PMSeptember 8 being the birthday of comedian Sid Caesar, I thought it would be useful to do this post linking you to the many Travalanche posts relevant to the comedian. Consume responsibly! M…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:12PMSunday, September 7, 2025
They’re dropping like flies lately over on Eve’s Obits so that one can hardly keep up. The saddest news of the last few days has been the passing of Mark Volman of The Turtles, The Mothe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMToday’s new Travalanche posts for September 7, 2025 are on Sir Anthony Quayle and the late Stephen Mendillo. Today is the first day of Suicide Prevention Week — my post on that somber to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PM 
