Friday, September 19, 2025
September 19 was the birthday of acting legend William Hickey (1927-1997). Coincidentally, Hickey is the name of the character at the heart of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. I'm not sur…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
Today's new Travalanche posts for September 18, 2025 are about the late country comedian and actor Gailard Sartain and the recent cancellations of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert: In no par…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:02PM[SHARE]I'm fairly certain I have nothing to say about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the cancellation of Stephen Colbert that hasn't already said by millions, but I do want to get my position o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PM[SHARE]Character actor Gailard Sartain (1943-2025) passed away a couple of months ago; I opted to wait 'til his next birthday to post a long-planned tribute. Sartain was one on a very short list of…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AM[SHARE]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. Constitut…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PM[SHARE]I 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 America…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PM[SHARE]Born 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 reco…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AM[SHARE]Born 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 of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 day fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:24PM[SHARE]Just 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 W…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:06PM[SHARE]It'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 original…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PM[SHARE]Just 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 old …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AM[SHARE]Monday, 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 inc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PM[SHARE]It 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 summer…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:32PM[SHARE]September 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 09:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, 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 one…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AM[SHARE]September 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 10:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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 Qu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:42PM[SHARE]Born 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 those figu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PM[SHARE]Friday, 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 celebr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:32PM[SHARE]As 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 emoti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:32AM[SHARE]This 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. S…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AM[SHARE]This 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 I …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 artwo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PM[SHARE]While 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 09:06AM[SHARE]20 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 surpasse…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AM[SHARE]About 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 05:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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 and…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:06PM[SHARE]My 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, the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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 Dea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AM[SHARE]Actor 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…
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