tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post4096702154354261786..comments2023-10-18T12:55:50.552+00:00Comments on At Flores in the Azores: Wagner momentNeil Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-64662988254712272162012-04-04T19:14:06.114+00:002012-04-04T19:14:06.114+00:00Surprise! Marisa and I met IN PERSON last weekend...Surprise! Marisa and I met IN PERSON last weekend on São Miguel at a colloquium where I gave my first talk in Portuguese. Ran into a Valadão at the meetings *whom I'd met at a previous conference a few years back) who was born in Ponta da Fajã Grande, so we're going to exchange genealogical materials and try to figure out our relation.<br /><br />After nearly 5 years I also FINALLY met Gabriela -- through the magic of email we'd collaborated on our first book together without ever having met -- so now all that's left is to meet you two. I will, someday, I vow.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-69599305318664474292012-03-30T21:26:16.515+00:002012-03-30T21:26:16.515+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-41135828253818758612012-03-27T12:11:42.409+00:002012-03-27T12:11:42.409+00:00Paul Nichols ("Vince Pinner", and no, I ...Paul Nichols ("Vince Pinner", and no, I didn't have to look it up) can still be heard in the recesses of my head singing "Grandma's Party", and if I close my eyes I can see him in housecoat drag performing it on Top of the Pops. Help me please.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-61001885946411604162012-03-26T02:37:41.919+00:002012-03-26T02:37:41.919+00:00This Azorean in Rhode Island, also a lover of Flor...This Azorean in Rhode Island, also a lover of Flores, has discovered your blog when you seem to have stopped it.<br />Are there other entries coming?<br />I hope so.<br />Best,<br />V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-81199266742921690762012-02-23T15:48:43.709-01:002012-02-23T15:48:43.709-01:00Re trying to recall the names of actors and/or cha...Re trying to recall the names of actors and/or characters on TV series or in film, www.imdb.com is your friend :-)Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-9908769215785538192012-02-22T13:38:55.680-01:002012-02-22T13:38:55.680-01:00When one's nickname is spelled ending in IE it...When one's nickname is spelled ending in IE it's second nature to assume, absent evidence to the contrary, that all nicknames with the Y sound on the end are spelled ending in IE ;-)<br /><br />Er, the director of "M*A*S*H* was Robert Altman:<br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-21412528016005643372012-02-21T23:21:17.290-01:002012-02-21T23:21:17.290-01:00Kathie I guess you're in the spirit of the pos...Kathie I guess you're in the spirit of the post, ehehehhe. You just had your Wagner moment! How about that?Marisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-31514916497492248152012-02-21T19:08:29.204-01:002012-02-21T19:08:29.204-01:00You're mixing up the two Wicks brothers, Kathi...You're mixing up the two Wicks brothers, Kathie. There was a younger one called Simon. He, not David, was "Wicksy" (note spelling, BTW) and was considered in certain quarters to be a heart-throb. I gather Simon returned for a cameo appearance at Fat Pat's funeral. Good "where are they now?" piece about Wicksy here:-<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2037862/Nick-Berry-TV-heart-throb-10-years-got-fed-fame.html<br /><br />Nick Cotton also briefly returned to the Square about a year ago. He is played by actor Robert Altman, not to be confused with John Altman (director of MASH).Neil Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-82684524083452393132012-02-21T16:50:28.767-01:002012-02-21T16:50:28.767-01:00OMG, Wicksie is around? We used to watch "Ea...OMG, Wicksie is around? We used to watch "Eastenders" in the late 1980s, when it aired on a local public TV station. At least Wicksie turned out nice-looking (unless a different actor took over the role in the intervening decades). What about the evil Nick Cotton and his clueless mother Dot? (Yes, we heard about Wendy Richard's death on this side of the Pond).<br /><br />Robert Wagner has experienced a certain degree of notoriety in the US lately, after some money-grubbing alleged witness wrote a book questioning the official account of the manner of Natalie Wood's death 30+ years ago.<br /><br />RJW nowadays ha, inter alia, a recurring role on US TV's #1 hit dramatic show, "NCIS," as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo's jet-set con-artist father.Kathienoreply@blogger.com