“Anything Can Happen In The Theater” (presented by The York Theatre Company), is a rollicking, thoughtful and thoroughly entertaining show, featuring the songs of Tony Award winning lyricist, Maury Yeston.
The show was conceived and is directed by Gerard Alessandrini. There is brilliant piano playing by Greg Jarrett throughout the show. Danny Percefull will be doing so at select performances.
Five cast members, singing together and solo, turn in wonderful performances.
They are Benjamin Eakeley, Jovan E’Sean, Alex Getlin, Justin Keyes and Mamie Parris.
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Today, a truly wonderful episode of the iconic television show, “What’s My Line?”
Jackie Gleason is the mystery guest. Need I say more?!
Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf are the panelists.
John Charles Daly is the show’s host. This episode aired on March 8, 1953.
Enjoy.
Today’s very likely, meaningless, as far as the upcoming playoffs, Jacksonville Jaguars at Oakland (Raiders) game, will be the last home game in Oakland for the Raiders, as they will play in Las Vegas, Nevada, starting in the 2020 season.
Oh the memories of the storied Raiders’ franchise, just in games at the Oakland Coliseum, where once the Raiders’ shield adorned the yard lines.
Oakland won games there that punched Super Bowl tickets, before losses in the S. Bowl to Green Bay in 1967 and current coach Jon Gruden’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in ’02.
Most glorious, they won such games before Super Bowl victories, the games that gained the Raiders Super Bowl entry, vs the two time and great champion, Pittsburgh Steelers in 1974 and Seattle Seahawks in 1983.
The magnificent, exciting and denied Hall of Fame entry while alive, Raiders’ quarterback, Ken Stabler threw the winning touchdown to Clarence Davis in a classic division round win, vs another great two time champion, Miami Dolphins team in 1974.
However, Raiders’ coach John Madden and many thought they had won it all, that was not the case.
The next week in the AFC Title game also at The Coliseum, Chuck Noll’s Steelers made them and as I recall, me pay, winning the Coliseum title tilt the following week.
Many recall Tom Brady and the Patriots, obviously another great team, getting their start with another chance, in a snowy division round game in New England vs the Raiders, in 2001.
Twenty five years earlier, it was ruled Ray “Sugar Bear” Hamilton roughed Stabler and eventually Mr. Stabler rolled in for a dramatic touchdown and win vs the Patriots, in another classic late Saturday afternoon, Curt Gowdy broadcast, division round game.
That year, the Raiders won it all for the first of three times, none since 1983.
Again the memories flash, late games piped into television markets with Curt Gowdy and Charlie Jones broadcasting, Fred Belitnikoff, Art Shell and Jim Plunkett, (he was the quarterback on 2 Raiders’ title teams coached by Tom Flores) among so many others, playing. Al Davis the maverick owner. (“Commissioner” to Mr. Rozelle, accepting Super Bowl trophies–perhaps they are watching today).
It WAS great!
Ken Stabler scores the winning touchdown in what I think was the most important moment, among many exciting ones, in the 1976 division round win vs the New England Patriots.
That season, Oakland ended years of frustration and won their first Super Bowl.
There are 58 NFL games remaining, eleven in the playoffs and the Baltimore Ravens have the best chance at playing in 3 playoff games.
Baltimore, with a (12-2) record and winners of 10 straight games, almost certainly will be the AFC one seed for the first time. (Though the NFL “says” no, the Ravens moved to Baltimore after 46 years as the Cleveland Browns. The Browns were the AFC one seed only once (1986).
They are led by quarterback, Lamar Jackson, the presumptive NFL most valuable player.
The Ravens will seek just their second home divisional round playoff win on either Saturday January 11th or Sunday January 12th, in 2020.
Lamar Jackson, pictured above.
It took way too long, however, the amount was less than (it appears there is no “less than” symbol on keyboards) never, to put Marvin Miller, whose IMPACT on baseball was/is undeniably huge, into its Hall of Fame.
Mr. Miller is a posthumous selection, having died at age 95 in 2012.
In his tenure as baseball player’s union head, salaries increased ten times. Before that, the players were on a truly unjust side of fairness.
This week’s signings of three stars, none, in my book, anywhere near as great and certainly not as proven, as say a Mickey Mantle, who had to take a salary cut, though he hit .365, illustrate it went too far the other way.
However, initially it was even more unfair against the players and Marvin Miller, more than anyone, changed that. His place in baseball history demanded much earlier entry to the Hall of Fame.
On a positive note, he is finally there, even this week’s signings do not deny the justice in that. Better late, even very late, than never, indeed.
Let’s see, a powerful Baltimore team, a big favorite vs the New York Jets.
That is the case in tonight’s Thursday night game in Baltimore, with the Ravens a two touchdown favorite vs the Jets.
Of course, the situation evokes memories of the third Super Bowl, when the 18 point(s) underdog Jets upset the Baltimore Colts, giving the AFL its first Super Bowl win in three tries.
Tonight: Baltimore wins, does not cover the spread: (23-14).
Matt Snell stood out in the Jets’ (16-7) win in that third Super Bowl. He scored their lone touchdown.
The (11-2) Baltimore Ravens are very likely to be the AFC top seed for the first time.
Baltimore, which has won games vs current AFC “5” seed (9-4) Buffalo, current NFC “1” seed (11-2) San Francisco and current AFC “2” seed and defending champion, (10-3) New England, all in the last 5 weeks, has a magic number of two (either Baltimore wins or New England losses) to gain the top seed.
This week both Baltimore and New England are top heavy favorites, the Ravens a 14 point “fave” vs the (5-8) New York Jets on Thursday night, while “N.E.” is roughly a 10 point favorite at (1-12) Cincinnati (Bengals).
Above are insignias for the 16 AFC teams.
Perhaps noteworthy, second row, left to right: Patriots, Browns (to me, not the NFL, the Ravens are the original Browns’ franchise) and the Ravens.
For some reason, LSU was deemed the top team, in a rare case where, at least on paper, the top ranking before the college football playoff matters.
The lines on the two semi-final games to be played on Saturday December 28th, 61 years after the famed 1958 NFL Title game (the Giants lost that game and last night’s infinitely less important one (23-17) in overtime), reflect that.
Top ranked LSU, avoiding third rated and defending champion, Clemson, is a 13 point favorite vs 4th rated Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, Clemson is a two plus point(s) favorite vs Ohio State.
The great player, LSU legend, Billy Cannon either played on a championship team or won The Heisman Trophy, each year from (1958-1961).
Cannon taking passes from George Blanda helped the Houston Oilers win the first two AFL crowns in 1960 and 1961.
At LSU, he helped them win the title in 1958 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1959.
60 years later, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is almost certain to win this year’s Heisman Trophy and avoiding Clemson has made LSU, the top choice to win the title.
“One November Yankee” (performances through December 29th at 59E59 Theater) is a well written, probing, insightful, play, with two wonderful actors, Stefanie Powers and Harry Hamlin. Joshua Ravetch both wrote and directs.
Ms. Powers and Mr. Hamlin, each of whom remembered for fine television roles on “Hart to Hart” and “L.A. Law” respectively, certainly prove their “acting chops,” with thoroughly entertaining performances, as three pairs of siblings, all affected by a tragic small plane crash.
The story is nicely interwoven by Mr. Ravetch, the son of Ms. Powers’ junior high school English teacher, with the plane, “One November Yankee” literally and figuratively occupying the stage.
More and more, the references have resonated as I think back, while the subject and relationships of siblings, always fascinating to me, a person without one, has been “hit out of the park” by Ravetch, Hamlin and Powers.
I highly recommend seeing “One November Yankee,” which I believe will enrich your thoughts on life’s fragility/”fine line,” providing some laughs (we all need them) along the way.
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Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers, pictured above, each give marvelous performances in “One November Yankee.”
(12-1) Oklahoma almost certainly will join the three (13-0) teams, LSU, Ohio State and defending champion Clemson in the 4 team college football playoff.
That playoff will commence with two semi-final games, three weeks from yesterday on Saturday December 28th and conclude with the title game on Monday night January 13th.
The three unbeaten teams will be seeking their third title of the century, while Oklahoma, the team considered with the least chance to “title,” and the one that gone the longest sans a title (their last one was in 2000), will be seeking a second in this century.
The great coach, Bud Wilkinson won multiple national crowns with Oklahoma in the 1950’s.
Andy B Sports 