Ernest Borgnine Hails Navy Sailors

At his request, I broke into a safe in the Waikiki hotel room in which Tony Curtis was staying.

When I arrived, with security gaurds in tow; room service had just delivered his supper. Mr Curtis asked the security gaurds to leave, and invited me to join him for the meal.

I spent the next 45 minutes enjoying a meal, and conversation, with Tony Curtis....just the two of us.

I never broached the subject of Hollywood, movies, watching him since I was a toddler, or how hot his daughter was(Trading Places had just released). I never gave any indication that I recognized him at all, and fancy that was the primary reason he requested my company.

He was very pleasant company, and the conversation was relaxed & quite enjoyable.

Most of the people I have shared this with have no idea who Tony Curtis is. Always being surrounded by children sucks.

One of my first memories of Tony Curtis is in the movie "The Vikings" which he made with his wife and Kirk Douglas. It's showing on one of the cable channels again. Can't remember which one though. Then I remember him in "Houdini" again with his wife, and of course in the all-time favorite "Some Like It Hot." He's been in several other flicks and it's always good to see these old-timers again.

I have two of his best movies on DVD; Some Like it Hot and Operation Petticoat.

It's a hoot to watch him first imitating Cary Grant, and then star opposite him.

It's a damn shame that stars no longer shine the way they once did. I have much appreciation for Ernest Borgnine, and his recently deceased good friend, the great Jack Elam.

I watched a program on PBS the other night. It was about entertaining the troops in WWII. It was an older program as it showed a '91 reunion between Bob Hope and Francis Langford. It was great seeing the old radio broadcasts and films of how Hollywood took charge and did everything they could to entertain the troops and push the war machine. A day or two after Pearl Harbor, the studio big wigs called a big meeting and got the ball rolling on producing the war films, etc. that helped the folks get through the hard times. You look at Hollywood today and all one can do is shake their head at how pathetic they are and how lacking they are in supporting the troops.

I'm a big WWII music fan. Besides all the CD's I've got, I listen to many of the old programs on the internet radio station Live365. There's Fibber McGee & Molly, Gunsmoke, Superman, Captain Midnight, Milton Berle, Jack Benney, Bob Hope, Abbot & Costello, plus the old mystery/horror radio shows, not to mention all the great swing/jazz music from the 40's. Last night one of the stations was running comedy shows that dealt with income tax. I guess back then your taxes had to be in by 3/15 as the Ozzie & Harriet Show I listened to was dated from March 1949 and said that the taxes had to be in by then. I can sit at my computer for hours and laugh my ass off at the jokes. These stations and old programs are really priceless.

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