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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.