Tag Archives: Sal Viscuso
September 17, 2015 Birthdays Galore: Roddy McDowall, Jerry Colonna, & Anne Bancroft
There are three big Hollywood birthday on the calendar today and since two of the people are particular favorites of mine, I thought it merited a post. Roddy McDowall was not only a popular child star (Lassie Come Home, How Green Was My Valley, The Pied Piper) but he went on to a career as […]
Tags: Anne Bancroft, Annie Sullivan, Bob Hope, Carol Burnett, Ed Wynn, Helen Keller, Jerry Colonna, Mel Brooks, Natalie Wood, Roddy McDowall, Sal Viscuso, The Carol Burnett Show
April 19, 2015 All or Nothing At All – Frank Sinatra on HBO
So many people have been asking me if I saw the Sinatra documentary on HBO that I finally decided to post this piece which I had actually started to write last weekend after seeing the documentary. In retrospect, let me say this: the documentary is certainly good for what it is. If your knowledge of […]
Tags: "Why Sinatra Matters", Civil Rights, Dean Martin, Dolly Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr., George Evans, Hank Sanicola, Harry Belafonte, Jilly Rizzo, Manie Sacks, Martin Luther King, Nancy Sinatra, Pete Hamill, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Sal Viscuso, Spiro Agnew, Tina Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey
September 24, 2014 Scandal-ous Must-See TV
Our good friend Sal Viscuso is in this week’s season premiere of the hit ABC drama “Scandal.” He plays a lawyer named Clark Garrett, which I find infinitely amusing, and proof positive of what a fine actor he is. Sal is most definitely a Sal, maybe a Tony, he could even pull off a Vinnie […]
Tags: How To Get Away With Murder, Jeff Perry, Kerry Washington, Sal Viscuso, Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, Thomas Vincent Kelly, Tom Verica, Viola Davis
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March 24, 2014 A Steady Sal Viscuso Breathes Fire On Stage in LA.
Our good friend Sal Viscuso is currently starring alongside Thomas Vincent Kelly in “A Steady Rain” at the Odyssey Theater in Los Angeles. The play, written by Keith Huff and directed by Jeff Perry (Cyrus on ABC’s Scandal) has been receiving rave reviews and I do mean RAVE! One of the reviews described Viscuso by […]
Tags: Jeff Perry, Keith Huff, Sal Viscuso, Thomas Vincent Kelly
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December 31, 2012 The Great One
Forty years ago today, baseball lost one of its greatest players and one of its greatest men. Roberto Clemente was my first baseball hero. I was just one week away from my ninth birthday when his plane went down on December 31, 1972. In the 40 years since that fateful day, he has continued to […]
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Baseball Hall of Fame, Bill Mikita, Brooks Robinson, Cris D'Annunzio, Curt Gowdy, David Maraniss, Jackie Robinson, Jon Matlack, Manny Sanguillen, Nicaragua, Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Puerto Rico, Rawlings, Roberto Clemente, Rochester Red Wings, Roy Campanella, S & H Green Stamps, Sal Viscuso, Tony Kubek
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