15th October 2012
A quarter of a century after Syd Silverman sold Variety to the Cahners Group, our venerable sheet, now virtually unrecognizable from what it was in our days, other than the logo Sime and Hattie Silverman once sketched on a sheet of paper sitting in a restaurant in Harlem, has once again been sold.
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A few replies to requests for the year-end wrap (see Christmas Soundtrack) were received after deadline. Among them were those from Arlene Rosenstein, Samantha Stenzel, Doug Gallowayand Mel Tobias. The photo that Doug sent us of his wife and himself at the Musso & Frank restaurant in L.A. is posted below.
Here are the blurbs received from Sam and Mel:
SAMANTHA STENZEL (Chicago)
Happy New Year, So sorry I missed seeing this until now. I will look at the website soon. I have not been doing tours recently (editing and writing) but am putting together a tour for Cuba in March. I am not online very often since I moved to another apartment in my house. I will be soon.Lots of cheer, health and happiness in 2012!
MEL TOBIAS (Vancouver)
Still happily recovering from a fabulous New York trip. Saw 7 shows in 8 days plus culinary delights and shopping for books at the Strand. I am not much into computer and e-mail.
At the moment I am editor of a lifestyle magazine and columnist to a Manila newspaper and own a collectible store (store is for baby boomers with money and lots of memories). In other words, I am selling nostalgia and enjoying real interaction, not the Facebook variety.
I have fond memories of you (Peter) and of Gene Moskowitz, who “discovered” me in Hong Kong.
Doug Galloway just sent us this recent photo of him celebrating his wife’s birthday at the Musso & Frank restaurant in Hollywood. Doug has changed his e-mail address, which is why we couldn’t include him in the year-end roundup.
Madrid, December 22, 2011
Heading into the Yuletide season, we figured it would be nice to touch base with the muggs all over the world. A good many have responded (some only after a bit of nudging) and we here post their replies, in the order that they were received.
We wish one and all Happy Holidays and especially good health in the coming year.
Ian Watkins & Peter Besas
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Should anyone know the whereabouts or have contacts for any of the following, please let me know since I get my e-mails to all of them bounced.
BROWN, Les
BUTLER, Bob
COHN, Larry
DAWES, Amy
DESIMIO, John
GALLOWAY, Doug
JENSEN, Elizabeth
KING, Bob
LIEB, Rebecca
PEARCE, Jacqueline
POLLACK, Dale
ROSOVSKY, Paul
SEMINARA, Vito
YERKOVICH, Sasha
YOUNG, Deborah
Thankee,
Peter
E-mail: pbesas@hotmail.com
NOTE: On December 22, 2011 we’ll be posting a year’s end survey of all the muggs we’ve been able to contact and that have replied to our query in which each gives a short run-down of his or her current activities, albeit geriatric ones.