Want to visit some stars' websites? Here's a list of some sites that are either run by famous stars or, for those who are deceased, their heirs…
Buddy Ebsen, Tony Curtis, Ann-Margret, Rudy Vallee, Theodore Bikel, Abbott & Costello, Glenn Ford, Burgess Meredith, George Carlin, Pat Boone, Yvonne Craig, Patti Page, Eddie Cantor, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra, Trini Lopez, Ray Conniff, Frank Gorshin, Porter Wagoner, Robert Goulet, Wink Martindale, Lainie Kazan, Johnny Crawford, Julius LaRosa, Adrienne Barbeau, Jack Benny, Sid Caesar, Jerry Vale, Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Peter Marshall, Jim Nabors, Tony Martin, Ken Berry, John Davidson, Leon Askin
The most intriguing bit o' news I gleaned from any of these was over at the official Frank Gorshin site, which bills itself as "The ONLY officially authorized and guaranteed Autograph Collectibles Website, personally endorsed by Frank Gorshin." There's a schedule there for a touring company of The Sunshine Boys which is playing one-nighters in towns like Elyria, Ohio and Lakewood, New Jersey and which, the website announces, stars Mr. Gorshin and Dick Van Dyke!
Well, I read this and I thought, "Dick Van Dyke!? I love Dick Van Dyke!" But it struck me as odd that a star of his magnitude would be touring those little towns. I also had a hard time imagining him in either of the leads of The Sunshine Boys. So I did a little research and came across this a website for the producers of this production. You can reach it by clicking here but you don't have to. Just understand that it cleared things up for me.
Attention, Frank Gorshin: The man you're playing opposite is DICK VAN PATTEN! It is not — repeat: not — DICK VAN DYKE! Dick Van Dyke was the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis Murder and a lot of movies. Dick Van Patten was the star of Eight is Enough. Your official website does not seem to know the difference. And I also have a suspicion that Mr. Van Patten thinks he's starring with Kirk Douglas.
Glad I could clear that up.