Not long ago here, we had some chatter about comedian Woody Woodbury, who sure sold a lot of funny records in his day. The discussion seems to have prompted announcer (and comedy album historian) Christopher Bay to do something about the paucity of Woody Woodbury fan material on the Internet. He's set up this new Facebook group devoted to the mirth-inducing Mr. Woodbury and it's already full of clips and excerpts and things that might make you want to visit.
And here's one of those tales of how not only is it a small world but the Internet is making it smaller every day. I joined Christopher's new group and promptly got a message from my friend, Elaine Ballace. Let me tell you where I know Elaine Ballace from. Elaine was one of the other kids in the classroom on Welcome Back, Kotter when I was a story editor there in 197something. She was one of the students who sat behind John Travolta or Ron Palillo and occasionally got a few lines. I once wrote a nice little bit for her where she played a cheerleader and when I see her, she still reminds me of it.
Anyway, Elaine saw I'd joined this group and wrote to ask me if I was a friend of Woody Woodbury's. I wrote back no, I've never met him; just admired his work is all. She wrote back that she was a friend of his. In fact, they had lunch just a few days ago…and she promises to invite me along, next time they get together. Boy, I love the Internet, if only for things like this.
Go check out Christopher's group on Facebook.