I am going to get this blog off the subject of death a.s.a.p. but I have some announcements first…
Yesterday, animation expert Jerry Beck and I guested via our respective phones on Stu's Show. We spoke with host Stu Shostak for about a half-hour about our mutual friend Earl Kress, then Stu replayed (without commercial interruption) a Stu's Show from 2007 on which Earl and I guested and Earl spoke extensively of his background. You can listen to the whole program as a free download for the next few days. Go to the website for Stu's Show and scroll down until you see the picture of Earl with Kermit the Frog.
I should also mention that you'll want to go to that page tomorrow and hear the regular Wednesday broadcast of Stu's Show, now coming to you from a new spot on the Internet. Tomorrow, Stu will welcome three members of the cast of the sixties' sitcom, Dennis the Menace. He'll have Dennis himself (Jay North), Gloria Henry (Dennis's Mom) and Jeannie Russell (Dennis's friend Margaret) and this booking is quite a coup as Jay hasn't done this kind of thing before. I'll post a reminder tomorrow morning but you might want to make a note. You can listen live tomorrow for free at 4 PM Pacific, 7 PM Eastern. Or after that broadcast, you'll be able to download the show and hear it for a measly 99 cents.
Getting back to Earl: There will be a funeral and memorial service this coming Friday, September 23 commencing at Noon at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. It's at The Old North Church, a location that is sadly familiar to folks in the animation community. Earl and I said goodbye there to lots of cartoon folks who were loved and admired. If you knew Earl, come and say goodbye to another.
And now I'm going to post another photo of Laurel and Hardy, two men Earl loved dearly.