Joseph Barbera — American Cartoonist born on March 24, 1911, died on December 18, 2006

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century... (wikipedia)

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.
High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.
While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.
Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.