Attention Must Be Paid: Wolfman Jack
It would have been late spring, 1986. Probably somewhere I still have the certificate with…
Attention Must Be Paid: Kate Smith
If Paul Robeson sang a song, famously recorded a song, does a white woman who…
Attention Must Be Paid: Jack Benny
One of the longest laughs in recorded comedy history was when a robber asked Jack…
Attention Must Be Paid: Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance was no less attractive than Lucille Ball. This is something of a hot…
Attention Must Be Paid: Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier was for many years part of my academic life. Most notably, to the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sara Berner
Sara Berner claimed never to have gotten an angry letter in response to her dialect…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ned Glass
We talk a lot around here about people whose careers were minor but kept the…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sonja Henie
It’s kind of a shame that the planned biopic starring Oksana Baiul didn’t happen. (Can…
Attention Must Be Paid: Luis Delgado
Once again, we are in the Realm Of People Without Wikipedia Pages. Oh, there are…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gertrude Berg
The history of Judaism and “Jewishness” in the US is a complicated one. Part of…