Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets (and variations thereof), was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of white America and the rest of the world. From the end of 1954 until the end of 1956 the group would place nine singles into the Top 20, one of those a number one and three more in the Top Ten.
Bandleader Bill Haley had previously been a country performer; after recording a country and western-styled version of "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song, he changed musical direction to a new sound which came to be called rock and roll.
Although several members of the Comets became famous, Bill Haley remained the star. With his spit curl and the band's matching plaid dinner jackets and energetic stage
behavior, many fans consider them to be as revolutionary in their time as The Beatles or the Rolling Stones were in theirs.
Following Haley's death, no fewer than six different groups have existed under the Comets name, all claiming (with varying degrees of authority) to be the official continuation of the group led by Haley. As of early 2008, three such groups are still actively performing in the United States and internationally.
A BLAST FROM
THE PAST - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
FOR THOSE OF US
WHO STILL REMEMBER .....
These great
questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares game
show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter
Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course...
Q.Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A.Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
(The audience laughed so long and
so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of
the show!)
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you're going
to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it...
Q.. True or False,
a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
Q. According to
Cosmopolitan, if you meet an attractive stranger at a party, is it okay to come out and ask him if he's
married?
A. Rose Marie: No wait
until morning.
Q. Jackie Gleason revealed that he firmly believes in them and
hasactually
seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His
feet.
Q. Paul, why do Hell's
Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because
chiffon wrinkles too easily.
Q. During a tornado,
are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie:
Unfortunately Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.
Q.Can boys join theCampFireGirls?
A.Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
Q. When you pat a dog
on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make
him bark?
Q. If you were
pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde:
Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark..
Q.. Asyou grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your handswhile
talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask
me one more growing old question Peter, and I'll give you a gesture you'll
never forget.
Q.Charley, you've just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to
getany
during the first year?
A.Charley Weaver: Of course not, I'm too busy growing strawberries.
Q. It is considered in
bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what
is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
Q. According to Ann
Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot
of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It
got me out of the army.
Q. Back in the old
days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to
do?
A. George Gobel: Get
it in his mouth.
Q. You've been having trouble going to
sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A.Don Knotts: That's what's
been keeping me awake.
Q. Which of your five
senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My
sense of decency.
Q. In Hawaiian, does
it take more than three words to say 'I Love You'?
A. Vincent Price: No,
you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.
Q. What are 'Do It,'
'I Can Help,' and 'I Can't Get Enough'?
A. George Gobel: I
don't know, but it's coming from the next apartment.
Q. It is the most
abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine
may be abused, but it certainly isn't neglected.
Q. Who stays pregnant
for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who
told you about my elephant?
Q. When a couple have
a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver:
I'll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.
Q. According to Ann
Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point
and laugh.
.
INTERESTING
FACTS IN 1981
1.
Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool is soccer champs of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.
INTERESTING
FACTS IN 2005
1.
Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool is soccer champs of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes.
4. The Pope died.
LESSON
TO BE LEARNED:
The
next time Charles gets married, someone please warn the Pope.
BILLBOARD
TOP HIT SONGS
GUESS THE
YEAR THESE SONGS WERE HOT
.
Maneater »
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Mr. Roboto » Styx
Stray Cat Strut » Stray Cats
Faithfully » Journey
Come Dancing » Kinks
Our House » Madness
The Safety Dance » Men Without Hats
Pete (also known by variations of his name, including Peg-Leg Pete, Black Pete, Big Pete, Bad Pete, Big Bad Pete, Mighty Pete, Bootleg Pete, Mr. Peter Pete, Pete the Cat, and Poncey Pete) is a cartoon character from the Walt Disney Company studios. He is
generally depicted as the archenemy or rival of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. Though usually associated with the Mickey Mouse universe, Pete appeared in Disney's animated cartoon series Alice Comedies. He is Disney's oldest continuing character, appearing two years before Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927), and a full three years before Mickey Mouse (1928). Though Pete is officially a cat, his feline appearance was later subdued. In the TV series Goof Troop, he somewhat resembled a dog like many other characters in the series.
