Mike Durrett: CONFIDENTIAL

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A Bob Walker of Wichita, Kansas, writes about my attractive photograph, seen in "100 Things About Me #92."

"Oh, great. He's passed out into his vest. Is that a bad tooth or gum in your jaw?"

It is my only tooth. I tried doing a brush-over to cover the bald spots, but that's not working for me. Maybe some mousse?

A Randy of Conyers, the Dakota Fanning Capitol of the World, forwards a press item.

"Fantagraphics Books is pleased to announce that it has acquired the rights to publish a comprehensive series comprising Walt Kelly's classic POGO comic strip. The first volume of Fantagraphics' POGO will appear in October, 2007, and the series will run approximately 12 volumes, reproducing roughly two years of dailies and Sundays per volume."

What? No "The Complete SLUGGO"?

An Astroray of somewhere approximating Atlanta sends fast-breaking Sammy Davis Jr. trivia.

"TV star Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson) says that he was rescued from the grip of a suicidal depression by the ghost of Sammy."

That cat is one groovy poltergeist, man, dig. Peace. Boo.

Maybe the ghost of Sammy can rescue us from the grip of a suicidal depression by the "Boeing Boeing" revival.

The original stage play, a slamming doors farce spinning around airline stewardesses and pilots, is back on the boards in London. Apparently, the script is different than the Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis film ("The Big Comedy of Nineteen-Sexty-Sex"), which never worked, probably the result of having the amusing innuendo removed by Hollywood censors, as was often the case.

Bad? This movie is why I don't fly.

I'm scarred and I'm scared.

True story: A family friend took her three-year-old daughter to a theatre to see "Boeing Boeing" on the giant screen during the picture's original release.

After a reel or two had passed, little Lisa whined, "Mama, change the channel."

Mike
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