Articles for March 18th, 2010
Fess “Davy Crockett” Parker Died Today
Black-and-white television devotees will be saddened to learn that Fort Worth-born Fess Parker died today at the age of 85. He played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the early days of television.
For movie trivia lovers, he also was the man in the psych ward who claimed to have seen flying saucers in Them!
Following his days in Hollywood, Fess and his wife Marcella went into the real estate and winery businesses. Until today they lived happily ever after in Santa Barbara, Calif.
If you have a Davy Crockett lunch box, you might want to take it to work tomorrow.
How Dallas Code Enforcement Spends The Weekend
Pulling and trashing illegally-placed “Open House” signs, it appears…
Why The Atomic Age was Great for Dallas Real Estate
Because it gave us gorgeous, normal, unassuming homes like this one.
Best of Big D Readers’ Choice Poll Starts Monday, March 22
Every August, D Magazine publishes its Best of Big D issue in which the editors name their favorites in food and drink, nightlife, shopping, goods and services, and culture and media. This year, we’re giving our readers a chance to vote for their favorites in each of the above categories. The results of the Best of Big D Readers’ Choice Poll will be published in the August 2010 issue of D Magazine.
On Monday, at dmagazine.com, voting begins for our first category: Food & Drink. Vote hard and vote often. (You can vote once a day, every day, for the length of the poll.) Make the jump to see what’s on the list.
Lauren Bacall Speaks her Mind on the Men in her Life
Screen legend Lauren Bacall (pictured) has no fear in discussing past and present celebs. She made that apparent at the recent Nasher Salon Series.
Hugh Jackman, rest easy.
Woody Harrelson. . . well, she says she likes you, but. . . .
W, don’t even read SweetCharity’s report.
Dallas International Film Festival Announces Lineup
Get thee to FrontRow and find the full schedule.
UPDATE: Some initial reactions to the lineup and programming.
Rangers’ Washington Does Cocaine, Day 2
I’ll be honest. Everything I’ve learned about cocaine came from the movie “Blow” and a succinct explanation by Whitney Houston. But this Ron Washington thing? Confusing and changing by the minute.
So to catch everyone up on the Ron Washington Does Blow saga, this is what I have so far:
An ex employee with knowledge of the incident blackmailed the team for a glowing letter of recommendation, among other things. Or maybe not. Ron Washington should’ve been fired. Or maybe not. Tom Hicks said there will be zero tolerance if it happens again. Potential incoming owner Chuck Greenberg said he was alerted to the situation, and supports the decision of the front office to keep Washington on.
Did I miss anything?
Zac’s At SXSW
And he’s sending dispatches over here.
Cutting Into TV News
Why are Brits so ridiculously funny? Case in point: This brilliant satire of investigative TV journalism via the BBC. I can’t tell you how bummed I am that I can’t link to that old Byron Harris report from 2007 on D Magazine’s best doctors issue (the video seems to be gone from the WFAA site) so we can watch the two side-by-side. (h/t: C-Blog)
Please Don’t Bring Up What I Did 32 Years Ago
As we’ve discussed before, Bill McNutt recently allegedly ran afoul of SMU’s cops and was asked to stay off campus. At the time, it was clear there was more to the story, because all that was said was that he offered alcohol to underage students.
Because seriously – what college student is going to say, “No, kind sir! I will not partake of this demon drink you proffer. It will lower my grades and make ugly people more attractive to me. Away! Away with you, or I shall call the police!”
So now the Dallas Morning News – since SMU isn’t talking and McNutt is maintaining whatever he’s accused of, he’s innocent – prints a new story today, about an incident he had while participating in an SMU-sponsored program at Oxford – 32 years ago.
McNutt is 54 now. By my shaky, journalist major math, that made him 22 at the time. Have you met a 22 year old guy? Ever? Yeah. If he didn’t get into a sexual situation that he misread completely, I’d be shocked. SHOCKED.
The story admits that nobody’s talking about the latest incident. But to bring up something he did at 22 seems desperate, and really doesn’t lend anything new to the current story, either.
Guerillas and Cowboys: Catch Up with FrontRow
I know you’re already addicted to FrontRow. But for the few of you who aren’t yet, here are some recent highlights. I promised to follow-up on this post about Cowboys Stadium, and you can now read the FrontRow piece here. Also, interesting things are happening in the realm of fringe art these days: Joshua Goode opens an installation exhibition at Guerilla Arts, a new bright spot on the local art scene.
Norris to Liberals: Don’t Mess With Textbooks
We all know Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He just stares them down until he gets the information he needs. But that hasn’t stopped the Dallas action star from weighing in on the Texas textbook controversy–and he isn’t holding back. Something about taking a branding iron to the backsides of education “tyrants.”
Last Chance to Enter Our NCAA Bracket Pool and Win $150
You’ve got about an hour left to enter. Go here posthaste: http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/122650
Leading Off (3/18/10)
1. Do you remember life without Facebook? I remember not knowing what my friends were up to all day and not knowing who my frenemies were dating. But it has brought some good. Like in this case when a mother put up a post about her son being sick. Her long-lost friend from 31 years ago responded and before they knew it, she was donating her kidney to her friend’s kid. Lesson here: be careful when offering a kidney to a long-lost friend. She may take you up on it.
2. A Fort Worth jogger was doing his normal thing yesterday morning when he found something on the ground. He thought, “Hey, free stuff! Awesome.” But when he got it home, he realized that it was not a flashlight like he thought, but instead a pipe bomb. Lesson here: don’t just take something because it’s free. It may blow up on you. (Also, learn the difference between a pipe bomb and a flashlight.)
3. Apparently some people are getting an extra service with their workouts at a local gym. The place has been accused of allegedly running a prostitution enterprise. Of course, the only proof thus far is used condoms in the trash. Lesson here: dispose of your condoms elsewhere.
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