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Chuck Berry

Throwback Thursday, August 6, 2026: “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man”

August 6, 2026

I wrote about this back in 2018 but when I heard “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” on the radio yesterday, it reminded how much I was bothered by one particular verse. The classic Chuck Berry song has been recorded by numerous artists over the years including Buddy Holly, Wanda Jackson, and Sir Paul McCartney. Now I wouldn’t […]

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One was a baseball fan, the other, maybe not so much? (Neil Simon and Chuck Berry)

August 27, 2018

Both gave inaccurate accounts of what happened during a ballgame. Neil Simon, one of the great playwrights of our time, passed away yesterday at the age of 91. His baseball connection? This scene from the film version of The Odd Couple, which was released in 1968. By the way, that play was pure fiction: the […]

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