Sunday, August 19, 2012

97-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY PANHANDLING FOR LAUGHS

97-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY PANHANDLING FOR LAUGHS

You may have never heard of or forgotten the namebut you might recognize him  , an Albert Einstein lookalike. Perhaps the original 'absented minded professor,' he  may not have been  in the top tier of Borscht Belt comedians because of hiseccentric style-and not leaving the stage on time - but he was always a favorite, appearingmany times on Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, etc. I actually met himat a small venue about 20 years ago.  Corey is now 97 (same age as Dad ) and still
very sharp. He was recently in the news
 
on Smothers Brothers 1966

because he now ambles through traffic  on his walker,  in  New York, selling discarded newspapers, yes, at 97- not because he needs the money but because his wife recently died and it keeps his mind off the loneliness (something only Corey would say and do)....Too bad few clubs   hire him today.

97-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY PANHANDLES FOR LAUGHS

At 97, I think his wacky humour is still better than most of what passes as 'comedy' now.  Click on the below picture for a recent interview with this forgotten   legend from the Golden Age of comedy. I just wish somebody would hire him, perhaps for  a large senior center, and get him out of the streets!

    http://youtu.be/dHlOFcV_Pos

Professor Irwin Corey, Legendary Comedian, Panhandles For Change On 35th Street (VIDEO)

Irwin Corey
 
97 year-old standup comedian Irwin Corey, aka Professor Irwin Corey,The World's Foremost Authority, spends his day at a red light on East 35th street, navigating his walker through traffic asking drivers for spare change and selling discarded newspapers. But the Professor isn't poor. In fact, around the corner he owns an apartment he tells The New York Times is worth $3.5 million. All the money he gathers panhandling (about $100 a day) goes to a charity that sends medical supplies to children in Cuba. And although the Professor claims he does it because he wants to help people, it also seems like he's not ready to stop performing. His illustrious film career included performances with Jackie Gleason and Woody Allen, and he once famously accepted the National Book Award on behalf of the reclusive Thomas Pynchon. The Professor's wife of 70 years passed away this spring and he tells The Times that selling newspapers helps him take his mind off the loneliness. For a fuller portrait, The New York Times recently caught up with this New York City legend for its Street Takes video series: 97-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN  PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY PANHANDLES FOR LAUGHS

Friday, August 17, 2012


TIME TO LOOK AT SABEAN, GIANTS
AS MUCH AS THE DRUGGED PLAYERS


We may never rid drugs from baseball and other sports because
technology always seems to be one step ahead. Now it's 'fast-acting
testosterone' which leaves the system in 6-8 hours, except in
Cabrera's case. But, teams can certainly cut down dignificantly
if they try to deal with the problem. Some, like Giants GM Brian
Sabean really don't seem to care, especially when he can take
advantage of the situation.

Sabean is no dummy. He just paid 4 million for a player who gave him
a great 100 games, keeping single handedly keeping the Giants
m in first place to the time he was suspended. Jose Guillen's short
stint with the team in it's world series year was more than enough
to provide several winning hits to help them finish one game ahead
of the Padres. Not to mention G Moto and possiblly other known users
on the team that year. Before that is wass, of course, Bonds,
Santiago, Barnard and company.

If Sabean would have REALLY done his 'due dilligence' a red flag would have
gone up when he saw these simple stats before his face:
- Cabrera was a lifetime .250 hitter who suddenly rocketed to over .300
hitting with homeruns going to double figures
- Cabrera was on four different teams in four years
- Cabrera started working out with convicted user,Alex Rodriques,
prior to his first prodigious (2011).
- Why Kansas City would let him go for Jonathan Sanchez and only at
a price tag of around 4 million..
Circumstantial evidence maybe, but well enough to tell other GMs to stay away
from this guy. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Sabean, regarded as one of the more difficult GMs to even reach by phone,
was never a talented trader. Why else did he have to go after the likes of
known users Moto and Guillen plus other suspected ones. Sabean certainly
knew of Bonds' history many years but centered the team around hiim, firing
others including his managing partner Bill Neucomb, who was too honest.

Another point: Kudos to Kirk Gibson for noting
the effect this has had on other teams. Amazed other teams haven spoken out.
The Giants have had an unfair advantage in winning a certain number of
games they wouldn't have won without Cabrera on drugs. Certainly they wouldn't
have been in first place. Other teams , especially teams that have played
the Giants, like Arizona, have had a significant disadvantage when playing
the Giants with Cabrera. Hard to measure but probably a game or two per team
could have gone the other way, as Cabrera has had more key hits for the
Giants than any other player on the team.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

CABRERA DRUG BUST LATEST IN STRING OF QUESTIONABLE GIANTS TRADES - 'DUE DILIGENCE' GM BRIAN SABEAN?


CABRERA DRUG BUST   LATEST IN 15 YEAR STRING OF QUESTIONABLE GIANTS TRADES  - IS THIS REALLY 'DUE DILIGENCE' GM BRIAN SABEAN?

CABRERA JUST THE LATEST IN A 15-YEAR STRING OF  TRADES BY THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS FOR FORMER OR SUSPECTED ILLEGAL DRUG USERS.  

Most people are blaming the player, in this case Melky Cabrera for his selfish, disregarding use of performance enhancing testosterone. And, yes, of course he's to blame. But, it's time to look at the team who leads the major leagues in drugged player. Of the four players  found guilty this year of using performance enhancing drugs, two of them were on the San Francisco giants, namely Cabrera and Guerellma Mota from earlier this year.
Of course the Giants have had a history of substance abusing players - far more than any other team.  In it's World Series year there was Jose Guillen, who came to the Giants mid-season and sparked a late season surge that vaulted the Giants into the playoffs and World Series. Before he wascaught and suspended , he'd singlehandedly won games fot he Giants and quite possibly influenced others; note the comic August stats in players like Cody ross, Jose Uribe and others. Twice convcted Mota was undoubtedly using at the time, too. The Giants only won the penant by a game over San Diego, and steroids certainly werre probably enough to make the difference
There are signs that are easily visable re. players on illegal drugs.
Even if a player shows no outward physical signs  a player'  suddenly  increasing stats must be a  signal (added to the other sluces) , as were Cabrera's between last seasonat Kansas City and the previous one, one has to question things. And whenyou add the fact that Cabrera trained with convicted user Alex Rodriguez , of the Yankees, one has to get more suspicious.
Brian Sabean, GM of the Giants has blatantly ignored condemning players'
use of drugs and, instead, has continued going out and getting known or suspected users.like Guillen and Mota most recently.. He defended Barry Bonds for years and was ready to bring him back until the commissioner's office told him not to. Guillen and Mota had had previous histories of drug use before Sabean went after them. Therewere a host of others over the Bonds years with whom o Bonds was known to share his secrets.
The Giants readily apologise for the player's use each time they're busted, but then every year seem to come back with more such players. Perhaps not only the players
should be penalized but teams like the Giants should be penalized after, say,  two of their players are found guilty of drug use in a year.
When the Giants were supposedly 'given' Cabrera by Kansas City
for Jonathan Sanchez last year  everyone was shocked.  Now, looking back, perhaps Kansas City knew something - at least that Cabrera could be a malcontent, as he had beenat Atlanta, and that his batting average suddenly shot from .255 to over .300,from 4 homers to 18 homers relaltively late in his career after leaving Atlanta.
One has to consider all these factors and wonder why the Giants acquired Cabrerarelatively easily and for a low price while other teams weren't pursuing him that much.It's an old story with the Giants. Try to win at any cost - even if it means acquiringdamaged goods,' which has been the case over and over. Not that thew playersthey received were ALL users but many were just bad trades, eg Rowland, Zito,
Huff (except for the one world Series year) The Giants have overpaid dearly and nearly signed Cabreraand Lincecum to long contracts except that the players balked. 

And NOW  one can look back and wonder why the Giants unceremoniously dumped head man Bill Neucomb after their world series year when the Giants started seeing the after effects of 2010.. Perhaps Newcomb didn't like what was going on, seeing the Giants make k dangerous trades that WEREe now biting them in the butt. Without Newcomb, Sabean is more free to continue the trend he began with Barry Bonds some 15 years ago. 
OTHER NOTES:
And, by the way, WILL Bonds make the Hall of Fame. Check statistics and be reminded that Bonds was a 'mere .290 hitter who never hit more than 34 homers with Pittsburg, before coming to the Giants in the mid-90s. And, will the so-called sellouts continue at AT&T without the Giants' star
around and with one of the weakest hitting teams that doesn't hit homers and currently has a losing record at home? (Between you and me the Giants have NOT been selling out every game, despite what the team announces for marketing purposes.
I've gone to games and gotten tickets in the 3rd inning and have seen large blocks  of empty seats.  GM Brian Sabean claims to have done his 'due diligence' in acquiring Cabrearaand his other trades and it is mere coincidence that the Giants have had as many drugged players as have all the other teams together.. LOL. Many were shocked when the Giants backed into their World Series victory in 2010, wondering if it
was a fluke, a one year anomoly. I think that query has been answered. And, finally, people are questioning whether the National league really deserves home field advantage, based on it's victory in the World Series highlighted by none other than Melky Cabrera and his three run homer.
The Giants are not only affecting and infecting their own situation but now all of baseball.  If  MLB doesn't start clamping down on them perhaps repuation will finally come into play and   teams and  fans in other cities will let them have it.  Sabean likes to say he does his 'due diligence' researching his trades. LOL
CABRERA DRUG BUST   LATEST IN   STRING OF QUESTIONABLE GIANTS TRADES -   'DUE DILIGENCE' GM BRIAN SABEAN?

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