Lois Nettleton in Route 66, Twilight Zone

I've seen her many times in film and TV.  Tonight I found her in a an episode of Route 66 titled "Suppose I said I was the Queen of Spain."

She was born on August 18, 1927.  She passed away almost ten years ago at the age of 80 on January 18, 2008.

Tonight in this episode she played a mysterious lady in Los Angeles who seemingly set up and stalked Todd Stiles, (Martin Milner).  She might have played him for a fool since his credit card disappeared and the person who took it ran up over 9k in charges.

Did he get taken.  It appears so.  He walks the streets looking at the drunks and bums as a reminder of how they can often get there.  By chance he finds her at a mission.  The story goes around where the cops can't prove the fraud and he finds her in a religious mission house taking care of wayward men.

She undoes the charges later and the story ends where Todd has his heart broken after believing he found love.  He believes she scammed him and then later thinks she is just acting out a part in a rather strange act of deception to find herself.  At the end he finds himself sad knowing that she is living in multiple personalities possibly crossing over enough to connect with him in different characters and later acting as if she doesn't know him.  Then again she must as she explains how he should act in facing her last act.  But she knows it's him so her behavior can only be explained as unbound and unable to hold onto anything or anyone for more than a few days at a time.  While he moves from town to town in essentially the same role at least his connections to others are real where hers are a fabrication.

Also in this memorable episode or Route 66:

In this episode we also find Robert Duvall in an early role and you can see his character is already formed.  He just has to hit the right roles.

Harvey Korman, later to be a regular on the Carol Burnett Show, is a representative for the credit card company.  He was even a bit funny in this role.  Harvey passed away May 29, 2008.

He was born on February 15, 1927 only six months before Lois was born and died.

Here they passed each other in a show born only months apart and died only months apart.  It's a startling reminder that getting to age 80 is still an accomplishment.

Update 1/10/18

I just watched the Twilight Zone Episode The Midnight Sun.  I've probably seen it half a dozen times and every time I have to watch it all the way through.  Lois plays a great part in a story about a planet about to fry after it changed axis and moved closer to the sun.  Something about Lois, she fits each part in every film she's in.  After it's all over with her facing this grilling sun it turns out to be nothing but a fever and a nightmare.    What a talent.

Self Publish Your Own Book

Good Article on the subject by Tom Woods

Free Caregiver Book Promotion

I have taken to writing books and here is a free copy if you want one and pick it up from Amazon during the Free Book Promotion


Free Kindle Book - Caregiver

From Nov. 4-7th, 2017

I just published this book and did it to share the trials and struggles of caregiving and maybe help someone get through the task with less difficulty.

Ned Kelly Movie with Mick Jagger, and True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

I watched this 1970 movie last night after finding it at the library. I only knew about Ned Kelly because I took an International Literature class and read the Peter Carey book "True History of the Kelly Gang." I loved the book and this movie had a young Mick Jagger in it so I thought it was worth a look. It rates less than 5.0 out of 10 which is about what I thought. I just learned they did another in 2003 with Heath Ledger that rates higher.


Ned Kelly 1970 Movie - Mick Jagger

Ned Kelly 2003 Movie - Heath Ledger

E Reader Book Declining Sales

E reader books declining

I notice that I don't read them as much as I did, but still like the idea that I can have a hundred classics available in one small book sized device.

Paper books still rule.  Some of us have a really bad habit and keep adding more to our huge paper book collections as well, so maybe the day of paper books is lone from gone.  It's a reminder that often the old ways are long lasting for a reason.

Stick with your paper books when you can get them at the library or simply want to have it always available.

Review: The Whole Town's Talking

By Fannie Flagg

Playaway Audio Book  - 12 Hours

I probably wouldn't  have read this book had it not been an audio-book.  It just didn't seem like my kind of story.  Thankfully, there were limited choices that day so I picked this one up along with another since I was planning a long driving trip.   This turned out to be a wonderful and entertaining story with a great concept behind it, life after death plus talking.  It is a story about a small town and the people that lived and died there.  It is superbly written and the choice of a narrator is ideal.

After finishing this book on my long drive from the Carolina Coast and then into West Virginia I found myself enthralled by day to day goings on in the town of Elmwood Springs in Missouri and the cemetery known as Still Meadows.

I am now a Fanny Flagg Fan for life.

Narrated by Kimberly Farr - great voice

Five Stars
*****

Review: Walking the Himilayas

Playaway Audio book

By Levison Wood

This is a compelling travel story that is well written.  The writer is an adventurer who cannot stay away from the challenge of a new travel challenge.  Since most of us will never make these treks it is the next best thing to read about it.  This is especially true of an Audiobook.

9 Hours of Playing Time