Searching Stories

I loved live theater (and still do!).  I saw my first Broadway show at the age of 5 and was smitten.  I imagined that someday I would sing, dance and act my way to stardom.   Read More

 I don’t remember being jealous, but  I went  into  “mooching mode” by  watching other peoples’ televisions. Read More

He was my first crush. Cubby O’Brian played the drums on The Mickey Mouse Club. Much to my dismay, he was always paired up with Karen*, who had pretty blonde curls. I didn’t look anything like this: Not me. No way. When I saw an  article in the SF Chronicle about the Disney Family Museum,… Read More

Deep rumination about this week’s prompt — and, yeah, a bit of tactful noodging by the Retro Admin to put my storehouse of childhood trivia knowledge to even greater use — has compelled me to write another story on the kids’ cartoons of our youth. I don’t think what I have to say here is… Read More

I've looked at children's TV from both sides now, as a child in the '50s, and as a parent in the '90s. Read More

While we ate tuna fish and Soupy hawked Jello, all kinds of chaos would happen. Read More