Google really likes to mix it up with their home 
page "doodles" so even for the most famous, they 
don't necessarily honor him/her every birthday. 
They had this one for Twain a few years ago .... 
with Tom Sawyer getting his friends to paint 
"Google" on that white picket fence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saujOobL3y0

-Steve Hoffman
Takoma Park MD

On 11/30/2015 3:16 PM, Arianela . wrote:
> Come to think of it, I'm shocked that Google hasn't featured Mark
> Twain on his birthday.  What's wrong with them?
> Arianne Laidlaw
> PS  I gave a talk recently at my local book Collector's club just as I
> did last year, also in November.  They've decided to have a Mark Twain
> night each year.  They produced a wonderful little book giving
> transcriptions of talks we gave last year.  After my longer one,
> anyone could get up and talk for five minutes.  What is surprising is
> how interesting everybody was so the book is a gem.  Editors included
> lots of photographs and informative links.  I think Mark Twain schools
> would find it fascinated.  One photo features one of those here in
> Sacramento, photoshopping its frog logo into a larger version on the
> school's sidewalk.  One guy talked about an accidental trip to Elmira
> so that he saw Mark Twain's grave.  The editors added photos and I
> learned something I didn't know.  That the TALL marker is two fathoms
> tall, Mark Twain.
>
> Arianne Laidlaw
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I had read that Holbrook was vetted not only by Clara, but by Isabel Lyons.
>> If true, that means that Holbrook's voice is the nearest thing we will ever
>> have to a recording of Twain. PS, Happy birthday, Mark Twain. You are 180
>> and your words are as inspiring as ever to people living in this troubled
>> world.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Susan Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Carl, when I saw him last year at Hartford I was so engrossed in his
>>> performance that I thought I was seeing Twain on the stage.  He is a
>>> magnificent actor. In the scene where he falls asleep in the chair, I was
>>> just hoping one of the stage hands would wake him up!
>>>
>>> I know he met with Clara once and I believe she was ill at the time.  I
>>> think her second husband, Jacques Samossoud set it up.
>>>
>>> In the fall of 1965, a few months before she died in January 1966, Nina saw
>>> his show at least once when he was playing in the desert near Los Angeles.
>>>
>>> Susan Bailey
>>> Co author
>>> The Twain Shall Meet
>>> <
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Twain-Shall-Meet-Granddaughter-Gabrilowitsch/dp/1499799497/ref=sr_1_1/191-7847938-3534132?ie=UTF8&qid=1415889321&sr=8-1&keywords=the+twain+shall+meet+susan+bailey
>>> Twain Page <https://www.facebook.com/marktwainsgranddaughter>
>>> www.marktwainonline.com
>>> Greenville, SC
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The other day I watched an old Dirty Harry movie, Magnum Force, wherein
>>> Hal
>>>> Holbrook plays a crooked cop. That made me realize that I haven't ever
>>> seen
>>>> his 1967 taped production of Mark Twain Tonight.  I saw him perform it
>>> live
>>>> in Boston when I was young, in 1973 and maybe 1979.  I remember being
>>>> mesmerized and thrilled to see a live representation of my hero on a
>>> stage.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded and watched the 1967 Mark Twain Tonight just now.  I was
>>> blown
>>>> away with how good Hal Holbrook was.  The makeup was amazing for 1967;
>>>> although he doesn't look exactly like the 70-year-old Mark Twain, his own
>>>> Hal Holbrook look seems to nearly disappear within the Mark Twain
>>> persona.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Even when he was recreating well known stories such as The Golden Arm, he
>>>> still managed to completely hold my short little span of attention by his
>>>> use of unexpected sounds and voices, and with his impeccable timing.  His
>>>> take on Jim Blaine was just hilarious, and somehow made me feel it is a
>>>> quintessential American story.  His more serious remarks were well chosen
>>>> for 1967 and for any time after that, too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In short, a true masterpiece of acting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if Clara or her daughter ever saw Holbrook perform Mark
>>>> Twain?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Terry Ballard
>> Author and Leisure Studies Manager
>> http://www.terryballard.org
>> Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethis.com
>> <http://googlethisforlibraries.com/>
>>
>> "My memory has a mind of its own."
>
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