re: Google featuring Mark Twain. They did actually (back in 2011), but it's been a while. I only remember because when a friend of mine started at Google (in 2007), I made him pass on the suggestion. And, when they finally did honor Twain, my buddy sent me an email saying, "well, it took 4 years or so, but there you go..." http://www.google.com/doodles/mark-twains-176th-birthday Best, Michael On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> 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." > > > > -- > Arianne Laidlaw A '58 >