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." > >