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Al Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme song to The Green Hornet. His nicknames included 'Jumbo' and 'The Round Mound of Sound'. Al was a member of The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
Alois Maxwell Hirt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpet, which had been purchased at a local pawnshop. He would play in the Junior Police Band with the children of Alcide Nunez, and by the age of 16, Hirt was playing professionally, often with his friend Pete Fountain. During this time, he was hired to play at the local horse racing track, beginning a six-decade connection to the sport.
In 1940, Hirt went to Cincinnati, Ohio to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Dr. Frank Simon (a former soloist with the John Philip Sousa Orchestra). After a stint as a bugler in the United States Army during World War II, Hirt performed with various Swing big bands, including those of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Ina Ray Hutton.
Actors: Joel Hodgson (writer), Trace Beaulieu (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), Trace Beaulieu (producer), Joel Hodgson (producer), Trace Beaulieu (writer), Joel Hodgson (writer), Frank Conniff (writer), Frank Conniff (actor), Frank Conniff (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (actress), Mary Jo Pehl (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (writer), J. Elvis Weinstein (actor), J. Elvis Weinstein (producer),
Plot: Silhouetted against the movie screen is the team of Cinematic Titanic, a five-member peanut gallery dedicated to trashing some of cinema's biggest heaps of junk. Their first venture is dissecting The Oozing Skull, aka _Brain of Blood (1972)_, which features an ogre with a condom hat, a sneaky dwarf, a mad scientist who looks like Tennessee Ernie Ford, gory operation scenes with Sherwin-Williams blood, a tire flap model, and more. Stephen Hawking joins in to add a funny line or two. A trumpet player attempts to perform while vomiting at a disgusting scene. One movie-mocker stops the film and attempts to wipe off some of the dumb blonde's makeup. Another tries to create a theme song, only to fall into a rage. A third escapes the film early in her Brain-of-Blood-Mobile. Cinematic Titanic proves that sometimes a skull can ooze even when there's nothing inside.
Keywords: reference-to-adam-and-eve, reference-to-amy-winehouse, reference-to-andrew-wyeth, reference-to-boris-karloff, reference-to-cat-stevens, reference-to-clint-howard, reference-to-cole-porter, reference-to-costco, reference-to-david-blaine, reference-to-dean-martinActors: Joel Hodgson (writer), Trace Beaulieu (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), Trace Beaulieu (producer), Joel Hodgson (producer), Trace Beaulieu (writer), Joel Hodgson (writer), Frank Conniff (writer), Frank Conniff (actor), Frank Conniff (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (actress), Mary Jo Pehl (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (writer), J. Elvis Weinstein (actor), J. Elvis Weinstein (producer),
Plot: Silhouetted against the movie screen is the team of Cinematic Titanic, a five-member peanut gallery dedicated to trashing some of cinema's biggest heaps of junk. Their first venture is dissecting The Oozing Skull, aka _Brain of Blood (1972)_, which features an ogre with a condom hat, a sneaky dwarf, a mad scientist who looks like Tennessee Ernie Ford, gory operation scenes with Sherwin-Williams blood, a tire flap model, and more. Stephen Hawking joins in to add a funny line or two. A trumpet player attempts to perform while vomiting at a disgusting scene. One movie-mocker stops the film and attempts to wipe off some of the dumb blonde's makeup. Another tries to create a theme song, only to fall into a rage. A third escapes the film early in her Brain-of-Blood-Mobile. Cinematic Titanic proves that sometimes a skull can ooze even when there's nothing inside.
Keywords: reference-to-adam-and-eve, reference-to-amy-winehouse, reference-to-andrew-wyeth, reference-to-boris-karloff, reference-to-cat-stevens, reference-to-clint-howard, reference-to-cole-porter, reference-to-costco, reference-to-david-blaine, reference-to-dean-martinActors: William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Tex Ritter (actor), Christopher Riordan (actor), Terry O. Morse (editor), Faron Young (actor), Muriel Landers (actress), Bill Craig (actor), Al Hirt (actor), Gene Nash (director), Gene Nash (writer), Lea Marmer (actress), Kristin Harmon (actress), Wendell E. Niles Jr. (producer), Jack McCall (actor), Leland Murray (actor),
Plot: Pat Hubbard ('Leroy VanDyke' (qv)), following his San Diego discharge from the Navy, is on a bus returning to the family ranch in 'Phoenix Arizona' (qv), and has a stop-over in Hollywood. He goes to the Hollywood Bowl, where Faron Young ('Faron Young' (qv))and His Deputies are performing, and Young induces Pat to do a number. Wattching the show, but unacquainted, are Mike Evans ('Bill Craig (I)' (qv)), on the prowl to boost his sagging music firm, and Maggie Hendricks ('Stephanie Hill (I)' (qv)), a reporter for People Magazine assigned to do a story on modern country music. They both sense in Pat the answer to their problems. They both head for the Hubbard ranch and are met by Pat's sister Beth ('Kristin Harmon' (qv)as Kristin Nelson), who tells them that Pat is only interested in becoming a cattle-barn auctioneer. This evolves into two romances, six songs sung by would-be-auctioneer Pat, some misunderstandings, and a whole lot of traveling music. Producer Wendell Niles Jr. would later produce better shows.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, auction, auction-bidder, auctioneer, audition, b-movie, betrayal, blues-musicWandering star
Wandering star
I was born under a wandering star
I was born under a wandering star
Wandering star