Remembering Sammy Davis, Jr. - Mr. Show Business

I remember seeing Sammy in probably 1953, I was living in San Diego, and one of the first "Talk" Shows I had ever seen was MC'd by Peter Potter, and Sammy was a guest on his show. I'm thinking it was before his wreck. Later on in the 50's I worked in Reno, and Sammy was appearing at the Mapes Hotel. They stayed at a motel on South Virginia, and I remember hearing sirens, Charlie Mapes would have Sammy and his uncles arrived in an escorted limo. In those days, Sammy had to go in a side door, go on stage and do his act, and leave the hotel, no mingling with the crowd. No blacks allowed in casinos in those days. I have seen quite a few "entertainers," I have seen three that were truly "professional," as far as I am concerned. Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis and Sammy Davis. Those three "worked"at their trade.

Sammy Davis Jr. was a performer all his life, beginning on vaudeville when he was just three years old. As he grew up and grew famous, he wowed us with his multifaceted talent: he could sing, dance, act, and do spot-on impressions – all with ease.

A member of the much-celebrated Rat Pack, Davis was still performing with his friends Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin just a few years before his death from throat cancer on May 16, 1990. Entertaining was in his blood – it's why he was a Kennedy Center honoree, Emmy Award winner, Tony and Golden Globe nominee, and a recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

FBI, Homeland Security Warn of Small Airplane Terror Threats

The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

There is no specific or credible terrorist threat for the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, authorities said. But they have stepped up national security as a precaution.

Al-Qaida was considering ways to attack airplanes, as recently as earlier this year, according to a five-page law enforcement bulletin issued Friday.

The alert, issued ahead of the summer's last busy travel weekend, said terrorists have considered renting private planes and loading them with explosives.

40 years of marriage...

A married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.

Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table. She said, 'For being such an exemplary married couple and for being loving to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish.'

The wife answered, 'Oh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband

The fairy waved her magic wand and - poof! - two tickets for the Queen Mary II appeared in her hands.

The husband thought for a moment: 'Well, this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this will never come again. I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me. The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish.

So the fairy waved her magic wand and poof!...the husband became 92 years old.