Yahoo Time Capsule

The Yahoo Time Capsule was open for 30 days so content cannot be added now but hopefully because of the overwhelming response of people there will be another opportunity to add content. A project of this sort with many people contributing is worthy of some additional input, but perhaps in the next hundred years or so another opportunity will exist to add content. By the year 3006, almost all content will hopefully be digitized, lost forever or sitting somewhere in storage to where these articles have passed. In the year 2020, the 25th Anniversary of Yahoo, the time capsule will be reopened. It was given to Folkways Recordings Archives of the Smithsonian.

For now, you can enjoy the entertainment scene in Philadelphia and other places from times past here in my corner of cyber space.

Hear Sam Live Spinning Stories at Broadcast Pioneers

"On Wednesday, December 19, 2001 at the Bala Golf Club in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia honored fellow member Sam Bushman for his years of service to the organization. At the age of 87, Sam is still pursuing his career as a Publicist. Sam considers himself a Publicity man and not a Public Relations person. To him, there's a huge difference. We have complete audio of Sam's remarks".

This is the only available recording of Sam's voice online. He always enjoyed helping Broadcast Pioneers promote their activities and was one of the few times he allowed himself to be honored by an organization. He always wanted the spotlight for his clients and not himself.

Sam Factoid:

Did you know Sam once had a TV show that was broadcast from the Benson East in Jenkintown.

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Election 2006: The D's Are Back Arnold!

The two pictured to your left were the best of friends even though one was a "D" and the other an "R". Now those of you familiar with these two gentlemen would surely know the only time that guy on the left would become completely exasperated with that guy on the right was when the "R" enjoyed rubbing in a fact or two about the administration.

So who are these guys? Of course there may be people who are younger, reading this for the first time or perhaps don't care at all about who they were and what they did, let alone their political affiliations.

Sam Bushman is on the left and Arnold Stark on the right in this photograph.

This past election comments from Sam to Arnold might go like this:

"It's about time the people came to their senses" to which Arnold might reply, "This is just the temoporary insanity of the American Public". And so it would go on and on, but never interfered with their lifelong friendship. Arnold and Sam were part of a breed of Press Agents that do not exist today. They were unique personalities who led the entertainment and restaurant scene in a different time and place and there is no doubt both were equally loved by people that knew them.

Many of you may may not know that Arnold used to bring cheesecakes from Bookbinders to all the Presidents (at least the Republican Presidents). It was nothing for him to get in his car and drive to the Whitehouse for a delivery. You never knew where Arnold might end up as you look at the postmark from some clipping he sent to you. With Arnold it could be anyplace in the United States. Sam on the other hand was more your "stay close to home type" who rarely traveled and liked to stay close to his home base and clients.

Okay, time is up and time for you to talk about these two pals. Post some of your stories about Sam and Arnold or about either one individually. Another walk down memory lane.