Back when I was researching silent comedianBillie Ritchie (see blog from Jan.15, 2010)I ran across a microfilm ad for this movie:"An Elephant On His Hands "IN VAIN HE TRIED TO RID HIMSELFOF THE ELEPHANTJane secures an elephant as one of hernumerous pets. Eddie, her husband,disliking animals of all kinds, is forcedto care for it. It's a huge job. He can'tget rid of it--no one wants it. A farcealong new lines, immensely funnylike the beast it stars.I'm...
I've been typing up letters of Kenneth Patchenfor a forthcoming book.Also wrote a book of haikuwhich will be available soon.I've been calling it "Not To Worry"then the other day, I was readingKP's letter from 1967 and hesurprised me, saying the tit...