Born On This Day- April 3rd ... The Talented Doris Mary Ann Hasselhoff

She is a favorite at Post Apocalypic Bohemia. All of us, The Husband, Larry, Junior, & I think that Doris Day is shamefully shrugged off as a star & a singer.

One of Hollywood’s most versatile & talented performers ever, Day conquered comedy, drama, musicals & suspense, working with master director Alfred Hitchcock on The Man Who Knew Too Much, featuring the song that would be her trademark: Que Sera Sera.

Not only bringing joy to millions of fans through her films & recordings, Day’s animal welfare work has meant even more to the 4 legged friends she has helped since her retirement from the big screen awith With 6 You Get Eggroll, in 1968.

Totally devoted to her work through the Doris Day Animal League & the Doris Day Animal Foundation in cooperation with the Humane Society, Doris Day is a treasure, onscreen and off. She is a Grammy winning recording artist, Oscar nominee, Golden Globe winner, as well as the recipient of the Cecille B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement.

Doris turns an astonishing 89 today!

It is darn difficult to decide on a definitive Doris Day movie or performance, the clip below from Calamity Jane captures her vibrant talent through singing, dancing & sheer spunk. I think this song deserves a place in the list of Gay Anthems, who can not relate to this song:

Boys Gone Wild!

I have a new addiction, & we can always use a new one of those, right? I can’t get by without 5 doses a week of Chelsea Lately on E!. I think Chelsea Handler is the funniest female comic out there (& I do love Joan Rivers & Kathy Griffin). I think her show is fresh & funny, & at ½ an hour, it is just enough. I really enjoy her regular troupe of players & her guests. On Wednesday night’s show, her guest was animal expert- Dave Salmoni. Having an animal expert bring  some animals to the set in order to freak out the talk show host is old schtick, going back to Steve Allen, but I love animals & I usually think it is fun. Well, I found Dave to be a whole lot more than fun. While holding an otter & watching Chelsea squirm, I turned to the Husband & noted- “Oh my… he is really adorable…so cute!” The Husband thought I meant the otter, but that was not what had caught my attention. Dave has some sort of show on Animal Planet with a specialty of returning captured animals back to the wild, I know that I would like to have Dave return me to the wild.