Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson: A love story
By Bruce Klauber It was an unlikely, unique, ahead of its time, and courageous love story, but it was a love story, nonetheless. Pearl Bailey was an internationally beloved entertainer. Louie Bellson was one of the finest drummers in the world of jazz. Pearl was...
When presidents visited Atlantic City
By Bruce Klauber The most publicized visit that a sitting United States president made to Atlantic City came in 1964, when the Democratic National Convention was held at Convention Hall. Lyndon Johnson, serving as president since the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of...
Fisher and Marks:Martin and Lewis with a South Philly attitude
By Bruce Klauber If anyone ever decided to take on the unenviable task of writing a book about the history of American comedy from 1920 to the present, at least one-third of the book would have to be devoted to comedy teams. Think about it. Olsen and Johnson, who...
Rediscovering the magic of Castaway Cove in Ocean City
By Bruce Klauber During my college years at Trenton’s Rider College, now Rider University and later at Philadelphia’s Temple University, my childhood fascination with amusement parks and amusement piers developed into something that was, shall we say, slightly more...
