Volume 17: The Further Saga of Alemany '66:
As revealed by The Shadow
with minor assistance from F.J. Bonaccorso

Subtitle: Many Roads Lead to Torino!!!!
2nd Subtitle: The Alemany Alumni Marching Band!!!

Soupy Sales with the famous door.
Celebrity guests unknown to Soupy would knock and enter.
Dan Colonello played Soupy in a 7th grade class skit written by Frank Bonaccorso, who also played the dog, White Fang
Some of you were in the audience.
Here's pie in the face to you, Danny.

Interview Room A, Carabinieri Headquarters, Firenze
Eugene Rapposelli: Signorini, how long do you intend to deny that you have stolen priceless art from the Reijksmuseum, the Louvre, El Prado, and now the Uffizi. I assure you that things will go much easier for you once you admit the error of your ways and return the artworks. (He makes some notes on a pad with a fountain pen.)
Christi Brecht: Listen, Eugene, I have told you twenty times that I am not a thief.
Eugene: Do you deny that you were in Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, and Firenze on the very dates that artworks were stolen?
Christi: You know very well that I was in each city on the very days that all the art was stolen. Somebody is trying to frame Chris and me.

Do you believe Christi and Chris are being framed for the art capers?

Eugene: Come, come. Do you take me for a stupid person? (swinging arms as a point of emphasis, his fountain pen flies through the air and sticks in the forehead of the entering Commissioner of the Carabinieri, Robert Iannolo. (Ink is dripping down his forehead and Robert struggles to yank the pen from his head. He counts, uno, due, tre, and then walks to within four inches of Eugene.)
Robert: Scchief Inspectore, I believe this is your pen. Do you have a confession yet?
Christi: Listen you two palookas, I have nothing to confess. I demand to see the US Ambassador. I demand to see Father Kerry. I happen to be acquainted with the King of Sweden and the President of the United States. (She pounds a fist on Eugene’s desk). Either charge me or release me.
Eugene: Well, if you did not commit these crimes, why did you not just say so?
Christi (counts out loud): Uno, due, tre. What do you think I have been telling you for the past three hours?

Interview Room B, Carabinieri Headquarters, Firenze
Chris Carney: How long are you going to leave Christi to be grilled by your boss?
Assistant Sub-Inspectore Diane Mottola: Look I believe you are innocent of these crimes. But there is no use telling Eugene anything. He is the most hard-headed, persistent, stubborn police officer in the world. Until he comes to believe something himself, there is no point trying to tell him anything. You have to admit that your being in each of four cities where art theft has occurred on the exact dates of all the thefts is a bit suspicious. Tell me, Chris, have you noticed anyone following you since you have been in Europe?
Chris: No.
Diane: Has there been anyone that you have seen in more than one city where you have been visiting art museums.
Chris: (thinks for a moment). No.
Intercom – voice of Eugene: Diane, you can bring your suspect into Room A.

Eugene: I intend to get to the bottom of this case (he leans his elbow on a display case of historical Caribinieri emblems and badges right next to a placard saying “Do not lean on Glass, Fragile”, breaking the glass top and falling into the bottom of the case). Mottola and Iannolo help Eugene up and brush glass shards from his uniform.
Eugene: As I was saying…..(cell phone ringing).
Iannolo: (Answers phone.) Yes. Yes. No! You don’t say. (Hands the phone to Eugene) “It’s the GAM for you”.
Eugene: And what is the GAM?
Iannolo: The Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna E Contemporanea!!!!!
Eugene: Oh, you mean the GAM. “Hello. Yes, this is Scchief Inspectore Rapposelli, at your service. No. No. Yes. I am on my way”.
Mottola: What is all that about, Eugene?
Eugene: It seems that Las Panteras Rosas have struck again. They left their pink and black calling card at the GAM after stealing, the 1877 painting, La Prison sur le Lac, by Gustave Corbet.
Chris Carney: Oh, that is like my most favorite painting in the whole world. Christi and I were supposed to be there at the GAM today if you had not arrested us Eugene.

Bold use of color and texture by Corbet.

Christi Brecht: Yeah, and here you are wasting time with obviously innocent people, while Las Panteras Rosas are making off with another art treasure.
Eugene: Commissionaire, I demand that you release these two ladies immediately. I do not understand why you had us waste time with these two in any case. I am off. (He runs out of the room and shouts to the police dispatcher, "phone ahead and hold the train to Torino for me".
Mottola: Back in 1993, Eugene thought he had made an error, then he found out he was mistaken. Ever since then (she rolls her eyes), he will not even hint that it is possible that he could be wrong.
Iannolo: That is our Rapposelli. You see what I have to put up with. I am only three years away from retirement. Ladies, your have our apologies for detaining you and you are free to go. Mottola, do not just stand there, get after him and catch the train to Torino. You cannot allow that idiot to investigate by himself.
Mottola runs out of the office. Brecht and Carney run out of the office yelling, "Wait for us. We are coming to Torino with you, Diane".

ABC Newsrooom
This is Bernard Van Vlymen, and now the news. The former doomsday comet, the Poirier Comet, passed within 88,000 miles of Earth last night and is now headed away from Earth. We have super hero, Thomas Marshmellow Man Marsh in our Los Angeles studio. Tom is the man that slipped the giant elastic band over the comet that subsequently changed its course just enough to escape the gravitational pull of earth. Had this not occurred the incineration of our planet was assured? Were you afraid when you approached the comet, Tom?
Tom Marsh: I had no fear of approaching the comet. After all, it is just a big ball of ice. But like, it really is nerve wracking dodging traffic to get to your studios. Say, are there any more Smores in the Green Room? I'm hungry.
Bernie: I am sure someone will find you additional Smores, Tom. Now let's go to our roving reporter in Tehachapi, California. Come in Marjorie Kukuczka Rosten.
Margie: Hello Bernie. It was a beautiful clear night here in Tehachapi and the tail of the Poirier Comet was the greatest light show this reporter has ever seen. The skies over Techahapi were the closest point to the comet before it started to recede in the heavens. I have here local resident and eye-witness to the comet, Lester Dunkin, and his dog Rover (Woof, woof, woof says Rover). Mr. Dunkin, what did you think about the lights from the Poirier Comet?
Lester: It wasn't nearly as spectacular as seeing the UFO with blinking lights that passed right over my house several weeks ago. My friend, Leo Restrich, claims to have been aboard what he calls the IFO, or identified flying object with several friends and Elvis if you care to believe that.
Margie: Well there you have it Bernie. Comets, UFO’s, and an Elvis sighting! It is all happening in Tehachapi. What do you say, Rover?
Rover: Woof, woof, woof, woof.
Bernie: Big things are happening in Torino, Italy. In a few days, Torino will host the finals of Dancing with the Stars, the 100th Aniversary of the Opera La Boheme with Cheryl Evanson and Luciano Pavarotti, and the World Cup Snowboarding. Torino has not seen this many world class events since the 2006 Winter Olympics. Just across the Alps above Zermatt, Switzerland, the International Ski Box Derby will be taking place on the slopes of the mighty Matterhorn. ABC News and ABC Sports will be at both sites to cover everything live.

St. Andrews Golf Course, Scotland.
USA Team Captain, Jay Pelzer: I protest most adamantly. The European team has been practicing St. Andrews for weeks. They have an unfair advantage with special knowledge of the course. Not only that, but the grounds keepers are on friendly terms with the players and groom the course to suit European strengths.
European Team Captain, Sir John Preble: The Ryder Cup has always been played in Britain. It is traditional. If the American team is not confident in its ability to play golf, perhaps they should forfeit the match.
Jay: The USA team demands that this year the matches be played in the USA. Rotating sites is the only fair thing to do.
President of the Ryder Association, Jan Borster Shows: Gentlemen! (as she addresses the teams, Pelzer zings Preble on the buttocks with a towel). I repeat, Gentlemen, the Board of Directors has ruled on this situation and finds some merit in the position of Team USA. We have selected 50 superior golf courses on the European Continent, not in the British Isles, and placed the names of these courses inside opaque balls contained in this fishbowl. Neither team will have had recent experience on these courses. The Captain of the USA will designate one of his players to draw a ball out of the bowl. The name inside the ball will be the site of the 2007 Ryder Cup matches.
Jay: Well, I guess that will be, yeoooow, cut that out! (Jay gets squirted in the eye by a water pistol fired by Sir Guy Proto of the European team).
Jan: Gentlemen, and I use the term loosely, enough pranks. Who will draw the lucky ball, Mr. Pelzer.?
Jay: Bill Merriken will draw the ball. (Bill steps up to the giant fishbowl and reaches to the bottom to draw a ball. He hands it to Jan).
Jan: The site of the 2007 Ryder Cup will be (She pops the ball open and reads the slip of paper.) The Circolo Golf Stupinigi in Torino, Italy.
Tiger Woods turns to Bob Lendzion: Vene, vidi, vici. Have you ever been to Torino, Bob?
Bob: Yeah, I played the Stupinigi once. All the towels at the ball wash stations have miniature Shroud of Turin washcloths. All the greens are sloped and are cropped super short. I better work with you on your putting this afternoon. (Tiger shakes his head as if to say, why me?)

Lochcarron, Scotland
The second day of the Highland Games opened with the uplifting sounds of distant bagpipes wafting into the tented playing fields. The gathered crowded applauded the arrival of the pipers, the 20 strong Alemany High School Alumni Marching Bagpipes. The group was outfitted in green and blue tartan kilts, matching ties and black vests and hats.

The Alemany High School Alumni Marching Bagpipes
How many Alemanians can you name from this photo.

Following, the entry of the pipers, the finals of the flagship sport of the games, the caber toss, ensued. The preliminary round leader, Danny McMahon, was upstaged by his Scots cousin, MacTavish MacMahon’s opening throw of 9.8 meters. In the second round of the competition, Danny took the lead back. From there on, the lead changed between MacT and Danny in each subsequent round of throws. The crowd lifted the throwers to new personal best throws with synchronic clapping as each thrower lifted the caber for their heaves. On the very last round, however, underdog but crowd favorite, Sir Sean Connery heaved the caber for a world record, 11.4 meters to edge Danny into second place. MacT earned the final podium finish spot. Upon the victory podium Danny asked Sean how he preferred his traditional Champagne bath. Sean replied, "The same way I like my martini’s, very dry, stirred, not shaken", then the bubbly was popped and poured over Sir Sean. The evening award ceremony was inter-twixed with dancing to both Scottish and Irish pipe music.

Aye, a lovely colleen with Irish Eyes a'smiling!!
Holy cripes, wasn’t she in Riverdance?
And doesn’t that piper look familiar?
I am sure he was a regular on American Bandstand in '66?

Danny MacMahon in black tie and kilts for his
caber toss medal award ceremony.
Reminds me of a question, I have been dying to ask.
What do you wear under those kilts, Danny?

Basement of the Playboy Mansion
Terry Mock: Ready, four, three, two, one, poof. (And the upgraded and refitted Time Machine Monarch II is off on another attempt to reach the Cretaceous Era, 65 million years BP (before present) in a quest to capture the new Alemany High mascot, the Quetzalcoatalus pterodactyl. The usual suspects are aboard.)
Cha Cha Faitel: This time, I will monitor the tracking system and not leave this post until I am sure the team has reached the Cretaceous.
Greg Pokorski: We appreciate that Cha Cha. Terry and I will be back soon, we are making a quick run to Bob's Big Boy for some burgers. Can we bring anything back for you?
Cha Cha: Just a chocholate shake. Have fun guys and say "hi" to Danny McMahon if you see him. Bob's has been his hang-out since about 1964.

A steaming swamp in The Cretaceous!!!!!
It looks like our adventurous time travelers have landed in the correct place and time. It sure looks like southern Texas, 65 million years ago.

The Monarch II in The Great Forlorn Swamp
and under the shadow of Mt. Rumination Volcano.

Holy Brontosaurus Bait, we have run out of time this week. Please check on us next week when The Shadow sheds light on what happened in the Great Forlorn Swamp.

What Cretaceous creatures will be encountered?
Will Mt. Rumination explode and cause a second volcanic experience for the time travelers??
Will Chris Gilmore and her climbing team catch a pterodactyl and live to appreciate it???
Will Pat Dolan finally realize that reality is larger than the fictitious tall tales he tells??? And will Pat find the swamp oysters to his taste.?????

Before we go, Congratulations to the two new electees in
The Shadow’s Super Fan Hall of Fame:
Barbara Broeski Tennis
and Jay Pelzer

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Marty will be sending your first 20 cases soon!!!!!!

Our Volume 16 trivia contest winner is:
Adrienne “Comet Lady” Poirier Shaheen

Our Alemany Pipers in the photos above are John Gugerty, Ellie McConnaughy, and Susan Shannon, whilst the jig is danced by Colleen Murphy Cripe as Father Art Holquin plays the pipes.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Be sure to scroll down and see the heartwarming story of Jim Dantona's brush with fame and the Chicago Cubs ---- a story that truly reflects the better nature of sport's celebrities and how they impact the lives of many families in need.

Special thanks to Danny McMahon for his extraordinary efforts in the photo lab.

For the fans of the Shadow, a new volume is on the editor's desk and will be posted shortly.

MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HER

SUE BOLDUC COFFEY
(1948-2007)

Because you all knew her, I am choosing this medium to convey the regretful passing of my sister Sue yesterday morning (February 8, 2007) at her home in Green Valley AZ. Her legacy will be of care giving----to her younger siblings when she was a teenager, to her own children when she was a young woman and to the elderly in her final years. She survived a heart transplant eleven years ago and wondered why at times. I reminded her of the care, peace and comfort she gave to our mom during her sad, painful and prolonged death in 2001. She was my soul sister and we shared a lot in life together.
Live each day to the fullest!
Dave Bolduc

Pictured: Sue Bolduc Coffey, Mary Ganssle Johnson, Mary O'Malley, Jude Hawkes, Cha Cha Faitel Peterson.

Five of us from De La Salle gathered together at Cha Cha’s home in Tucson the last weekend in January.
Sue came and spent most of the day and night with us on Friday. She was so thin and frail although her spirits were good and we all had a wonderful girl-bonding time.
I’m sure you must know that Sue had a heart transplant 11 years ago. She told us that Transplants typically last ten years. She also had a stroke at some point, which you could not tell, but it had caused nerve damage which caused her a lot of pain.
We did a lot of sharing during the precious few hours we had that weekend. We all encouraged her to move closer to Tim, her son who lives in Northern CA .
She also tragically lost her beautiful daughter Nicole when she was 16 in a terrible car accident.
Mary (Ganssle) Johnson

On a sad note: the 5th member of our De La Salle reunion (and class of ’66 -- whom Cha Cha just discovered was living in Tucson and invited her to join us) Sue Bolduc, passed away a few days ago.
Believe it or not, she had a heart transplant about 10-11 years ago, and a recent “pig valve” procedure last October. She was very frail when we saw her, but so happy to be there. About a week later, she rejected the new valve and her little heart (it was from a 12 year old boy) gave out.
Jude Hawkes

FRIENDS REMEMBER SUE

I am so sorry I did not hear that you all were going to see Sue. While Idid not attend De La Salle until grade 5, I spent many an afternoon at Sue's house with Terri Jenkins. I miss you all and did not know Sue was so very ill. Life is so short isn't it?
Margie (Espinosa) Nelson


Wow....I am so moved by the news about Sue Bolduc. She was the sweetest girl and I have often thought of her through the years and wondered about her life and what had happened. This bittersweet news to finally know about her life is painful in that it seems she suffered through the events of health problems and caregiving to her family and again losing her precious daughter.
How lucky you were to have seen her recently it all sounds as though there was some serious bonding done at Cha Cha's home. God Bless you all my friends for staying close, I have to say I am grateful that our classmates express and show their fondness for each other in so many ways even after 40 incredible years.
Thank you for sharing the pictures of Sue with all you gals. It is bittersweet after all, and as Chris Belle Monroe says, we have another Angel watching over us.
Teri (Arteaga) Romero

Our deepest sympathies go out to all Sue's family members and friends. We loved Sue and will miss her.
The Androski Family

Thanks for sharing this information. For some reason it really hit home. I have nothing but fond memories of Sue, although I probably knew her brother Dave better. I had no idea about her daughter, very sad. God Bless her and all her family.
Dave Gieg

So sad about Sue Bolduc, gosh our mortality is sure front and center, so many reminders to have an "attitude of gratitude." Chris Carney Stoddard just emailed me last month saying she was visiting Sue and helping her get ready to move to Davis (CA) to live by or with her son, and I told Chris to tell Sue I would come and visit her. God bless her soul. How wonderful that the group of girls just visited with Sue recently. So touching how Jude said Sue was just like an angel, and so she is.
Chris (Belle) Monroe

So sorry to hear about Sue. She was such a sweet gentle soul. What a gift you got to see her and send her off with love.
Christi (Brecht) Moore

My condolences on the passing of your sister. I, too, have shared far too many losses in my family in these past years. I know this is a very difficult time for everyone in your family. With my heartfelt sympathy for your loss.
Bob Johnson

Thanks for sharing this sad news. Sue was one of the nicest people I've ever known. She was always so caring and considerate. It was nice tohear that she was able to spend some time with Jude, Cha-Cha, Maryand her other old friends. I'll bet she loved every minute.
Pam (Mertens) Gunn

Thank you for forwarding this on. I had heard about Sue about a month ago from Rick Borquez. Boy, it sure hits home with me. My prayers go out to her family. The only saving grace here is that she is at home with her Lord.
Sue Shannon Weaver

REMEMBRANCES MAY BE SENT TO SUE’S BROTHER DAVE OR HER SON TIM AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES:

Dave Bolduc

david.bolduc@cox.net

Tim Yates

531 Script Drive
Davis, CA 95616

A future memorial service is planned. The family will have most of her ashes buried in the planting of a tree near the campsites where she was happiest with her kids long ago at the state campground in Carpinteria. This will be the public memorial for her. Her remaining ashes will be spread on her daughter, Nichole's, gravesite in Westlake Village. More details to follow.

Jim Dantona and Ron Santo In The News

SPORTS

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Santo isn't the only one who's hurt by Baseball Hall of Fame snub
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Mike Downey
In the wake of the news

March 1, 2007

MESA, Ariz. -- Some people are sick about what just happened to Ron Santo.

Others are sick of this whole Baseball Hall of Fame subject. They do feel sorry for this old Cub--come on, who wouldn't?--but they also feel that's the way the ball bounces.

Jim Dantona is a part of that first group.

He considers himself Santo's No. 1 fan, or close to it. So he took Tuesday's news particularly hard.

"Ron was perturbed by it, I'm sure of that," the 58-year-old Chicago-born political consultant said Wednesday. "I was devastated."

As you know by now, Santo, 67, once again has been barred from admission into the Cooperstown pantheon of the immortals. He fell five votes shy of the 62 he needed from his peers on baseball's Veterans Committee.

Dantona anxiously checked the Internet all morning long Tuesday at his office in Simi Valley, Calif., anticipating good news about the old Cub he first met in 1969. He hoped when he went to Arizona this week to watch the Cubs in spring training, he could shake a new Hall of Famer's hand.

When the words "Santo Denied Again" flashed on his screen, Dantona might have been more upset than Chicago's saddest third sacker himself was.

"I was livid," he said.

"It's a sad day in baseball's history when a guy like Ron Santo once again doesn't get his due. Don't they get it? This man is the best thing to ever happen to baseball."

Dantona understands how it feels to lose a close call. In a runoff election for Ventura County supervisor last November, he lost to his opponent by 895 votes.

Sometimes you get a hit and sometimes you just miss.

At age 20, Dantona wasn't quite ready to give up on being a ballplayer after being one in high school and college. He wrote a letter in '69 to Santo, his favorite player, as the Cubs were going to spring camp.

Santo didn't write back. He picked up a phone and called. He had shown Dantona's letter to Leo Durocher, the manager, and said Leo liked it so much, Dantona could come to Cubs camp for a tryout.

In what he calls "the thrill of my life," Dantona spent a week there. Fergie Jenkins threw BP to him. Jim Marshall hit fungo grounders to him. Mike Royko happened to be at camp and did an interview with him.


"What kind of contract you looking for?" Royko asked him in jest.

"A dollar a day," Dantona replied in all earnestness.

Fairy tales come to an end and ultimately his did. But he remained grateful to Santo for the shot.

More than 20 years later, Dantona's teenaged son, Robert, was diagnosed with diabetes. He went into a diabetic coma at 14.

Santo has coped with diabetes for most of his adult life. A double amputee, he lost his legs to it.

As soon as he found out about Dantona's son's condition, Santo put in a phone call to the hospital.

"Bobby wasn't in the coma at that point. Ron told him, 'Everything's going to be OK, don't worry.'" Dantona recalled. "His was the first call my boy received in the hospital."

Santo is no saint, but stories like these explain why so many folks have strong feelings about his Hall of Fame slight. A guy can be a baseball hero in more ways than one.

It would be sweet if the Veterans Committee could take off-the-field contributions to the game into account, particularly considering the lack of character some athletes have become known for in this day and age.

A two-year waiting period is difficult for some, but for Santo it has to be excruciating.

His health is fragile. His psyche must be also, although he hides it with humor and a cheerleader's team spirit.

Baseball prolonged the agony in the great Buck O'Neil's case until it was too late. O'Neil accepted his Hall of Fame snub with grace. Now he is gone and no longer can receive baseball's greatest tribute in person.

Jim Dantona gets this. His diabetic son is in his 30s and doing fine, but a few weeks ago he lost his mother to leukemia.

"She and I spoke before she passed away about how sure we were Ron Santo would make it to the Hall this time," he said. "She knew what a huge fan of his I am."

Santo struck out again, unhappily. He went down looking.

A certain Hall of Famer once famously said that it ain't over till it's over. But with every error this Veterans Committee makes, time is running short to get it right.

mikedowney@tribune.com

Copyright (c) 2007, The Chicago Tribune

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This article originally appeared at:
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/
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Mike Downey
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In the wake of the news

One of the most highly regarded sports journalists in the country, Mike Downey returned to Chicago in January 2003 to join the Tribune as a sports columnist.

Downey, who most recently wrote for the Los Angeles Times, shares the "In the Wake of the News" column with Rick Morrissey.

A native of south suburban Steger and a graduate of Bloom High School in Chicago Heights, Downey began writing for Star Publications in the south suburbs when he was 16. He covered sports for the Chicago Daily News until it ceased publication in 1978, whereupon he moved to the Chicago Sun-Times to write entertainment features as well as sports. He was a sports columnist at the Detroit Free Press from 1981 to 1985, then moved to the Los Angeles Times. While there he wrote a sports column and a Metro column and won dozens of local and national writing awards.

Downey has written for several magazines and has an extensive broadcasting background as well. He has covered sports in 30 countries, including 10 Olympics.

Volume 16: The Further Saga of Alemany '66:
As revealed by The Shadow
and with minor assistance from F.J. Bonaccorso

Subtitle: Who You Gonna Turn To? Comet Busters!!!!

Teri “On the Road Again” Arteaga with an Orange Crush Circa 1968!!!!



Who could be inside this 1916 Pierce-Arrow in the Saguaro National Monument?

Cha Cha, Mary and the Prez!

Tom Stratton on a Road Trip to Nowhere.

Space Ship USS Enterprise, Jr.
Captain's Log of Brian Grimshaw: Our special forces crew are aboard and generally in good spirits. All systems are operationally A-OK. Dang, our supply of Tang was not replenished while on Earth and Tom Marsh-Mellow Man Marsh is complaining we don't have any Smores aboard. I sure hope these super-heroes know how to turn the path of a comet. Bones had to put four stitches in the forehead of Liz Wing-foot Healy who flew into an overhead bulkhead. The Shadow and Steve Black Magister Spadero are locked into a personal grudge match backgammon tournament in their quarters with a sign of the door saying "Do Not Disturb until final approach to Poirier's Comet".

Police Headquarters, Berne, Switzerland
Bob Cosgrove, Commander of the Swiss Guards: For the last time, where is your native country?
Pliny the Elder (aka Guy Elder): Speaks in Latin stating he expects respect that should be shown to a citizen and Admiral of Rome but of course he is not understood.
Police Commissioner: You say he has no passport or identity card of any kind?
Cosgrove: Yes, sir. We should question some of his so called friends again.
(Enter Alan Shows and Frank Bonaccorso escorted by Joe Rende and Bill Pawlak)
Cosgrove: All of you are in big trouble? A dagger was thrown in an attempted murder at the finish line of an international sporting event. This man pretends to speak no language other than a dead language, Latin. And the rest of you are typical bumbling Americans!
Frank: That is not entirely true, Commander Cosgrove. Guy Elder does speak a little Greek, although he was born in Italy.
Police Commission: Unfortunately, we do not have any officer on duty that speaks Greek or Latin. This is a waste of time. Deport them all to Italy. Let the Carabinieri sort this out. They say he was born in Italy, so it is Italy's problem.
Enter the King of Sweden. Everyone falls on their knees to the good King Rex.
Rex Olliff: Everyone please rise. Commander, Commissioner, will you release these three men into my custody? I give you my solemn word, that I will transport all of them, and their other friends to Sweden aboard my royal aircraft.
Commissioner: Why of course your majesty. I don't understand why you bother with this rabble, but if it is your wish, we are happy to cooperate. (And so the whole lot of time travelers and the Monarch II Time Machine are transported to Sweden thanks to Jolly King Rex The Good).

Lochcarron Highland Games, Scotland
"In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Scotsmen and they won their freedom

(Quoted from the movie, Braveheart.)

Lochcarron, an area of breathtaking landscapes and natural beauty, hosts these ancient games. Close your eyes, savor the atmosphere, imagine yourself 600 years back in time. Now open those eyes and see people in period clothing and competing in ancient games. The events include caber tossing, track and field, tug o' war, the hill race which crosses a river, bag-piping, and highland dancing. The games are held in the small fishing village of Lochcarron along the shore of Loch Carron. It was here than McTavish McMahon brought his younger cousin Daniel to compete in the ancient rite of the caber toss.
McTavish: Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrraaahhh (he shouted as he tossed the caber)

Danny McMahon: Way to go McT. That should put you in the lead!

McTavish: Aye, laddie, at least until ya throw. I am impressed with your workouts. Now, let's see what y’can do in competition

Announcer Ellen McGrath Oppenheim: The next thrower, representing Palmdale in California, USA, will be Daniel McMahon. (Let’s have a look at Dan’s throw)
Aye laddie, toss that caber.

Ooops, looks like Danny’s got it in an awkward position. Good thing he already has had children.

USS Enterprise, Jr.

In the space lock being depressurized are four superheroes in spacesuits.

The Shadow: Tom, here is the giant elastic band that Spadero transmogrified to have the tensil strength of spider's silk, which is stronger than that of steel.
Tom Marsh: Gottcha, o’ shadowy one. Wing-foot, just get me in position to slip the band over the front of the comet.
Liz Healy: No problem, my mellow man, Marsh.
Over the intercom, Executive Officer Frank Rosales: The lock is depressurized. The Captain has given permission to initiate space walk, uhhm, correction space wing-foot-flight. God speed be with you, Liz and Tom.
Liz can be seen through the ports of the Enterprise, Jr., with Tom riding on her shoulders, and her wing-feet flapping in a hummingbird-like blurr. As the dynamic duo approaches the comet, Tom stretches his marshmallow arms out to an enormous length with the giant rubberized-silk elastic band in his hands. Liz flys over the top of the comet and Tom drops the band over the leading edge of the comet. Liz now flys back to the Enterprise and the band stretches. They anchor the band to hooks on the side of the space ship and re-enter the space lock.
Tom: Mission accomplished, space dudes. Pressurize the cabin.
Brian Grimshaw: Prepare to fire retro rockets for full force.
Frank R.: Standing by to fire retro rockets.
Brian: Fire rockets. The Enterprise, Jr., gathered momentum and pulled away from the comet. The giant elastic band stretched and stretched and stretched as all crew and superheros jostled for viewing ports to watch. And then the elastic band with the tensile strength greater than silk snapped!

Basement of the Playboy Mansion
Hugh Heffner: Why didn't you guys get rid of Nero a lot sooner, Pliny.
Pliny the Elder: (Who has had a crash course in English while in Sweden). Oh, believe me Hef, many a Roman would have liked to have slipped him a strong poison, however, he implanted fear everywhere. You did not know if your servant or your children were acting as spies. He continually harped on the terrorist threat from Gauls and Germans.
Hef: Ah, I understand, he was kind of like George Bush.
Pliny. Yes, I believe that is true. I say, Miss May is rather fetching. Might you introduce us?
Frank Bonaccorso: Pliny seems to be adapting to Los Angeles quite well. He even went roller-blading at Venice Beach this morning. Now, Greg, about that new gyroscopic control and the vortex stabilizers for the Monarch II........ (and in another corner)
Bobbie Mosher: And so you see, Terry, according too my matrix algorithms, we can insure smoother time travel if we just make these small adjustments to the Malverian syncopation inverter and use titanium widgets instead of aluminum.
Terry Mock: Brilliant, Bobbie! Brilliant! I agree fully. Have another Guinness, dear. Now explain more about shrinking the Hyperian drives. (an in another corner of the room)
Chris Gilmore: Wow, that would be great, Peggy. If you are so gung-ho to climb with us, we would really like to have you join us for the Cretaceous climbs. And you don't mind big birds with pointy beaks and sharp claws?
Peggy Jones: Naw, I have had lots of practice with pointy beaks and sharp claws. Remember, I was married to Mick Jagger for three months!
Dale (Pat) Dolan: (Slurp) These oysters are good, but not nearly as tasty as those that Pliny served at Misenum back in 69 AD.
Miss December: Oh, Pat, you are tooooo funny. As if you were alive in 69 AD? (giggle) Why that was almost a whole 100 years ago, wasn’t it? (Burp). And you can’t be a day over 38. Would you be a darling and get me another shot of Gieg’s Gold, Patsy Watsy?
Pat: Of course, darling. Did I ever tell you about the time I single-handedly stopped a mob of rioting Roman citizens from stoning Alan and Frank?
Cha Cha Faitel: Watch out everybody, Mona got loose from her cage. Protect your chips and dips.

Keck Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Tom Carnegie: Director, I have checked and rechecked the figures.
NASA Director Cathy Albus Rainey: And your trajectory agrees with the calculations from Houston and from the Russian Space Center, as well at those of Professor Stephen Hawking?
Tom: Yes, we are all in agreement.
Cathy: Then I will phone the President immediately to let her know that the comet was deflected just enough to avoid capture by Earth's gravity.
Adrienne Poirier: Hurray, my comet will be seen as the most spectacular passing of a heavenly body in the history of our civilization. I must phone my brother, Brent (Poirier). He must get outdoors to watch this from Arizona. Director, may I go back to my station to photograph the comet?
Cathy: Why of course, Adrienne. But before you do, I think a little champagne is appropriate. It's not every day that we celebrate shifting the trajectory of a doomsday comet. Tom, open the bottle that Peggy Jones sent us while I dial Washington. Hello, Jude, err, I mean Madame President. (Pop!)

USS Enterprise, Jr.
Steve Spadero: (Staring intently at a backgammon board) Now whose move was it, Lamont?
The Shadow: I believe it was my move, Stephen. We should have time to finish this game and another before we touch down on Earth. And nice job on the rubber band transmogrification, my Black Magister. How did you know that you made it just strong enough to alter the trajectory before it snapped?
Steve: I didn't have a clue. I just guessed and hoped for the best?
The Shadow: Jolly good, I have rolled doubles again!

Press Room, The White House
President Jude Hawkes: My fellow Americans, tonight I can address you with a serene smile on my face. The Earth has narrowly averted a catastrophic collision with the Comet Poirier. As Sir Winston Churchill once said, "Never have so many owed so much to so few". We owe a debt of gratitude to Captain Brian Grimshaw and the crew off the USS Enterprise, Jr., that flew the mission to alter the course of the comet successfully. And we owe our thanks to four Super-heroes who will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, Lamont Cranston, Stephen Spadero, Elizabeth Healy, and Tom Marsh. Because of these courageous people, tonight you may go outdoors and enjoy the spectacular view of the Poirier Comet as it harmlessly passes a mere 90,000 miles from Earth knowing that we are safe. And now by special request of The Marshmellow Man, let us adjourn to the White House lawn where there are free Smores topped with Black Stetson Pistachios for everyone. Oh, and be sure not to feed the presidential seal, Snickers, any Smoors, we have him on a diet.

Head’s of States Meeting, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
Oscar Rivera: Your Majesty, Madame Presidents, Governor General, Mr. Prime Minister, Lt. Governor, Father Ambassador, I am pleased to unveil this model (he pulls a sheet off an architectural model) of our Children’s Care Centers that will be established in Africa, Asia and South America.

President of France, Barbara Napoleone Hull: But Oscar, doesn't it look like the castle at Disneyland?
Oscar: Yes, very observant of you, Barb. Of course it is designed upon the plans of the Disney castle, which itself was copied from the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. Our psychology advisor, Dr. Barb Broeski Tennis, wanted to make children the world over that attend the schools, day-care, and clinics in our centers feel like they are at Disneyland. And may I say, Madame President, it is so good to have a Napoleone back in charge of France again.
Prime Minister of the Cayman Islands, John Thompson: As honorary Director of Nutrition for the centers, I can report that Marty Molidor, James Coultas, Ken Matwickzak, as well as Lenore & Chris Fusano have agreed to provide free Sockerooni Sauce, gooey pretzels, pistachios, and olive oil respectively to the centers for five years. Did you all know that pistachios are high in postassium and fiber? And Marty promises to put kid's multi-vitamins right into the Sockerooni Sauce.
Lt. Governor Teri Arteaga Romero: And I can visit all the center's and bake cookies for the kids.
Jolly Good King of Sweden, Rex Olliff: Ahem, Teri, I think you will be too busy serving the people of California to be baking cookies, besides, your tequila cookies may be fine for parties with Jay Pelzer and Dave Gieg, but they are not exactly suitable for children.
Teri: Of course. I was only going to bake pistachio and oatmeal cookies, Rex. I promise no tequila. That is all in the past, I have been reformed by Dr. Barb.
Governor General of the United Nations, Bob Morneau: That will be fine, Teri. I am sure the children will love your cookies. And maybe we could have Father Kerry supervise the cookie baking as he will be visiting the centers as the good will ambassador of the Pope. Oscar, we all want to thank you for making your trillions of dollars available to the children of the world.
Father Kerry Beaulieu: And the Pope sends his blessing to all, especially to you Oscar for your generosity. And so I am off tomorrow with Wolfman Jack for the groundbreaking dedication of our first center in Rwanda.
President of the United States, Judith Hawkes: Father Kerry, why ever is the Wolfman going with you.
Kerry: Why Jude, no one does dedications as well as the Wolfman!
Two Alemany Angels, Don Falstitch and Lynne Marie Gayetty, hover above the proceedings in the Palace, grinning and nodding approval.
Don: Everything seems to be fine here Lynne Marie. It is amazing how Oscar turned from gambling and betting to philanthropy ever since you sprinkled him with Heavenly Dust.
Lynne Marie: Oscar always had it in him. He just needed a little divine inspiration. Let’s get back to heaven. I know you want to play in that soccer game on Cloud 38.
Don: Yes, I do. It’s the Alemany Angels against the Cherubims. (Poof! They are back in heaven).

XERF, Radio Station, Del Rio, Texas:
Wolfman Jack: Aaaaaooooooh. My final dedication on my final radio show is Sitting on the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding going out to a group of special friends from ol’ #11, Dave Gieg. Dave is residing down in ol' Mexico on his agave plantation. Remember now, old quarterbacks don't die, they just fade-away down to Mexico and sip tequila by a warm fire. Dave asks that this goes out to Christie Brecht, Jude Hawkes, Leenie Bruno, Frank Depasquale, Frank Laurie, Bill Merriken, Sue Shannon, and The Shadow.
Patrick Lucatorto: That’s a wrap, Wolfman. I can't believe this is your last show. It's the end of an era in radio history, man.
Wolfman: Well, Patrick you are the big kahuna now. You're going to be great as my replacement. It’s time you had a show of your own my main man. After all, how can I not accept the position as Master of Cermonies for all the ground-breaking dedications at the U.N. Child Care Centers around the world. Why we will be having a dedication of a new center just about every week. And you are not to worry about the ol’ Wolfman 'cause Father Kerry will be looking out for my spiritual welfare as we travel the world together. Man, have you ever heard Father Kerry sing, "Monday, Monday". That dude has a pair of lungs, Patrick.
Patrick: I recall Frank Bonaccorso once told me that Kerry sang that song just about every day when they went to their adjacent lockers before and after lunch at Alemany High.
Wolfman: Well, Father Kerry is still singing it like he belonged in the Mamas and Papas.
Hey, Patrick, I got to say recruiting Melodianne Shaw Duffy as your co-host for the new radio show was a groovy move. She can sing up a storm too. I heard her singing in church at the Alemany reunion mass. Why Streisand would be jealous of Melodianne!!
Patrick: Just remember old friend, you always have a seat in front of a microphone waiting for you on my show.
Wolfman: Hey thanks man (gives Patrick a big bear hug and pats his back). Oh, just one last favor.
Patrick: Anything man.
Wolfman: Man, I forgot to whiz on Bob Johnson. He still owes that lovely comet lady, Adie Poirier, an email. Would you whiz on Bob for me on your next show?
Patrick: You can consider, Bob, whizzed on, Wolfman.

Meanwhile, at the Uffizi Gallery, Firenze, Italy

The uniformed Carabinieri searching for Las Panteras Rosas
in the Uffizi district of Firenze.

Scchief Inspectore Eugene Rapposelli: Aha, Inspector Mottola, notice here the pink furball by the site where Michealangelo’s David was stolen.
Diane Mottola: Las Panteras Rosas have struck again, despite an enormous security watch. How do you steal a 14 foot high solid marble statue?

David by Michelangelo Buonarotti.
Rumor has it that Bob Johnson recently stood under this statue.
And it whizzed on him.

Eugene: I would think you would need someone very strong. Undoubtedly, this is the crime of the century! You and I, Mottola, shall become more famous than Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes or even Clouseau when we solve this crime. Yes, I have my theories and I have two very feline suspects here in Firenze that the Carabinieri are apprehending even as we speak. We shall go to question them. Follow me, Inspector Mottola. (He does a rapid 180 degree pivot and briskly walks into a glass door.)

The Pink Panthers mock recreation of Rapposelli walking into the glass doors
at the Uffizi.

Mottola, (holding back a laugh) reaches and opens the door, and Eugene, feeling his nose and then acting as if nothing has happened, walks through the open doorway).
Eugene: Thenk you very much, Assistant Sub-Inspectore Mottola.

Have you solved the crime yet? Here is a clue. Las Panteras Rosas look very much alike!
Please try to help Inspectores Rapposelli and Mottola solve the Crime of the Century.

This is the view between the galleries of the Uffizi from whence Inspectore Rapposelli spotted his Panteras Rosas suspects. Those familiar with Firenze will recognize the Duomo Cathedral in the background and the Moorish Minaret centerground.

Send your crime theories about Las Panteras Rosas to bonafrank@yahoo.com

Hopefully, y'all had your quota of laughs and art history for this week. The Shadow is sending me next week to the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii for an intensive course in Structured Decision Making for Biological Modelers. Sheesh, we have to read two books before we even go to the course. Catch y'all later with Volume 17 after the course. Peace and love. FB.

Before we take our work break in Honolulu, we are pleased to announce this weeks entries into The Shadow’s Super Fan Hall of Fame:

Peggy Jones
And
Diane Muscolo

Also Congratulations to our Trivia Contest Winner:

Bobbie Mosher

Her answer: Jimmy Durante

Honorable Mentions for submitting correct answers go out to:

Oscar Rivera, Barbara Broeski, Danny McMahon,
Leo Restrich, and Diane Muscolo

This week’s trivia contest: part 1: Name the person in this photo.

And part 2. Name the person (the non-muppet) in this photo.

The Prize will be a genuine (not fake) Miocene (8-12 million year old) fossil shark tooth gathered by Frank himself on one of his time travels and dated by the Florida Museum of Natural History. Remember you must be the first person to respond to bonafrank@yahoo.com
with the correct answers to both part one and part two within 24 hours of the blog posting for this volume. Past winners of trivia contests and members of The Shadow Press are ineligible.

Good luck.

Volume 15: The Further Saga of Alemany '66:
As revealed by The Shadow
and with minor assistance from F.J. Bonaccorso

Subtitle: Get a Clue Inspectore!!!

2nd Subtitle: The Apocalypse Comet

Special Dedication:
To the memory of a creative genius

Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers, CBE, 1925-1980

ABC Late Night News
Good Evening, this is Louise Franco King substituting for Bernard Van Vlymen. And now, tonight's news. For the third time in a week, major art works have been stolen from a European museum. The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, was in a panic earlier today. Over 3,000 visitors and staff were evacuated from the museum after what turned out to be a smoke bomb set off fire alarms. By the time the Madrid Fire Department cleared the smoke, two great paintings worth a combined $20 million euros were missing. Missing were View of Toledo, 1597 by El Greco and Cucumber Still Life (Bodegon de los Pepinos) by Melendez. It was said that Spain's King Juan Carlos weeped upon learning of the loss. The King declared he would bring the great Scchief Inspectore Rapposelli into the case at his own expense as a matter of national pride. Rapposelli currently is in Paris investigating the theft of the Mona Lisa, perhaps the most treasured icon of art in the world.
Meanwhile, security has been tightened at art museums throughout Europe. Beware to Las Panteras Rosas, you have no hope of another successful strike! The world is united from Tokyo to Johannesburg to Oslo to Rapid City, S.D.

Bodegon de los Pepinos (Cucumber still life). Melendez's mastery of light is evident as the tomatoes and cucumbers amass luminosity in the foreground yet he chose dim light for the background. Tomatoes seem to have different standards today than in Meléndez´s time.

View of Toledo, 1597 by El Greco as viewed by the
Las Panteras Rosas just before they stole it.

In Detroit, the last pair of dancers was selected to meet already qualified Ron Turkal and Jennifer Lopez. Ponche Covarrubias and Christina Aguilera, performing the Mexican Hat Dance, were eliminated in a close competition. Cajun zydeco music put Liz Pack Jones and Leonardo Di Caprio into the finals. However our Reporter to the Stars, Colleen Murphy Cripe has an interesting twist on this story. Come in Colleen in Detroit.
Colleen: Hello, Louise. And a twist it was. A twist of the ankle of Leonardo DiCaprio on the final move of his dance has resulted in a high ankle sprain. Leo was under an huge ice pack and lying flat on his back when we talked to him. He said that he hopes to dance next week in the finals, but doctors told him that these types of sprain are very touchy and they would not know if he could compete until later in the week. Liz Pack was holding Leo's hand and telling him not to worry and that he was magnificent tonight in getting the team to the finals. Under competition rules, if a dancer cannot perform, a previously designated alternate may take their place. However, Liz Pack would not reveal her alternate and insisted that a replacement was only hypothetical at this point.
Back to you, Louise.

NBC Studios, The Tonight Show
Ed McMahon: Our guests tonight include snowboard champion Linda Haney Pearcy, Genuine Fake Psychic Madame Zaza, the number one ranked chess player in the world, William Hertan III, and a musical appearance by Nuns for Fun. First, a word from our sponsors at Fusano Olive Oil which now comes in fragrant bath soaps....
(After the break)
Ed: So, Danny, you will be taking a two week leave from the show for a European trip.
Dan McMahon: I will indeed, Edward. I am going to take time to get in touch with my family roots in Ireland and Scotland. My Uncle McTavish McMahon will be my host at our ancestral castle in Ireland. I also will be competing in the ancient Highland Games in Scotland.
Ed: What will you be doing at the Highland Games?
Dan: Not many people know that I am 2nd ranked in the USA in the ancient sport of caber tossing, Ed.
Ed: Wow! That is the event where you pick up a telephone pole size piece of wood and try to toss it as far as you can?
Dan: Yes, it is. Enough about me, let's bring out our first guest, Billy Hertan, and talk chess with the Grand Master who recently beat an IBM supercomputer.

Danny McMahon as Father Inferior playing with Nuns for Fun on the Tonight Show. Danny gave lessons to Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia when they were starting in the business, but now he is a legend in his own right.

Oval Office, The White House
Jude Hawkes: Gentlemen and Judy, may I present to you, Mr. Lamont Cranston. Some of you may know him by his nom de plume, The Shadow. Lamont this is the Vice President, Bob Guerrero, Security Chief of Staff, Pete Herron, Special Agent Rich Corona of the FBI, Inspector Judy Brouillette of Homeland Security, and Star Fleet Captain, Brian Grimshaw. Let's get right down to business, please be seated. Lamont is there anything that you can do to help avert the destruction of Earth by the Poirier Comet?
The Shadow: President Hawkes, I do have a plan. I have called in several superhero colleagues to assist and they should be arriving soon. Your executive secretary, will notify us when they arrive. Is the Enterprise, Jr., ready to take us to the comet?
Brian: Lamont, refueling is underway and we can be ready to fly at 2300 hrs.
Over the intercom is the voice of Executive Secretary to the President, Charlene Brash Vlamina: Madame President, The Shadow's guests are here, may I show them into the office?
Jude: Thank you, Charlene, please bring them in here.
Lamont: If you will allow me to introduce my fellow Super-Heroes? (Jude nods approval). This is Tom Marsh-Mellow Man Marsh, he has the ability to stretch himself out into incredible shapes and tolerates contortions you have never seen in a lava lamp. (Tom bows). This is Liz Wingfoot Healy Zander, with her Mercury Wing-feet she can fly acrobatic maneuvers at speeds faster than Mach 4 even in the void of space (Liz hovers above the table to curtsey, then settles back down). And finally, a man after my own shadowy self, is The Black Magister, Steve Spadero. (The Black Magister growls). Steve is the last true alchemist on Earth. He can expand the quality of any element into super-elements. If you want copper with increased conductivity, The Black Magister is master. If you wish to have steel with the consistency of rubber, but retaining its strength, no problem.
Bob Guerrero: Excellent. But what exactly is your plan to stop the apocalypse comet?
Tune in next time to see the plan in action.

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Convent Nurtures Corpse Flowers For Unique Purpose

Mon Feb 5, 2:15 PM ET. The Shadow Press Newspapers
San Diego (Reuters) – “Carefully regulated greenhouse conditions have tricked the world's smelliest plant into blooming in the middle of the northern hemisphere winter at our convent”, Sister Joyce Hampel, CSJ, told reporter Joan Goss Commons. We call our propagation of corpse plants, the Garden of Eden Project.
A Titan Arum or Corpse Flower, native to the island of Sumatra in the southern hemisphere, has been encouraged into a phenomenal growth spurt and into flower -- an event that usually happens only once every six to nine years. "The Titan, standing at 5 and a half feet tall is the largest flower in the world and gives off a revolting stink, hence its name" said Sister Joyce with a wink and a smile to our roving reporter who had placed a clothes-pin to seal her nostrils before venturing into this interview. "The smell is a cross between rotten cheese, dog poo, and something dead", continued Sister Joyce. The flower is pollinated by flies that are deceived into approach by the smell of rotting flesh. The confused insects crawl over the flower and spread pollen. "Tonight the flower you see here will be in full bloom -- as will the stench -- and that will last several more days. But in three days it will have started to die back, and we hope to induce the next greenhouse plant to bloom. We already have two more arums in the greenhouse about to flower. When this bloom dies we will entice the next plant to bloom with the right combination of light, water, temperature, and nutrients thus keeping the convent wafted by a stinky odor plume perpetually."
So why this interest in corpse plants here at the convent? Formerly the good nuns were plagued by break-ins at the convent. The San Diego Police Department seemed unable to offer protection. However, since keeping corpse flowers in bloom, the nuns have not had a single attempted robbery. "We have the world’s largest collection of the plant, so robbers, muggers, and evil doers beware, this stench is unbearable". The sister’s condition themselves to the scent with exposures to concentrations and gradually build up tolerance to full strength. It is just a matter of will power and devotion to detail to raise these rare and unusual plants and to acclimate oneself accepting the smell according to Sister Joyce. Unfortunately, visiting Sister Anselma (formerly known to some readers as Diane Scollard) has not had the benefit of the acclimation period, but she handles the situation with a stout spirit. Looking on the bright side at another benefit of the odor, there are no more door to door salesmen for two blocks downwind of the convent.

ABC News Special Late Breaking News: Although Liz Pack Jones will only state, "No comment", when inquiring reporters inquire who she will be dancing with in the finals of Dancing with The Stars next week, ABC news obtained this photograph inside a Hollywood dance studio from famed paraparazi, Larry Cappel. You be the judge of what Liz may be planning.

Dance Partners?

Shadow’s Trivia Question: Who closed his TV Show by saying: Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are (and walked offstage in a series of spot lights)? First answer to bonafrank@yahoo.com wins a prize supplied by Danny McMahon.

Credits for Volume 15:

Scchief Bloggologist: Robert M. Johnson

Graphic White Wizard: Daniel P. McMahon

Powder Blue Sub-Wizard for Graphics: Frank J. Bonaccorso

Hey, how come we don’t have graphics by Leonard DiTrapani?

DiTrapani (left) offered a bid that was way higher than McMahon or the guy on the right!!!

That pulls down the curtain on another episode!

Oh, but wait, our new inductees into The Shadow’s Super Fan Hall of Fame for this week are:
Chris Belle Monroe and Dave # 11 Gieg

Housekeeper: You've ruined that piano!Clouseau: What is the price of one piano, compared to the terrible crime that has been committed here.Housekeeper: But that's a priceless Steinway!Clouseau: Nyot Anymeur.

To be continued......in Volume 16