Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Matt Weinstock, Oct. 28, 1959

Posted on October 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

Misplaced Patch This one requires the utmost delicacy. A lady named Irene got an infection on her chin.  Her doctor prescribed a series of shots, not on her chin.  She has been going to his office regularly and the nurse … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 27, 1959

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Street Shrinkers Studies are constantly being made to determine the effects of alcohol, smoking, overeating and noise on people but another perhaps more deadly trauma-producing experience is relatively neglected.      Driving in traffic, I mean. It does things to people.  At … Continue reading →

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October 26, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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L.A. Justice All Steve Medved wants is to be left alone by the LAPD.  He hopes that now, after a third trial, he has it made. Medved, 38, is a big (6’2, 230), easy going fellow of Yugoslav descent.  But … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 24, 1959

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Yet another panel you’ll never see in the legacy version of “Peanuts.” Bearded Bamboozler While driving south from San Francisco recently, Mike Molony stopped in Paso Robles and was momentarily puzzled to discover he was the object of the admiring … Continue reading →

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October 23, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Dispatched A man driving here from Chicago became confused the other day as he neared Los Angeles.  His car is equipped with two-way radio so he called the local dispatcher, who is on the same wave length.  He identified himself … Continue reading →

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October 22, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Brace Yourself   As you have read, Gov. Brown announced the other day that he was through with proclamation business.  Too much time and energy were expended, he said, in calling attention to such inspirational events as Don’t Race Your Motor … Continue reading →

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October 21, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Above and Beyond For sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty, a colleague asks a typographical paean for Jerry Leshay, associate director of the George Gobel TV program.  An associate director’s job is to make the show go.  Working … Continue reading →

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October 20, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Memorable Speech Almost a week later, those who heard it are still tingling over H.C.(Chad) McClellan’s talk before the Rotary Club. McClellan, 62, L.A. paint company executive and onetime NAM president, organized and managed the U.S. exhibit in Moscow, which … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 19, 1959

Posted on October 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

Desert Beachcomber After a long time, I crossed orbits again the other day with Peter O’Crotty, writer, beachcomber and enthusiastic fugitive from civilization.  Pete, a fun-loving, charming gentleman to whom crazy things are always happening — with his help, it … Continue reading →

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October 17, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Earthquake Weather Thursday, when a pink gloom caused by the brush fire and the smog engulfed the city, a man on Broadway remarked, “Hey, this is almost like earthquake weather!” It’s a phrase rarely heard these days, and evoked memories … Continue reading →

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October 16, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Above, Eugene Vale discusses his novel “The Thirteenth Apostle,” which received good notices at the time and is completely forgotten today. Out of curiosity, I picked up a copy on EBay. I may give it a little writeup if it’s … Continue reading →

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October 15, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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The Chessman Case How, under the law, can a man be left dangling between life an death for 11 years?  That’s what people are asking in the strange case of Caryl Chessman, due to be gassed in San Quentin Oct. … Continue reading →

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October 14, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Red Wine Man This is wine week and while I am not knocking the old fashioned (with plain water, without the fruit salad) or minimizing the fiery Martini (I’m crazy about big green olives, with pimiento) or even bourbon and … Continue reading →

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October 13, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Linus seems to have rather adult emotions about his teacher in this panel — not appearing in the legacy version of “Peanuts.” No Shoes but New Wheels The report that a mother was keeping her children out of school because … Continue reading →

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October 12, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Here’s another panel you’ll never see in the sitcom legacy version of “Peanuts.” A cynical Snoopy? Vox Populi A man phoned Lee Warburton the other day and complained indignantly about his failure to expedite the street work which was blocking … Continue reading →

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October 10, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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As for Baseball . . . Now that the madness has abated slightly, let us take a calm second look. The Dodgers, a Horatio Alger team, won a stirring victory, breaking all known records for everything. With it came a … Continue reading →

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October 9, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Refreshing View People who were reared in small towns and now live in big, busy cities are inclined to forget the life they knew unless, as in the case of Mrs. Pat Bernesser of Inglewood, they get a look at … Continue reading →

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October 8, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Hollywood Intellectual Eugene Vale, author of “The Thirteenth Apostle,” lives and works a few blocks from Sunset and Laurel Canyon Blvds., rendezvous of actors, entertainers, agents and horse players, and fountainhead of glib, superficial wisecracks about Hollywood. Yet out of … Continue reading →

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October 7, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Ledge to Remember As anyone who was around then will recall, things were mighty tough in 1936.  The Depression was on and jobs were scarce and, while hardly anyone went hungry, many persons weren’t eating too well. In this prevailing … Continue reading →

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October 6, 1959: Matt Weinstock

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Irony Backfires A great despair has settled on Jeffrey Rimmer of Garden Grove. Not long ago he became outraged at what seemed a miscarriage of justice and wrote this letter, which a paper printed: “By suspending the wealthy attorney’s jail … Continue reading →

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