Lee Eshelman Rest in peace!

We saw a comedy team perform a few years ago at Trinity Mennonite Church, a church in Glendale, AZ. They were called Ted & Lee. They did selections from their repertoire called "The Creation Chronicles" It was a very funny rendition of God and Gabriel talking about how God created the world. Ted Swartzman played God, and Lee Eshelman played Gabriel. One part had God sitting at what looked like a large Etch-o-sketch, twisting dials and explaining to Gabriel what he was doing.

I"m adding some water... a little more water... a little more water... WHOA, Too much water! "
At any rate they were a very funny comedy team, who had a wonderful way to spread the Gospel, through laughter. Sue, Sandy & I were fortunate enough to meets these two gentlemen after the performance. They were very friendly, and approachable.

I had been in touch with their booking people, to try to bring them to our church here in Texas, but alas, we were not able to work out the details.

On May 17, 2007, after a long battle with depression, Lee Eshelman took his own life. He left behind his wife and 3 children, and his partner of more than two decades, Ted Swartz.

We mourn and pray for his loss with his family and his Friends, and fans.
If you would like to know more about Ted & Lee here is their website:
http://www.tedandlee.com/

Friday's Movie Guide (Just a bit late!)

Sorry, it's late again!
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New releases this week
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Ocean's Thirteen
Slick, amusing, but vapid and tired threequel shows a great deal of craft invested in an unworthy project.
Surf's Up
Framed as a documentary, this film of surfing penguins has some winning things to say about winning.
Hostel: Part II
Sequel to the super-violent Hostel is more gruesome and fetish-filled, but tells virtually the same story.
Paris, Je T'Aime
Paris couldn't have asked for a more sweetly jaundiced love letter than this collection of tales by 21 directors.
Day Watch
Part two of this trilogy is a highly-caffeinated assault on our senses that ups the ante on action and effects.
Disappearances
After a freak fire, a farmer returns to bootlegging in this lovingly handmade but frustratingly disjunctive tale.
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T.B. (Total Butthead!)

By now I guess most of us have heard about the guy with a hard to treat form of Tuberculosis, who left against medical advice, and flew all over Europe, possibly exposing hundreds of people to a communicable disease.

He now claims that no one told him he shouldn't leave, which I don't believe. Even if that were true, this guy is a practicing attorney, whom one would assume should have the common sense not to go traipsing in and out of the country, traveling in several airplanes exposing people to this disease, so he could get married.

Personally I think this moron should be jailed, and charged with reckless endangerment. According to the media, his new father in law is a an expert with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) who had given him "fatherly advice" not to leave. I guess he is calling his new wife's father a liar too!

If I were one of the people exposed to T.B by this jerks total lack of common sense and possibly criminal negligence, I would sue his ass off. That's my opinion anyway.

Friday's Movie Guide

Here it is, on time even!
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New releases this week
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Knocked Up
When a one-night stand results in pregnancy, the results are sweet, naughty, thoughtful and funny.
Gracie
The best parts aren't inspirational achievements but the dark passage our heroine must navigate to get there.
Killer of Sheep
Stark, nonlinear portrait of a family in LA's Watts community in the '70s gets a well deserved restoration.
Severance
The bloody mayhem that ensues when a work retreat turns gruesome is both genuinely creepy and droll.
Even Money
Interweaving tales of gambling addicts are as grim and lurid as any film about the evils of crystal meth.
Mr. Brooks
Sloppy, sleazy trifle of chaotic storytelling follows a community leader who moonlights as a serial killer.
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