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BBC Article

IN APPRECIATION

Remembering those who died in 2009

Farrah Fawcett's death in June was eclipsed by that of Michael Jackson, who died hours later. She was the style icon for generations of women, says Sasha Wilkins, fashion journalist. The Jennifer Aniston of her day, Farrah Fawcett became the female icon of a generation. To appreciate her influence on 1970s style, pick up any family photo album from around that time. At least half the women inside will be wearing high-waisted denim flares, with a tight bra-less T-shirt crowned by "the Farrah" - a confection of sun-kissed, flicked, feathered and layered bouffant hair that looked natural, but owed its volume to a strafing of industrial quantities of hairspray.

The key to the appeal of her wholesome good looks was its unthreatening obtainability. To men she was the girl next door, the apogee of natural, unaffected beauty. To women she represented an achievable, relaxed image. In an age where the celebrity stylist was yet to make its mark, Farrah was just herself It's difficult for children that came of age in the 1990s to understand the appeal of unadorned, unmanipulated beauty. To them Charlie's Angels doesn't automatically mean Farrah and her cast mates, Jacqueline and Kate, but instead Cameron, Lucy and Drew. Where we had Farrah and her hair, they had Demi and her plastic surgery.

But the 1970s was a very different time. Until Farrah and her fellow Charlie's Angels blazed on to British television screens, female British TV icons were terribly posh: Dame Diana Rigg, Joanna Lumley, Honor Blackman. Fantasy figures, sure, but no everyday bloke honestly thought he would have stood a chance. The Angels became the popular antidote to the previously prevailing stylish but unapproachable female. No gadgets, just babes.

Charlie's Angels first appeared in 1976 as a TV movie. Farrah, along with Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, played sassy private investigators for a detective agency run by Charles Townsend, a reclusive multi-millionaire whom the women had never met. Townsend referred to his employees as angels, a term that would never have got past the PC police in the 21st Century. The movie was so successful that a series was promptly commissioned, and TV history was made. Given the nature of our multi-media, multichannel viewing experience nowadays, it's easy to forget the vast impact of television in the 1970s.

A show like Charlie's Angels dominated the television landscape and became the cultural reference for an entire decade. It's no wonder Farrah and her cast mates became international superstars - they WERE the show. The Charlie's Angels of the 1970s is a reflection of a less sophisticated time. No technology, no CGI, no go-go-gadgets to distract the viewer from the pulchritudinous babes who carried the story. Farrah, who concealed a sharp brain and quick wit behind the pouffed-up hair, told TV Guide in a 1977 interview: "When the show was number three, I thought it was our acting. When we got to be number one, I decided it could only be because none of us wears a bra."

The real key to Farrah's resonance with men and with women was her styling. In an age where the celebrity stylist was yet to make its mark, Farrah was just herself. With her wide, ultra-white toothy grin, fluffy hair, jeans and sneakers she was the epitome of Californian wholesomeness. The open-necked, rolled sleeved gingham shirts, waisted jumpsuits and silky slip dresses looked simple and uncontrived. The hair was a different matter. Men may have been taken in by its artless bounce, but women knew better: the Farrah took time to achieve: "I'd curl, pin, curl, pin. And when it was done, I took the pins out, turned the hair upside down and brushed it out so you wouldn't have a 'set' look," her hairdresser Allen Edwards told a journalist. But it was the poster that made Farrah into a global sensation.

She was already well-known as a model before landing Charlie's Angels, and the poster, a collaboration between Fawcett and the photographer, was shot at her home before she was cast on the show. The success of Charlie's Angels sent sales of the poster into the millions. It's been estimated that it sold as many as 12 million copies, and Farrah received a royalty on each one. She was paid $5,000 (£3,123) per episode for the one season she appeared on the show, but is believed to have racked up over $400,000 (£249,801) in poster royalties. Farrah did her own make-up, wore her own swimsuit, picked out six frames from the 40 rolls of film shot on the day, marking out as her favourite the image that finally became the poster. She knew how to market herself. "The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think." When Farah Fawcett died this year, the dreams of the 1970s died with her.

Source: BBC

ITunes Artwork

Okay, I created my own ITunes Artwork cover. So many times I'm not happy with the artwork or cover work that is done for a Video/DVD. In this case, this is a Video Copy. I love the film, so I can live with the quality but since I can do something about the cover art I see, I did.

Christmas Is Almost Here...

Be sure to check out Charlie's Angels.com for last minute stocking stuffers!

Met Mike Pingel last night in San Diego

Mike was down, he's promoting his new Brady Book! We had a great time talking at Betty's and, it wasn't just about Farrah (Mike worked for Fawcett for two years and was at the Emmy's and was a good friend to Farrah-in case you didn't know!). Check out his new book and be sure to visit his Charlie's Angels...

Here's Mike's Christmas Card with Shelly Hack and Tanya Roberts

Charlie's Angels UPGRADE

Above: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett & Jaclyn Smith

David Doyle, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd & Jaclyn Smith

Remember when The Bionic Woman had a chance to reinvent itself? It was a not-so-great attempt at a classic... well, Charlie's Angels may be coming back for another life on TV... we'll see... I hope they don't overlook changing it up and using some of the originals... Smith, Jackson and Ladd... heck, why don't they run the Agency?

Casting Ideas? Who do you think should be cast?

Here's some ideas...

Eva Mendez, Brooke Shields

Keri Russell, Gabrielle Union

Shu Qi , Lisa Bonet

Amanda Peet

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Editorial: Texan of the Year

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Somewhere in the heroics at Fort Hood there's a Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year for 2009, many of our readers insist. The dedication to duty and willingness to sacrifice moved people profoundly after the mass murders on the massive Army base near Killeen on Nov. 5.
DMN Texan of the Year Coming Sunday, Dec. 27

"A Texan (or Texans) who has had uncommon impact; who exemplifies Texas traits of trailblazing, independence and staring down adversity; and who has affected or influenced lives.
Readers also point to these same qualities in so many others whose names or stories are unfamiliar to many of us. And they have given us a long list of nominees to pore over for the annual Texan of the Year recognition. A few:

•Dr. Priscilla Hollander, an endocrinologist at Baylor University Medical Center, is "the reason many thyroid cancer patients are alive today," said reader Susie Harrison of Rockwall.

•Pam Cope, founder of Touch a Life Foundation of Coppell, should be recognized for rescuing "trafficked children in Saigon, child slaves in Ghana and AIDS orphans in Cambodia," said Tracy Begland of Coppell.

•Todd Henry, stabbed to death in his special education classroom at John Tyler High School, was beloved by students and "truly gave his life for education," said Craig Gibson of Tyler.
Educators are well represented in the ongoing list of nominations, ranging from "all 300,000 Texas teachers," to individual classroom stars, to principals who emerged as high-impact turnaround artists for schools that others had given up on.

Impact. It's the ultimate qualification for Texan of the Year. There's no argument that hero jetliner pilot Sully Sullenberger had it, or Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert or Gov. Rick Perry. The Perry name came up a lot in the e-mail, some of it from admirers.

One person who has no shortage of admirers is identified in these parts by just one name: Laura.
"Texan of the Year should be Laura Bush," wrote Kristina Kiik. "Through the Women's Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute and the Institute of Women's Health at Texas Tech, the former First Lady is educating and empowering women at home and abroad."

The list of single-namers goes on – Colt, Kinky, Willie, Ebby, Jerry – some having spectacular years; others, spectacular lives.

One life that ended this year in remarkable fashion was Corpus Christi native Farrah Fawcett's. Wrote Leeanne Rebic Hay of Plano: "With dignity and grace, whimsy and tears, Farrah Fawcett created a documentary on her battle with cancer in the final stage of her life. She was the quintessential Texan – strong, brave, God-fearing and emanating an inner beauty that forever eclipsed the outer beauty of her youth."

Reader Sandra Steinbach celebrated someone less celebrated: "My mail carrier, who brings our daily mail no matter the weather, knows our dog's name, waves cheerily to me as I drive down the street and worries a little if I don't."

From the famous to the less so, which Texan (or Texans) had the kind of impact this year that merits recognition as Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year for 2009?

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Jaclyn Smith on The View

Farrah Fawcett Re-Created Beauty Head

Dash N Dazzle did an excellent job of making this almost life like recreation of Farrah.

The link for where this doll head was advertised for sale follows, I believe it's been sold...

This is the write up: Farrah Fawcett - Remembered by Dash N Dazzle -- Any child of the sixties, seventies, or eighties may remember the life-size heads produced by Mattel and Mego to cater to the children who are hair stylists at heart. Farrah was The Hollywood Doll of the Seventies, and this celebrity tribute was done with a vintage Mego toy stylist head of Farrah Fawcett. Phil and David of Dash N Dazzle did an amazingly beautiful tribute to Farrah with this creation.

Here's the link to a variety of celebrity dolls...

Before & After

Birthday Wishes from Mike Pingel

A big thanks to Mike Pingel for giving me some artwork that puts me in the frame with Farrah! Very Cute MIKE! I loved it. This got me to thinking... have I photoshopped myself with Farrah before? Of course I have.


With Dean Cain, Farrah Fawcett & Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Postcards in the mail...

I sent out a huge batch of cards yesterday. Thank you to everyone who wrote a nice note. If you'd still like a card they are here. Just send a self addressed, stamped envelope, they will fit in a standard sized envelope... write "Please do not bend" on the envelope you send. Some people sent inserts. If you send an oversized envelope be sure to include the correct postage.

Midnight Train to Georgia

Late actress FARRAH FAWCETT inspired soul classic MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA. The tune, which was a huge hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips, was originally titled Midnight Plane to Houston until Whitney Houston’s mum Cissy rejigged it. But songwriter Jim Weatherly insists the hit will always be dedicated to Fawcett and her former husband Lee Majors in his mind. Weatherly tells Nashville Story Source he wrote the song after chatting to his pal on the phone. He says, “She said she was packing her clothes and she was gonna go back and visit her folks and she was taking the midnight plane to Houston. When she said that a little bell went off in my head. “I actually used Farrah and Lee as kind of like the people in the song… It’s just a simple little story about a girl that comes to L.A. to make it, becomes a star and everything, finds it too hard and goes back (home).”

SOURCE

Postcards are HERE!

I've gotten a lot of letters and the printer had to re-print, so they will go out the beginning of next week... the first print was too dark... this one is just right! Thank you for your letters and e-mails of support.

In Memoriam Postcard from MyFarrah.com

UPDATE 11/29/2011; no more postcards available.

FRONT:

BACK:

This is the postcard 4 by 6 (only 1,000 are being printed) in memoriam of Farrah Fawcett. If you'd like one, please mail a self addressed and stamped envelope (at least 5 by 7) and one will be mailed to you. They are free, please do not send or enclose any monies.

UPDATE 11/29/2011; no more postcards available

.Send your self addressed stamped envelope to:

Steve McKinnis

1010 University Avenue #754

San Diego, CA 92103

On Back Message:

Today is a hard day.
Today someone admired is gone but not forgotten.
The smile, the hair, the talent.
The Mother, the Sister, the Actress.

The fight was fought with pure determination.
The desire was raw and unflinching.
The hope was strong and unrelenting.
The faith was pure and unfaltering.

Facing, Fighting, Foraging.
You didn’t go quietly into the night.
Bringing about change in a tenuous hour.
With humor and strength and courage.

Your wings will dip into the clouds, the rain, the sun.
Surrounded by family who’ve gone on before you.
Healthy, whole and smiling.
This angel has found a new home.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
By Steve McKinnis

The first card has been ordered and is in the print process.