Who Is It? (or What is It?)

I'll post the answer...next ni...no wi....sorry...WEEK!

Who Was It? It Was Steven Spielberg

The man in the picture with the camera was Steven Spielberg director of JAWS, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET and many, many others....

Dan, you were right!

Who Is It?

Who is the man in the picture?

Clue: I cropped the right side of the picture. If you could have seen what I cut out you would know exactly who this is. I'll post the entire picture next week. (sneaky..ain't I?)

Who Is It?

I decided to do another "Who is it?" This one is a little more difficult than the other, but maybe you might know... Post your answers below.

October 1975

On the week of October 27th 1975 a virtually unheard of musician appeared simultaneously on the the covers of two of the biggest news magazines in the world. Do you know who it was? Post you answers in the comments below.

Who Was It?

Who was the guy in the picture with the grey suit?

It was my dad, Dennis Griffith, circa 1972.

D. W. Griffith, born in 1948 now lives at large, in the greater Mount Airy, NC area.

Some say he bears a striking likeness to the guy who played the father on the hit 90's TV show The Wonder Years. Do you see a resemblance?

Who Is It?

Who's in the picture?

I'll let you know next week. guess, guess, guess!

Who is it?

Who's in the picture?

I'll post the answer next week.

Who Was It?

Who was the man in the picture with the strange eyes?

It was Charles G. Finney

Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875), often called "America's foremost revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening in America, which had a great impact on the social history of the United States. (from Wikipedia)

Who Is It?

Who is the man in the picture with the mysterious eyes?

I'll post the answer next week.

Who Was That?

Who was the dashing young lad?

It was a young J.R.R.(Ronald) Tolkein.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language (Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon) from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English language and literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a devout Roman Catholic. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis; they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. (From Wikipedia)

But I betcha' knew all that anyway!

Who Is It?

Who is the dashing young man in the picture? I will post the answer next week. Guess, guess, guess.

Who Was That?

Who was that dark handsome feller with the fancy hat? Why, it was Vlad Tepes, aka Vlad the Impaler, aka Drakulya...that as Count Dracula.

Sophie got it right!

Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş IPA: ['tsepeʃ] in common Romanian reference; also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad Drăculea and Kazıklı Bey in Turkish; November or December, 1431 – December 1476) was Prince (voivode) of Wallachia, a former polity which is now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456–62, and 1476. In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign, and serving as the primary inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker's popular Dracula novel. (from Wikipedia)

Who Is It?

Who's in the picture?

I'll post the answer next week.

Who Was That?

Who was the clever fellow in the picture who feared being buried alive so badly he insisted upon installing a string attached to a bell outside his casket just in case he...umm...woke up?

It was Edgar Allan Poe. Zach was right!

Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre.[1] Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. (From Wikipedia)

Who Is It?

Who is the man in the picture who feared death?

I'll publish the answer next week.

Who Was It?

Who was the guy playing the Martin guitar?

It was Van Morrison. He is a legendary Grammy Award-winning Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician for more than four decades. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl — a unique mix of throaty folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences — Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll. Critic Greil Marcus has gone so far as to say that "no white man sings like Van Morrison." (from Wikipedia)

Over the years, Van "the Man" has been INCREDIBLY influencial on modern music. Here he is performing with Robbie Robertson and the Band on their classic concert film The Last Waltz. If you watch it, make sure you turn your volume up a little louder and watch it all the way to the end. He does not really get into the song until about half way through!

Who Is It?

Who is in the picture?

I will post the answer next week.

Who Was It?

Who was the shy teenager?

It was Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen.

Mr. Springsteen graduated from high school in Freehold NJ in 1968. He went on to become one of the greatest performers of our time. He is a winner of 15 Grammy Awards, 1 Oscar and is a member of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.

Click below to watch his classic performance of "Quarter to Three" at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the 1978 No Nukes Concert.



footage courtesy of Warner Bros. copyright 1978

Who Is it?

Who is the the guy in the pictures? guess, Guess, GUESS!

I will post the answer next week.