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Dec 24, 2020 · I have been recommending Mark Evanier‘s wonderful blog “News from ME” (That’s “News from ‘M.E.’ i.e. ‘Mark Evanier’… get it?”) for many years now. Mark is one of the great humor writers, or any other kind of writers really, in comics, TV etc., as well as one of the most respected comics historians in the industry, so you would expect his blog to be both entertaining and ...
Dec 5, 2016 · The “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” image was a memory from Wells’ childhood in Boston, when there’d be vendors on street corners at Christmas, serving up paper cones full of roasted chestnuts. “I think you might have something here,” Tormé said. Sitting down at the piano, he flashed on a melody idea for the opening lines.
Dec 21, 2017 · I read Mark Evanier's blog almost daily. That's a wonderful anecdote he posts annually. Coincidentally, I just told it to my girlfriend a couple of days ago----she knows who Mel Torme is!
Jul 9, 1999 · My Xmas Story. by Mark Evanier. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 7/9/99. Comics Buyer's Guide. I want to tell you a story…. The scene is Farmers Market — the famed tourist mecca of Los Angeles. It's located but yards from the facility they call, "CBS Television City in Hollywood"…which, of course, is not in Hollywood but at least is very close.
Dec 19, 2013 · This is the time of the year when lots of people link to my Mel Tormé Christmas story. Its location on this site has moved so here's the new address for it. I haven't checked lately to see if it's still so but it used to be the most-read page on this site owing to the tremendous number of links it gets each year.
Dec 19, 2020 · Mark Evanier has once again shared his classic Mel Tormé Christmas Story. If you’ve never read it, you should. If you’ve never read it, you should. I’ve read it each time he’s posted it since the very first, and it always brings a smile to my face.
The Christmas Story about The Christmas Song Each year around Christmas I like to revisit a heartwarming story about Mel Tormé as told by screenwriter Mark Evanier. Evanier is a Los Angeles native who has been in the television, animation, and comics industries since the early 1970s.
