May 2, 2025

 

Another of my favorite Far Side cartoons

Sharon Cramer Sceper '68 asked me to research Helms Bakery.  Click HERE to see what I came up with.

Before Taco Bell and del Taco there was Don Jose's on El Cajon Blvd, in the shadow of hated Hoover High.  Click HERE to revisit my Don Jose's page.

You know what "del potrillo" means in English? "From Colts" may be a loose translation.  Click HERE to take another look at the 1960 Colt literary publication -- AND get the back story on the cool photo.

Neil Elliot Goldfarb ’59 passed away in Los Angeles on February 28, 2025, after more than a year of declining health as a result of a fall. Neil's childhood was marked by a nomadic existence owing to his father's work as a sales manager for retail chains. The family spent years in many cities across America, from New York, to Denver, Portland, Burbank and San Diego. Perhaps because of a combination of these early life experiences as well as an inherent gift for drama, Neil sought attention by becoming the family entertainer and the class clown, much to the chagrin of his shy, younger sister. This cemented his future as a performer, acting in school plays beginning at the early age of eight. He attended UC Berkeley during the tumultuous Free Speech movement of the ‘60s, where he appeared in a production of O'Neill's A Touch of The Poet, with Stacy Keach. His first taste of travel came in a UCLA production of Carousel, sponsored by the USO for military troops stationed in Japan and Korea.  With numerous theater credits he branched out into television and film, beginning with  his first movie, Doctor, You've Got To Be Kidding!, with Sandra Dee in 1967.  His first TV credit was on Get Smart, with Don Adams, followed by a memorable episode of The Carol Burnett Show, in which he played a hippie come to date Carol’s daughter, played by Vicki Lawrence. Neil had several happy relationships with directors, including Carl Reiner, for whom he appeared in both All of Me, with Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin, and The Man With Two Brains; and with Australian director Richard Franklin, starring in his CBS pilot for Beauty and The Beast, as well as his film sequel FX2, with Bryan Brown. He later turned to writing plays and screenplays, and then got another Masters Degree, this time in Marriage and Family Therapy. He found deep satisfaction working with appreciative patients, where his acting, writing and directing skills would serve his new profession in a distinctively different way

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