Jim Nabors News

It's the smiles that mean the most to Jim Nabors these days. Smiles from people who recognize him, recall some special moment -- maybe a "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." episode, maybe a comic sketch with Carol Burnett -- and smile with their memories.

After a two-year hiatus, Jim Nabors returns to the Hawaii Theatre tonight through Sunday for his holiday tableaux, 'A Merry Christmas With Friends & Nabors.' The show is the glue that keeps this merry ol' soul happy year-round. 'I missed doing it,' Nabors admits about reassembling his gang for the holiday merriment.

Spooky footsteps, faint figures, the feeling of being watched - " these unsettling signs of a ghost are as familiar to us as the goose bumps on the back of our arm .

The success of 'Where the Wild Things Are' may be good new for some other wild things from the early 1970s - 'H.R. Pufnstuf.' Last week's No.

What the hell, I'm going to presumptuously nominate myself to be president of the Frank Sutton Appreciation Society.

Perhaps he couldn't lay claim to genius. But he was, quite simply, an incredible entertainer, who redefined pop stardom and whose influence remains impossible to ignore.

In episode 4 of the first season of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," Capt. Martin dressed down Pvt.

Good morning. Today is the 163rd day of the year. On this day in 1987, President Ronald Reagan, standing at the Berlin Wall in Germany, gave one of the most powerful speeches of his career when he challenged Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall if he was serious about peace.

Singer Vic Damone is 81. Disney composer Richard Sherman is 81. Actor-singer Jim Nabors is 79.

Today is Friday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2009 with 202 to follow. The moon is waning.