Here are some items that I don't think fit elsewhere on the site. It’s mostly just trivial stuff, but some of the things are quite fun or interesting to view. A Big Chill script autographed by the principal actors An It’s Complicated script autographed by the principal actors A simple Mary Kay Place autograph The Loretta game piece
from the “MH2” game |

http://www.gilelvgren.com
it's
listed as 1946. Perhaps the painting was completed in 1946 and used or released
commercially in 1948.
Below are
three images. The left one is a scan of the original painting. The middle is
the cover of Mary Kay's album for comparison. The right one is a scan of a
commercially available 3-D figurine representation of the painting.
Gene
Gurley - Photographer
Sandra
Baker - Costume Design
Tom
Steele - Design
I
haven’t been able to find any reliable Internet information on these people,
but I’d be interested if anyone knows something about them.
I
can be contacted at MKPFan@aol.com
Mary Kay was not the only artist to have an album cover inspired
by Aimin’ to Please
. Italian singer and songwriter
Francesco de Gregori used the idea for his 1976 album Bufalo
Bill. The spelling of “Bufalo” was intentional.
As a promotional gimmick for radio stations, Columbia Records produces some very cool (or hot) matches using the Aimin’ to Please album artwork.
Columbia also printed Mary Kay Place calendars.
A year earlier, in 1976, Columbia produced lenticular buttons to promote Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers
In
2000, Ms. Place joined another huge, all-star cast to record a second audio
book, The Zebra-Striped Hearse
, also by Ross MacDonald. This
one runs 8 hours. Once again it was a KCRW production.
Mary Kay has been honored in her native Tulsa, Oklahoma, via a few different ways. The Circle Cinema, Tulsa’s non-profit and independent theater has a Walk of Fame (image on the left). She has also put her imprint into concrete for a now-defunct Peaches record store (middle image). The image on the right is an artist’s rendition of a proposed pop culture museum in Tulsa’s arts district.
When Mary Kay was in high school, she was a budding writer. Here’s a sample of her work:
Finally, Mary Kay has inspired some artists to create some interesting art. The image on the left is a sketch based on the Tonite! at the Capri Lounge album cover. The image on the right is just about my favorite “MH2” item. The artist, Jason Mecier, made this pasta art image of Mary Kay Place and Graham Jarvis. Jason has a Website!
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