Relatives of Departed Actors Might Want to Stake a Claim

Further proof that you can’t take it with you can be found on the Screen Actors Guild’s website for unclaimed residuals, which lists Frank Sinatra among those owed money.

Terrence Beasor of Santa Monica tipped me to the website (www.sag.org), which also lists such departed celebrities as Bud Abbott, Broderick Crawford, Gary Cooper, Jack Lemmon, Butterfly McQueen, Donna Reed, Natalie Wood and Loretta Young, not to mention Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

SAG’s position is it’s up to the next-of-kin to claim the money. After all, the above stars left no forwarding addresses.

Light trim and a zap? Monrovia haircutter Ronnie Daniels couldn’t help but notice a sale on some barber chairs that come with a little voltage if needed (see accompanying).

“Perfect for customers who can’t sit still, especially kids,” Daniels opined.

Thanks for the warning! In Oklahoma, Chuck and Maxine Tichenor snapped a marquee for a dentist who sounds like he wants to take out all your teeth (see photo).

Finally, a solution ... : At least in the case of two bad spellers out there. Frank Kessler of Sylmar saw a map in this space that mentioned “Dessert Inn Road” in Las Vegas. And Kessler found a restaurant ad that advertised “homemade deserts” (see accompanying).

Said Kessler: “These two salespeople should switch jobs.”

Listen up, parents: A USC website contains an entry at the California State Science Fair by one E. Andrew Whittington, who investigated how background music by Mozart, the Eagles and Led Zeppelin affected the memorization skills of 10 high school students.

The shocking finding: The students soaked up facts best while listening to Led Zeppelin’s hard rock. Mozart had the second most beneficial effect. The Eagles finished third.

Certainly nobody could study while listening to the Eagles’ “Peaceful Easy Feeling” for the 20,000th time.

miscelLAny: For your unclear-on-the-concept file, have you noticed the electronic sign hanging over La Brea Avenue near the Santa Monica Freeway -- the one that says, “Keep your eyes on the road”? Hard to take your eyes off that sign while you’re driving.

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