  Half a century makes antiques out of anything  April 21, 2013
Messenger News  Remember Perry Como singing "Letters, we get
letters, we get stacks and stacks of letters."  It might have
been "I get letters," but that's beside the point.  Como had a
musical variety show back in the day, and a great show it was,
likely because Como himself made such a mellow host and had such
a great singing voice. I didn't know it then because it never
occurred to me to care, but history has proven him one of the
good guys in entertainment.  Again, that's beside the point.
The point is, his show aired from 1948 to 1966, from a year
after I was born until a year after I graduated high school. We
watched the show without fail, which might have added to my love
of music.  Again, beside the point.  Another point is "The Perry
Como Show" ended almost 50 years ago. Half a century.  When I
first started browsing antique stores because I loved the stuff,
I was told to be antique something had to be at least 50 years
old. Which may o