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OTHER AUTHORS YOU WILL THOROUGHLY ENJOY. FREE BASIC SCREENWRITING COURSE
 
INTERMISSION PAUSES TO ENJOY COMMENTARIES AND FEATURES SUCH AS: SPEC'S SPECTACULAR SPECIFICS by Mr. Donald O "Spec" Campen.   
 
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GAN EDEN STILLA HAVET  TRIBUTES for loved ones. An ideal place to ponder and meditate by your choice of dozens of beautiful gardens
 
ANNE'S VISUAL ART STUDIO  is an art gallery owned and curated by Ms. Anne Hart Chay
 
SHORT STORIES BY OUR OWN also, a photo expose of classic diners, trains and cars!
 
PHOTO POTPOURRI  Rich Burriesci Friends and TLS Associates Photo Potpourri
 
ZOOPA  For the love of Animals includes many animal videos
 
THE ROUND TABLE an open forum of provocative Topics of Discussion
THE IMPERIAL COMMISSION: THE TRUTH OF THE FIRST BORN
by Richard Christopher Burriesci
   
 
 
You will find this book to be insightful and delightful,      
effective and subjective,inquiring and inspiring ...
light-hearted and well-chartered ... opinionated and integrated ...
Ancient and modern human behavior ...Discussions on the Coming Savior!
Conversational notes ...  tidbits and quotes ...
Faith and Hope in the Resurrection ... about the Son of God and His perfection
The great ancient prophets and their vision ...
The real true meaning of  THE IMPERIAL COMMISSION
"MR. PRESIDENT, WE STAND WITH THEE!"
THE LINCOLN STUDIO PRESENTS A HISTORICALLY ENTERTAINING MINI-SCREENPLAY WHERE PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH GETS COUNSEL FROM HIS DAD AND THE GHOSTS OF TEN BIPARTISAN PRESIDENTS IN THESE TRYING TIMES. 
PURCHASE DIGITAL COMPACT DISC FOR $15.00
Narrator BARBARA LYNCH does the voice of First Lady Laura Bush
Actor ED LYNCH does the voices of Presidents George W. Bush, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald W. Reagan and George H. W. Bush (Dad to W) 
Screenwriter RICHARD C. BURRIESCI does the voices of Presidents: Abraham Lincoln (main ghost),
George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy
FYI re: THE HISTORICAL TRIVIA IN THIS MINI-SCREENPLAY
1) The trials and tribulations each president expresses in this presidential round-table are historically accurate. Some dialogue is actual quotations of the presidents.
 
2)  Robert Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of Abraham Lincoln told many, including Carl Sandburg, that his father had a high-pitched voice and at times, an annoying shrill when excited.
 
3)  A prevalent ideal among 19th Century American history makers was Manifest Destiny. Lincoln embraced this philosophy and it was often a factor in making some major decisions. He had no ties to any religious denomination but he left no doubt that he had a strong faith in a One Supreme God and the wisdom of the Holy Bible. He was personally against slavery and had he not been president, another fifty years into the 20th Century may have passed before its abolishment.
 
4)  George Washington was asked by his peers to be a king of the American nation. Kingship was first offered to the bonnie prince Charles of Scotland who was the Grand Master of Free Masonry. Our first president thrice refused taking a throne.
 
5)  It was not until the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt April 19, 1945, elected four terms of office, that Congress passed the 22nd Amendment (1951) which limited a person over 34 years of age to a maximum of two four-year terms.
 
6)  The debut of President Kennedy in this vignette refers to the Cuban Missiles Crisis in October 1962 where the United States of America and the Union of the Soviet Socialists Republic were on the verge of an all-out nuclear war.
 
7)  Although both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson have space centers named in honor for their commitment to space exploration, it was actually Richard M. Nixon who was the President on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin first set foot on the Moon. President Nixon reduced the voting age from 21 o 18, he restored a relationship with Red China and ended the Viet Nam War.
 
8)  Richard Milhous Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974. However, it did not take effect until noon the next day. He could have legally changed his mind because he was not yet impeached although imminent.
 
9)  The Fourth Watch in Roman times when Jesus Christ rose from the dead is dutifully recorded in the Acta Pilati the scroll written by Pontius Pilate to Tiberius Caesar giving a detailed account of the trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
 
10) The Author and Actors want to convey that both the Republican and Democratic parties brought this nation into wars and both parties negotiated its peace throughout its 230-year history. All presidents become the custodian to all people of this nation.
 
THE TITLE OF THIS VIGNETTE IS NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS SAYING TO GEORGE W. BUSH.  IT IS THE EMPATHY EACH OF THE FORMER PRESIDENTS SHARE WITH THE CURRENT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN BEARING HIS CROSS. THIS IS A ROUND TABLE WHERE EACH OF THE GHOSTS REMIND PRESIDENT BUSH WHAT THEIR CROSS WAS. THE PRESIDENCY IS A SACRED CLUB SWORN TO SERVE ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REGARDLESS, OF RACE, PARTY OR CREED.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE FOLLOWING TO INSTANTLY VIEW A SHORT VIDEO ON THAT PERSON. THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING VIA YOUTUBE:
GEORGE W. BUSHLAURA BUSHRICHARD M. NIXON
RONALD W. REAGANGEORGE H. W. BUSHFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERJOHN F. KENNEDY
CLICK THE PICTURE OF THESE PRESIDENTS TO VIEW THEIR SPEECHES: (NO VIDEO)
ABRAHAM LINCONGEORGE WASHINGTONHARRY S TRUMANLYNDON B. JOHNSONGERALD R. FORD
ONTARIO ROSE
Ontario Rose/Burriesci-Dillard – page 1
 
FADE IN: INT – INSIDE THE FLYING SAUCER – JULY 1947
 
Music resonates from inside the circular Antarian starship a dot against a huge flaming star 100 times brighter than our sun now becomes larger as it comes into view(Slide) ANTARES IN THE CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS
 
RASTONIX
Sire,we will rendezvous with the Pleiadian spacecraft by the last note of Largo
 
VALIMAR REX DE ANTARES
Indeed, Rastonix, we love our Classical music, but how apropos we chose to play the 2nd Movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. It’s a new world my beloved wife and unborn son will make their home – our sister planet
 
KANESES
Look out the porthole, Sire! She is so beautiful! Oceans of turquoise that bears the brunt of a mighty emerald land so much like Earth’s Pangia.
 
VALIMAR 
Yes, she is Kaneses – both Antares and my Queen!
(Looking at Victoria by the large porthole)
 
The flying saucer from Pleiades meets in deep space, both stop. It sits on top of the starship.
 
RASTONIX
Victoria, the time has come, say your goodbye’s now – you know we love you.
 
 
Ontario Rose/Burriesci-Dillard – page 2
 
VICTORIA
Valimar, Alexu from Pleiades is ready to dock. Kiss me my love,until we meet again. (She climbs aboard the Pleiadian spacecraft)
 
The Pleiadian saucer takes off at warp speed heading into the earth’s atmosphere
 
EXT – IN THE DESERT – THE CRACK OF DAWN
(Slide) Roswell, New Mexico – July 5, 1947
 
Two air force jets thundering through the blistering stratosphere interrupt the serene quiet of a parched earth. A resting eagle takes notice and follows in flight; an unfamiliar whirling sound resonates in the ocean of air void of any cloud. The American planes are in pursuit of this descending shiny object.
 
HONEYBEE (from cockpit)
Roswell: Majestic - this is Honeybee – over. Bluebird is honing in on the
flying saucer.
 
MAJESTIC (from base)
Roger Honeybee – Surround and force landing.
 
BLUEBIRD (from cockpit)
Roswell: Majestic – We’re aborting close pursuit! The UFO is crash landing!
 
MAJESTIC (from base)
Roger Bluebird – Note coordinates and come home. We’ll send a rescue team
 
Within minutes a military convoy and helicopters descended upon the alien wreckage, strange bodies were strewn among the carnage. In the midst there was movement.
 
EZEKIEL IS AN EAGLE WHO HAS A PROMINENT ROLE IN "ONTARIO ROSE" THERE IS A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WITH
THE CAPTAIN, THE NAVAJO INDIANS AND VICTORIA, THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL FROM ANTARES
HERE IS THE COMPLETE CAST OF CHARACTERS AND THE NUMBER OF LINES EACH HAS IN THE ONTARIO ROSE SCREENPLAY:
 
01VICTORIA ROSE ............................................................  52
02CHIEF MORNING STAR ................................................... 49
03COLONEL MARSHALL ALAN CAIN ..................................39
04ONTARIO ROSE ............................................................... 38
05CAPTAIN SCOTT MONTGOMERY .....................................20
06DR. LINDA RONZONI BURTON ..........................................20
07CELESTE MONTGOMERY ................................................19
08VIRGINIA DILLARD "GINNY" ROSE .................................19
09EVENING STAR ................................................................16
10COW FACE .......................................................................13
11VALIMAR REX DE ANTARES ............................................10
12MAJOR FRANCIS GRAYMOOR ........................................10
13SERGEANT ARTHUR J. FRICANO .......................................7
14ELVIS PRESLEY ................................................................ 7
15ARNOLD HEINZ ...................................................................6
16SYLVIA RINALDO ....... (Day Dream Diner Waitress) ............6
17KYLE KENSINGTON .... (Bus Driver) ....................................5
18WILLIS WINFIELD WATERS .... (Greyhound Ticket Agent) ..5
19COMMANDER FULTON JOHNS ..........................................5
20MARIE BRANDY ................................................................. 2
21RASTONIX ...........................................................................2
22KANESES ........................................................................... 1
23CORPOREL ROBERT HEWLITT ...........................................1

THE

LINCOLN

STUDIO

 presents

CARPE SCRIPTVM
SIX CHAPTERS INCLUDE: * THE RESURRECTION* PONTIUS PILATE
* THE 12 APOSTLES: FAMILY & FRIENDS*  A CASE OF BETRAYAL: JUDAS ISCARIOT* PAX ROMANA* GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF SCIENCE
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CLICK THE EARTH TO ENJOY OUR PLANET FROM OUTER SPACE

CLICK THE WORDS ABOVE TO GET THE WORD

ELVIS SINGS AT A DOUBLE WEDDING IN CANADA TO VICTORIA AND GINNY

NAVAJO INDIANS GUIDE THE E.T. INTO CANADA

our golden script is ready for the silver screen
A NOTE TO OUR WRITERS AND PROSPECTIVE JOURNALISTS
The discussion of Politics often tends to polarize people in a manner that is confrontational and uncomfortable. Ergo, The Lincoln Studio will refrain from political issues and commentaries. On the other hand, The Lincoln Studio believes that Spirituality is an essential core and common thread of many creative endeavors. TLS will make every effort to value and esteem the contributions of all religions to the uplifting of the human spirit. If the spiritual message has the potential to lift the aspirations of any human being regardless of race, color or creed then TLS will choose to endorse this type of publication. TLS will not to publish any derogatory and demeaning statements, slander or pornography. - Richard C. Burriesci

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The real flower called "Ontario Rose"

VIDEO OF NYC AT THE TIME OF MY BIRTH 9/24/1954

NYC CIRCA 1940

DRIVING AROUND IN NYC CA. 1928

CLICK FILM FOR THE BEST MODEL CAR SHOW YOU MIGHT EVER SEE

Every era in human history has its evil as well as its good ...Let us strive to accentuate and implement the good and learn from the consequences of our evil to become better human beings. I, for one, have come to realize that "NO MAN IS AN ISLAND!" and that my happiness IS truly contingent upon God's greatest creation ... my fellow human beings. Yes, although I can create songs the tones are not original. The cities, the music, the art, the food and so much more I love, are the aspirations and dreams of OTHER human beings, some I never had the pleasure to encounter yet I reap their talents.
- RICHARD CHRISTOPHER BURRIESCI

TAPS

MOSCOW SUBWAY SYSTEM IS A WORK OF ART
TOUR JESUS CHRIST TOMB

Zoopa for animal lovers 

CLICK PHOTO TO VISIT ZOOPA
THIS COMFORT INN IN MASPETH JUST 2 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. CLICK THE PHOTO FOR CURRENT INFORMATION
CLICK ELVIS

CLICK ANTARES TO HEAR DVORAK'S LARGO NEW WORLD SYMPHONY WHICH IS THE OPENING SCENE IN ONTARIO ROSE

INTERVIEW WITH GOD

OPENING SCENE FROM THE SCREENPLAY: ONTARIO ROSE
Copyright 2004 with The Library of Congress/ R.C.Burriesci and V.J.Dillard - all rights reserved

and that's the way it was ...

by Donald O. "SPEC" Campen, Jr.

WWII IN COLOR

The Lincoln Studio presents their most recent film production ...

a vonderful video vignette!

- SPEC CAMPEN   - RICH BURRIESCI    - JOHN BURRIESCI    - ANNE HART CHAY   - TIM SWEENEY   - ANDREW BREHM   - JENNIFER SMITH   - TUBA the tortoise

SPEC CAMPEN

TIM SWEENEY

RICH BURRIESCI

ANDREW BREHM

JENNIFER SMITH

ANNE HART CHAY

John Burriesci and Jennifer Smith

Screenwriter RICH BURRIESCI with the "Magic Finger Princess" and Owner/Curator of Anne's Visual Art Studio ANNE HART CHAY

JAPANESE SURRENDER 1945

AMAZING MAPS OF THE MIDDLE EAST 3000 YEARS AGO!

SLIDE SHOW OF THE 1940s

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SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER

SLIDE SHOW OF JAPAN'S TSUNAMI

SLIDE SHOW OF AVIATION HISTORY ON LONG ISLAND, NY

DISENSEMBLE AND PUT BACK TOGETHER A WILLYS JEEP IN FIVE MINUTES

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RICH BURRIESCI, ANNE HART CHAY and TIM SWEENEY

ANNE HART CHAY and ANDREW BREHM

The Round Table

ENJOY PROVOCATIVE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION ON OUR 11th PAGE

It is a fact that our first president GEORGE WASHINGTON a great and noble person was offered to be KING of this newborn nation by his peers. We know he declined. In retrospect, WOULD THIS NATION AMERICA HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF HAD HE ACCEPTED THIS REIGN BEING OF SUCH GOOD CHARACTER?

Can we blame our present social moral decay on the media i.e. TV, movies, newspapers video games, etc. or is the media simply responding to the social consciencious of the majority of Americans?

MEDIA

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THE JIVE ACES: BRING ME SUNSHINE

THE NEW FACE OF SPEC CAMPEN age 91

DO YOU SENSE THERE IS LIFE BEFORE BIRTH AS WELL AS LIFE AFTER DEATH?

THE SIMPLE EXPLAINATION OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS:
Aunt and Uncle as opposed to the respectable title of "Aunt" and "Uncle" but the Cousin especially "once removed" might be confusing. In simple terms remember that COUSINS share the same Grandparent to make them first cousins. When one cousin whose Grandparent is the same as the other cousin's Great-Grandparent then that relationship is FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED as in the case of Rosemarie Trentacoste and me Rich Burriesci that is her Great-Grandfather is my Grandfather Cologero Burriesci. Same Great-Grandparent makes them Second Cousin. It is easy to understand the relationship between siblings and a TRUE  Great-great Grandparent makes them Third Cousins and so on.

MR. SPIELBERG, PLEASE ALLOW ME 53 SECONDS TO GIVE YOU A SYNOPSIS OF OUR SCREENPLAY "ONTARIO ROSE"

The 1947 UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico was no accident! It was a diversion whereupon Victoria, the pregnant alien from Antares journeyed to Canada assisted by Navajo Indians who were close friends to a Captain in the Royal Canadian Mounties. Her son, Ontario Rose, was born on his ranch. The Captain raises the extra-terrestrial genius while Ontario's real father is an elderly planetary forefather. Their homespun adventure
with a touch of humor unfolds the story of alien inhabitation of earth today.

THE ARTICLE BELOW BY MELISSA SCOTT SINCLAIR WAS PUBLISHED IN "STYLE WEEKLY" NOVEMBER 2, 2011

RICH BURRIESCI SAYS THAT HE IS IN SEARCH OF STEVEN SPIELBERG WHEN THEY COMPLIMENT HIS SWEATER

RICH BURRIESCI RECITES THE GOSPEL OF JOHN AT HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

YOUR HOST AND VIRTUAL GUIDE: RICH BURRIESCI

TIMES SQUARE/42nd Street @ BROADWAY (NYC CENTRAL) Mayor Rudolph Giuliani brought Disney to 42nd Street and evicted almost all of the Porn Palaces that were around when I sat on the Lions at The New York Public Library. You now have an abundance of Broadway Shows for a small sum of money but some of the finest entertainment is FREE inside the Subways of New York City especially at the Junction of TIMES SQUARE. The best in Blues, Jazz and even Opera Singers and Musicians perform solo or groups reminicent of The Temptations with their creative dances; all vending their original CDs at $20.00 a pop. Many people pause and enjoy! I'm welling enough courage to CROON "THAT'S AMORE!" for TIPS! At breakfast again at WESTWAY DINER in Manhattan I scribes such a small sign to say just that. Times Square has always been and remains the Mecca of Entertainment of All Sorts! Now there is one minor frustration regarding getting around NYC and that is "Travel Time" all having to do with the laws of physics. Squeeze ten million people combined with Taxicabs, Buses, Trucks and Cars with the Skyscrapers on an island two miles long and half mile wide then it will take you two hours at busy times to travel only twelve miles long and two and a half miles wide! Today I had to abort a trip to "Little Italy" in Greenwich Village to get back to St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital for my medical records. So keep Travel Time in your mind and agenda when you come to visit this great city.

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY!

OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS: (516) 360-8100

The Bear hibernates in the winter and so does The Cyclone, Giant Ferris Wheel and The Coney Island Boardwalk in lower Brooklyn where it greets the mighty Atlantic Ocean! The founding location of NATHAN'S still here in the photo has the Original Kosher Frankfurter priced at $3.80 per Hot Dog not 25 cents my parents last paid when I rode the Ferris Wheel in 1959. This Spring the wooden frame of the most famous and oldest running roller coaster in the world will be made into paper and replaced with a steel frame. However today to my delight I parked myself at a table in the cozy ISLAND FOOD COURT (718) 373-1000 where they serve only Boar's Head meat products and sampled a extra large slice of cheese pizza for only $1.00! I just got out of the hospital with a very serious heart condition where pizza was not on my cardiac diet but this pizza was worth dying for and another buck bought me another! I commented on how good it was and another elderly customer blurted out "It's the New York water!" I remember learning that on PBS NOVA where the finest bottle waters can not compete with the City Tap Supply that comes go the Greater NYC from the Springs of the Catskill Mountains. This is why our bread and pies taste so delicious! However I did not expect the trip from Richmond, Virginia to our Nation's Capital was actually shorter than the two full hours it took to travel via City Bus/ Subway from the Queens/ Nassau County lines to Coney Island in Brooklyn. Come this Spring it should be worth the four hours of track and tar. ps. If any of you think my articles are worth reading about please feel free to submit it to the local newspapers or UPI in my behalf for it is my intent to become a viable writer.

CONEY ISLAND IN WINTERTIME

CONEY ISLAND IN JANUARY 2012

At the start of Breakfast in Ricky's Cafe Diner I commenced writing lyrics to two famous tunes to be sung as one song. The fresh brewed coffee stimulated my thoughts in honor of an American tragedy GROUND ZERO. The small glass of orange juice I always save for last is a toast to the day ahead. Today it was for finishing the song short and sweet. I will inaugarate it at Ground Zero and so I began my trek to lower Manhattan via the M20 City Bus. The crowd was very small less than forty people and no wonder why! I was stopped two blocks from the point and to go closer required a Ticket of Admission with a hefty price of $25.00 per person. I expressed my dismay to four security guards each at different posts but all with sympathetic views like mine. How sacraligious to charge admission to the most sacred cemetery in the world! Two of the guards called it a
travesty unaware what the other has said. To think that all the multi-billionaires including New York's own mayor could not or would not sponsor to curtail any costs to keep this hallow ground free for all to see and remember. Another guard echoed these sentiments and said it was just plain politics and it stinks!
inain to the human spirit. Enough words of discontent said by me!
We must remember why we come to this site that usurped even Pearl Harbor that Day of Infamy. So to the tunes of America the Beautiful and Auld Lang Syne I pen these words: 

(Tune of America the Beutiful) I am sure Donations would be plentiful if a Tariff was not forced upon so

 

How beautiful the Twin Towers were
that pierced the New York skies.
When evil came that fateful day
We could not believe our eyes!

 

How beautiful the Twin Towers were
that pierced the New York skies.
When evil came that fateful day
We could not believe our eyes!

 

America! Oh America has been united in that fall ... On nine one one 
in two thousand one - Bless All who responded to that call.   

(Tune of Auld Lang Syne)

 

Should they who died nor be forgot
And always brought to mind!
The brave fire fighters and police people too kindle in our hearts for the
flag of red, white and blue.

GROUND ZERO

Well Folks! Here I am when I arrived in NYC before my hospital stint. Today picture me 25 pounds thinner, clean clothes and a heck of alot cleaner. More importantly Nicholas Cage has ousted the Artist/ Singer's prominent position in Mid Manhattan since then but as the fickle public demands ... HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW! Yesterday the New York Giants became the New Heroes of New York winning the SUPER BOWL 21-17 over New England and so IMMEDIATELY even Nicky lost his place to ELI MANNING #10 Jersey of Blue the NY GIANT'S GIANT!! Amore! Richie Burriesci Your New York City/ Long Island Eyes and Ears reporting to you after another delicious breakfast at Westway Diner in NYC Westside's Hell's Kitchen 

THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE/ UNDER THE EL will focus on urban areas you heard about and want to visit and explore.  You can enjoy these neighborhoods vicariously through  my journals yet not about me. Hopefully when you take your family to the Big Apple you can have a heads up on where to stay, where to go, where to eat and see what show provided of course I do my journalism well enough. I am grateful to other people I never met who share their New York experience with the world making YouTubes that I will use in my column.

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Every day, unless it rains, Richard C. Burriesci walks the streets of Church Hill looking for Steven Spielberg. Burriesci, 57, wears a pinstriped suit. He carries an attache case. Inside it is a copy of his screenplay, “Ontario Rose.” 

It’s a touching story about an extraterrestrial boy raised by Navajo Indians and Canadian Mounties. It includes a scene in which Elvis Presley’s famous snarl is revealed to be caused by an alien woman’s tender kiss. It is, Burriesci believes, right up Spielberg’s alley. He just needs 53 seconds to prove it. 

Burriesci and his then-girlfriend, Victoria Janyia Dillard, began writing “Ontario Rose” almost 10 years ago. “We ate, slept and dreamed about it all the time,” Dillard says. Once they completed the screenplay in 2004, they sent it to several Hollywood agents, directors and actors, who responded with the standard refusals. (Spielberg was the only one who didn’t write back.) 

Who knows what could happen now? Dillard tells Burriesci: “Keep your suit on, keep your suit on.” So he does. And he hopes. He hasn’t visited the sets at the State Capitol or Empire Theatre, where Spielberg was filming last week. “I don’t want to be intrusive or obnoxious,” he says.

Instead he’s relying on fate — and the sign in his East Clay Street front yard, which in graceful calligraphy says, “Welcome Steven Spielberg!”

If he gets to make his 53-second pitch, and if the director’s intrigued, Burriesci has prepared his next line: “Our golden script is ready for the silver screen.” 

He’ll reach into his attache case and pull out a copy of “Ontario Rose.” He’ll hand it to Spielberg, and thank him. Then Burriesci will pull a cigar from his suit pocket and light it. He doesn’t smoke. But, he says, it would be a special occasion. 

And if the director says no? That’s OK too. “If it’s not Steven Spielberg today, it might be Francis Ford Coppola two years from now.”

EATING ON THE RAILS

THIS ASIAN CUTIE ON THE IRT #7 FLUSHING LINE TO TIMES SQUARE GIVES NEW MEANING TO MTA'S ALTERNATIVE TO AMTRAK'S DINING CAR

THE F TRAIN IS FOR FINISHING TOUCHES FOR NEW YORK LADIES

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTIES

FOR THE AVID THEATRE/ MOVIE PATRON

The Screenwriters of Ontario Rose are premiereing a SNEAK PREVIEW of their screenplay ONTARIO ROSE before their Golden Script reaches the Silver Screen!  Theatre tickets generally price between $45.00 -$150.00 per person but if you purchase an UNLIMITED PASS for only $10.00 you can view our entire SCREENPLAY online in the comfort of your own home with your family and friends. HAVE YOURSELF A SCREENPLAY SOIREE!
 

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FANFARE OF THE FLIP FLOP

(this title courtesy of the mysterious red head aboard the 42nd Street Crosstown Bus)

This winter was not so harsh in NYC as it was last year but we had our share of fridgid days.  However when a summer sun came to visit New Yorkers just a week ago City dwellers were anxious to shed their The North Face jackets and ladies bared their pretty toes and feet with or sans professional or homespun pedicure.  The knee high boots and utilitarian cobblers were shelved for these welcome Indian Summer days.  For millions of women and yes, the men and children too it was a fanfare of flip flops and sandals! And there was some not so pretty feet but comfort takes presidence in times of supply and demand for both the young and very old.  Did I mention that the baring of exterior winter wear made for extra room on the seats of trains and buses?  So ladies bring on your best pedicure sans your stockings and pantyhose and enjoy the fresh warm air that came with the Ides of March.

 

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Well Jesus Christ could take so much before He angered and wielded the whip to those merchants who desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem and the peaceful often pacifists Quakers of the 300 year old congregation of Friends in Flushing, New York could become hawkish over the desecration of the solemn burial ground of their historical estate!  I attended a usual Spiritual Workbench held at 10:00 am this past Easter Sunday.  I had known some weeks before that the Pinnacle Construction Company was braising enough to trespass and violate the private property belonging to the Quakers since 1694.  This Meeting House continually served Friends in the Long Island, NY area for over 300 years and at least a hundred Quaker souls are buried in this hallowed property.  It is safe to assume that the arrogant builders of modern corporation manipulation figured the millions of dollars generated each year in revenue and taxes far outweigh possibly a few hundred thousand dollars in fines and punitive damages.  The Quakers in existence for almost 350 years have always been staunch pacifists in war times and advocates for social justice.  I know the names of the handful of Quaker women who attended this Paschal meeting on April 8, 2010 but I refuse to mention their names because quite frankly I support their hawkish stance and valor to challenge the criminal actions of those who tromp upon the meek and innocent in the Name of Corporate Progress.  Bravo! To the pint size heroine who leadith thy cause to save the bones of their ancestral Friends!

THOU SHALT NOT TROMP UPON OUR HALLOWED TURF!!
QUAKERS BECOME WARRIORS IN FLUSHING NEW YORK!

Richard C. Burriesci is a Writer/ Journalist for The Lincoln Studio on the World Wide Web. Direct all comments to him at thelincolnstudio@yahoo.com and you may call him (516) 360-8100

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Dear Friends Yes! I use this as one of my satellite offices DAILY because of its central location in the heart of Manhattan just one block south of Central Park on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street.   It has FREE wi-fi and it is open to the public seven days a week from 8:00 am until 10:00 pm. I sit on the level of the Starbucks Cafe where there are comfortable lounge chairs, tables and chairs.   I have access to electrical outlet and the bathrooms are clean and nice. The same floor as the restrooms is a restaurant, snack bar, deli bar and an ice cream parlor $4.00 one scoop $6.00 two scoops and $7.00 for a triple decker.   Plenty of tables and chairs in the mezzanine to hear sometimes a live concert.   All this us for FREE compliments of Mr. Donald J. Trump the unofficial Mayor of NYC and he lives upstairs in the Penthouse which is all gold guilded.   I mention this to my out of town friends especially because it's worth making this part of your visit to the Big Apple!   Some of my New York friends did not know about this either.   So out of towners especially should start their New York trek and experience here at YOUR Trump Tower headquarters.  Did I mention the waterfalls and outdoor Gardens with a NYC vista?

MY TRUMP TOWER OFFICE IS YOUR TRUMP TOWER OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE DONALD

BITTA BROADWAY ON Q32 BUS!

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I boarded the Woodside Q32 Bus to NYC at Trump Tower and it was crowded to capacity.  I yelled out "Mr. Bus Driver please turn on the AC!"  The sound of the compressor drew cheers. At Queens Plaza half the bus emptied for those who opted the Subway to Manhattan at this juction.  Now halfway across the Queensboro/59th Street Bridge the Intercom comes on and the bus driver MATTHEW BELLAS announces it's springtime in Manhattan and the weatherman says it's going to be a hot and sunny day.  If God did not witness this you would not believe me  what I will tell you next!  In a most splendid voice Mr. Bellas belts out on the intercom microphone singing "Oh What A Beautiful Morning!" of which was met by bravos, claps and a standing ovation from a usually grumpy crowd who had not had their first cup of coffee!  Now in my lucky producer sweater I approach him and tell him that he won't last long enough with the bus company to retire because someone in the position to discover him certainly not me will snatch him and his talents. However I would like to put him on The Lincoln Studio on the World Wide Web.  To which he popped out his calling card inviting me to visit his website: http://www.matthewfbellas.com and that he does have a trained voice. I told him I croon the old time greats now singing in the cemetery for God.  Without hesitation I crooned "That's Amore!" to which he sang harmony and encored with "When You're Smiling!" again singing duet harmony.  We concluded with "Give My Regards to Broadway!" each taking one line solo as we approached the real Broadway in Manhattan.  All the while YES! an elderly couple, a young couple in their early twenties and a middle age woman doing her best to tap dance.  There were more bravos and I told Matthew never to stop singing on his bus because he literally changes a dim outlook on a sour New Yorker's face and perhaps indirectly puts a positive twist on hundreds of city slickers each day he encounters and whom they meet in their "Happy  Trails".

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May 18, 2012

RICHARD C. BURRIESCI
c/o Michael Flynn
32 Oak Lane
New Hyde Park, New York 11040
(516) 360-8100

 

MR. DONALD J. TRUMP
725 Fifth Avenue (Trump Tower)
New York City, New York 10022

 

Dear Mr. Trump:

I am the guy who held up the sign “I WROTE A SONG FOR REGIS” last month when you did your Celebrity Apprentice LIVE segment with Paul Teutel, Sr.  Just a week before that I was in the lobby of Regis Philbin’s Condominium Building at W. 67th Street singing for his doorman the song I wrote for Regis back in 2003.  I found out where Regis lived after singing for his longtime friend Kenny Simmons who owns the restaurant behind Regis’ home where Regis and Kathi lee Gifford frequent.  Mr. Simmons thanked me for explaining why I was in search of REGIS PHILBIN.

It appears your friend Kathi Lee Gifford was a bit miffed that I did not write the song for her singing just a few bars when I bumped into her walking talking to her Associate on W. 48th Street near Broadway on my way to the Social Security Office just a few days after YOU gave me two thumbs up reading my sign.  I said to Ms. Gifford, “I know someone who loves Regis Philbin more than you and it’s not his wife – It’s Donald Trump!” She responded, “He certainly does!! If Regis were a woman he’d probably marry him!”  Seriously, I do know the fondness and respect you have for your friend Regis for so many years and would love for him to be happy perhaps recording a song under his name that represents the 20th Century era and the City he loves so much as well as you do I entitled: “MEMORIES OF 20th CENTURY NEW YORK CITY & LONG ISLAND”

I am at Trump Tower daily for about an hour in the morning at 9:00 since I moved back to my native home NYC after living forty years in Richmond, Virginia.  Now his friend Kenny, his doorman and Kathi Lee loved it for Regis but I really think the opinion he may consider the most being yours – if YOU liked it for Regis, well Sir, I am ready to croon it for you at Trump Tower.

Sincerely yours,

Richard C. Burriesci