Wolfgang Hampel. Founder of Betty MacDonald Fan Club and Betty MacDonald Society for Betty MacDonald Fans all over the world.
Wolfgang Hampel interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and other famous writers and artists.
Wolfgang Hampel's Betty MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle biography and Betty MacDonald Interviews are very popular all over the world.
Wolfgang Hampel is also famous for his satirical poems and stories.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Wolfgang Hampel, The golden egg and Betty MacDonald fan club ESC 2016 TOP 10
The Egg and I belongs to the most successful books ever.
First published by the J. B. Lippincott Company on October 3, 1945, The Egg and I
received laudatory reviews and soon appeared on the best-seller list.
The book was a blockbuster success as a novel, being reprinted on a
nearly monthly basis for the next two years.
On September 12, 1946, the specially-bound one-millionth copy of the book was presented to MacDonald by WashingtonGovernorMonrad Wallgren at a luncheon in Seattle.
It's the best
Betty MacDonald fan club story ever beside Wolfgang Hampel's Betty
MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle biography and his magical Betty MacDonald
Interviews.
Mary Bard Jensen is very funny, indeed but you'll enjoy Clyde Jensen, Cleve and Mary Alice Bard as well. A wonderful family!
We would like to learn
more about Mary Bard's book published in the thirties. We know so much
more about it after reading Anita's Top Betty MacDonald Fan Club story.
Anita also tells the exciting story of Dorita Hess. Betty MacDonald
describes this rather strange lady in Anybody can do anything. Did Mary
Bard Jensen, Clyde R. Jensen, Cleve Bard and Mary Alice Bard mention her
in the interviews?
Wolfgang
Hampel's Betty MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle biography and Betty
MacDonald interviews have fans in 40 countries. I bet there will be many
more fans in the future. Isn' t this amazing? Wolfgang Hampel and
Alison Bard Burnett are born humorists. Both delight their fans from all
over the world.
I'd love to have a Wolfgang Hampel CD and DVD with his
very funny poems and stories. What about a book? We adore Wolfgang
Hampel's high humor and wit in Betty MacDonald and Ma and Pa Kettle
biography and his wonderful Betty MacDonald interviews.
As you wrote Alison Bard Burnett and Wolfgang Hampel are
born humorists. I heard many more Alison Bard Burnett interviews by
Wolfgang Hampel will be published in the future. Come on, please. Do
it! This couple is so funny. I can listen to them a million times
without getting tired. Pure Bard and Hampel magic.
Wonderful story
tellers, world painters, great entertainers. Alison Bard Burnett and
Wolfgang Hampel share it with Betty MacDonald Fans from all over the
world.
By the way I don't like poems so much but Wolfgang Hampel's
satirical poems are as witty and charming as his Betty MacDonald and Ma
and Pa Kettle biography and Betty MacDonald Interviews.
Wolfgang
Hampel's very funny stories about everyday life make us laugh aloud.
I
heard one of the next Betty MacDonald Fan Club Newsletter stories are
about our beloved Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honor members.
We hope Mr. Erdogan won't have any problems with his work.
Be careful guys!
Great Betty MacDonald fan club ESC news will be published on Betty MacDonald fan club blog. It's a fact that Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany have been robbed winning Eurovision Song Contest several times.
A
wonderful Betty MacDonald fan club ESC surprise for Betty MacDonald fan
club ESC fans from all over the world is waiting for you.
German Chancellor Merkel allows investigation of satirist Böhmermann
Chancellor Merkel has allowed German authorities to launch an
investigation into satirist Jan Böhmermann. Turkish President Erdogan
requested the inquiry, saying he was insulted by a Böhmermann poem.
(Picture: YouTube)For the first time in the 61 year history of the Eurovision Song Contest, a country has been expelled from the competition.Romania has been thrown out of the competition after its national
broadcaster TVR failed to make payments to the European Broadcasting
Union (the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest) that date as far
back as 2007.Romania have one of the strongest Eurovision Song Contest records,
having a 100% record for qualifying for the Eurovision final. They were
due to take part in the Second Eurovision Song Contest semi final on
Thursday 12th May. The running order of the show will not be recast following Romania’s elimination.
Ovidiu Anton was due to represent Romania with his pop-rock entry
Moment of Silence. Romania will be silent for a lot longer than a
moment. Ovidiu promoted the song at the London Eurovision Party on Sunday and was expected to reach a strong position in the Eurovision final on May 14th.In a statement released moments ago on the European Broadcasting Union website, it says:
TVR will now no longer be able to participate in the 2016
Eurovision Song Contest and will lose access to other EBU member
services including the Eurovision News and Sports News Exchanges, the
right to broadcast specific sporting events, legal, technical and
research expertise and lobbying services.
Romanian national broadcaster TVR’s debts to the EBU date back to
2007 and with no other Romanian broadcaster a member of the European
Broadcasting Union, it is unlikely that Romania will return to the
Eurovision Song Contest for a number of years.‘This is of course disappointing for the artist chosen to represent
Romania, for our colleagues at TVR who have prepared their participation
so well this year and, not least, for Romanian viewers and the many
Eurovision fans in the country,’ says Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor
of the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of the EBU.Asked what this means for host broadcaster SVT, Sand replied: ‘As
with all participants, SVT has been preparing for Romania’s act
thoroughly over the past weeks. To take an act out at such late stage is
of course a little disruptive, but it will not negatively affect the
2016 Eurovision Song Contest in any other way.’Romania at the Eurovision Song ContestRomania have twice finished third at the Eurovision Song Contest, in
2005 with Luminita Anghel & Sistem with the song Let Me Try and in
2010 with Paula Selling & Ovi and their entry Playing with Fire.Their 2006 entry Tornero by Mihai became one of the biggest summer
chart and club hits across Europe in 2006. Mihai took part in the
Romanian national final again this year, losing out to Ovidiu.In 2011, Romania was represented by Hotel FM featuring British singer
David Bryan. They campaigned extensively in the United Kingdom but
failed to pick up any points from the UK, finishing 4th in their semi final, but only 17th in the final.
U.S. President Barack Obama is in Germany on Monday
to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders but
after pouring praise on the German leader, the country is looking more
like the U.S.'s key ally of the over old partner, the U.K. Obama, who arrived in Hannover on Sunday, has already heaped praise on the German leader, telling German newspaper Bild that
Merkel was "courageous" in her response to Europe's refugee crisis and
he highlighted the importance of the U.S.' relationship with Europe's
largest economy.
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U.S. Barack Obama greets German Chancellor
Angela Merkel at the opening evening of the Hannover Messe trade fair on
April 24, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.
"Germany remains one of America's closest and
strongest allies - an indispensable partner not only for our own
security and those of our NATO allies, but also for the security, the
prosperity and the dignity of people across the whole world," he told Bild in an interview published on Saturday. "With Chancellor Merkel, Germany
has raised the stakes and plays an even bigger role on the international
stage," he said, with her work to tackle terrorism, reaching a nuclear
deal with Iran and On Sunday, Obama attended the
Hannover Messe trade show, which showcases industrial technology. This
year's partner country is the U.S., with over 250 U.S. companies
participating in the show. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to
visit the event. Obama's trip to Germany has not
gone without a hitch so far, with thousands of protesters gathering in
Hannover on Saturday to protest a planned but unpopular free trade
agreement between the U.S. and EU, known as the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP). Critics of TTIP fear it threaten public
services, the environment and consumers. Despite concerns over the
secretive nature of trade talks, both Obama and Merkel said on Sunday
that they hoped to have an agreement over the trade deal by the end of
the year. On Monday afternoon, Obama is
expected to meet with Merkel, French President Francois Hollande,
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and U.K. Prime Minister David
Cameron. They are expectred to discuss security and humanitarian
concerns over Libya and fragile Syrian peace talks. Obama's trip to Germany comes after a brief stay in London last week
during which he made a call for the U.K. to remain within the European
Union (EU) ahead of a referendum on the subject on June 23. His
comments during the visit made for uncomfortable listening at times with
Obama saying that if the U.K. left, it should not expect any preferential treatment from its long-term ally. Follow CNBC International on Twitter and Facebook.
The
amazing, very witty, charming, intelligent story written by our
brilliant Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honor Member - artist and writer
Letizia Mancino.
WHEN YOU DREAM, DREAM BIG
Copyright 2011/2016 by Letizia Mancino All rights reserved Translated by D. Tsiaprakas
Betty,
I love you! Your books „Anybody can do anything“ and „Onions in the
Stew“ are really outstanding! I take them into my hand, and at a stone's
throw I am right away in America ! Columbus and the egg: The great
discovery!
Your bestseller „The Egg and I“ the greatest
discovery. And you and I! I know America: It's true what you are
writing: That's America: Absolutely right! No, even to the least detail!
The landscape and the passion: Do you know the country where pistols
blossom? Brava, Betty, you are describing the Americans vividly,
genuinely, insufferably, brushed upon paper. If I like to read your
works? To read doesn't even express it! I can even hear and see
everything: Nature, culture, subculture.
America has almost
remained unchanged! O those cool Americans! Calculating, stockmarket,
Wall Street, the financial crisis (even back in 1930), the gamblers, the
bankruptcy of companies! The swarming of dodgers and cheaters. People
left without money. Dispair und hunger! A terrible „Worst Case“ (when I
knew but little English I thought it is sausage with cheese).
Still
how impressive is the ability to adaptone self of the Americans: They
know how to enjoy life, acrobats of survival! In the twinkle of an eye
they achieved to adapt themselves and effect the work of pioneers: In
the morning you are a cleaningwoman, in the evening a brothel woman! No
problem!
„The insufficient, here it's becoming an event; The
indescribable, here it's done;“ Mary Bard Jensen, your sister, was the
treasure trove of procuring work: My word, what a power woman with
unlimited imagination! She has recommended you everywhere: Betty can do
everything, also write novels! Go ahead, sister, hurry up! The editor
wants to see your manuscripts! Up to that point you had not written a
single line! Wow! And if still everything goes wrong? No problem: When
you dream, dream big!
Just look, you have become famous.The Egg
and I You know that, Betty? I'll slip into „The Egg and I“ and come and
be your guest! I want to get to know your chickens. I hate chickens!
I'm a chickens slave from North America! O Betty, without these damned
animals, no chance of you becoming famous! „The Egg and I“ you would
never have written! How many readers you have made happy!
Your
book is so amusing! Your witty fine (almost nasty) remarks about your
family members and roundabout neighbours made me laugh so much! You have
been born into a special family: Comfort was not desired: I can't but
be amazed: What did your father say to your mother? After tomorrow I am
going to work elsewhere: Thousands of miles away...He sent her a
telegram: LEAVING FOR TWO YEARS ON THURSDAY FOR MEXICO CITY STOP GET
READY IF YOU WANT TO COME ALONG – That was on Monday. Mother wired back:
SHALL BE READY, and so she was.That's America! Improvisation, change,
adventure. You show no weakness: Let's go! Your descriptions, Betty,
about the tremendous happenings in nature have deeply frightened me.
Continent
America, I'm terrified by you! I feel so small and threatened like a
tiny fly before an enormous flyswatter! Your novel is very many-sided!
The reader may use it even as a cook book! „The Egg and I“ starts
straight away with a recipe: „Next to the wisdom that lamb meat doesn't
taste good unless it has been roasted with garlic“. Do you enjoy the
American food?
O Betty, it's too fatty for me and I hate garlic!
(Betty is presently cooking lunch for Bob. She's continually talking to
„STOVE“: STOVE is Bob's rival; in the beginning I thought it was being
himself). She turns round and says: Well, so no garlic for you. No lamb
either, Betty. I don't eat any meat! I'd actually prefer only fried
eggs. Betty, let me make them myself. Then you try it!
Blow!
„STOVE“ out of order! I don't succeed in turning it on! Damned! It's got
more of a mind of its own than „STOVE“ of my friend, Hilde Domin! Bob's
coming! He must eat directly! „Men eat anything, the swines! Says your
grandmother Gammy“. Is it true? Do you like my chickens? Bob asked me
without introducing himself. Yes, Bob (rude) I love them! I'm
vegetarian. Do you want to clean the henhouse with me tomorrow? A,
you're always getting up so early at four o'clock! Bob, that's not a job
for me! He looked at me disdainfully! A Roman cissy! You need a
reeducation at once! Help, Bob's attacking me! I rather change the novel
immediately and move to the „Island“!
Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald biography interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends. His Interviews have been published on CD and DVD by Betty MacDonald Fan Club. If you are interested in the Betty MacDonald Biography or the Betty MacDonald Interviews send us a mail, please.
Several original Interviews with Betty MacDonald are available.
We are also organizing international Betty MacDonald Fan Club Events for example, Betty MacDonald Fan Club Eurovision Song Contest Meetings in Oslo and Düsseldorf, Royal Wedding Betty MacDonald Fan Club Event in Stockholm and Betty MacDonald Fan Club Fifa Worldcup Conferences in South Africa and Germany.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members are Monica Sone, author of Nisei Daughter and described as Kimi in Betty MacDonald's The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald's nephew, artist and writer Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald fans and beloved authors and artists Gwen Grant, Letizia Mancino, Perry Woodfin, Traci Tyne Hilton, Tatjana Geßler, music producer Bernd Kunze, musician Thomas Bödigheimer, translater Mary Holmes and Mr. Tigerli.
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