How thrilled I am ...

Sure, sure, at my age anything would thrill me, right? WRONG! It has to be something very special ... and it was!

The other evening on the KELLY CLARKSON television show, her first guest was BARRY ALAN PINCUS! WHAT? You don't know who that is? How about if I say BARRY MANILOW? AHA! Now you know.

Is there any better entertainer? Not if you ask me. "Mandy," "I write the songs," "Can't smile without you," "Copacabana," to name but a few of his fabulous hits. What a thrill to see him!

Also born in Brooklyn like me, Barry was brought up Jewish like his mom. His maternal gr...