Flip Wilson – They're Just Words

Posted on December 2, 2017January 25, 2018 by Patrick

Your Basic Hollywood Square

“Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she sees, then teams with three strangers to kill again.”
The plot of The Wizard of Oz, as listed in the TV Times

I’m not big on Hollywood. The last movie I saw in the theater was Old Yeller. I ate Raisinets and Jujubes (when they tasted like medicine, not fruit). I’m not typically starstruck. I don’t follow movie types or actors, either literally or virtually. I only really watch sports on the TV, but like most Americans, I have 319 other cable stations, just in case.

Posted on November 24, 2017November 16, 2017 by Patrick

Tell Me A Joke, Let’s Have A Smoke

Cigar Salutations From The Old Glory Society*

There was a time when the funniest guy in the room was a short Jewish guy holding a cigar. It’s possible that cigars make you funnier. Or maybe cigar smokers are just lazy and instead of getting a real job they first try to make a buck by telling jokes. When’s the last time someone came up to you and asked (someone other than your five-year-old), “Hey, wanna hear a good joke?” Shit, I get it, if someone offers to tell you a good joke in 2017 you figure he’s gonna drop his pants or something. Still, life would be simpler, more enjoyable if we told more jokes and smoked more cigars.