Sep
15
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.” – Johnny Carson The late Johnny Carson would be shocked to learn that the traditional frozen TV dinners he once joked about are not popular anymore. Instead, the American public seems to prefer the trendy “bistro gourmet entrees” …
Jan
27
I am thinking a lot about Spring and garage sales right now, almost feverishly in fact. One thing on my mind is that it is very possible that the junk we sell in garage sales is just like a holiday fruitcake. Seriously. Johnny Carson is credited with saying there is only one fruitcake in the …
Oct
21
An old Spanish proverb warns–do not speak unless you can improve upon the silence. I only know one person who can—Bob Newhart. Newhart is best known to most of us as the deadpan comedian of the 60’s who knew exactly when to pause in his delivery. His punch lines and his pauses were pure perfection. …
