The Saturday Picture Show, July 15, 2023

 

This was an very popular radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. It was sort of a forerunner to "Seinfeld," in that it was a show about nothing. McGee was a fulltime bloviator, and his long-suffering wife Molly knew what a bullshipper he was, but she went along with his nutty schemes and dreams. Every 30-minute show had a performance by a big band and a vocal harmony song by The Kings Men, and all that nothingness helped America get through one depression and one world war. Today, of course, McGee would run for president.

The Datsun Auto Hammock was a great idea, and it must have been ahead of its time. Or way behind it, who knows?

Here's what Calvin & Hobbes had to say on the 4th of July, 1986. I agree.

Uh, I think I'll just wait for the elevator....

The people who make Dr Pepper must have had a lot left over, so they called the bean factory down the street and said, "Hey, got an idea..." It says here, if you want your beans to taste like Dr Pepper, open a can and pour some in, and let Uncle Nuttsy finish it. He loves the stuff.

Test your sense memory! Look at this picture and tell me you can smell the freshly mown grass.

Somehow I get the feeling that the chow is really good here, and the service is impeccable and friendly. I might be wrong, but a lot of the time a fancy, shiny veneer hides a multitude of messes.

Who's for buckwheat pancakes this morning? Just me, huh? Oh well, I love 'em.

Same as I enjoy seeing dilapidated cars in junkyards and speculating on their happier days of yore, it's hard to look at what once must have been quite the magnificent mansion, now reduced to tatters and rotten rust.

Let's assume this is a typo on the part of the bridge repair crew. One again, fellas: Spell Check is not your friend. Let's hope the wedding went off in spectacular fashion.