The Saturday Picture Show, October 24, 2026

 

I have owned my share of long johns but we always had a dryer. The thought of putting my karkus in frozen long underwear makes me want a blanket.

Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein was a popular radio and nightclub entertainer who regaled audiences with his witty stories. His greatest gift was that he gave the world a son named Albert Einstein. Not the brainiac, the comedian who changed his name to Albert Brooks!

These two men are running for the same seat in the Missouri House of Delegates. Experts are predicting that the count will be a close shave in the end. By the way, isn't it nice that the English language is so specific as to give us the word "mustached" for a man with a mustache and also "mustachioed" a man with an elaborate Missouri mustache?

Been doing a bit of driving around town this week, and people are really going all-out with the Halloween decorations. Always a good sign!

Well, it's the big day for Tommy the Tortoise, Jr. He is about to embark on the ocean of life, and he knows it's going to be cold out there, so he wore his turtleneck.

I suppose it gets hot in Tucumcari, New MEXICO, but I have never seen air conditioning referred to as "100% refrigerated air." Whatever it takes to get you a good night's sleep!

This is the fall view from Washington State and it is lovely!

Banjo pickers keep getting the chance to be the butt of many jokes. I can stand them, but I would outlaw the pan flute, so it's a choice, ain't it?

What the devil has gotten into poor old Poochie?

Legislation passed in the New York City Council the other night which will, if signed by their great mayor, outlaw the 17th-Century practice of having horse-drawn carriages on the city streets competing with cars and bikes and e-cars and e-bikes and I don't know what-all else. There has been support for ending this practice over the years. This summer, a young man was killed when the horse pulling his carriage ran off wild. Yes, it's romantic and reminiscent of the Golden Era, but so is smoking cigarettes, and both are bad for you.