DECEMBER 17
BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – RICHARD NIXON
Loon: Today I welcome the ghost of Richard Nixon to the hall leading to the storage closet and banquet room. I have compiled 3 important questions to ask the former Whittier resident and United States President. First, Mr. President, as a youngster did you see the movie ‘She’?
Nixon’s ghost: Certainly I saw the movie ‘She’, and even though it was teeming with Commies, you’ll be surprised to learn that I enjoyed it very much. I once ate a salad with Nigel Bruce.
Loon: Really?
Nixon’s ghost: Yes.
Loon: What kind of a salad was it?
Nixon’s ghost: A California salad, of course, with plenty of tomatoes, oranges, and black olives.
Loon: Thank you for your time, Mr. President.
A SENTENCE BY IAN SERRAILLIER
It all seems so stupid and senseless.
A sentence good for all times and all places from The Silver Sword (Escape From Warsaw in the USA)
JIMMY DURANTE KWIZ ANSWER
If you ever wanted to know more than you wanted to know about Queen Elizabeth I’s bevy of seamstresses, you only had to ask Jimmy and then sit back and listen for an hour or so.
THE JIMMY DURANTE KWIZ
Jimmy Durante was:
a. the Elephant Man’s brother.
b. responsible for a string of robberies on Long Island in 1914.
c. staff physician backstage at the Ziegfeld Follies.
d. a walking encyclopedia of Elizabethan English trivia.
e. ragtime’s answer to the question: Why?
THE STAINED ALBATROSS
dimly folds the random night
darkly on its hinges
nevermore will things be right
unless the mermaid cringes
oh, my friend the albatross
hiding in the grotto
fangs my soul and urges me
to drink until i’m blotto
dimly folds the random night
darkly on its hinges
nevermore will things be right
nevermore will things be right
STATEMENT
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. IT, IT, IT, IT, IT.
BANAL INTERVIEWS WITH CELEBRITY GHOSTS – TIMOTHY LEARY
Loon: They brought me some guy name of Timothy Leary. I have no idea who this guy was. So let’s see if I can find out in 3 questions. Mr. Leary, did you have something to do with the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, for instance?
Timothy Leary’s ghost: Wow.
Loon: Is that a yes or a no?
Timothy Leary’s ghost: It’s a harmonic wow.
Loon: And a harmonic wow is?
Timothy Leary’s ghost: The greatest.
Loon: Oh, I see. You can go away now.






