July 7, 2013
Loon: I have the great honor to welcome for the 3 question interview today the ghost of Robert E. Lee. General, welcome and may I ask if it was uncomfortable walking around with a sword clattering on your leg all the time? Lee’s ghost: Sometimes it proved to be an annoyance. Loon: I thought so. […]
June 30, 2013
Loon: With the 4th of July looming, The Lords of the 4th Dimension have seen fit to provide us with one George M. Cohan for the 3 question interview. I don’t know why. Mr. Cohan, do you know anything about skiffs? Cohan’s ghost: Not a blessed thing, bucko. Loon: Too bad. I’m thinking of getting […]
June 27, 2013
In this picture, Ben is: a. receiving instructions from the mother ship. b. undergoing an experimental lobotomy. c. having lots of different kinds of drugs injected directly into his head. d. trying to impress a girl. e. wondering why he went into show business.
June 26, 2013
1. HANNIBAL LECTER’S COMPENDIUM OF VISCERA 2. BEAUTY TIPS FROM RUDYARD KIPLING 3. THE COMPLETE HENRY KISSINGER SONGBOOK 4. KICKED BY A MOON DINOSAUR: A MEMOIR OF YOUTH BY CALVIN COOLIDGE 5. WOOD SPLINTER REVIEW
June 21, 2013
His giraffe farm was famous from Santa Monica to Hermosa Beach, but no further.
June 19, 2013
Each morning, after I reaffirm my existence, I prepare and consume a light breakfast. This activity is followed by a brief stroll to the hammock in the yard. There I render myself recumbent for not more than ten minutes. The ten minutes having elapsed, I venture forth into the outer world, where I sidle as […]
June 17, 2013
This is NOT what it looks like up here today. I repeat. This is NOT what it looks like up here today. You may safely return to your homes or cardboard boxes under bridges, if that happens to be where you live. Up here today, this is NOT it. Keep your antennae aimed at Jupiter […]
June 13, 2013
Spyri, who wrote the children’s classic, ‘Heidi’, dealt with writer’s block by: a. charging up the Matterhorn barefoot. b. tossing heavy boulders into a ravine. c. flinging herself about while crying, ‘Why? Why? Why?’ d. marching around the town square counting backwards from 10,000. e. enjoying a cup of tea with just a drop of […]
June 6, 2013
Now that we know about his mom, let’s take the Jean Renoir kwiz. Jean Renoir and Edith Piaf: a. never dated seriously. b. were the mixed doubles ping pong champions of France in 1938. c. co-wrote a script, The Little Blind Legless Cat, which was thankfully never produced. d. exchanged friendship lamps. e. cheated at […]
May 31, 2013
Often appearing on the same vaudeville bill with Houdini was Weevil the Giant Insect. Little did the public know that Weevil and Houdini were one and the same. Weevil the Giant Insect’s act consisted of ballroom dancing with a lady selected from the audience, scuttling to a ragtime piano, and scurrying up the backdrop to […]
