With the recent interview of Houdini’s ghost, it follows as paprika on chicken that there should be a Houdini kwiz. Other vaudeville aliases of Erich Weiss besides Harry Houdini were: a. Daffy Steptoe, the tap dancing violinist. b. Herman Spore, songs and mayhem. c. Dexter Bilge, the mountain man poet. d. Darius Slide and his […]
Tulips milled about outside the Hall waiting for the doors to open. They had long anticipated attending this particular concert. Featured on the same bill were Cactus Jack Frond, The Roots, and Daffy and the Dills. Scalpers were earning green lettuce leaf over stem. Dealers in illegal pollen had no dearth of clients. In short, […]
Loon: Any minute now I’m expecting the arrival of the ghost of a writer called George Eliot to undertake the 3 question interview. Ah, I see shimmering. (Ghost of George Eliot materializes.) Oh, there must be some mistake. I’m waiting for a George Eliot. Who is it that you were, ma’am? George Eliot’s ghost: George […]
3 sisters were all entered in the same beauty contest, the Miss Carbon Miranda Pageant. Jane, the eldest, pictured in the middle there, hated the youngest sister, Prim, she’s on the left, with a passion matched only by her other sister, Grace, on the right. Jane and Grace may be likened to Cinderella’s step-sisters, Cinderella […]
The triffid and the loon went out on the town They pulled out all stops and painted it brown The triffid had venison like Alfred Lord Tennyson The loon ate four chickens to honor Charles Dickens And when all was said and most of it done they concluded, by Jove, they’d had lots of fun
As her alter ego, Silver Flying Insect, Kate: a. tended bar in a Santa Monica dive. b. fought for truth, justice and Howard Hughes. c. confronted the IRS. d. outwitted Ginger Rogers. e. made Stan Laurel cry.
Loon: For today’s 3 question interview I’m told we are honored to have a very famous painter here, Solomon Dolly. Question 1: Mr. Dolly, when painting a room, is it best to do the trim first, then the walls, or the reverse of whatever I just said? Salvador Dali’s ghost: Fish. Loon: Fish? Salvador Dali’s […]
Loon: We are invigorated today to welcome the one and only Charlie Chaplin to the 3 question interview. Tell us, Mr. Chaplin, why were you famous? Chaplin’s ghost: I was a genius. Loon: Some geniuses aren’t so famous. There must have been something else. What was it? Chaplin’s ghost: My prodigious talent. Loon: What do […]
Triffid troops assemble for inspection wearing camouflage headgear. Beneath the earth, their venom-filled bodies stretch out a good ten feet below their attractive lavender and green heads. Venom spray spigots are neatly hidden in the yellow camouflage.
Loon: I’d like to welcome today’s ghost to the 3 question interview. Welcome, ghost. First question – When you ran for president against FDR, what was your favorite meal? Wilkie Collins’ ghost: I never had the honor to run for the office of president of your nation. By no calculation whatsoever was I deemed an […]
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