July 29, 2007
Screaming Thinking Memes
I got my sorry ass tagged again, so:
"I'm thinking it over!"
Which, of course, is a punchline in search of the joke. Drop the setup in the comments, if you're of a mind to.
Anyway, the lovely Army of Mom tagged me. Seems the poor deluded girl thinks this is some kind of "thinking blog". Well, obviously she's referring to Emily and Dave. Then again, I did do some thinking, such as it is, for that last post. So I'll take what I can get.
I guess this means I'm supposed to tag some other blogs that I consider "Thinking Blogs", i.e., blogs that involve thinking and/or making me think. Actually, it becomes difficult to pare down the list of blogs that do these things. But I shall try….
Not Exactly Rocket Science: CTG is a professor of something (never quite figured out exactly what her field is, but it seems to be scientific). Always a good read, with the light material of quizzes and word associations mixed in.
Ricki's Rants and Rambles: Long time commenter here, the dear Ricki is also a professor of something (in the humanities field, I think, but again I'm not exactly sure). Her slapdowns of lazy students are spectacular, as are her rants on bureaucratic nonsense.
A Boy Named Sous: Our buddy Brian has been tres busy lately with work and school, but he manages to throw out some great Musical Geography Questions periodically, and his sparring on illegal immigration with some opposing folk are outstanding.
The Bitch Girls: Bitter carries the bulk of the load, and I do miss Spooky and the other bitches, but Bitchy Mom pitches in with her own pithy observations and comments. Lots of cool gun stuff, plus politics and slapping down of the Nanny State. Which reminds me, I don't do nearly enough gun blogging.
And as my fifth victim, I shall choose…
The lovely, brilliant, and knocked up* Tree Hugging Sister: Insightful commentary, delicious cheesecake, and beating up on younger brothers. Who could ask for more? UPDATE: And just in case it's not obvious, the "thinking" stuff includes the lovely, brilliant, and knocked up Mr. Bingley, who is also invited to participate.
*Don't want to make that mistake twice. As my mom used to say, it's always fun until the Marine chick and her Marine husband beat the snot out of you.
Posted by Ken S at July 29, 2007 06:17 PM | TrackBack (0) |"Mister Benny, you've been found guilty. As for your sentence, you have a choice: 25 years in Pelican Bay State Prison, or one year on 'The View'. Which do you choose?"
Posted by: Julie at July 29, 2007 06:41 PMI'm guessing that you don't want the original joke, eh?
Well, then.....
"Mr. Benny, do you want to blog with Mr. Summers or Mr. Bingley?"
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 29, 2007 07:29 PMNah, the original is the one I was looking for.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at July 29, 2007 08:27 PMThat would be
Burglar: "Your money or your life!"
I never listened to the radio show (I'm not that old!), but he repeated the gag on a couple of TV shows. IIRC, "I Love Lucy", and "The Jack Benny Show". My father was a absolutely dedicated fan of Mr. Benny, and missed a show only when he had to.
And, yes, I cracked up as well!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 29, 2007 10:59 PMWhy, thank you. Even though of late my blog has mostly been "my cable company sucks, waaaaah, I can't access the high-speed internet they allegedly gave me"
I will have to contemplate who I would list...
As for Mr. Benny, the city where I used to live had a radio station that sometimes played "vintage radio," including his shows. Always found them enjoyable. I was just thinking a couple weeks ago that next February I hit the "Jack Benny Birthday" beyond which he never admitted to having gone. And I was thinking, "If it was good enough for him..."
Posted by: ricki at July 30, 2007 05:33 AMOh, and I'm actually a biologist, but I'm going to take it as a compliment to my polymathness (polymathtarity?) that you thought I was in the humanities.
Posted by: ricki at July 30, 2007 05:35 AM...but he repeated the gag on a couple of TV shows. IIRC, "I Love Lucy"...
It was one of those "Lucy Show" incarnations with Mr. Mooney, not I Love Lucy. That's the one where she's showing him the new vault for his money, with the quicksand and the alligators.
I love it when things which were formerly a mystery to me become clear. In the '60s or '70s there was a forest fire PSA which began "In the time it takes to grow a tree, you can grow a country." It panned down a tree while playing snippets from American history (many of which, of course, were re-created).
I'm pretty sure that one of the actual recordings was "[Unintelligible] was born ignorant, and he's been losing ground ever since." I never knew who was being talked about there, but according to JeffS's link, it was Fred Allen, talking about Benny.
Posted by: Angie Schultz at July 30, 2007 05:45 AMOh yeah, the Allen-Benny "feud" was great.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at July 30, 2007 05:48 AMKen: Done, and done.
Posted by: ricki at July 30, 2007 06:33 AMThanks for the correction, Angie. I was certain Lucille Ball was in on the gag, I just mis-remembered which show.
Indeed, Lucille Ball had a running sitcom of some sort for years. Easy to mix episodes up, especially when I haven't been a serious TV watcher for a long time.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 30, 2007 10:44 AMShe was on continuously, or almost so, from the start of "I Love Lucy" in 1951 through "Here's Lucy" which ended about '73 or so. There may have been a break between the last incarnation of "I Love Lucy" (called "Lucy/Desi Hour" or similar) and "The Lucy Show", but I know there was no break between "Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy".
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at July 30, 2007 11:45 AMOh, and it should be said that Debra Messing does a great Lucy.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at July 30, 2007 11:46 AM"Luuuuuuuuuucy! You gots some 'splainin' to do!"
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 30, 2007 02:27 PM