Hi Bob!
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Yesterday I opened the mailbox and was greeted with a large yellow package. These are always fun. I shredded the envelope and got stuffing all over the floor, but after that catastrophe was cleaned up, I slid out the new book by Bob Newhart, “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This! (and Other Things That Strike Me as Funny)”
Newhart is one of my idols. His arid sense of humor and timing have been the source of a tremendous deal of laughter in my family. I have an extensive video collection of all four of his television series “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Newhart,” “Bob,” and “George and Leo.” Although I have never had the chance to meet him, he has signed a few autographs for me through the mail (one is pictured at bottom). Read the rest of this entry »
After the excitement of birth had worn off, I had little else to do but begin growing, squirming, and waiting for the holidays. By the age of six weeks, I had enlarged to 10 lbs. 4 oz. and by the time I had hit three months, I had ballooned to 14 lbs. 12 oz. It must have been the Thanksgiving turkey.
I have recently been mulling my way through the first season of the original TV series The Adventures of Superman. While I have certainly been enjoying the show, I have come to the conclusion that this series was a piece of crap – at least by today’s standards. Yes, I know I am throwing rocks at an all-time classic and I agree that although it is campy, it is campiness at its finest, but I have to call them as I see them.