Have I shown you this? It’s an idea I was fooling around with back at the turn of the century. You know, you used to hear that phrase used a lot before the century actually turned but not so much since. I guess all that century turning could get confusing. What was I talking about? Oh, yeah… this was going to be a fanciful strip about these kids who lived in the low country, sort of like son Gene’s family now. I dug this particular one out of some old stuff a few days ago, and it’s been lying around on my desk since. So, I thought I’d show it to you. The boys’ names are Skeeter and Nat. Get it? Skeeter and Nat!! Ha Ha! There are several more of these prototypical strips around somewhere, and if I find them, I’ll show them to you, too.
Saturday in the studio
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194 responses to “Saturday in the studio”
Lynyrd Skynrd is a favorite of course and I think of them as rock. I too love blue grass but didn’t mention, I am particular to mandolin and dulcimer but a lot of sailing guys seem to play ukes as well. We have a big blue grass festival not far from me each year but they hold it in heat of summer and I can’t do the sun and heat.
My rock mason is a professional mandolin player with a specialty in gospel blue grass.
I always said that I would learn to play the banjo when I retired. I shouldn’t have put it off. Now I wouldn’t be able to put my fingers around the neck. Hmmm. Has anyone ever heard of some sort of adapted instrument that might work? Urban Myer is the second most unpopular college coach in Florida, but Ohio State did a great job.
Does anyone except me remember Jerry Van Dyke (little brother of Dick) esd s banjo player? He used to play clubs when I was young, both as a comedy act and as a banjoist. He was really quite good on the banjo and I enjoyed going to his shows. He played small dinner show venues and not big stage shows. He also played banjo sometimes on “Coach” when he was on that show.
Good decision, Jackie, on WW. I don’t think you’ll regret it. And I think you are the type person who will do well with the program as it currently exists.
As someone once said, “I like both kinds of music…Country AND Western.” Actually, I like pretty much all of them, with a couple of notable exceptions.
My notable exception is hip hop and rapping. I like Hispanic and Tejano, all forms of instrumentals, opera, symphony, jazz, folk, blue grass, rockabilly, rock, on and on but I just remembered I am not much of a heavy metal fan although I can tolerate some of it. And elevator music or muzak. I don’t like that either.
But I can tolerate Barry Manilow and Wayne Newton, with whom I once shared a table. And yes, he is as ghostly white as he appears on stage and his hair is as black, dyed I am sure.
I couldn’t help thinking he belonged on the Muensters but never saw him there. Or a duet with Elvira, who I have also seen in person. Mike was a fan.
Love, Jackie
Yes, Jackie, I do remember Jerry Van Dyke. Among other roles, he had a nice, but small part in the movie McLintock! where he was a young man just back from Purdue.
Good morning Villagers….
Guess who showed up yesterday afternoon? BIL’s daughter. And the guys were out grocery shopping when we got home. I was on the phone when I heard this “timid” knock on the door, saw it was ‘her’, opened the door, took the mail from her hands, told ‘her’ they weren’t here, and to go away….then I shut the door in her face. She left.
Indy Mindy…..I see it’s a minus 5 up in your neck of the woods…here’s it’s a balmy 24 degrees.
gotta go…..
Stand your ground, Jerry.
Oh, and let’s not forget Steve Martin who also is an excellent banjo player. I enjoyed the show “Coach”
ya’ll have a blessed day
today’s ‘awww’ for yesterday
https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8421372928/h662B9CAF/
I ‘discovered’ this comic over on BC, drawn by the same guys…this is funny 🙂
http://www.gocomics.com/dogsofckennel?utm_source=gocomics&utm_medium=ymal&utm_campaign=ymal_dogsofckennel
Mark:
Seems to be a mix of 2 different legends [Buddhist and Crusades] plus a quarrel over spelling. Not worth pursuing. Some Villagers might like his more blatantly erotic works, advertised in the margins of
http://www.john-collier.org/The-Garden-Of-Armida.html
Collier seems to be a competent portrayer of real subjects, but not as skilled as other Pre-Raphaelites.
Peace, emb
emb, I think Ghost might be interested in them, don’t you?
JJ, clearly you have been peering over our shoulders. Today’s toon is spot on Loon and I.
emb, thanks for the link. 😉
Debbe, bravo for the way you handled her! I like “Dogs.of C Kennel”, too. And I just want to weigh in on on also missing “Pogo”.
Handmaidens. That’s what I need. Handmaidens.
I once bumped into Jerry Van Dyke getting off of an elevator in a Memphis hotel. Literally.
Yes, Ghost Sweetie, “ghost trees”. Bare, gray, and hiding in the clouds.
My sister was on Nutrisystem for a while. She was shipped the basics, but still had to buy fruits and veggies and such. She finally dumped that and joined Weight Watchers and did much better.
Which is what I plan to do as well, although I never sent the Nutrisystem people any money. I was once on same exact liquid diet that Oprah lost all her initial weight on with just as dramatic results. It was started by one of my doctors in Houston and for the life of me, I cannot remember the name of the stuff! You drank nothing but the shakes and they had a rather ghastly aroma of the fish scales that was one of their chief ingredients. I think they may still be around as an over the counter diet program but in those days you had to be under a medical doctor’s supervision, have weekly check ins, blood work done, very intense program.
Well, yeah, it was going to work especially if you walked two miles a day which you were supposed to! Needless to say my results were just like Oprah’s, I looked fabulous for awhile and then noshed my way back to gaining weight!
Having my wake up Diet Coke and watching birds outside my window. Either they are bigger or fluffed up feathers trying to keep warm. Huge cardinal in wisteria vines.
Love, Jackie
Cabana boys. That’said what I need.
Grr. THAT’S what I need. Stupid auto-correct. And warmer weather.
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