More miscellany...

SO LONG, "BUD"
Was saddened to learn of the death of Calvert DeForest, aka Larry "Bud" Melman of David Letterman Show fame.  He was a funny little dude in the same way the late Jackie Wright was on "The Benny Hill Show"—he was the little bald man Benny was constantly slapping on the head—just by way of his mannerisms and facial expressions, not to mention that goofy voice of his!  "Bud" died Monday at the age of 85 in New York.  Rest in peace, "Bud"...

OH, THE PAIN…
Had a real bad headache early yesterday afternoon at work that seemed to coincide with Dubya’s visit to Kansas City to waste good taxpayer money on his security escort just to make a speech that no one believes anyway to a bunch of auto workers who will probably be laid off next week.  Headache went away as soon as he left town.  I seem to remember that Daphne on "Frasier" had a similar affliction every time Lillith came to Seattle…

"SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS…
…makes me sunburned…Sunshine in my eyes can make me blind…"  That’s my #2 all-time John Denver parody.  I think it was Arte Johnson on some variety show (Sonny & Cher, maybe?) back in the mid-‘70s.

Here’s my # 1 all-time John Denver parody, courtesy of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.  Just scan down to the one at the bottom of the page. Not quite as funny since he actually died, though…

And here’s my #3 below:   Don't mean to pick on JD—just having a little fun here.  I’ve actually learned a new respect for his music over the years, even though I do admit to ripping on him pretty good back in the day—it was very uncool to be a John Denver fan when I was in Jr. High in the late ‘70s!  Songs like "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Rocky Mountain High" certainly hold up well after 30 some-odd years, and I think the very underrated "Calypso" was John’s finest hour. I can honestly say that yodeling never sounded better to me than it does on that record, and it’s a really beautiful song. Ol’ Jacques Gusto was surely humbled by it, too.

CLASSIC MISHEARD LYRIC #19
"(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction"—ROLLING STONES (1965) "I’m watching my TV, and a man comes on and tells me how white my shirts could be…"  Dopey me—I actually thought Mick was referring to some bigoted TV preacher making some sort of racial commentary, "how white my church could be."  After all, that song did come out during the heart of the Civil Rights Movement.

FUNNY STORY
Was reminded today of a humorous incident about ten years ago when I worked in the x-ray film library at St. Luke’s Hospital.  I was standing in the file room one day near the "J’s", when one of the resident docs. (a male) comes up beside me and says, "Excuse me, I just need to squeeze in here and grab one of these Johnsons."  To which I replied, "Fine, so long as you don’t grab mine…"