Monthly Archives: December 2024

Introducing Tobacco to Civilization

A Bob Newhart classic!
The late, great Mr. Newhart was the king of the one
sided conservation.
His shtick was to pretend to hold a conversation with
someone on the telephone, the audience hearing only
one part of the dialogue.
Bob was very good at it, he left the other side of the
phone call to the imagination of the listener.
It worked like a charm for most of his skits, and it
put him into the Best Comedy Album of the Year
running on more than one occasion.
This is a great one, the premise is humorous and he
makes Nutty Wally look like a real potato head…

Hotblack Lives, But He’s Taking a Year Off!

Hotblack Desiato is an integral part of this scene, Ford Prefect is
doing all the talking though.
A wonderfully intricate back and forth that makes me want to
see the whole series again.
This is from the original BBC television series that aired back in the
early 1980’s, a true masterpiece by the late, great Douglas Adams.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the beginning of the story line.
This series was six half hour episodes, with British acting as good
as you’ll ever see, a true classic.
I did like the movie that hit the theaters a bit later but this is the
better of the two, even though the special effects are on par
with Doctor Who, the acting really makes it what it is.
David Prowse, Darth Vader much later on in his career, plays
Hotblack’s body guard…