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It’s Friday night and I’m feeling extra goofy.  Also feeling pretty good about some more personal concerns too, and praying they’ll soon… well, I’m just praying.

Anyhoo, it seems that lately too many people are awful tense and bummed-out about stuff.  So here’s something that will make anybody laugh: a collection of Junior Samples‘ famous “BR-549” sketches from the classic country-comedy variety show Hee Haw!




Yup, that’s George Lindsey (aka Goober from The Andy Griffith Show) as the robber in the first skit. And longtime Hee Haw fans of the masculine persuasion will no doubt remember Barbi Benton with much fondness!

Junior Samples is perhaps the all-time king of country rube humor.  He got his showbiz start at age 40 with a comedy recording about catching a big bass (he also nearly got in trouble with the fish and wildlife agents).  From there he was invited to ...

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Musical parody pioneer “Weird Al” Yankovic is working right now on his next album.  And he’s not planning on making another.

Yankovic confirmed it with journalist John J. Moser of The Morning Call in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania…

There’s no question about it, parody singer “Weird Al” Yankovic says.

A world where virtually everyone has access to YouTube or other Internet video sites, and far more immediately than he does with physical CDs – and a world where music comes and goes with ephemeral popularity , his job has become far harder.

In fact, it’s so difficult that Yankovic, who plays Sands Bethlehem Event Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, says his next album is likely to be his last.

“I have one more album on my contract, and I’m looking forward to doing more digital distribution,” Yankovic says in a call last week from his Los Angeles home. “Cause

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A few weeks ago I came across a religious broadcasting station that runs episodes of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids on weekday afternoons.  I’d forgotten how awesome this show was!  My DVR has been set accordingly, so I can once again watch the wacky adventures of Fat Albert and his gang during the evenings or whenever.

From the show’s start, its creator/producer/narrator Bill Cosby intended for the series to teach and enlighten as much as it entertained (it eventually became the basis of Cosby’s doctorate in education).  As the show progressed, Cosby and his staff began to take on bolder issues, such as racism and guns (interestingly, that particular episode did not condemn firearms entirely, it just cautioned young people to be extremely careful with them).

So it was 1984 and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids was finally winding down after being on Saturday morning television for twelve ...

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Found this graphic yesterday morning and I can’t stop laughing at it!

Biblical Proof, Church of Christ, women, Bible, church, baking, cake, girls

“You read that Bible right woman!!  Now get yo butt to that kitchen and bake me that cake!!”

It’s from a site called Biblical Proof, a blog about “Speaking where the bible speaks, and silent where the bible is silent”.  And there are plenty more hilarious images like the one above on it!

If you think that pic is bad, check this one out.  I’ve a very good friend who is a devout Christian and also a home brewer.  He’s a shoe-in for Hell for sure, huh?

That site is obviously a product of the ultra-conservative fringe of the Churches of Christ.  They’re the ones who believe that unless you are baptized you are going to Hell, that unless you are baptized correctly you are going to Hell, that unless you are a member of the ...

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Awright, I got a secret to share: I’m a longtime fan of The Amos ‘N Andy Show from the early 1950s. This was a television series that in my opinion was way, way ahead of its time. The writing was sharp and witty and as clever as anything, and this show had an amazing cast. Especially Tim Moore as George “Kingfish” Stevens and Nick Stewart, who played Lightnin’.

So since its Saturday and a time to kick back and have some good laughs, let’s check in with the boys down at the meeting hall of The Mystic Knights of the Sea!  Here’s The Amos ‘N Andy Show episode “Kingfish Teaches Andy To Fly”…


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I’m writing this on Friday afternoon.  It was on Wednesday night that Kristen, Chad, Marissa and I saw “Weird Al” Yankovic and his band in concert as part of his Alpocalypse 2013 tour!  I’m still coming down from the high and I think everyone else is too (especially Marissa who was bouncing off the walls so hard during class at school yesterday that she reportedly had to be sedated with Valium).  And after seeing Al live for the seventh time I have to say: this was easily the best show I’ve seen him perform yet!  Weird Al and his band were positivalutely ablaze with energy and sheer fun.  They were electrified and enthused as I’ve never seen any performers in a live concert!  This is a man who obviously loves his work and that comes across very well.  I’ve also never seen an audience so “into it” as they ...

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Keep in mind that what you’re about to read is as of right now a pilot episode and maybe not even that much.  I thought it noteworthy that the CBS execs are describing this not as a pilot but as a “proof of concept”.  Meaning the idea is being explored but it may not go any further and I doubt it will.  But hey, stranger things have happened in Hollyweird…

Mayberry, The Andy Griffith Show, remake, reboot, April Fools :-)
MAYBERRY pilot episode title card.  Copyright CBS Television

Entertainment and celebrity gossip website TMZ.com is reporting this morning that CBS Television head honchos have sanctioned and produced a pilot for Mayberry: a modern-age remake of the network’s classic Sixties comedy The Andy Griffith Show.  Seems that when star Andy Griffith passed away last summer his last will and testament stipulated that CBS would enjoy uncontested rights to do with the show – along with spinoff Mayberry RFD – ...

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Found out some sad news yesterday: Frank Thornton, an amazing British actor who shone in every part he played but will forever be most remembered as the unflappable Captain Stephen Peacock on the BBC’s legendary comedy series Are You Being Served?, has passed away at the age of 92.

(Does this mean that Peacock is now spending an eternity listening to Mrs. Slocombe prattling on about her pussy…?)

I know that 92 is a good run but still: Thornton made millions laugh during the very long run of Are You Being Served? (along with its sequel series Grace & Favour) and he will be sorely missed.  Of the original cast, only Nicholas Smith – who played Mr. Rumbold – is still with us.

Frank Thornton leaves behind his wife of 67 years.  I found that to be pretty dang remarkable in this day and age.

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