tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444764900229834270.post6071778280666088252..comments2024-02-10T15:34:36.302-08:00Comments on Brilliant at Breakfast <br>Rebooted: Forward into the Past Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03865082576641051315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444764900229834270.post-12456957150755157982019-11-16T19:25:07.689-08:002019-11-16T19:25:07.689-08:00very, very coolvery, very coole.a.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06244666617774794918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444764900229834270.post-22526288381207708132019-10-23T17:02:02.138-07:002019-10-23T17:02:02.138-07:00Thank you for writing this so well. Thank you for writing this so well. rfcisnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18286927280428329874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444764900229834270.post-40960736857668916862019-10-23T15:50:01.654-07:002019-10-23T15:50:01.654-07:00Oh, you got me — and killed me — with the link to ...Oh, you got me — and killed me — with the link to Ernie Kovacs. It was 1954 when I discovered him. High school was on half time due to overcrowding. I went to school during the afternoon half, which left my mornings free for the 10 a.m. Ernie Kovacs show. I of course was a card-carrying member of EEFMS, the Early Eyeball Fraternal and Marching Society, and could even maintain their salute while singing their anthem. (There are probably six people still alive who remember what I'm talking about, but anyway.) I had completely forgotten about Percy Dovetonsil, but there he was, all over your link. And of course, nobody could forget the Nairobi Trio, windup mischief makers who had to fight according to the rules of mechanics. Or something.<br /><br />And then he died in one of his fast cards, and to make a living Edie Adams ended up blowing her talents playing the sexpot in a cheap cigar jingle: I'm today's new Muriel, only a dime/Why dontcha pick me up and smoke me sometime.<br /><br />I am too awash in nostalgia to say any more just now.<br /><br />Yours crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com