Subj : Re: Travel
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Mon May 06 2019 05:54:06

  Daryl wrote --

>   He took the term "frugal cheapskate" to the extreme. :P

  I loved how the writers were always try to make him as cheap as 
possible.
  I wonder if the Acme Plaza in NYC is still open?
  One time on Fred Allen's show when he was a guest and Allen went on 
and about his frugality.  Finally he erupted saying "The writers on 
MY show don't make me that cheap!"

>   And, it did. Sort of like the look on Groucho Marx's face, when 
he was about to "smart off" on "You Bet Your Life".

  Ah, that look, wiggling his cigar and leering when he was about to 
say something.  Classic.
  Comedy isn't like that today.  ==sigh==
  I'm a big fan of What's My Line and watch a couple of shows a week, 
on Sunday of course.
  Poor Bennett Cerf.  If he were alive today he wouldn't last two 
minutes on a stage.
  When a pretty girl was trying to stump them he would make some 
remark about her looks and if that helped her in whatever she work 
she did.

>   By the county sheriff, no doubt. Just show them your badge, and
> smile <G>. But, as you know, some small towns "roll up the 
sidewalks at dusk".

  I'm usually getting ready for bed by then.
  This time of of year its still light out when I turn in.
  Of course I'm up around 4.30 or 5.
  On my trip I will really be confused staying up to all hours of the 
night, as late as 9 or 10.
  I got used to getting early when working and still do it.  If I 
should lay in till 6 to me half the day is gone.

>   Thanks. Even with a calendar on my Android phone, and on the 
computer, if I don't cross check the dates, I'm sure to miss 
something.

  I'm old fashioned.  I print out a free calendar (on the back of 
junk mail) and use that for appointments, etc.  With a couple of 
flips of paper I can see the whole year.  Plus I don't have the worry 
of a crash or accidentally hitting "delete" and lose everything.
  Joe


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