October 11, 2005
A MOMENT OF SILENCE
Sig Frohlich, the last surviving flying monkey, has died. Damn. What was more fearsome to a 4 year old? The Wicked Witch's soldiers, or those flying monkeys?
Apparently Sig got an extra $5 on top of his $25 pay because he was the monkey that swooped down and scooped up Toto. That has to be impressive on a resume.
Ah, well, I still have Meinhardt Rabbe living down the road at the Penny Farms retirement home. The Munchkin Coroner. Not far from Slim Whitman, actually. Mebbe I go visit the Coroner this weekend.
Dude, we have *got* to get him to the next fest.
Posted by: zonker at October 11, 2005 7:58 PMHubby sold him an insurance policy about 10 years ago. He'd call at our home to speak to his agent, and I'd say, "Yes ma'am, just one minute." I swear, he sounded like a woman on the phone. But he was a very nice man not to correct me, he let hubby do that.
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at October 11, 2005 8:04 PMDamn. Well, we could kidnap a bunch of cuban kids and dress'em up like munchkins, get us a transvestite to sing like Judy, and Janet Reno can be the WWOTW. That's a blogmeet. And a party. And a warrant for my arrest, if I play my cards right.
Posted by: og at October 11, 2005 8:32 PMThat would not be a Blog-Meet.
That would be a Cluster-Fuck.
Fun, though. Sign me up.
Posted by: Elisson at October 11, 2005 11:02 PMDamn! I thought I was the only person on earth who knew about Slim Whitman. Iiiii remember youoooooohhh!!! Sorry fer gettin carried away and showin my age.
Posted by: Bullseye at October 12, 2005 8:44 PMThis reminds me of one of my favorite stories. My husband when he was small was picked on by a bully at school who liked to call him "Monkeybird", and it really ticked hubby off. Fast forward about 20 years, hubby sees bully three sheets to the wind in a bar. Hubby is now much bigger than bully. He leans down and whispers in bully's ear (in that very deep [sexy] voice of his): "Muuuunkybird's here." Bully turns white. Hubby goes into another room and returns 5 minutes later to find bully long gone.
Posted by: Jane at October 13, 2005 1:05 PMHarold Ickes and Lanny Davis are still alive.
Posted by: Steve H. at October 15, 2005 12:19 PM