The title looks like a Puerto Ricon rap artist! Frozen Jose. Nah! It's my garden jose, uh hose. Daughter number II, Jen, had her friends over for a bon fire. There were wood stools placed around the fire to sit on. These were just sections cut out of a thick tree. What no one mentioned is that some of them had a hole through the center, which could have been inhabited. If they became warm enough, the resident may have come up for a look-see. Spose I would have heard if they did. My water hose was unreeled out to the bon fire site in case the fire got out of hand and to use in putting out the fire, but since it was 25 degrees, it froze - Ice Snake.
I thought this was interesting! It's an excerpt from the "Wilbur Post" post. You may remember the character, Wilbur Post, played by Alan Young, on the hit tv show "Mr. Ed". Of course Mr. Ed was played by a white horse named Lionel Hairymore. I think he stole it from lionel Barrymore who played Mr. Potter on "It's a Wonderful Life". I watched it last night. A wonderful 137 minutes uncut on VHS. If you see it on tv, they'll probably leave out a scene or two. Lionel Barrymore also played in "Captains Courageous" with Spencer Tracy, and Mickey Rooney. If this all sounds foreign to you, you really need to get out of the box and check out the old movies. Don't watch the remake with Robert Urich. It vacuums!
Mr. Ed actually writes the "Wilbur Post". What's the matter? You never hear of a writing horse? The premise of the show was that Wilbur had this horse that talked only in his presence. The horse had an attitude and was always getting Wilbur into trouble.
Anyway Lionel (Ed) answers FAQ
1. Is it true when you died you were buried standing up?
A. "Say brainless, don't they teach you anything?" (another line from It's a Wonderful Life). That's kind of like the quiz about where to bury the survivors. Surprize them! (You'd have to go back a few posts to understand some of these. You really should start from the beginning.
Duh! I'm writing this post, so I guess I'm still living. And to dispell another rumor, no one ever buried me up to my neck and then ran over me with a lawn mower. Also no one ever tied two horses' tails together and threw them over the clothes line just to watch them fight. Once someones grandfather tied a firecracker to a cat's tail and the cat ran into the barn and caught the barn on fire. But he didn't get a whipping because he could not tell a lie! There were just too many witnesses. Bytheway, a clothes line is not Christie Brinklys' name on the latest fashions at K-Mart. It's this wire you stretch from one pole to another, several yards apart, for the purpose of hanging clothes on after washing, so they could dry. Sometimes people would just lay their wet rags on a bush to dry, thus when the rags were stolen, they would say, "Now don't that take the rag right off of the bush". You should also see the movie "Lil Abner". It's in color so you'll like it. It's based on an old comic strip by Al Capp and the actors look just like the comic strip characters! It's a musical, but don't let that scare you, because the songs are hilarious! It stars Peter Palmer and Leslie Parish. Picture Leslie Parish with chocolate syrup all over her. Oh no, that's Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock s' "Pshcho", which I don't recommend unless you are living in Camelot and need to be jarred back to reality. I still think the pendulum swings too far. So you must see Camelot. That's a place where I could definitely live! I want all of you to get netflix and order these movies! If you don't like these movies, then you are a McDonalds chicken sandwich - you have no taste. Yeah, squeeze the lump of coal until it becomes a diamond. Someone stop me!.
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2. Is it true that Alan Young had to literally feed you your lines? That is, too tickle your muzzle with straw to make your lips move.
A. The opposite would be more accurate. Alan was more suitable for Vitalis commercials. He couldn't pretend to be happy if he won the lottery! Sometimes we put peanut butter on his lips so he's lick them and we'd just dub in the words.
3. What other roles have you played?
A. When I was a pony, I played Roy Rogers horse, Trigger. Roy was great too work under! They also had Buttermilk on that show. She was some fine Phillie! And the dog Bullet, same name as the dog in the Snuffy Smith comics, whom the editor's dog, Rusty Bullet is named after.
4. Have you ever turned down any roles?
A Yeah, the horse of the drunken gunslinger, Kid Shaleen, in "Cat Ballou". That drunken horse won an academy award! You should see this movie also starring Lee Marvin, Dwayne Hickman ( Dobie Gillis) and Jane Fonda. Picture Jane Fonda with chocolate syrup - oh, that's Janet Leigh.
I also refused the role of the horses head in Godfather. that one gave me nightmares. A little horse humor. Night mares for a horse is like a treat! Skip it!
5. I heard you were difficult on the set. Is this true and why?
A. I felt I was due certain concessions in light of my star power. I did insist on my own private trailer. Most of the actors were willing to grant me that. I stipulate that the camera be on my right side 90 % of the time. I insisted that if there were to be any tail shots, that my tail would be down to cover up my credentials. Afterall, this was meant to include younger audiences.
6. I heard your salary back then was in the four figures. Is that true?
A Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp stomp! Does that answer your question?
I hope you found that enlightening. Butheway, Roy Rogers was buried standing up! Hope y'all don't have night mares!
It's the night before the night before Christmas and I can remember the anxiousness as a child, the wonder and excitement of knowing, thinking that Santa would come thru my front door (our chimneys were closed off) and leave me a load of presents! It's warms my heart to know that many thousands of kids are going thru that right now. I wish them all a Merry Christmas and you too!
Here's a partial quote from an old classic, The Night Before Christmas" as quoted by Tommy Smothers:
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up!
Here's to memories. good night-sleep tight - Merry Christmas!
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