I'll never forget the day I first saw him. We were driving home from Golden and Kathy said "Why don't you go this way?" We headed down a street I had never been on and found ourselves driving by a little strip mall. Then Kathy says "Turn in here a minute." Now my spidey senses are on alert, and sure enough, we wind up parking in front of a pet store. Kathy had been out in Golden a couple of days before and had found Hootie sitting in a cage looking so lonely. When we walked in, there was a sad little puppy up high in his own cage, with a sign that had 2 different prices crossed out and the third was pretty low. He had been taken and then returned to the pet store. I knew right then that we were heading home with another dog, I had been suckered! I still wasn't quite over the loss of our Golden Retriever, but I never do seem to get over the loss of a pet. Kathy knows that I need a replacement though, and seeing as we always have dogs in pairs, our
Absolute truth.
ReplyDeleteMy buddy NORTON! and I were lucky in that we discovered Mr. S. back in high school (we were prolly the only ones, too!!) So we've had a longer period of time to enjoy him and his acting than our peers, thereby making us better peoples.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you can't find something funny in the dark to laugh about, turn on a light! -- Dale
ReplyDeleteRed definitely had it right. He must have really walked the walk too because, in this day of tell-all books and tearing down icons, I have never heard a bad word about him.
ReplyDeleteA-freakin-men!
ReplyDeleteI laugh at Red Skelton's clown art. Does that make me a bad person?
ReplyDeleteClem Kadiddlehopper. Enough said.
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In 1981, my parents came down for Parents' Weekend at Eastern Illinois University. We went together to see Red Skelton, and had a really good time.
ReplyDeleteThe next day, we went to the Holiday Inn in town to have brunch and ran into Mr. Skelton-- we said hello and had a brief chat. He was gracious and friendly.
I wish they'd also come down a couple years later, when Tony Bennett performed. By then, though, they'd moved to California.
And I know what you're thinking, smartass. They did leave a forwarding address.