Tim Conway's Mastery of Making People Laugh

 

Being born in 1950s, my generation were privileged to be in front of the TV, glued to the offerings at that time.

So many changes happened in those years.  Comedians became a big part of any variety TV shows like The Carole Burnett Show.   Tim Conway? Oh, my.  That man was gifted. 

What could he do? Tim Conway simply walked on the stage, with a slight limp.  That sends him off to something...and the audience goes wild.

    

                               The famous elephant story         

                                    The Koala story

 Falling down the stairs

 

Watch these if you have 2 - 4 minutes.   You'll see just how amazing Conway was.  Once he read the audience and his co-stars, he would take off on improvisation that went way off the boards.

        

I married a brilliant man, no common sense, but brilliant.

 

My husband John is a brilliant man, one of those rocket-scientist types.  We talk about asteroids and volcanoes.  He will watch a DVD on math and calculus for fun.

But, God love him, he has that selective memory many smart men have.  They know about physics and the elements table, but cannot remember where they left the car keys or how to set the sprinkler system.  

I had to go out, and during that time, John had to call an electrician. The man found the source of the problem, which was in my writing room.  To allow access to the outlets, John cleared away all sorts of folders, binders, and assorted works-in-process.

Consequently, I had been searching for stuff for days.  Most important among those items was the Christmas cantata music our choir was practicing.  

 Man.  I tore apart every possible spot, every logical location that he might have placed my music tote bag. 

Huzzah.  That which was lost has been found.  John put the tote bag in with all the other re-usable totes we keep, in a dark corner in the kitchen. 

His response when I found it?  “Really?!  In that corner?  That’s really funny!”

Funny?  Not funny.  However, John lives to teach another day. A + B, all the way. As a D + C person, I will try to choose something from my traits that can handle the A+B.

                                  

 

 Four quadrants of the brain

 

Guess which quadrants fit you?  Where do you think I would

find my comfort zone?

 

 

Fine Eatin'

Source + recipes

In the backwaters of Louisiana, the place to eat was at Kalper's Kitchen, where unique and delicious fare could be found. Food was prepared by the man, Kalper himself.  He was always the force blowing full bore around his kitchen, letting no one and nothing get in his way. No one ever knew his secret recipe for award winning shredded beef and smoked ribs.

Not an easy person to approach, his manic brilliance gave new definitions to Southern fried catfish and smoked ribs.  AND all who knew Kalper also understood to stay out of Kalper's kitchen during these hours of inspired creation.

After other sous chefs--Alvin, Sanders, and Simon--got fed up and left, a short new sous chef, Whittier, joined the staff. Whittier was missing some brain cells, and stumbled into the kitchen whereupon Kalper promptly skewered Whittier with his newest blade, a nine-inch Miyabi Birchwood.

A squelched scream gurgled. Hearing the thud,  Kalper's three brothers rushed in to grab Whittier by his sneakers, and drag him to the freezer. 

One muttered, “Damn! That’s the third one this month. Damn shame.""

They tossed Whittier onto the heap of Alvin, Sanders, and Simon. Soon they would finally be allowed in Kalver's Kitchen.


Wednesday Words was started by Delores, who closed her site.  Elephant's Child and at River along with other bloggers are providing pithy challenging words.These words were from 2015.

I took these words and using a dark humor hidden in my brain, put this into a new and unusual short story.

Great fun. 

                

Wednesday Words: Carol, Brad, and Skippy

Source: Villascostarica.com

This was a stupid idea.  Carol knew it then and now, especially in a horrible, frost-fear-filled moment.

Her normally brilliant husband Brad insisted that Carol try the zip line, that it was totally safe.  After all, his best friend Skippy worked for the hotel activities director and was an experienced zipper.

One…two…and go!  Skip gave a firm push and off she went.

It had been a mistake.  Carol’s life flashed before her eyes as the line broke and she fell.

Carol wondered if there were telegram services from the luxury hotel as the ground loomed closer.  I told you so! her parents would say when they read it.  They had never really liked Brad.

Extra note:
The bold underlined words are from Delores at Under the Porch Light, who somehow grabs words from the air and challenges participants to see what can be written with them.  Thank you, Delores, for opportunities to have fun with your interesting words!

Please click of the stream photo on the right sidebar to access other participants in this weekly Wednesday Words.

Joy of Words

Beginnings are quiet,

Bursting into flaming passion,

Brilliant blinding joy.

What was sweet, so sweet,

Slowly drifts to bitter
Regret

And

Reluctant endings.

Cheesecakes

Have

Short lives.

Go to this site if you love cheesecake!

Many thanks to Delores @ thefeatherednest
for this "Joy of Words" Prompt!