The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for June 13, 2012

The only thing bigger is Burl’s mouth!!

I didn’t know they made them that big, either.Nice to see you back in the #1 spot, Leaky.

And lets not forget Midnight the cat!!

For Mikie:

Welcome back, Leaky.Burl’s mouth is the only thing on him that can be considered “big.”And Ma may makes noises. Who knew? As my granny used to say when accused of farting, “Of course I did, you don’t think I smell like this all the time, do you?”

My poor Froggy got too old, and the rubber started cracking.

An Omar the Tent Maker, tailor to Beau Guess, reject.

those are the spandex version of guess jeans

Oh…. Leaky…. and I thought I was bad….. LOL

Mikie… do you remember…?Just about a month ago, right here in the Dinette Set forum, we talked about kid’s programs ….and we found out Leaky was a child star….cos he was on Romper Room.

And I said I appeared once in the audience of a local version of the Buster Brown Show.At least, I don’t think it could have been the national show… unless that was broadcast from Cleveland.

I posted a picture of Buster, whom I had always thought, till the day I met him, was a horribly scary looking girl.

Good Morning, fellow Crustwoodians.Don’t stand downwind of Ma….advice to live by.

Whatever DID happen to Baby Burl?No worries…. he shows up whenever he needs mothering from Mama Joy.Like when hissum got a widdew sniffle.But was he ever an actual baby?Did some poor woman have to… well, feed that thing?Where is she?Did he have a father, too, like a regular person?

We never see any evidence of a family for him….probably drove him 500 miles to Illinois, randomly dropped him off at Crustwood high school….and never looked back.

Pacopuddy… You posted while I was typing, I guess.I confess, it was me…Sorry to have shared my childhood nightmare.Check for a Buster Brown survivor support group in your area.

Neither did I. My eyes . . .

I was in Italy in the early 80’s and the big brand was Jesus jeans. They knew that name wouldn’t survive in the U.S. and were rebranded Guess.

I didn’t know guess was still making jeans. I haven’t heard about them in a long time.

No Ma, it’s not the jeans that make your butt look HUGE.

In my stand-up routine I had a joke:

My wife asked me if those jeans make her butt look big?I said, "no…it’s mashed potatoes that make your butt look big!

After a few times she asked me to cut it out of my routine.

woman: “Honey, do these spandex slax make me look fat?”man: “No, dear. Your fat makes you look fat.”boom.

The “Crustwood Heights Country Club” group seems happy to crush MA with nasty comments…..Better to be happy to see her taking pride in looking smart and enjoying her life…. Go MA…. ! ! !

Too funny- one of the news folks on AM news was talking about that show and the Magic Twanger. I was in HS when my parents got our first TV, so my first shows were “Your Hit Parade” and “Pope Family Cooking Show”. Strange how Julie is relating the old Betty Davis movie to Burl. That was a good one tho’

The last of our 3 hawks finally flew today and I was lucky to have paused in my pizza making enough to catch it. She took off from the opposite side of her 2 elder brothers and directly towards the trees because she had carefully planned her trip. She had the graceful style of her mom, Big Red. We were all a little sad looking at the empty nest tonight, but expect to see the young family together tomorrow as they begin to learn the life lessons of hunt and kill that will sustain them now that they can fly. We have seen no lessons yet for the brothers but now it should progress! http://youtu.be/spEbBPLA2XA