Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for September 11, 2018

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richard's poor almanac by richard thompson signals of a misspent as capital of the free world, d.c. has a great, if vanished, tradition of local children's show hosts. how many do you recall? hint - one is made up. captain tug - jolly yet hemingway-esque. the place for "three stooges" reruns. ranger hal - good production values. co-starred oswald, an oafish rabbit puppet. sir grave ghastly - relatively dignified. universal horror classics in heavy rotation. captain 20 - "mr. spock" manque. said "live long & win lots of prizes." count gore devol - captain 20's nightjob. punning name too subtle for many viewers. uncle sid the bureaucrat - low-key. had a talking stapler named "mr. collate." bonus question - what legendary obscenity was uttered by a child guest on the old, live, bozo show? how did bozo respond? what did the child call bozo?