Stan the Man Lee!

Last Saturday, my best pal Bob Lyman and I, went on our annual pilgrimage to the Motor City Comic Convention. This year's guest of honor, was Stan Lee. The head of the Marvel Universe.

We got to meet Stan, get an autograph and have our picture taken. As Stan would say; "Excelsior"!

"Stan, is "the man"!

Weather woes!

Wow! The weather has really been playing havoc for Gardner's. Last week, I took Toni to the local Greenhouse to buy flowers for our yard. (The week before had between in the 70's and 80's). So naturally, no sooner do we get home and start to hang our baskets, plant our flowers, then the temperature drops below freezing. Current situation with the flowers...let's just say, it ain't pretty! Thank goodness we didn't buy more then we did. So our losses won't be too bad.

Old TV Shows Part II

There was an old '70's cartoon called "The Wacky Races" by Hanna-Barbera, that featured several race car drivers including Dick Dastardly & Muttley!

Here is an Italian ad that knows a great cartoon when they see one. It's very funny. Lets watch!

Old TV Shows

Once upon a time, I realized a lot of my favorite TV shows used a laugh track, to convince the viewer that the show was funnier. (Laughter is contagious!) That reality, spoiled a lot of the fun for me.

Only, it isn't true. Not always. A bunch of the old TV shows were in fact filmed before a live TV audience, and later...might have a sound bite or two added to punctuate a scene. The result was, you'd often hear the same laugh bite or giggle on various shows.

Here's a show that I never knew was filmed before a live audience.