Sunday, March 23, 2014

Quips and Quotations


Those who are able to see beyond the shadow and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses.

--Plato

(So THAT'S why I'm not getting as many page views as I'd like!--KJ) 


 

Sunday, March 16, 2014

In Memoriam: David Brenner 1936-2014

Comedian.

"I'm supposed to end with a joke. But for the first time in my career, I'm not going to do that. I'm going to end by telling you that I learned tonight that if you can laugh, you can live. And that means we are going to get through this."

Brenner said the above to a half-empty room at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas on September 11, 2001. He got a standing ovation.




His comedic heyday, however, was the 1970s, as evidenced by the above picture.




A favorite of Johnny Carson, he appeared on The Tonight Show, both as guest and substitute host, over 150 times.



 



Did you ever notice David Brenner says "Did you ever notice" a lot? I think he may have popularized the phrase!






Saturday, March 8, 2014

Graphic Grandeur (Pacific Northwest Edition)

Every so often I like to focus attention on a talent who's still breathing.




Alternative cartoonist and illustrator Ellen Forney was born on this day in 1968.

A sampling of her work. Try to keep an open mind.









































Since 1989, the Philadelphia-born Forney has been based in Seattle, Washington.  

If she had moved to Denver instead, maybe the Broncos would have won the Super Bowl.