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    Dave's Picks Vol. 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA (4/13/71)

    Look out Big Boss Man, Pigpen's on the loose! We're shedding our lovelight on the not-to-be-overlooked Spring 1971 tour with DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51, featuring the complete unreleased show from the SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 AND the 2nd set from the previous night at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on 4/12/71.

    These gems find the original Grateful Dead quintet delivering some of their most inspired, energetic, and tightest performances. There's a dab of WORKINGMAN'S DEAD, a splash of AMERICAN BEAUTY, a great foreshadow into what would soon appear on SKULL & ROSES. And you'll need nearly all those fingers (or those toes) because - count 'em - there's eight classic covers ("Mama Tried," "Hard To Handle," and a rare "I Second That Emotion," to name a few) done as only the Dead could do them with Mr. McKernan and his magical harmonica.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51: SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

    P.S. We had a little extra room on Disc 2, so please enjoy the final five DP48 bonus tracks to complete 10/24/70, St. Louis, MO.

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  • Danehead
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    Road Trips 2025..

    I hope next year will bring the "Road Trips" back - it would be a nice way to highlight some years (93-95..) that might not make it as full show "Daves" - all 3 years have plenty of great playing, but few "all the way through" great shows..

  • uncle_tripel
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    ...975 mile road trip weekend...
    got to check-out my long distance runner son
    compete in a 8K cross-country meet @ SUNY Fredonia

    and while out on the road was thinking about all of these places which we were driving by:
    Stabler Arena, Lehigh Univ
    Catholic Youth Centre, Scranton
    Broome County Veterans Arena, Binghamton
    Lusk Field House, SUNY Cortland
    Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse
    Carrier Dome, Syracuse
    Community War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester
    Silver Stadium, Rochester
    Niagara Falls Convention Center
    Shea's Theatre, Buffalo
    War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo
    Rich Stadium, Orchard Park

    ...all while jammin' along with
    5/9/77
    7/19/74
    4/16/78

    and last 5
    Robbie Robertson "Storyville"
    Mark Knopfler "Ragpicker's Dream"
    Dire Straits "Communique"
    Original Motion Picture Score "Sideways"
    Peter Gabriel "So"

    everyone have a great week
    while anticipating that #52 (a 1983 h>s>frank you say...!)

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    Catholic Youth Centre?

    It's just occurred to me, this seems quite a strange venue for The Dead to have played. Especially in the light of some of their statements about how the place they played impacted on what they played. I wonder if that was the case here, and if so, in what way?

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    Charles in Charge - I've been much the same way with 1983. Just not a go-to. When my hand hovers over the first half of the 1980s, it either backs to 1980-1981 or it veers to 1984-1985. And it's been like this for decades. I know there are lots of evangelists for '82-'83 but somehow I've just struggled to find the magic.

    But Dave's 27 really did help, that's a fine show. I love the first set and I especially love the second half of Set II. So I'm fired up for this pick bc the word on the street has always been that Santa Fe heard some great music. I've never heard a note of either show so this will be all new to me.

  • gerhard
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    Thanks Dennis

    Love Joni's archives 2 & 3, hopefully 4 too.

  • Dennis
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    Thanks Gerhard

    I seldomly go to the store history, I never have luck finding what I'm looking for (or can't even get in), but I did this time and there was 9/11/83.

    Hopefully will sound better than what I have in stock. Copy I have is "thin", clear vocals, bass is in other room somewhere :-).

    Sidenote - Just got Joni Mitchell's archive 4 in. If you hate when the dead break a show up on to multiple disc, well this joni release brought that to a new level. They had "shows" in no order, I had to go to "setlist" to find show order and reconstruct.

    Good news, which I love. Ordered from Amaz, got it day of release, free shipping AND just got a 20 dollar rebate because of price drop! The official sites NEVER seem to do this.

    Also, can there really be any Joni left to put out? :-)

    Don't know how I missed the Nat King Cole in Chicago on blue note cd, I got the vinyl on the shelf, but apparently didn't get the cd's!?! They're coming today!

    Some wild "into's" when you mix Nat and Dead in same playlist! Just had Frim Fran Sause -> Wang Dang Doodle.

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    9/11/83

    if so, hooray

    if they include some of 9/10/83, double hooray

    if they make it a two-fer, triple hooray

    if it's a red herring like "Shorelines beckon" or whatever that silliness was, uh, whatever

    GBtGD

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    Could it be an April '77 Show?
    Wouldn't mind.

    There are some shows left, April 22/23/26/27
    (29 partly and 30 cpl. in the Download Series Vol. 1, mp3).

    Or maybe these shows will be saved for another great box.
    Would be fine too.

    Gerhard,
    did your box finally arrive?

    You all have a great weekend,

    Cheers
    G.

  • 1stshow70878
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    Just found my tapes of this as I knew I was familiar with it. No provenance but it's a good one as I recall. Guessing it was from my buddy who has the good stuff. He had his own Dead tribute band and owns a custom Alembic that has "the tone". Thanks Dan M. Set list looks interesting. Dew out of Wang Dang? Can't wait to see how they pulled that off.
    Cheers

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    I agree, I was guessing (wrongly, again) that it would be a 1990 show, maybe 1991 (but not much precedent for it). Admittedly 1983 was never a go-to for me, but since DaP27, then 39 and In and Out of the Garden '83 shows, it has shown me the ignorance of my ways. Super excited for another 1983 show. Just hoping a real surprise for the next DaP...such as a 1969 or earlier or 1990 or later show.

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Dave's Picks Vol. 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton, PA (4/13/71)

Look out Big Boss Man, Pigpen's on the loose! We're shedding our lovelight on the not-to-be-overlooked Spring 1971 tour with DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51, featuring the complete unreleased show from the SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 AND the 2nd set from the previous night at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA on 4/12/71.

These gems find the original Grateful Dead quintet delivering some of their most inspired, energetic, and tightest performances. There's a dab of WORKINGMAN'S DEAD, a splash of AMERICAN BEAUTY, a great foreshadow into what would soon appear on SKULL & ROSES. And you'll need nearly all those fingers (or those toes) because - count 'em - there's eight classic covers ("Mama Tried," "Hard To Handle," and a rare "I Second That Emotion," to name a few) done as only the Dead could do them with Mr. McKernan and his magical harmonica.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 51: SCRANTON CATHOLIC YOUTH CENTER, SCRANTON, PA 4/13/71 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering.

P.S. We had a little extra room on Disc 2, so please enjoy the final five DP48 bonus tracks to complete 10/24/70, St. Louis, MO.

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Got tickets to Billy Strings 12/29 and 30 in New Orleans. Going with my daughter for my birthday (29th) and holiday break. Very excited!

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PF - I never looked at that commercial the way you described, but you’re Dead on! I always thought at the time it was one of these “Man Smart/Woman Smarter” ads that continue to this day.

Picking up chicken tenders from Ezells

You can get an order of GIZZARDS for 10$

Re commercials: yes many commercials aimed at women feature a doofy man

Ah, commerce

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43 years ago I hitchiked up to Portland Oregon from the Bay Area for a knockout weekend with the Good old Grateful Dead. Party all day down by the Willamette River and then a knockout out show by the Dead. Big Fun!

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Mr. Barnum checks in soon.

Maybe next week?

Imagine he has several weeks of PT.

Edit: and, Day Tripper

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It is true.. I encountered the Senator in Vegas in an undisclosed, secret room 700 feet below the Venetian Hotel that can only be entered by dialing a secret number into the pay phone in the main lobby. We grooved to good music, tried very hard not to fall forward or lose our balance and met with a large group of people afterwards at an unnamed thai restaurant where food and beverage flowed, and conversation glowed with the gold of sunshine.

That is all I am allowed to say.

The trip was bittersweet though. I lost my father the day before we left due to a battle with Myeloma, Leukemia and a most dangerous encounter with a garden hose doing what he loved. It's always the garden hose that does you in. To make matters worse, when I got back my mother was in the ICU at the same hospital fighting an infection from the dreaded mersa bacteria in her leg. After a certain age, life is so very fragile. So a bittersweet month in the life of JimInMD. It took me more than a week to catch up the thread here as I have spent the better part of the last couple months in a hospital less than a mile away from Merriweather Post Pavilion, which is still alive and well but so very different than the place I used to see our favorite furry freak brothers.

I read some great passages from one of my closest neighbors here, Mr. Ones, who is battling similar foes, hopefully with great success. Music is the best. My sister just moved to Annapolis so I get the feeling I drove past your hang several times this month.

One of my most poignant memories during this time was driving to the hospital and hearing Box of Rain which brought some heavy reflection. But hey, I busted my mother out of the hospital yesterday and dropped her off at my sister's house where she will be spending the week with her daughter, son in law, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren. How cool is that? The circle of life. Plus I finally came home and got the first good nights sleep I have had in over a month.

Finally.. did anyone except me watch that excellent Mickey Hart Experience special on ESPN of all stations a couple nights ago? It was a documentary of sorts comparing rhythms in the universe to drumming and sports. It was very enjoyable. Highly Recommended.

"Rhythm is the center of humanity...."

Featured interviews include Bill Walton (of course), Phil Jackson, the Planet Drum folks, Joe Montana, Arnold Palmer, Mario Andretti, Alex Hannold, Laila Ali, Mikaela Shiffrin, Bob Cousy and countless others.

Music heals.

Edit: Oh, I forgot to add.. I took my son to his first (sort of) dead show. He had a good time. His comment the next day, I had a good time. Does everyone smoke that much weed at a dead show? My answer, what did you expect? I, of course, did not smoke any weed that night but managed a clandestine 25mg or a very tasty hybrid edible. It's legal now, it's up to him to decide and make sense of it all. As it should be.

That's all I have. As you were.

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Jim sorry for the loss of your father, losing a parent is rough. Hopefully your mom will be better soon.

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Jim - Sorry to hear of the passing of your father, a tough experience to endure for remaining family, and made even tougher by your mother’s recent health troubles. Better days ahead.
“ A box of rain will ease the pain
And love will see you through”

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Sorry for your loss brother, and good vibes for your Mom.

"Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul"

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I'm very sorry for your loss. Coping with the loss of a parent is months of emotional tsunamis. The Beatles (and many other musical artists) helped me A LOT.

Good health to your mother, my man.

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And good health vibes to Mr. ones, PTB, and everyone else.

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Condolences Jim.
Still miss Dad 24 years later.
But it does get easier as time slips away.
Hoping the best for you and yours.
Cheers

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Just wanted to say that this is a great release ... I'm not a 1971 fan typically, I love it of course, but would rank 71 at the bottom of a list that includes 68, 69, 70, 72, 73 and 74 ... that said, the main show, 4-13, is a hot hot show and an excellent selection by Dave ... Disc 2 in particular is phenomenal, the end of 4-13-71 with an epic Good Lovin' followed by the absolute gift that is any material from the magical Fall 1970, including an Attics, just a brilliantly conceived disc combining 71 and 70 ... thanks Dave and company

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It has occurred to me that Meet Up At The Movies and any Winterland '74 anniversary stuff, will probably be one in the same...like an expanded and remastered Grateful Dead Movie or something??

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Maybe they will show any filmed extended jams

Like the entire PITB from 10/16

:)))

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…then the garden hose will!
Sorry Jim, I know you’ve been dealing with your family’s issues for awhile now.
You’ve had so much going on that it’s all probably a blur at this point, but now you’re back home so hopefully at least a bit of respite if not some normalcy.
(and here’s hoping yer mom is A ok now).
As long of a strange trip it’s been, you’ll be glad you had the time and experiences with your folks, all of them, even some of the unpleasant ones, that you were able to these last few years. Time is a weird mistress…

Be well, heal up, and good to “see” ya, we missed ya!

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Jim, sorry to hear of your fathers passing, I wish you and your mom well.

"A hopeful candle lingers In the land of lullabies"

ps. 51 will cure anything!

Jim, so sorry to hear about the passing of your father. Losing a parent is very difficult and we are sending good vibes your way.

Be well.

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Sorry to hear you news Jim. My condolences

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Sorry to hear about your dad, Jim. That's a rough one. Mine passed decades ago, I still think of him every day. I'm sure he'll be with you, too. Cherish those memories.

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Sorry for your loss, Jim.

My dad passed two years ago this month. But as people sometimes say, he's still with me. Just this morning I went down to Home Depot to pick up some stuff from their nursery, and I flashed really vividly about doing that kind of thing with my dad. He liked to garden, and he liked to go to nurseries and putter around and pick up some flowers or a shrub for the backyard, so we would often be there early in the morning to pick up a few things. And he was right there with me today.

Such a long long time to be gone. But then again, not really gone. Not completely.

I'm going out to plant some flowers. Have a great day y'all.

Didn’t you also have a recent run in with the medical establishment?
Glad to see the bastards didn’t take you out, hope all went well.

Now if only we’d hear from PT…

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I’m doing ok thanks. Knee’s still swollen and have reduced movement but it’s still only two weeks.

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Good morning, rockers!!!

Been laying low, trying to navigate through the minefields of life.........

On vacation. Today is my 10th weddinmg anniversary, I get to spend the day with the woman I love, who makes my life better evry day, who fights like a champion against the viscious hatreds of cancer............

Also on tap for today:
Buy a resonator guitar.
Go antiquing.
Later, chow down on some bison.

Despite the vissisitudes of life---and death---life is good. Savor it, luxuriate in it.....

And remember to listen to the music.................

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.....

Rock on,

Doc
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live........

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I hope you have a great day Doc happy anniversary

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Special Grateful Dead issue for the 60 years hit the stands. Picked mine up on the way home from work today.

Happy Anniversary Doc

....the misses and I are celebrating our 25th next month. Sept 11th (we got married two years before 9/11. I've never forgotten our anniversary lol). Heading to Sedona AZ for a few days of hot tubbing R & R, hiking, hot air AM ballon rides and a steam train tour. Oh. And food. Lots of food. It will be our first time there.

My first wedding was on 8/6/77.

8/6 is the day we dropped the bomb on Japan.

Guess I dropped my own bomb,,,, but I remember the date!

Guess the second one stuck, 3/19/83. Hard to remember because my parents were 3/21/51.
(glad the 2nd stuck,,,, who else could afford all these records!)

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I have to wonder if his wife has the key? My guess, she does not or more likely it was clandestinely constructed by digging a cavernous acoustically perfect arena shaped hobit cave in the hillside behind the house. All construction being done at night using the same low decibel construction methods Andy Dufresne used in the Shawshank Redemption. One either enters the room through an elaborate series of hidden doors or perhaps a small door is hidden behind the Raquel Welch poster in the center of the room. Either way I can only imagine what it looks like and if kept intact.. in 50 years or so it could be turned into a museum.

Happy Anniversary Doc.. new guitar, happy day.

Speaking of Dennis' music room, mine needs some serious attention. My collection has become scattered as I have outgrown my space allotment about the time Boxzilla arrived. First world problems to be sure.

Been listening to a whole bunch of GD recently. Imagine that.

With that fancy smancy shelving he still has lots of room too!
But only a picture mind you, and I’ve just blown my Non disclosure he made me sign, Ooopps, I better mind erase asap as the enemy will thus arrive soon and want to “persuade” me to give them intel I don’t have, good god, the horror!

But…?
Does the stereo work yet?

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... a bum like me doesn't meet a dame with dough.

You have to meet THEM when their young and poor and recognize potential!

yes the stereo works.

Preamp needed all new capacitors, and it got new tubes.

Got a new cd player, old one had "issues".

New one (Yamaha CD-S303 Single CD Player) was 400, nice thing it plays from usb memory sticks.

Downside to usb mem stick playing is the unit doesn't really have a good navigation system.

Upside I can line up a playlist and just let it play.

I'm doing a decent size puzzle in the room right now so "optimal" listening is hard with an 8x5 with a puzzle on it in the middle of your sound stage, but still sounds great.

This further allowed me to compare mp3 recording to cd recording, 320 level mp3 and store bought cd.

I'll be honest at this point,, you'd be hard pressed to hear the difference. Certainly you can't hear any while hanging with people doing the puzzle.

Turntable is next thing to get going,,, need to get puzzle done so I can get the room!

I might have seen the same photo.. I cannot recall the specifics.

I do have it on good authority that the security system and series of doors one must pass to get into the secret lair with the vinyl and box sets was modeled after the secret system used to gain access to Control headquarters as seen in the opening credits of Get Smart.

Coincidentally, Dennis was last seen driving a red 1965 sunbeam tiger mark 1 convertible and his wife answers to 99.

But does he have any records from the Sacred Cows?

(sorry to the 95% that probably don't get these references.. but for those that do, the Sacred Cows rock. I swear it's Jorma on guitar)

Thanks to all for the very kind words. Such heart warming thoughts from a very special bunch of freaks.

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Had to look that up Jim as I was not a huge fan of Get Smart and I'm sure I never saw that episode. Great set with mood lighting including neon signs spelling things like Kaos, Obey, and Kill. Uncredited musicians are Ben Benay, Jerry Scheff, and John Greek. Larry Storch as The Groovy Guru trying to take over the world as all of Maxwell and 99's opponents do. Wasn't Buck Henry one of the writers? The song was... interesting?
Oddly there is a current local band somewhere with that moniker. I saw clips of them on face book. They claim to be a bunch of dads trying to be rock stars. But how can they top that 60s hit song Kill, Kill, Kill?
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Hmm... Max and 99 save the day by taking some sort of pill. Was that still legal then?

Yes to Buck Henry, one of the better Saturday Night Live hosts a half decade later.

I guess I had this image that Dennis' music room should be some clandestine secret and it reminded me of the cold war spoof that once was. Clearly Chaos want's his box set and at least a small piece of his vinyl collection.

How does this relate to the Grateful Dead?

The opening lines of that episode show two agents exchanging secret code language to ensure they are who they say they are and have not been infiltrated by traitors. When I first heard this there was no rewind, but it aired years later and I had to do a double take and rewind. It first aired in January 1968.
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Wanda : [sign] The Grateful Dead are alive and living in Beverly Hills.

Maxwell Smart : [countersign] Simon and Garfunkel fell off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Agent 86.

Wanda : I'm hip. Courier 12.

Maxwell Smart : Did you get the information on the Groovy Guru?

Wanda : Enough here for the fuzz to peel and freeze.

Maxwell Smart : Huh?

Wanda : Square city. You know, enough to put him away for life.

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At the time the Grateful Dead were alive and well but living in Olompali, not Beverly Hills. Still.. for January 68 I'd say they hit the mark for a rinky dink sit com. This was two weeks before what is perhaps my favorite show, February 14th, 1968. Pretty cool for a B+ sitcom of the day. Beats the crap out of Rosanne or Dancing with the Stars.

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Buck Henry, born (Buck) Henry Zuckerman, won an Emmy for outstanding writing for that comedy series. Way ahead of the pack in that era of TV indeed Jim. I'd forgotten his co-creator was none other than Mel Brooks! Buck's movie writing credits are also top tier and include an Academy Award nomination for best adapted screenplay for The Graduate. And another shared Oscar nomination for best director with Warren Beatty for Heaven Can Wait. He was way more than the guy doing hilariously creepy weird character skits and recurring characters on SNL (10 appearances) including the straight man to Belushi's samurai where John once cut him on the forehead with the blade. His wiki is an interesting read to say the least.
Cheers

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I had to modify my copy of the Control entrance,,, no more phone booth,,, my knees couldn't take it.

Speaking of Scared Cows,,, no one was it it, sorry no Jorma.

But the Groovy Guru was Agarn from F-Troop.

Speaking of F-Troop,, they had a band on once "the Bed Bugs" (real name The Factory), that band had Lowell George in it!

My speciality is stuff duck.

What do you stuff it with?

Another duck, that's why I need so many.

-Agarn

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Get Smart, The Munsters, & The Addams Family were 3 of the funniest shows on TV as a kid, and thanks to DVDs, they remain in regular rotation here.
A Cone of Silence built into your music room that doubles as a listening booth would be pretty cool, unless of course, like the series, it never worked. Dennis, take note.
Floor seats for Herbie Hancock are approximately $150USD each, at the always fantastic Massey Hall, with their great acoustics. One of the greats, and a Miles sideman of note. Decisions, decisions.

I really don't watch these 60's comedies anymore (not while the Rifleman and Adam-12 is available)

But, caught a Munsters the other day, only part, but. Grandpa and Eddie are making a robot for the school science fair.

Meanwhile Herman is reading a "joke" book and learning jokes.

They get to the science fair and another father is concern Eddie will win. So in usual tv/movie fashion, he drops a wrench into Eddie robot. Why are wrenches, no matter where they are, are always the size you need to remove a Rail Road train wheel. 18" long and usually a 1.5 inch size,,,,, and they're at a watch factory!

Anyway, the robot is down, so they send Herman out to amuse the crowd while they fix the robot.

Herman starts telling jokes and the crowd, of course, thinks he's the robot.

Funny old joke Herman tells makes me laugh. Recently told to a kid at Autozone.

Did you hear about the new sound suppressor for the car?

It fits right over her mouth!

I say those 3 shows - Smart, Munsters, Addams - stand up to any factory comedy churned out today. I can see an episode of these 3 shows for the 20th time and still find it hilarious. The 60s was not only remarkable music, but television, too.
Besides, I don’t think Gomez and Morticia were just puffing Virginia leaves in their hookah…

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