In which I chronicle various oddities in an increasingly futile effort to block out the immensely insane fuckery loosed upon the land.
Did you know that Phil Hartman was an accomplished album cover designer? Neither did I. Freelance arts writer Conor Herbert recently wrote a detailed piece examining Hartman's pre-fame, indeed pre-comedy work as a graphic designer. Hartman designed more than 40 covers, including this one from Poco.
It was 9:00 am in Prince George, British Columbia on Friday, September 8, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were in no mood for shenanigans. When they got word of a grown-ass man driving down the road in a pink Barbie Jeep, they swung into action.
“While it might seem to some to be an inefficient use of police time to pull over a driver in a toy car, the risk the driver was creating to other motorists on the road who were forced to go around him, coupled with the risk to himself as other drivers are not in the habit of looking for toy cars on the busy road, was enough to warrant police attention.”
Dudley Do-Right, on the case.
And finally, a brief and entirely inadequate appreciation of the end of an era. Last week, Ray Hudson announced his retirement from broadcasting, ending more than 50 years in soccer as a player, coach, and one of the all-time greats in the booth. We celebrated him at least once, which isn't nearly enough for one of the singular voices in the sport.
If you've got a few minutes, give this compilation of Hudson's calls a listen. It'll perk you right up. Magisterial!
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good news on the homefront to share. the little one was selected for the competition squadron for cheer nationals for the fourth and final time in her colorado career. they call it "making the mat". she was a little nervous this go-round, as the buffs cheer program has experienced a coach prime bump and gotten increasingly strong over her time in boulder.
ReplyDeletethey've finished one spot short of qualifying for the event finals each of the past two years. here's to changing that in january. you're all invited to the mini-summit in orlando.
Go Buffs!
ReplyDeleteI did not know about Phil Hartman's design career. Neat stuff.
I'm working on something in the shop today and just noticed the name Ronni Dangerfield. I wonder if she gets any respect.
Way cool about Hartman. Guessing the audience is aware that he was also Captain Carl on Pee-wee's Playhouse. This might have been mentioned elsewhere, but highly rec HBO documentary on Paul Reubens, Pee-wee As Himself. Been out a while, but I just recently caught it.
ReplyDeleteas a semi-occasional listener to Dana Carvey & David Spade's podcast, as well as Conan's, i was aware of bill's design past. he was also bigly into airplane models. loved that guy - probably on my top 5 of folks in the entertainment world i wish were still with us.
ReplyDeleteI did know about Phil Hartman and the album covers! People like to attribute Steely Dan's Aja to him, but it wasn't Phil.
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