Tweedle Dee.

Today's Tids Issue 4,678

Tweedle Dum:

 

I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.” –Mitch Hedberg.

 

There are polls upon polls coming out, but I have been following teh betting odds in Las Vegas. 3-4 weeks ago the bookies had it Trump 49, Biden 45. This week it is Biden 54, Trump 39. The Dems and the media are relentlessly apply beata Trump pressure. Tis obvious. But I’m thinking that an even more of a barrier for the incumbent is that some smart Dems are controlling the digital world too, which allows them to squash any Trump momentum in a nano second. It is looking like seriously uphill for DT, all the way. And I haven’t even mentioned the possibility of a Covid return in the Fall keeping the economy down. To borrow a phrase from New Hampshire: Vote for Your Republican Senator or Die. VYRS.

 

Sports talk shows that talk about politics should be indicted for fraud.

 

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get. I’ll never be as good as a wall.”  --Mitch Hedberg.

 

The Question:

Sometimes, “Sidekicks in TV and Movies are more memorable than the stars. Name the top all-time Sidekicks.

 

The Headlines:

 

--Markets Pop; Vaccine Hopes Increase; Trade Problem Fears Diminish.

--Seattle Mayor Says City Will Take Back Stolen Section Of The City.

--Key Primary Races Being Held In NY and Kentucky Tonight, Mitch McConnell November Foe Will Be Determined, One Being AOC Backed; AOC Facing Strong Challenge In NY; NY Progressives Aiming To Unseat Current House Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engle.

--US Health Experts Say We Are Still In First Wave Of Pandemic.

--Chicago Shootings Over Father’s Day Weekend Kill 14, Wound 88; No Police Involved In Shootings.

--May Home Sales Closings Reach New Lows; Analysts See This As Nadir As A Result Of Low March Activity.

--Sub-Tropical Depression Forms Off the East Coast.

--America Continues To Vanish As Reactionary Radical Children Topple Andrew Jackson, Francs Scott Key And US Grant Who Championed Black Voting In The South.

 

I wonder if they had to put the CEO of Chicken of the Sea Tuna into witness protection after he ratted out the CEO’s of Bumble Bee and Star-Kist? He at least the CEO and his dime dropping execs worked for a company with the right name, Chicken Of The Sea. Actually, the CofS execs saved USA Consumers a lot of money by blowing the whistle on Bumble Bee Chairman Christopher Lischewski.

 

Just looking around this town, I am thinking that the most popular store, judging by lines outside, is Lulu Lemon. What is that all about?

 

It is too bad that the race horse “Tis the Law” had its prime racing year during the Pandemic disruption. Based on its Belmont win, it looks like a Triple Crown winner in the making. But if it happens, it will always have an asterisk.

 

Vandalizing American heritage will never bring about unity for sure. And perhaps not the appreciation of racial equality, which in essence should be based on a foundation f unity.

 

A few weeks ago, I think colleges had a sense of direction about opening up on campuses in the fall. But, now with football teams having to cancel on-campus practices due to a rash of infections among players, it may have some Presidents rethinking open campuses. Add to that the fact that many kids say they won’t return and pay for online learning, and you are talking a quandary of not only of academic complexity but financially too. And college Presidents, it is said, are now being skeptical of one another. No easy way out.

 

From the students, “No problem, Let’s party!”

 

“Every Book is a children’s book if the kid can read.” --MH

 

Talk about illogical thinking – at the beginning the States said Liquor stores are essential but AA gatherings were considered social and would be banned. Stir that around in your martini shaker for a minute.

 

If this state is full of Pols who are so spontaneously reactionary that they would change the name of our state, I would consider moving to Wyoming. If for anything, my vote there would actually count. It would be tough because a lot of my ancestors were among the original Rhode Islanders. Does this make me like Linc Chafee?

 

“Dogs are forever in the push-up position.”  --MH

 

The Answer:

The top sidekicks of the last 7 decades are Don Knotts as Barney, The Donkey to Eddie Murphy in Shrek, Jay Silverheels as Tonto in the Lone Ranger, Bill Scott as Bullwinkle to Rocky, Ed McMahon to Johnny Carson, Eddie Anderson as Rochester to Jack Benny, Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble in Flintstones, Ken Curtis as Festus in Gunsmoke, Dennis Weaver as Chester in Gunsmoke, Bob Keeshan as Claribel in Howdy Doody, Jason Alexander as George Costanza in Seinfeld, Burt Ward as Robin in Batman, Hugh Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans in Captain Kangaroo. Art Carney as Ed Norton (Should be in Top 5) to Jackie Gleason. Some others that you might think should be higher are Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz to Lucy, and maybe J. Fred Muggs to Dave Garraway on the Today Show. I’m glad Don Knotts was first.

 

Were George Burns, Bud Abbot or Dean Martin sidekicks or partner straight men?

 

“If my kids couldn’t draw, I’d make sure my kitchen magnets didn’t work.” --MH