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You want a present you don't even have to wrap? Volunteer sometime at a homeless shelter. You still have a roof over your head. There are plenty of people that don't even have that. When you see people that have absolutely nothing compared to you, you look like a king to them.

Remember a few weeks back I told you about the skunk that came up to me in the store? Well, I knew enough the skunk will only spray as a last resort. They'll put their tail up, stomp on the ground a few times before they let fly. Well sadly, there's a video of an 8 year old kid, whose life...

Let me rewrite this. I'm sorry Snowthy and I feel sorry for you. But it seems you're depending on the weather to be how you want it for it to be a Merry Christmas. If not, it gives you another excuse to be miserable. There wasn't any snow on the ground when Jesus was born, nor was there on...

Dang, I'm late. So today I wish you a Happy Unbirthday. They're better than birthdays because there's 364 every year. That's a lot of Fuddrucker's. I love their burgers too. Idiscovered Fuddrucker's back in the 80s, and loved them ever since. Nowhere else can you get a burger the size of a...

All I know was that his physical and mental health was in a long slow decline during the 90s. The amazing thing was how well they kept it a secret. Around 1990, it was mentioned he went to live on his grandmother's farm for a while.The last time I saw him on the street, late 80s, he looked...

That's fantastic. I'm glad you were there and got to "wiggle the dollies". And it's amazing how heavy a five pound puppet gets. Caroll Spinney must've had arms like Popeye.

A few years back I was in Manhattan on Broadway and 81st Street, where Sesame Street was originally taped. The Reeves Teletape Studio is long gone. It's a Starbucks now. But the original marquee is still there. I went in and just marveled, "If these walls could talk!"

I remember him from "Alice"- he's just a little older than me. In the early 80s, he starred in a movie they showed us in high school about drinking and driving. (We were getting to the age of doing both). Philip got this fast new car, but also liked having a few beers. He and . a few drunken...

They are, and have good fats in them. Peanuts are still okay, I'm not allergic to them. It's amazing how one person can eat certain things and someone else can't.

As if the news on Sunday wasn't bad enough, I found out today at dialysis today my potassium level was really high. Not from potatoes or tomatoes, but the nuts I like. Coconut, cashews, and pecan pies. They were always so good for me. Not anymore. Man, that sucks.

I did see it again in the late 90s at the Paley Center in New York. But I also had the Sesame Street Book of Shapes. It has very few words, but a ton of pictures, including one of Bob with orange Oscar. I also had the first two Sesame Street cast albums, which I practically wore out. All this...

Well, back on the day Jim died, he barely got any mention in the news because Sammy Davis Jr. died the same day. Even though I haven't thought about for quite some time, yesterday was also the date John Lennon died. I was only 12 back then, but that hit me hard too.

One other thing I always admired, playing Big Bird and Oscar wasn't the easiest job, but Caroll made it look so easy. Oscar's trash can was so small and cramped, there was only room for him back there. That's why you never saw Oscar's right hand. Big Bird occasionally was on roller skates, but...

No, I saw it on a 20 inch RCA black and white tv. With big rabbit ears and crappy reception. We didn't have color for another year. Cable didn't exist yet. Do you know how many channels we had back then? Seven. The only reason we had that many channels was being so close to New York City. Like...

I was only 18 months old. We had this black and white tv- we wouldn't get color for another year or so. I vaguely remember Big Bird and Ernie. But that theme song was tattooed on my brain. When we finally got a color set, it was like being able to see for the first time. In those early days my...

As in Pinney Tail on the Donkey?

I know it doesn't help he died so close to Christmas, but way back when, on Dec. 7, 1982, Mr. Hooper passed away. That was a blow to me. Sesame Street has outlived so many who contributed to it. Not even being part of one of the best tv shows ever can save us from our own mortality. For those of...

They're in Heaven right now, having an egg cream or a milkshake.

You see, that's the thing. You don't know when your time will be up. It could be 80 years from now, it could be tomorrow. You don't know. I don't know. Only God knows. That's why you need to make each day count. Caroll certainly did.

I know a lot of you are upset over today's news, and I share your grief. But we're only on this earth for a flicker. Even if we live to be Caroll's age, our time here is so short. But it's just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. And we'll be reunited with Carroll, Jim, Jerry, Richard...