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Luis, Rita, "n't", and pies. We see Rita with a cream pie, sticking her fingers in and licking them. (Let your imagination be your guide). Luis is dressed in a nice suit and hat, and Rita decides to throw the pie at him. Luis: "You wouldn't!" Rita: "I would!" Luis: "You couldn't!" Rita: "I...

Very nice. His act was very raunchy (this was 1990, no Home Improvement yet, no Santa Claus, no Buzz Lightyear, none of that yet). But he was very nice, no arrogance. But he was very excited because everybody knew he was going to be big. Not just as a comic, but bigger than that. But nobody...

The adult cast once did a parody of Zoom called "Boom", right down to the striped shirts. The main focus were two drawings of a bird on a phone. One showed the bird talking on the phone, the other showed the bird perched on the phone. They also pulled off a neat version of the theme song...

It was neat how the show used simple camera tricks to great effect. Season 1, Judy and Lee are in a powder room, sitting at a vanity. Big mirrors, and a whole table of makeup and cosmetics. Big night out, gotta look their best. Lee picks up a jar of vanishing cream. Judy warns, "It works, but...

Only Jim Thurman could voice this so well. 8)

From Season 1, Judy and Skip sing a vaudeville tune about the "Barley Farmers' Bar". Only thing I remember about the lyrics, that's where you'll find "Charlie". After the song, Morgan Freeman and Bill Cosby continue the dialogue, Morgan in overalls, Bill in a seersucker suit. MF: "Excuse me. Can...

All that gold lame, All that Brylcreem...8)

Am I the only one who remembers TV dinners (wait!) when they used to come in metal trays, and you had to put them in the oven for 45 minutes? My favorite used to be the Hungry Man fried chicken. 3 pieces of chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, brownie, and 1,200 mg of salt. Yum!

Am I the only one who hates people cutting in line? In grade school, there was an unwritten law, you stood in the cafeteria lunch line, you were patient, you waited your turn. Then someone came up with the idea of "fronts". Like, "Can I get in front of you? I'm too lazy or impatient to wait...

One other neat cartoon: A talking apostrophe s shows all the things that belong to Ted. The camera pulls back to show a sea of blinking, glowing neon lights. Looks like Times Square on New Year's Eve. Ted's Burgers Ted's Drive-In Ted's Pizza Ted's Movies Ted's Drugstore Ted's electric bill...

P&L for Plain. Speaking of P&L, three witches were brewing a potion. The youngest one wanted to try her own recipe. With P&L, you can throw in Plots, Plugs, and Please. The other two hate the idea, so the young witch takes the cauldron with her. "Too many witches spoil the soup!!"

Finley, Fenwick, and Fred. In the first season, the cast threw a baseball around ("Carmela, to Brenda, to Hank"). Next season, a crew in orange coveralls help Judy move. Finley (Skip Hinnant), Fenwick (Morgan Freeman), and Fred (Jim Boyd) take great pride in singing with revised lyrics and...

I thought there was another one, but I wasn't sure. At least the basketball player can switch sports and become a jockey. 8)

Another first season gem: Morgan Freeman and Skip Hinnant come to Judy's house with a singing telegram. Morgan blows on the pitch pipe, and away we go. Your Rich Uncle Died, And Left You All His mmmm...... After some deductive reasoning, Judy gets money. The Short Circus take it a step...

The OR machine. Slow OR fast: A snail crawls into the machine, and comes out the other side zipping and zooming leaving trails of dust in his wake (40 years before "Turbo"). Happy OR sad: A girl walks in laughing her butt off, but comes out bawling her eyes out. This always bothered me, what...

Jim looked more like a Thanksgiving turkey than a road runner. 8)

Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote were the characters closest to Chuck Jones' heart (although he created masterpieces with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck). The one short that got to me was the Coyote following the signs "On Your Mark", "Get Set", "Smile" (which he obediently follows) then "Laugh!" It...

Another secret/historical perspective: Back in Spring 1973. Season 2. My Denise Nickerson crush was riding high. The Electric Company was only on once a day (10 am, following Sesame Street). I had to run out to the store with my mom. We came back and I realized I missed the show. I caught the...

Yes, the most important thing is not learning to drive, but conquering the fear of driving. If you live in a big city and you can easily take a bus, subway, or walk, driving is not a big priority. But in the other 95% of the country, being able to drive may determine your livelihood. And having...

Two Spidey episodes that haven't resurfaced (yet) where the bad guys get away: The Bookworm: Easy Reader and Valerie are at the library (where else?), where they find a bin full of books with holes in them. The Bookworm wreaked the havoc (a snake puppet with a forked tongue and googley eyes)...