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Special shout-out to cast member Luis Avalos, who passed away a few years back (along with Jim Boyd and Lee Chamberlin. Are TEC cast members dying in alphabetical order? That would mean Bill Cosby is next!) Luis was only 26 when he joined the cast for Season 2. But his mustache (by Season 4 or...

Speaking of gluttony... From Season One, with the whole cast. We get to learn their stage names, and he use of the possessive "'s". Judy Graubart has a bag of popcorn "Winnie's popcorn". Takes a big handful and shoves it in her face, then passes it to Morgan Freeman. "Now, it's...

When I was four, I had a HUGE crush on Denise Nickerson (never mind she was 15-16 during her one season on the show). In the fall of '73, Season 3, new opening credits, and in the Short Circus Denise was replaced by Bayn "Kelly" Johnson. Dang near broke my heart. Praying for Denise's speedy...

I got to see The Electric Company from the very beginning. In the fall of 1971, I was three, and already was a devout follower of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers. Over the next few years, EC helped broaden my vocabulary, and served me well with reading, writing, and spelling. I always loved the...

Ok Cullen. Here's one. Judy is a waitress in a restaurant, Jim Boyd is a customer. For dessert, his choices are "Pie OR rice pudding". He can have one OR the other, not both. He chooses the rice pudding (so would I). Luis Avalos comes in as a robber, with a gun and a mask. Points the gun in...

I remember that too. The newlyweds driving their car with the tin cans tied to the back, the bride gushing, "Isn't this wonderful!" Then the spellbinder gets in the act and they end up with the gloves punching the snot out of each other "Welcome to marriage, kids!" It's nice they got turned...

I gotta hand it to you, Cullen. You remember an Electric Company clip that escapes my memory. That takes some doing. I'll match you one. There's a partial audio that surfaced on YouTube of the Short Circus (Season 2 with Denise Nickerson) singing "Dunking Donuts" (not to be confused with the...

New drinking game when you get tired of the others: Every time Snowthy says "Like I said so many times before..."

When I was little, our basement wasn't finished either. The walls were bare cinder bricks, and a bare concrete floor. (My dad mixed a lot of paint, so spilling it on the floor was no big deal). When I was five the basement got finished. My dad and my uncle put up walls, ceiling tiles, laid tile...

Tobacco does even more damage. Kids too young to smoke cigarettes used to get their hands on chewing tobacco, or "dip". Over time, this stuff will eat away at your gums, then eat away at the bones holding your teeth in place so your teeth fall out. Like termites eating wood.

Boohbahs look like Hostess Snowballs (made by the same people that bring us Twinkies). They're marshmallow covered in coconut (dyed pink), and so disgustingly sweet I can't eat them.

All the Pizza Huts around here (except one) closed. Which is too bad, because they used to be so much better. They used to have a 5 dollar lunch deal (for all the business workers in the area) personal pan pizza, salad bar, and drink, and plenty of time to get back to work. The last few times...

When they reached Sag Harbor, was Billy Joel the welcoming committee? 8)

That's something I struggled with for a long time. Why do bad things happen to good people? If a child dies in an accident or some fatal disease, their life is ended early, and they had no say in the matter. It's easy to be angry and bitter, and to blame God for allowing it to happen. The pain...

Sure, when you hear news of a car crash, everyone fears the worst. It's something every parent dreads, getting that phone call, or a policeman comes to your house. If the younger one just needs stitches, Amen, angels were protecting them. This coming from someone who had three collisions...

The ghost of TicketMaster. Back in the 90's, TicketMaster was practically the only way to get tickets to concerts, sports events, etc. Their service fees were outrageous. They had outlets in many big malls, and you were at their mercy when it came to prices. The only way to avoid them was to...

Ah, once upon a time people just had a bunch of girlie mags stashed in a drawer. Nostalgia...

At least if you're planning on paying them back in good faith, that shows you're making an effort. If it's too much of a financial strain, I'd walk up to them and say, "Thanks for buying me a ticket, but I really can't afford it right now". Then they have the option of giving the ticket to...

Just to ensure they never get pardoned, and usually get charged with one life sentence for every murder they commit. It almost became a comic ritual, every five years they'd march Charlie Manson in front of the parole board, they'd turn him down, he'd give them the finger, then back to his cell...