Tweety Bird Dead at 67

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Palm Springs, California (Strutts News Services) – Long admired yet not forgotten, Robert “Tweety Bird” Balderstien passed away at the age of 67 at his ranch home in Palm Desert, Southern California.

Robert Svenson Balderstien, hatched in 1942 in Suffolk, Massachusetts, by immigrant parents, adapted to the stage early, despite his hydrocephelitic condition. Contrary to popular belief, his medical condition did not cause his speech impediment, and for years he battled the stereotype.

Balderstien also rejected the contention that he was female, and fought the resulting insinuations and innuendos all his life before retiring in seclusion in Palm Desert, California.

sylvester-tweety“I never said, ‘I tawt I taw a puddy tat.’  I have perfect enunciation, but Warner Brothers chose to overdub my voice, and I was stuck with it ever since.”

Longtime friend and companion, Sylvester The Cat, also of Palm Desert, gave a touching eulogy that ended with, “Yeah.  I’ll mith him the motht. He alwayth thought he thaw me, and motht timeth he motht thertainly did.”

[Image from here.  Related obituary here.]

Mr. Hand, Mrs. Arse, Mrs. Knee, Mr. Foot

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U.S. Senators crack me up.  Thank god they’re in office so that we don’t have to think for ourselves.  Betcha can’t name the four in the photo.  Betcha can’t.

[Found here.]

Dork Glasses

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These glasses, believe it or not, are for their own protection.  See link for the full story.

[Found here, by way of  here.]

Easter

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Church of the Light

Saturday Matinee – Charlie, Ramones, Chantays, Dale, Vaughan

Charlie the Unicorn 3 has prolly been around for a bit.

[Found at Miss Cellania’s Blog ‘o Fury.]

Gotta clean the palate after that one. Hey Ho! Let’s Go!

The Chantays rocked on The Lawrence Welk Show in 1963.

Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan play “Pipeline.”

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble play Hendrix.

The .gif Friday Post No.75 – YupYipPeep

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YupYupYupYup

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Yip Yip Yip Yip

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Peep… Peep… Peep… Peep

Easter Bunny knows.

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He’s not the only one who knows when you’ve been bad or good…

[Found here.]

Another Great Gift Idea- Gummy Haggis

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Great gift for any occasion.  Sort of.

[Image from here.  Order the offal here.]

The Calvinball Sports Complex

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Hobbesville, North Carolina (Strutts News Services) – The importance of the coin toss increases a googlefold in the Calvinball Arena, but is negated by the hydraulics that control the field allowing line judges to place competing bets while manipulating field conditions, including windstorms and artificial rain.  All players may or may not be line judges, and there may be as many line judges as players, including none.  Every player is a referee and may interpret any other referee’s call while placing bets with the line judges. Video review is frequently used for re-interpretation of The Rules without stopping play.

For more on Calvinball, Mentalfloss has a pretty good description with links.

[Image from here.]

When I was a boy…

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It’s got a zip code, ergo post 1963.

[Undoctored image found here.]

[Kinda Related Story:  If you don’t believe this, you can verify it for yourself. In the google box, type in google trends. When the new box opens, type in Chuck Norris, boobs.

Also, except for understandable spikes in early November 2008 and late January 2009, The Little Mermaid consistently kicks Obama‘s ass. Analyze the data as you see fit.]