THURSDAY--Another Edition of......:

The weekly flip of the fedora to Jimmy Cannon

Nobody Asked Me But:

1) How many roads must a man walk down before he realizes he is lost?

2) The Hudson River is beautiful when it’s frozen from side to side; and that seems to happen less every year---this year is an exception

3) It’s a good thing that New Jersey legalized Marijuana for medical use in the narrow way it did. Why should people suffer and the drug companies make fortunes when there is another solution?

4) Sarah Palin is now a commentator on Fox for many dollars which makes me realize I should resign my post as Pres. of the local library so I can be “rogue” and make money all the while saying it is for you that I am doing all this.

5) People are so hung up on terminology which is why I cannot understand the furor about Sen. Reid’s comments. The book Game Change did not have that as an important part and, if anything, it supported Pres. Obama.

6) Stephen Colbert had it right---“..Ne...Gro---all together now—Ne...Gro” . Like Lenny Bruce he showed how words influence us but are just plain ridiculous---generational divisions are caused by their use----and it is not a misuse.

7) With all the tragedy around the world should anyone really give a damn at what hour Jay Leno bores an audience or how unhappy Conan O’Brien is?

8) Some people get laid off and have no income. The NBC stars can just live off the residuals and investments---not to mention the lucrative contracts that have to be paid off. Just proves that vanity trumps cash

9) It is surely strange that in the garment industry ½ sizes are for heavy women. You would think that ½ of something is less and not more.

10) Bankers and brokers gambled so as to get higher returns and lost; taking the economy with them. It seems hard to comprehend that, thanks to gov’t bailout they now make huge profits and feel to keep their great talent enormous bonuses must be given these “great talents” that screwed everything up.

11) Does anyone own a house too large to lose? Seems there were banks too large to fail and I have not heard of a homeowner too big not to lose a home.

OOPS snd updates

Sorry for the errors which are Google's doing on the Nobody Asked Me But.. column. I bet that Jimmy Cannon would have had issues with the GOOD NY Post he worked on those many moons ago had that occurred.

The TRADITIONS updates for the brave and few who view here (the others are missing some great self serving publishing---or is it another term)---this Sunday I will be hosting two guests on TRADITIONS that really should not be missed--for music, thoughts, and conversation----EMMA'S REVOLUTION. Pat Humphries and Sandy O. PLease do join me and them and hear much from two wonderful artists----and my favorite writer of anthems.

THURSDAY Another Edition of......

A flip of the fedora to Jimmy Cannon

Nobody Asked Me But:

1) I wonder if a deceased person can die again by suicide since that is what Conan Doyle would surely do once he heard of the latest incarnation of his hated (by him) and much loved (by others) is amazing how much one can learn by observing service people working on your various electronic or other appliances. And then do it yourself next time. Is that like “live and learn”?

The 2) The stock market seems to know my future moves---Buy---it goes down. Sell---it goes up.

3) It is amazing how much one can learn by observing service people working on your various electronic or other appliances. And then do it yourself next time. Is that like “live and learn”?

4) The fascinating interview about Facebook on WNYC and the ramifications to your privacy and identity issues was truly informative and worrisome

5) If an admitted trained terrorist wants to blow up an airliner and fails why not treat him as an “enemy combatant” and try him militarily

6) It is about time we left security to the experts (with civilian oversight—ala the military) and not to ex-politicos. Ms. Napolitano is a disaster---“...the system did not fail”—it did and the paying public saved the passengers.

7) Sort of tacky for someone to blow his horn and bellow at a funeral because his car is blocked---which made my comment to him appropriate (I was the offender due to cir

cumstances beyond my control)----“...relax, dig a ditch and hop right in for eternity---you’ll like the neighborhood”.

8) Does anyone recall the lyrics to “If I knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake”? Try it with the above lyrics.

9) Why are people so upset with Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, etc; All just “human rights” we are talking about?

10) Why are people so upset with the abortion issue?(which has been settled) Let’s take a positive spin here----Those folks are saving fortunes of money in expenses that never existed before in raising kids to carry on their poverty stricken names.

THURSDAY--Another Edition of......:

The weekly flip of the fedora to Jimmy Cannon.









Nobody Asked Me But:


1) Is David Buskin right? You develop a Jewish accent when you age? I heard, recently, I have a New Yawk accent---Vots de madder you don like de way I tawk? (Great story behind that---email poobah891@yahoo.com for the story)


2) My idea for an employment agency might work---jobs that are all volunteer jobs with no pay. I have tested it on myself and it works really well.


3) When did the expression “Have A Nice Day” come into being? It is an automatic response from everyone and posted on buses—Peter Ustinov had the right response---“I Have Other Plans”.


4) Is it obligatory to say Happy New Year or Happy Holidays at this time of year?


5) George Carlin’s posthumous memoir is truly delightful and makes you laugh out loud. He played words like a virtuoso plays the violin.


6) Sherlock Holmes was classic so he should not be changed into an action hero. Some things should be sacrosanct . Imagine Hamlet hammering the hell out of his mother, Polonius, and everyone in his sight. “Yeah—Ma, this one’s for you==f+*(> with my dad, will you”.


7) Do you remember when the Mad Subway Bomber in NYC was news? Terrorists change their profile all the time and, for that reason, profiling does not work but a “Proton Screener”(if that is the term)does---its private enough and your private parts are still private---only the security person can have fantasies.


8) It seems almost as expensive to travel from the West Side of the Hudson to Long Island as buying food, film tickets, passport applications, and many other things. I recall the 25 cent toll(each way—now 5.50 each way) on the East River Bridges and the “very” expensive Geo. Washington Bridge at 50 cents (each way). Think, now, pensions, overtime, salaries (for people holding their hand out for tolls---like beggars but with pensions), and maintenance (low on the list).


9) Public transportation is one of the best things the NYC area has to offer but what was wrong with IRT, BMT, IND? Did we really need 1234ABCDZQL? It used to be fairly simple.


10) I have to recommend an amazing tour de force of a performance---Zero Hour. You will believe you are watching Zero Mostel in a performance both funny , serious, and meaningful. Check The Almost Daily Rooster for a clip from the official web page of the show.


11) As the ball drops for another year let me say to be of good cheer and hope this year will be better than the last and that your year may be filled with health, happiness, good cheer, good friends, tolerable relatives, and all the things you wish for yourselves provided you do not wish to be a mass murderer or a fanatic of any sort.

A Request for That Laugh A Day

Good therapy is, as we now know, to have a laugh a day---have to keep those endorphins happy and moving. So---skip on over to THE ALMOST DAILY ROOSTER----some laughs await and some memories from where Monty Python et al evolved.

Hopefully you will be joining me and my co-host Ron Olesko this coming Sunday for our look back on the year in music---our and your musical niche. Not a top 10 or 20 but, rather, an afternoon of what we found truly interesting and probably have neglected some pieces. Feel free to e mail if you have some that you, after hearing the show, felt should be included.

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THURSDAY--Another Edition of......:

And a flip of the fedora to JIMMY C ANNON....

Nobody Asked Me But:

1) I still remember a time when on Christmas Eve most restaurants, movies, etc; were closed. Times change and sometimes for the better----sometimes not so. Open facilities is a change for the better.

2) TV just seems to get less and less creative as there are more and more channels. Too much of a “good” thing?

3) A brief list of the “best of” in TV past and present: PRESENT: Curb Your Enthusiasm, House (silly but fun), Monk (now gone), Mad Men (season over), Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert (his audience reaction is an annoyance—controlled by him), Jeopardy (the eternal program with the blandness perfected host).

PAST: St. Elsewhere, Homicide—Life On The Streets, Married With Children, Sherlock Holmes (via BBC)---and then there was the Golden Age produced by gas operated cameras---Philco Playhouse, Studio One, and more.

4) The controversy about Pope Pius XII and sainthood has to make one wonder about one thing---who cares? If there is a God then who are humans to decide and if there is not a God---well---who cares?

5) I surely hope that newspapers are not relegated to the trash bin because of the internet. Google does not replace insightful commentary and instant communication is not an improvement over a slower and more insightful communiqué.

6) The best films are still the ones without the big special effects but excellent acting where the actors inhabit the characters---Merryl Streep is that perfect example.
7) Who cares about Tiger Woods and his affairs---other than the tabloids and the “great unwashed” (quote from an old novel on the topic) who buy those fish wrappers.

8) Lobbies of buildings really should be cleared to be able to use the space for all the holiday symbols everyone wants displayed---Christmas Trees, Menorahs, Kwanzaa, and I am sure Muslims will chime in at some point---

9) A brief start for a song that might be appropriate which some talented songwriter might finish—“Clear the halls of boughs of Holly and save your fa la las for some other folly. Blow the candles out and let the Macabees pout---all the while you can wear a smile knowing that---“Here Is Where the songwriter is needed.

10) I truly wish all a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah (however it is spelled), Joyous Kwanzaa( and do not deny that the candles are not similar to Chanukah candles---in this newest holiday creation), and happy whatever Athiests commemorate at this time of year---would not a Joyous Solstice suffice for all of us on this small part of space---the days are now getting longer---always things to look forward to.