Saturday, May 22, 2010

Karl Gott was on Hee Haw! (was Herr Gott a nula nula sedm spion?)

Well, Howdy all. I reckon this is a shock to you all as well as to me, but i was watching the WHAS tv 11 flashback video
http://www.whas11.com/video?id=94620569&sec=553467
Which this blog thingamigjigger may or may not link to in straight forward manner.
It's at minus 1:36 which is a backassward way of telling time, but it is a kentucky station, so that's how it is.

Now, I've already written about Herr got here, so for more info, find that post. I can remember when I was a youngun and haven'to stand on they barn with an antennae wire up my coveralls and holden on to a piece of sheet metal to get the signal so's my folks and granny could watch Hee Haw on WHAS tv 11. It weren't until Delvita was born and grew up that I was able to watch and she went up on the barn. Them was happy times.
You can go to you tube I reckon and see some more of hee haw.

What I don't understand is how the Herr Gott got out of the country when the commies was holding the keys? Was he a nula nula sedm spion? I noticed they just called him a "European country singer" which ain't what nobody else called him around these parts! They called him Carol! That's a knee slapper. Those folks was always pulling fast ones, especially ol' Jr. Samples!
BR549, ROTFSMK!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

My newest link for my heroes. A personal one.

Yup, I used to be a lifeguard at the Pumpkin Center community lake. This guy is my hero.


LeRoy Colombo
(12/23/1905—7/12/1974)

Lifeguard

LeRoy Colombo of Galveston, Texas, was a champion long-distance and endurance swimmer and lifeguard. He is credited with saving 907 lives, a feat formerly listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Stories about his incredible feats in rescuing victims of disasters, both on sea and land, became part of local lore. Was Colombo treated like a hero? Hardly. A grateful dog owner gave him $25 for rescuing her poodle from drowning; an elderly woman gave him $30 for retrieving her false teeth from the surf. What about gratitude for rescuing humans? Well, a father gave him two cans of beer for rescuing his two daughters from drowning. After seeing Colombo rescue a newsboy, bystanders took up a collection, totaling $1.00. Nothing stopped him, though. After being forced to retire at age 62 because of a heart condition, he continued to swim every day, practically until the day of his death, always on the alert for anyone who needed rescuing—grateful or not

http://www.deafpeople.com/history/history_info/colombo.html