Cosmo Allegretti, R.I.P.

(rt to lft) Dancing Bear, Mr. Moose, Mr. Green Jeans (Hugh Barnum), Bunny Rabbit, and the Captain (Bob Keeshan).
(L to R) Dancing Bear, Mr. Moose, Mr. Green Jeans (Hugh Barnum), Bunny Rabbit, and the Captain (Bob Keeshan).

Another sign of getting old, is that all your childhood friends start to die.

You may not remember the name, but I’m sure you remember Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose, and of course, Dancing Bear.

Bon voyage Mr. Allegretti! Thank you for being such a sweet friend to generations of youngsters!

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Hey! Watch were you put that!
Hey! Watch were you put that!

It’s an addiction. I try to look away, but it keeps drawing me back.

Like Quint at the end of Jaws, I slide inexorably down the deck of my sinking, little boat only to be chewed and then drowned in the gaping maw of some gargantuan monster of insanity…

Howz that for some purple prose?

The news is what I mean. I told myself I’d lay off, but I keep seeing stuff like this:

 

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