This offering is divided into two parts. The first part is humorous (one hopes) stories. The second part is a little different. PART ONE: HUMOROUS (ONE HOPES) STORIES Wook Spoiler Alert. Everybody calls my brother “Chewy” because he is a hirsute fellow who can growl with the best of them. But he was a neither … Continue reading Family Christmas Stories
Part 3 in a series that will go on well beyond any demand for it. These are headlines I wrote for AP wire entertainment stories we used on Panhandle Post in its earliest days. Continue reading Even More Silly Headlines
I promise I will go back to actual…you know…writing. But I just had to do one more of these. Continue reading Hot Dog Goes To A Concert!
Two years ago this week I was doing something that I had always wanted to do: I was taking the California Zephyr train from Denver to Chicago. I got a genuine sleeper car and everything, and it was truly one of my all-time favorite travel adventures. Just for the heck of it, I brought along … Continue reading Hot Dog And Wenty Ride The Choo-Choo
As promised (threatened?) here are more headlines I wrote for AP wire entertainment stories in the early days of Panhandle Post: Continue reading More Silly Headlines
To start right out, I owe Kalin Krohe a tremendous apology. Kalin, as News Director, churns out an inconceivable amount of content for our company’s website, panhandlepost.com. Kalin frequently seeks my counsel on stories he’s working on; headlines are often discussed. My mantra to Herr Pressheim is “Headlines should be short! Snappy! Word economy lad, … Continue reading Headline Writer Makes Feeble Attempts At Humor (Chapter One)
I wrote some bridging material for a “Dr. J And Dangerous Dave Dog and Pony Show” best-of episode. As you will see, it all centers on 2017’s total solar eclipse. And we didn’t get around to it in time. ANNCR: From Radio City in Alliance, ladies and gentlemen…Dr. J and Dangerous Dave! (DOC and DAVE … Continue reading LOST SKETCH: “Doc and Dave” Totally Clips Show
Sometimes you write things that you know are only funny to you. Sometimes you write things that are tacky and silly. Sometimes you write very specific parodies that are by their nature inaccessible to most people because they are not familiar with the object of parody. And sometimes, you check all the marks and get … Continue reading LOST SKETCH: The Churchy Hour
In 2017, Nebraska celebrated its susque–sesqua–150th birthday. And those marvelous Main Street Players did what was, for us, a very ambitious play taking audience members through 150 years of Box Butte County history in under two hours. Our director, Elaine Connelly Bleisch, wanted to spotlight the building of Carhenge, and surrounding controversy, with a rap … Continue reading The Carhenge Rap
