Episode 124: Thursday, January 26, 2012.

“…coming to you live on Thursday, January 26, 2012, from my moist award winning communications basement…”

• Opening Theme (Hire’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Theme) – Blossom Dearie
• Hinky Dinky Jingle
• Schlitz
• I Can See For Miles – The Who
• Snatch It Back & Hold It – Junior Wells Read the rest of this entry »

HD feature in 1966 Norwegian trade magazine

This is fascinating stuff…if you read Norwegian…which of course, I do. No…really.

Click the cover to view the pdf file.

Oil.

Oil.

Hinky Dinky motor oil. Who knew? Yes…eBay.

Now we’re done.

Now we’re done.

Enough?

Not done rolling.

Not done rolling.

Almost as many piano rolls as 78′s.

Edison, no less.

Edison, no less.

Another eBay acquisition…of course. The b-side is “I’m Gonna Bring My Girl A Watermelon Tonight” by Billy Murray!

Another eBay acquisition. I have a stack of recipes…perhaps I should post them all.

According to my dad:

“Helen Davis” was for awhile a fictitious staff home economist who made commercials, store appearances and wrote a newspaper column. She was our “Betty Crocker”. Her name meant nothing, other than it was wholesome sounding and began with an “H” and a “D.” The program was rather short=lived. I think we had two different “Helen’s”. Part of the problem was that the program lost some of its credibility when we had turnover in the character.

It never ends.

It never ends.

I’m not trying to break a record…honestly.

Anyone got a player piano?

Anyone got a player piano?

Yes, eBay.

Some new matches.

Some new matches.

Yet another eBay acquisition….