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Sometimes I forget little things that drive me nuts.

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Man, what would I do without google? Today at the gym we were stretching after our workout and we had our arms out in a “T”. What popped into my head was Letterman from The Electric Company, but my brain could only remember, “Stronger than Silent ‘E’! Able to leap Capital ‘T’ in a single bound! It’s a word! It’s a plan! It’s Letterman!” I knew there was something missing and I couldn’t think of what it was, so I looked it up. There was even video on YouTube. (It was “Faster than a rolling ‘O'” that I forgot.)

Now if I could only remember the names of New Edition because sometimes the names torment me like that game where you try to name all 50 states but forget one or two and it drives you nuts. (In case you’re wondering it’s Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mikey, Ralphie, Johnny.)

When I was in high school, satellite cable TV just started and a Bay Area station KTVU was on as filler. It was only on for a little while before the big boys decided to get on cable, but I remember TV Pow! and some of the ads. There’s one that still sticks in my head and I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before. Curse you Denevi Camera! Click on the link and hear the jingle at the end. (Dublin, Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose.)

Oh, God, I can’t make it stop. “Uh, oh, Sergio. Uh, oh, Sergio. Sergio Valente, Sergio Valente.” “Turkeys from Turlock, Turkeys from Turlock! Valchris Turkeys from Turloooock!”

Aaaaigh.

3 thoughts on “Sometimes I forget little things that drive me nuts.”

  2. I found this link when I was searching for the “Valchris Turkeys from Turlock” line.

    I remember on channel 36 (KMUV?) when it was just “Berkeley, San Lorenzo, Cupertino, San Jose”. It was a much slower rhythm at that time. I thought that squeezing Dublin into the beginning rushed it a bit. Of course, the rushed version is what pops into my head occasionally, even after almost thirty years on the East Coast.

    Thanks for reminding me that I am not the only old fart on the Internet!

  3. My children look at me as though I were insane when I go off

    There’s something k’new, from a store k’near.
    Knudsen Frozen Lowfat Yogurt k’now is here!
    K’nice in a dish, or on a cone:
    It’s k’not the same as yogurt you have k’nown.
    It’s something k’new and k’nourishing too
    And if you’ve k’never tasted it please do!.
    Some people who’ve tried it go ‘that’s k’nice’; I say ‘k’no.
    It’s Knudsen Frozen Yogurt; it’s k’newwwww!!!

    K’next.

    (maybe they’re correct) Ghod I miss KNBR.

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