What's your best/worst joke?

[murphybridget]

Matter of opinion. Some of the Hee Haw jokes were actually quite funny, given that it was a show suitable for children (most of the time) and they had really cute actresses for some of the sketch comedy. Therefore, they snuck in more than a couple of "naughty" little double entendres. But the REAL benefit of Hee Haw was that usually once per show or sometimes every other show, Roy Clark would play his guitar. You didn't have to like country music because they did other things. There is a You Tube video you could look up in which Roy Clark plays that classical flamenco song "Malaguena" in a spectacular demonstration of complex fingering. They would also have guest artists whose abilities would blow you away if you understood music performance issues for that instrument. For instance, Glen Campbell was known as a singer, but he was a virtuoso guitarist too.

Roy Clark's guitar skills were incredible, and his rendition of "Malaguena" is a must-watch.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

There is a (possibly apocryphal) story about someone asking a famous rock guitarist how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world. He answered, "I don't know. Ask Roy Clark."

However, many years ago, a duo called "Los Indios Tabajares" rose to prominence. They were brothers from an indigent indigenous family in Brazil. They found a discarded guitar and learned to play it. The eventually attended the Julliard School of Music for guitar; one for lead and one for accompaniment. You can find some videos online if you look up their name. I can't find it at the moment, but there was a video when they were on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show in which they played "Flight of the Bumblebee" and it was a blown-away moment.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Flight of the Bumblebee

I can play that on the trumpet at reasonable speed.

 

[CJ_London]

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I can play that on the trumpet at reasonable speed.

Though I can play a trumpet, I never fully developed proper embrochure and tongue technique. I switched to keyboards (organ) after only a couple of years of trumpet lessons and to be honest, never looked back.

 

[conception_native_0123]

never looked back

depending on how you look at it, you're not missing much.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

depending on how you look at it, you're not missing much.

I learned a lot more about music working with the multiple keyboards and pedalboard of the organ. Not to mention voicing and orchestration. So I agree with your assessment.

 

[Steve R.]

Seems that the Babylon Bee knows what goes on at our house!

Husband, Wife Caught In Infinite Loop Of Shouting 'WHAT?!' Back And Forth Across The House

HEATH, OH — Tragically, a local husband and wife became trapped in an infinite loop last week when they began shouting "WHAT?" repeatedly from across the house.

babylonbee.com

 

[Cotswold]

David Attenborough was showing off Gordon a gorilla he captured in the Congo.
“When I caught Gordon in ‘98, he was completely wild,” said the biologist.
Then Gordon interrupts and exclaimed : “Wild? I was absolutely livid and after all these years, often incandescent, between bouts of melancholy.”

 

[AccessBlaster]

 

[Steve R.]

Can a cat be returned to the animal shelter for disloyalty?
The cat my wife believes "belongs" to her snubs her.

 

[jpl458]

A lady raises two pet monkeys, then, within a day of each other, the monkeys die. She was so fond of the pets she took them taxidermist to have them preserved. The taxidermist asks her "do you want them mounted?" She replies "Shaking hands will do".

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Can a cat be returned to the animal shelter for disloyalty?
The cat my wife believes "belongs" to her snubs her.

The problem is that dogs belong to people but people belong to cats. Your wife mis-read the directional arrow.

 

[AccessBlaster]

People pick dogs, cats pick people.

 

[Cotswold]

I switched to keyboards (organ) after only a couple of years and to be honest, never looked back.

Hey Doc, maybe you should change your login name to Captain Nemo?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Hey Doc, maybe you should change your login name to Captain Nemo?

While it is true that I am a "nobody" most of the time since I have retired, I've rather gotten used to this login name, which I have used for well over 25 years now. And Jules Verne's imagery, while spectacular, doesn't take into account that a pipe organ on a submarine would have trouble working due to problems in balancing air pressure in a fully enclosed space. Then again, with an electronic keyboard that isn't so much of a problem these days - but Captain Nemo didn't have that advantage.

 

[conception_native_0123]

speaking of cats, this was on the ad for this page when I was scrolling through new posts. It's pretty good.

 

[Cotswold]

And Jules Verne's imagery, while spectacular, doesn't take into account that a pipe organ on a submarine would have trouble working due to problems in balancing air pressure in a fully enclosed space.

Ah, but you are forgetting that Kirk Douglas was in charge of the situation.
Tony Curtis poked his eye out in the Vikings but he just grew a replacement.

With John Wayne he created the Wild West. Until they arrived on the scene
cowboys were just a bunch of scruffy guys. A lost occupation. Then before
you knew it everyone in America wanted to be one.

 

[Isaac]

speaking of cats, this was on the ad for this page when I was scrolling through new posts. It's pretty good.

that was excellent!!

 

[Steve R.]

Sent to me by my eldest daughter.