Autumn in New England

[Bill Hahn]

John,

Thanks for the link. I recommend to you "Seagulls and Summer People" by Captain Kendall Morse, if you
can find a recording. Morse used to have a program on Maine public tv called "In The Kitchen", where he would
sit around with some liar from the backwoods and exchange the most outrageous lies with a straight face. No laugh
track, only one camera -- and the funniest program I've ever seen. I remember the show he had with Marshall
Dodge, one half of "Bert and I". At the end, in the segment where Morse summed up the program (sitting on a
rocking chair on his porch), he said: "If the devil came to me and said: 'You owe me a 1000 liars' and I responded: 'I'll
give you Marshall Dodge' and the devil refused, I'd call the devil a hard bargainer.".

Since this humor *is* an acquired taste, I'll stop at this point....:-)

Best wishes,
Bill

[gene LaFord]

I have several "Bert and I" recordings on vinyl.

A-yup... Down East humah dohn't get no bettah thahn thaht!

[David Vickery]

So just how hot is a "scortcher” in the New England area???

[gene LaFord]

95 to 98 F with 95% humdidity... where your ear hair sweats while you are sittin' in the shade.