Comment on Traumatized By Puppets! by Phil Strawn

In reply to <a href="https://notesfromthecactuspatch.com/2025/02/11/traumatized-by-puppets/comment-page-1/#comment-4299">lynnfay73</a>. Shari was ahead of her time with the cute little Lambchop, and she was a great at it. Howdy Doody scared me, too creepy looking.

Comment on Traumatized By Puppets! by lynnfay73

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aw. I don't remember ever seeing one in person, only on tv. Lamb Chop, lady ventriloquist. I forget her name. A thank you, internet. Shari Lewis. My favorite one maybe. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Comment on Traumatized By Puppets! by John Holton

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was magic, wasn't it? It didn't matter that you knew how it was being done...</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Comment on The Green Legacy of Mr. Greenjeans by Maddie Cochere

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I'm with you 100% on paragraphs one and two. It was all downhill from there. LOL!! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I grew up with Captain Kangaroo, and I mostly remember that he read books to me! No one read books to me, and I loved them all. Curious George stands out as does Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. :)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Great tale, Phil! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Comment on The Green Legacy of Mr. Greenjeans by Phil Strawn

In reply to <a href="https://notesfromthecactuspatch.com/2025/03/10/the-green-legacy-of-mr-greenjeans/comment-page-1/#comment-4295">Nancy's Notes </a>. He did look like him. I always enjoyed the Dead End Kids movies: a gang that didn't hurt anyone.

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<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I always thought Mr Greenjeans was Huntz Hall! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Comment on The Green Legacy of Mr. Greenjeans by Phil Strawn

In reply to <a href="https://notesfromthecactuspatch.com/2025/03/10/the-green-legacy-of-mr-greenjeans/comment-page-1/#comment-4293">Nancy Homlitas</a>. Nancy, you have to realize I was on my way home from work, and that explains the shirt. I Wasn't a faithful watcher, but I knew the show.

Comment on The Green Legacy of Mr. Greenjeans by Nancy Homlitas

I think they made shows like Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Greenjeans to discourage children from watching television. I love your stories about yesteryear that trigger reverie.. The one thing that's just too far fetched to believe is you wearing an Eddie Bauer Polo shirt. You seem more likely to wear a "Go Climb a Rock" T-shirt frayed around the neck. Thanks for the fun read, Phil. :)

The Green Legacy of Mr. Greenjeans

If you were a kid in the 1950s, then you knew who Captain Kangaroo and his sidekick Mr. Greenjeans were. Their television show was broadcast five days a week in glorious black and white and viewed by millions of kids on tiny television screens. ” Don’t sit too close to that TV, you’ll go blind.” …

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Comment on When Petulance Replaces Decorum And Respect by lynnfay73

<!-- wp:paragraph --> It was quite a spectacle. I used to think Democrats provided a necessary social "balance" to the fiscally minded Republicans, but now every single policy they have is bad, especially late term abortion and this trans crap. I can't think of a thing they are now contributing. Something else. <!-- /wp:paragraph -->

Comment on Hey Kids, It’s Fun Being Sick! by Badfinger (Max)

You all were more advanced than me...I played sick many times but didn't coordinate it with other kids...sounds like I did the right thing lol.

Hey Kids, It’s Fun Being Sick!

How Kids Beat The Pandemic In The 1950s Kids are an intelligent species. They know far more about human interaction and theatrical interpretation than their parents suspect. I can’t put a date on when this anomaly was discovered, but people with fancy degrees and a goatee first noticed this behavior in the early 1950s. My …

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When Petulance Replaces Decorum And Respect

Momo and I are getting on in age these days. I am 75 and she is 70ish, so we’ve done and seen a few things along the way. So, being as socially aware and self-educated as we are, it was a shock to our overly medicated systems to see the entire Democratic coterie of POD …

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The Mooch-O-Matic life Meter

Life Is A Percentage Game A few weeks ago, my buddy Mooch and I were driving to Glenrose on a little road trip. We often take an adventure when we hear of something worth investigating. The stranger the better to occupy our precious time. Mooch heard from someone at the feed store that a lady …

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Religion, Family, and a Baptism Gone Wrong

Swimming With Jesus In A Cement Pond My first taste of religion came when I was six. A boy from Fort Worth, I was taken to the Polytechnic Baptist Church to witness the near-drowning of my young father. He was baptized by a man named Reverend Agustin Z Bergeron. The preacher was a legend, standing …

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Hipster Dogs Are Among Us

I wrote this story in 2020 after an encounter at a hipster restaurant in the trendy section of Fort Worth. I wish my stash looked as good as his. A sweet little dog with a strange name is pictured for your educational pleasure. “Graphon Chardonnay” is what’s known in 2020 as a “Hipster Companion Service …

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Coffee Culture: Encountering Hipster Baristas

Is It Hip To Be Square? My wife and I visited the new and improved Fort Worth landmark, Sundance Square, a while back. Beautiful place, well planned and functional architecture; good job, Bass boys.After a few loops, we hankered for a cup of coffee and maybe a pastry. We found a coffee house cafe with …

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The Truth About Ambiance in Tex-Mex Restaurants

After a trip to Frisco Texas for a doctors visit today, Momo and me stopped off at a local Fort Worth Mexican restaurant for an early supper before taking the cattle trail back to Granbury. Seated, beers in hand, decompressing from two hours of hell on earth Dallas traffic, our Senorita waitress stopped by to …

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Traumatized By Puppets!

A Childhood Tragedy Back in 2020, I penned this true account of one of my favorite childhood tragedies: there were more than a few. The asphalt parking lot is so hot it’s melting the rubber soles of my PF Flyer “tinny” shoes to the pavement. It’s July of 1957, and there are at least one …

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Writing Gibberish For The Masses..Blood On The Keyboard And God Slaps Me Up The Side Of My Head…

After fighting sleepless nights for years, I thought I had moved on from the condition. Nope. The wide-eyed wonder hours are back. I consume enough pain meds to take out the Hulk. So many, it’s a marvel that I’m still alive. I have these problems because of back surgery. It left me with an Elvis …

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