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[Jim Robinson]

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[MinuteGal]

Well, thankee, pardner!

Does that heart in the photo read "I Love Lady"?

You have a wonderful graphic for every occasion, my dear.

Yours from my Hollywood home next door to the home of Will Rogers, recently elected as the first mayor of Beverly Hills,

Louella

[Fiddlstix]

I'll go along with your description of Chaplin. But Keaton is the king of "deadpan" and the undisputed king of the pratfall. Nobody before or since Keaton could take a fall like he could.
Heck fire. That's how he got the nickname "Buster" bestowed on him by his godfather, Harry Houdini.
Buster thought up and did all of his own stunts. He never worked with a double. He was still taking falls when he was 70 years old.
Some of the stunts he introduced to films are still being used by comics even today.
He was a great innovator.

Damfinos Forever!
Yea!

[gpapa]

I kinda liked these two in my younger days.

[Lady Jag]

My pleasure, ma'am.

[Fiddlstix]

Me Too! Still do.

ABBOTT and COSTELLO:
Costello Buys A Computer

Remember ABBOTT and COSTELLO Jokes? Hope you enjoy this one. In today's world, Bud ABBOTT and Lou COSTELLO's famous sketch "Who's on first?" might have turned out something like this....

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT . . . .

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks.I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer.I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows.I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer!I need something I can use to write proposals,track expenses and run my business. What have you got?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, lets just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?

ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.

COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: If it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them?

ABBOTT: Of course.

COSTELLO: Great! With what?

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?

ABBOTT: You click the blue "1".

COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?

ABBOTT: The blue "1".

COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?

ABBOTT: The blue "1" is Real One and the blue "W" is Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows"!

ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world.

COSTELLO: It is?

ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.

COSTELLO: And that word is real one?

ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office.

COSTELLO: STOP! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

A FEW DAYS LATER . .

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "START"..........

(Click Here for Audio of the Original "Who's On First" Routine.)

[Lady Jag]

[gpapa]

Yeah, I remember that one. Most remembered is “Who’s on First,” which many of their later routines emulated.

[Fiddlstix]

It is a classic. No doubt about it.

[do the dhue]

Classic - heard it a million times and it is still funny. And that is what makes it a classic.

[Fiddlstix]

You got that right. Some things never go out of style. “Who’s on first” is one of ‘em.

[MinuteGal]

Oh, my gaaaawd!

This one takes the cake....hah!

Louella

[gpapa]

[dixiechick2000]

A bump backatcha just for YOU! ;o)

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!!

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from Never Never Land
$20 from Ohio
$10 from Texas
$35 from California
$20 from New Hampshire
$20 from Alabama
$50 from New York
$100 from Tennessee

Thank you all very much!!

Less than $4k to go...

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, concentric circles!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, tongue-tied!!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, andyandval!!

[dixiechick2000]

Way to go Never Never Land, Ohio, Texas, California, New Hampshire, Alabama, New York, and Tennessee!

Less than $4k to go!

Let's see some fireworks, FReepers!

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you very much, MrPiper!!

[MinuteGal]

If that isn't the cat's pajamas, I don't know what is, gpapa!

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