If at first you don't succeed......

fly...fly...again.

Happy Leap Day!

Marty

Atkinson, NE

Trivia Tuesday!!

Here we go with the last TT of this elongated February....

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com

to tell me who the young buckeroo above is....

will win this week's GRAND PRIZE

and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days.

Hints...
--I like his initials.
--need his original birth name!!!!
--stopped at a DG in his hometown yesterday on my way here.
--should not be invited to speak at your College graduation ceremony.
--3 wives
--2 religions
--1 stamp
--did his best work before Noon.
--missing a lung, stomach, gallbladder and a couple of ribs when he died.
--six packs a day kind of guy.....and I don't mean beer.

Marty
Atkinson, NE

Bowling....Bowling....Bowling.....

Erin (Gutter Bumper) McNally is bringing her bowling prowess
south of the Mason Dixon Line to show those folks a little bit
about how we ROLL up North!!
....and it's all for charity.

Picture above is the

"Erin Elizabeth 10-Pin Museum"
that she pays her Mother to dust for her

while she is away!

Please check out the link below for her Disney 2012 Bowl-a-Thon Page!

https://fundraising.intelis.com/jacf/AThons/Home.jsp?Person=cc0d0bb81358cc054421001b8ea0b2a7&Event=cc0d0bb813433fb5aba100023cae3310

Marty
Atkinson, NE

Cha...Cha...Cha.....twofer!!

Well not only would it have been
Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr's 96th birthday today......

but it also the true "Great One's" B-Day today!!
Cha...Cha...Cha.....Nancy Jane!

Marty
Iowa City, IA

Doh!

500 days of Bart.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Lots of close calls this week.....

but it took a couple tries and the accountant-like detail of

Mz. Molly Flynn to come up with this week's winner....

Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr.

(the "Jr." makes and breaks a lot of folks!)

Marty

Chicago, IL

Painting by numbers....

Marty

Chicago, IL

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking!

Marty

Chicago, IL

Trivia Tuesday!!

Here we are already with the 2nd to last TT for February!!
First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name Mr. Debonair above....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days.
I NEED HIS ORIGINAL NAME!!

Hints....

--His parents were both from Ireland.
--By the time he was 19...his father left home...his 2 brothers and mother died.
--Only travelled by train due to his fear of flying.
--former D.J.
--a 5+ pack a day smoker.
--Had several albums that were #1 on the charts.
--Quite the ladies man....married 3 times.

Marty
LaPorte, IN

Before GPS.....

Marty

Loves Park, IL

Only 4 months until SUMMER!

.....only $9,000 and its yours!!
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11435

Marty

No more door dings!

....didn't see this at the Auto Show!?

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Lots of Carol Burnett guesses this week.

But Frank Hampton takes it this week with....
Carol Creighton Burnett
Good to have a newcomer in to keep

the "Maggies" and the "Mollys" in-check.

--Carol will be coming to the Rialto Theater in Joliet this coming May

--had her Hollywood Star placed in front of the Hollywood Pacific Theater

--where she was fired as an usherette.

--daughter Carrie died at age 38 of both lung and brain cancer.

Please watch the clip above.....(thanks Mr. Farrell)

The Carol Burnett Show was a favorite of mine on Sat nights when I was a youngster.

Marty

Cadillac, MI

You know you're from Peoria when.....

Marty

Petersburg, IL

Don't worry......

.....be Happy Man!

10 minute movie below.....
http://vimeo.com/mattmorrisfilms/mrhappyman

Marty

Rushville, IN

Trivia Tuesday!!

Happy TT and Valentines Day!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the Cupid above.....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days.

Hints....

--a Texan.
--now a New Mexican (?)
--you could soon bump into her in Joliet.
--has a star outside her former place of employment.
--graduated from Hollywood H.S.
--married 3 times.
--both of her parents were alcoholics.
--had a daughter who died of cancer at a young age.

Marty
Palmyra, IN

How do you play pool on a cruise?

....with Gyroscopic self-leveling pool tables of course.

Marty

Rushville, IN

Earthquake Drill in Japan.....

I enjoyed this......

preparation drill on how Japanese authorities

would handle a Zoo animal

escape after a major earthquake.

Nobody giggles or laughs during this....come on!

How are they going to handle Godzilla!?

Marty

Football fix.....

Maybe the Pats can try this next year.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Well.....

Maggie Pollard is back from Ireland....and don't I know it!!

She was the first in with the correct answer this week..
Madonna Louise Ciccone.

....although she didn't earn the extra credit (slacker),

Veronica is her confirmation name.

--She grew up in the Detroit area....

--Her Dad was an engineer for GM.

--Had a dance scholarship to U of Michigan.

If I knew there was a scholarship for dance.....

I may have been your Super Bowl entertainment last Sunday!

Marty

Petersburg, IL

Cha...Cha...Cha.....twofer!!

My little rocker Katie is turning the big 1-2 today!!

The bass should fit a little better now.

.....and Santa's FAVORITE Elf

"Chuckles"

is turning the BIG 4-9!!

Nice belt there Chuckles!

Marty

Rushville, IN

Another reason to turn off your T.V.......

....something so wrong about this

but way too funny to pass up.

Marty

Martinsville, IN

Trivia Tuesday!!

First TT of February......

and get ready because I found out that Ireland DOES have Internet!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name
the diastema diva above....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and
TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints....

--Worked at Dunkin' Donuts.

--Her dad worked for GM.

--Straight "A" student....

--Had a scholarship to the U of M.....but dropped out.

--Her Mom died when she was only 5 years old.

--Cheerleader in H.S. and last Sunday.

--Extra credit for her confirmation name.

Marty

Palmyra, IN

First Fan.....

Marty

Palmyra, IN

Before there was a Super Bowl.....

.....our entertainment outlets were few and far between.

But I wouldn't mind a pair of these!

Marty

CHA...CHA...CHA...Part Duex!!

Good afternoon.....
sorry I'm a little late but,
50th Birthday Parties for Princesses....
don't come around too often.

Plus....seeing Tim Conway twice in less than

6 months is a shock to anyone's system!

Since the "Lite Beer in your Shorts" pic from yesterday's Blog,

was such a hit last night....
(Everybody had it up on their I-Phone....
you can run but you can't hide Jimmy!)
I decided to publish the "real" version.

All these years....
I never noticed the "Package".....
probably due to the bronzed, bandanna wearing Tarzan
named Jay that was next to the Princess.

I know that this looks like the start of a bad "PlayGirl" photo shoot....
but I can assure all that it was a great week with friends
in Wisconsin many moons ago!!

I double-dog-dare Jim and
Jay to make this their new
Facebook Profile Pic.

Here's to another 50!
Marty

We Have a Wiener and a CHA...CHA...CHA!!

Ed & Buddy.....

Shhhhhhhhhhh......
The first one in this week with the correct answer was Mz. Maggie Pollard,
but because she is in Ireland this week.....
and Ireland hasn't invented the internet yet....she'll never know.
Unless you tell her and

I KNOW YOU WON'T!!

This week's GRAND PRIZE winner is none other than the Birthday Boy himself....
Mr. James Farrell.

He knew that the specs were located in Clear Lake, IA.
Which is the spot where Buddy Holly, Richie Valens,
and the Big Bopper's plane went down on this date in 1959.
Buddy was 22....

Richie was 17....

Big Bopper was 28.

Roger Peterson (local pilot) was 21.

I was here a few years ago.....
no map or road signs to the crash site...
I had to find it with some hints on the web.

I walked about a half mile

through some tall late August corn
to get to a small makeshift memorial.

Pretty spooky in that "Deliverance"

kind of way....
I don't think that I have ever been to a place that was soooo quiet...EVER.
No cars...planes....tractors....dogs barking...nothing.
I had this feeling that something was going to jump out of the corn....
so I ran like a girl back to my car!!

--A 14-year old Don (American Pie) McLean found out about Buddy's death while delivering papers (shiver/deliver)

--I ONLY put 3 Buddy Holly song titles in the hints on Tuesday.....
(OH BOY!--THINK IT OVER--IT'S SO EASY)

HAPPY 50 Mr. Farrell.....
CHA CHA CHA!!!

Born on the Day the Music (and fashion) Died.....

nice work!
Is that an extra can of Lite in your pants.....
or are you just happy to see me!!

Marty
Joliet, IL

Toyota Camry for sale.....

I need to get me one of those Lionel Richie blenders!

Mom's (not-reinvented) 2000 Camry

will be on the auction block in the next couple of weeks.....

she has insurance and her garage paid until the end of Feb.....

so it will need to be gone by then.

Last chance for any takers.....$8,000.

That only like......

33 cents a mile.

Marty

Marion, IL

...and how did you spend your New Years Day?

...and to think I didn't move off of the couch.

Marty

Altamont, IL