Sunday, January 5, 2014

Three Beautiful Things 01/04/14: Hope for Comedy, Great Guys Hall of Fame Get Together, Two Great Playoff Games

1.  I hope that the sixty or so people who read my blog post on Saving Mr. Banks will, if nothing else, think of comedy in its classical sense, not as a series of gags and punchlines, but as a way of telling a story about what gives life vitality and how, with the help of others, spiritually dead or numb persons can come to life again.  Comedy is not just about stories that have a happy ending.  It's much more substantial than that.  

2.  With the Kansas City/Indianapolis kickoff, a Great Guys Hall of Fame get together got underway and, as the day continued, several members came to Don Knott's house and back patio:  Jake, Ed, Byrdman, and Abbey, and, as a bonus, Abbie's wife Kate dropped in and I had the pleasure of meeting her.  The day featured two exciting NFL playoff games, awesome sausages from Genesee, Idaho, seven-layer dip and a homemade pizza loaf, thanks to Byrdman's wife, Steph, Rainier beer, Coors Light, Red Chair ale, Pendleton whiskey, Hennessy cognac, and Christian Brothers brandy, among other sources of having fun together. 

3.  Back to the NFL playoffs:  it was exciting to see the Colts come back from 28 points behind to beat Kansas City and the New Orleans victory over Philadelphia was a nail-biter.  Neither game turned out the way I wanted it to, but it was fun to feel such admiration for the two victorious squads.

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