So, let's relate.
This: a picture of me when I was Tom Mix (circa 1936)
That: The song I sang when Tom Mix was on the radio.
When it's Ralston time at breakfast, then it surely is a treat to have some rich full flavored Ralston
made of golden western wheat! Wrangler says it is deeeeelicious, and you'll find so 'fore you're through;
with a lot of cream, it sure tastes keen.
It's tops for breakfast too!
Ask your mother in the morning,serve you up a steaming plate. It's a grand hot whole-wheat cereal
And the cowboys think it's great.
Once you try it, you stay by it, Tom Mix says its swell to eat. Jane and Jimmy, too, say it's best for you
Ralston cereal can't be beat.
made of golden western wheat! Wrangler says it is deeeeelicious, and you'll find so 'fore you're through;
with a lot of cream, it sure tastes keen.
It's tops for breakfast too!
Ask your mother in the morning,serve you up a steaming plate. It's a grand hot whole-wheat cereal
And the cowboys think it's great.
Once you try it, you stay by it, Tom Mix says its swell to eat. Jane and Jimmy, too, say it's best for you
Ralston cereal can't be beat.
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The other thing(s): This great picture from my mother's photo album. Uncle Arthur (we called him Bucky), Aunt Margaret, and my cousin Marjorie—who used to baby sit my brother Dann and me.
They sure look like the hardy homesteaders don't they? Love that
They sure look like the hardy homesteaders don't they? Love that image
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Three outstanding men died within the past few weeks. One, Jim Unger, a cartoonist possessing unusual style and humor. He drew the unique newspaper panel Herman.
Ray Bradbury, he took science fiction aficionados to depths and heights never before experienced between the covers of a book or a magazine, a TV or movie screen,or-- back to radio—prophesying, as he often did in a scary manner. I think of Fahrenheit 451
Finally, Dick Beals, whose voice was Speedy Alka-Seltzer's. (Plop, plop, fizz, fizz –oh, what a relief it is) Dick was 4' 6”, but a giant talent. I bought his book Think BIG in 1992; we became friends, I had him talk to our cartoonists' club twice.
Nothing seemed beyond his capabilities. He was an instrument rated pilot, coached high school baseball/football, partnered in an ad agency. I'm happy to have had Dick as a friend. Raise a glass to all three for how they each enriched our lives!
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The prerequisite VINCENT strip reveals that one of his problems is similar to mine: his hearing gives him grief.
Hope you'll stop by again soon. And Thanks.
JIM
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