For Ma...

...one of my Ma's fave tunes from her 'heyday', entitled 'Shim Sham Shimmy' by Champion Jack Dupree... here's a video link - seems like lately any 'video imbed' on blogger has been at best squirrelly...so, here's just a link, y'all:

Shim Sham Shimmy by Champion Jack Dupree

I remember Ma had the 78 rpm of this one...I believe its still here somewhere... although I doubt we have anything that PLAYS 78s at this point...

Anyway, hope y'all are doing well this weekend...

Later,
Hu
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...Perpetual Nonsense Post...

...Now, THIS feature hopefully won't scare any of you...it is nothing more than 'random thoughts' which are 'pun-like', witty, and/or just downright strange... as all other 'pages' I guess it's OK if you wish to contribute to this feature, but, I honestly don't expect y'all to operate at the same level of freakishness which I do from time to time... and, as always, no potty-mouth entries, please... 

The one thing to remember is, these 'thoughts' are all 'independent' of each other, thus there's no real continuity whatsoever...you could throw all these in a hat and mix them up, and the order would be most likely just as effective as the presentation here...

OK, SO...don't say I didn't warn y'all...

January 13, 2012

The lower the billboard, the shorter the clientele.

Breaking toes by the dozen.

He eats a gallon of oysters a day…that’s why we call him “Oysterman”.

Hamsters without wood chips.

Mildly Distressed Housewives. 
  

January 19, 2012

Nightmare Dinner Host.

Her kinfolk have infested our house…hm? What’s that, honey? …Oh, pardon me, they are ‘just visiting’, according to her… I’ve called the Orkin dude, just in case…

I’m not internationally known, but I’m known to rock the microphone…

Whales wail in Wales.

She bellows out cryptic Polynesian war chants.

January 27, 2012

Cheetos without orange fingers.

Your Patronage, While Not Fully Understood, Is Nevertheless Appreciated.

You know, there was a time when all this hand-waving, toe-tapping, and inaudible warbling under one’s breath just wasn’t allowed in a pinochle tournament…it’s truly a sad day for the game… 

Department of Redundancy Department.

Brain surgery for people who don’t have any brains to start with…

February 2, 2012

Some dude just called from the Stubbed Toe Society.

…The concept of “time” is little more than a mundane numerical system contrived by alleged “intellectuals”, which may as well be based upon the number of raindrops that fall upon one’s outstretched palm before it obtains a prune-like texture…

Sweaty polish women with undulating breasts appear, asking me for claw hammers and pick axes!

Rap groups without YO.

I guess I love you too much to talk to you. So I’ll just write passionate words on the kitchen wall, where you roll up your burritos. 

February 11, 2012
Yo-yos with strings attached.

Food vendors overheard working the stands at the recent Moroccan Camel Derby: “COOS-COOS…TABOOLI… COOS-COOS…TABOOLI…”

He has false teeth with braces on them.

Is ogling a woman illegal in this state?

…Stunned by the sudden shifting of Teutonic plates, the morbidly obese seismologist laboriously turns and mumbles some technical jargon towards the camera, in a vain attempt to save face; but in the final analysis, he only accomplishes spraying stale cruller crumbs forth from his cavernous craw…

June 11, 2012

He once had a nosebleed. She solved the problem by shoving mass quantities of cotton up his snoot. However, it was so compacted, that he could not remove it, hence he developed laryngitis and died, as was to be expected with a snoot full of cotton. She didn’t show at his funeral. After all, she killed him, why should she bury him?

…Oh, by the way, how’s your mother? Yes, your MUTHA…. I know she’s there, because I can hear her BARKING in the background…

...Thomas Alva Edison suddenly appears in a vision, apparently disgruntled about something…

The lady at the haberdashery asked me if I needed some help; I said “no thanks, just looking”… then she said “Well, if you need help, my name is Carol…” …weird – she was the first person I’ve ever met that had a conditional identity… what if I DIDN’T need help? What would her name be then? Huh?

...Post Time...

...well, I have barraged you with numerous posts... but, actually, I am just 'revamping' this thing to make it a bit easier to deal with... these posts just posted will be 'perpetual', in that I'll just add more stuff...and y'all feel free to add comments at will...

I did away with the 'pages' section, as it just...wasn't working, y'all...

And hopefully, I can start somewhat 'regular posting', for current events, and get y'all's take on it...

As a result, I'll just put a 'LINK' to these posts somewhere up tiop, so ya can always link to it...cause I KNOW y'all want to catch up on huey's fav music lyrics... and so forth...

Hope y'all are well...and tell all your friends about the nutty crunch that IS NBABOH... We're open for business...AGAIN!!!!

Later,
Hu
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...Perpetual Music Lyrics Post...

OK...this will be a 'perpetual' feature here, of cool, clever, and/or poignant song lyrics from ANY genre (although Rock will be the dominant one here...). I'll keep adding to the list over time, but Y'ALL please feel free to add ones you like as well - I'll note your contribution when added to the list (please notice you CAN comment on the 'page' feature). You can have one line, two, or even more, but typically the briefer the better... hopefully the ones I start out with will give you the 'gist' of the exercise.
The only other rule, as alluded to in the 'Hi-Y'all' post, is - no profanity, please. or, at least please use proper '***' for the offending word... Thanks, y'all.

OK, here goes...

 January 13, 2012

"...But glittering prizes and endless compromises...shattered the illusion of integrity." (Spirit of Radio, Rush)

"...Sweet talkin' people, done ran me outta town...." (Gimme Back My Bullets, Lynyrd Skynyrd)

"...I'm a juvenile product of the working class..." (Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Elton John)

"...and I don't own the clothes I'm wearing...and the road goes on forever...." (Midnight Rider, The Allman Brothers Band)

"...Cause Calvin Klein ain't no friend of mine...Don't want nobody's name on my behind...." (Rock Box, Run-D.M.C.)

 January 19, 2012

"...I don't know, but I've been told...a big-legged woman ain't got no soul...." (Black Dog, Led Zeppelin)

"...When the feeling calls, how we drown in stylistic audacity...." (Hold On, Yes)

"...Mama's in the graveyard, Papa's in the Pen...." (Papa Loved Mama, Garth Brooks)

"...I'm a roller in a steel mill...in downtown Birmingham...." (Birmingham, Randy Newman)

"...And it's raining, all over the world...Tonight, the longest night...." (Showdown, Electric Light Orchestra)

 January 27, 2012

"...what can you do when your dreams come true...and it's not quite like you planned..." (After the Thrill Is Gone, Eagles)

"...Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife...." (Amanda, Waylon Jennings)

"...I'm taking my time but I don't know where..." (Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard, Paul Simon)

"...Strange but not a stranger...." (Burning Down the House, Talking Heads)

"...Hookin' up words and phrases and clauses..." (Conjunction Junction, Jack Sheldon of Schoolhouse Rock)

 February 2, 2012

"...Reach down…between my legs….ease the seat back…" (Panama, Van Halen)

"...I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star...in somebody else’s sky…but why, oh why…can’t it be mine…" (Black, Pearl Jam)

"...But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao – You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow…" (Revolution, The Beatles)

"...I stand at your gate and the song that I sing is of moonlight…" (Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller Orchestra)

"...one's got a razor and the other's got a knife - but only one's gonna walk out alive…" (Down in the Track, The Doobie Brothers) 
 
February 11, 2012
"...Don’t lean on me man, cause you can’t afford the ticket – I’m back from Suffragette City…" (Suffragette City, David Bowie)
"...But people from Missouri never incensed me…" (They All Laughed, George and Ira Gershwin (Ginger Rogers vocals))
"...Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe…" (I Am the Walrus, The Beatles)
"...Drowning in the Sea of Love…Where everyone would love to drown…" (Sara, Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks))
"...You can't catch me, 'cause the rabbit done died…" (Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith)

...Perpetual Pictures Post...

This is simply the 'archives' for the NBABOH pictures that are posted every few days... just in case ya miss a few... feel free to comment on any of these, as most of them make for interesting, if not intriguing conversation...

JANUARY 13, 2012 - PIC #1

...author as a child, testing the limits of Ohm's Law...

 JANUARY 19, 2012 - PIC #2
 
  ...ESPECIALLY keep away from fiery children...

 JANUARY 27, 2012 - PIC #3

...I STILL don't know what this thing is, but it seems pretty cool...

FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PIC #4

...the 'Eat Mor Chikin' campaign is getting TOTALLY out of hand...

FEBRUARY 11, 2012 - PIC #5

...I'm thinking Ernie's tuna food has a WEE bit too much mercury in it...(this is our ACTUAL cat, BTW...he's got a personal vendetta against Little Golden Books...)

JUNE 11, 2012 - PIC #6

  

JUNE 11, 2012 - PIC #7


JUNE 11, 2012 - PIC #8
 
 ...wonder if they did 'Time of the Season'...

...Perpetual Movie Quotes Post...

THIS feature will also be a 'running deal', listing memorable movie lines, most likely from the 'Golden Age' of Hollywood, which to me is 1930-1945-ish... although I'm sure a lot of 'newer' films will find their way into the proceedings... the lines may be pretty familiar, but we are REALLY looking for those 'hidden gems' that aren't generally part of the lexicon of pop culture... but, hey, if you dig one of those, feel free to post it!
AND, any contributions by YOU will be greatly appreciated as well! Just post a comment to this page...the only rule, as aforementioned in various locations, is to 'minimize' questionable language (i.e., would you feel comfortable saying it front of your preacher, teacher, and/or mama) - and if a line DOES contain one of these, please just use the ol' "*****" technique... thanks in advance for your efforts concerning this matter.

SO...Here We Go!!!

 January 13, 2012

"...We'll show 'em a thing or three!" (Ginger Rogers as Honey Hale in "Flying Down to Rio", just before her and Freddie crank out the Carioca routine [ Y'all just KNEW VKM would kick off the proceedings here, right? ] )

"...Oh, Nicky - I love you because you know such lovely people..." (Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in "The Thin Man", at the 'high point' of the Charles' Christmas Party)

"...Mrs. Legendre to you, you halfwit!" (Jean Harlow as Lillian 'Lil' / 'Red' Andrews Legendre in "Red-Headed Woman", when one of the 'old neighborhood' guys calls her 'Lil')

"...But this is a little girl's bike...this is for a little GIRL!..." (Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", when having to ride said bike on a desert highway)

"...these go to eleven..." (Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel in "This Is Spinal Tap", describing his amp volume dials)

January 19, 2012

"...yes, but there’s some men out there fooling around with ropes and things…would you ask them to stop?" (Katherine Hepburn as Terry Randall in "Stage Door", during rehearsal for the ‘calla lilies’, and missing her ‘entry cue’)

"...that’s Franc-en-steen..." (Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein")

"...You DO hate me, don’t you, Johnny?" (Rita Hayworth as Gilda Mundson Farrell in "Gilda", in referencing the most complicated type of hate there is…)

"Look Dave - I can see you’re really upset about this..." (Douglas Rain as the voice of HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey")

"...I’m going to be a lady if it kills me!" (Jean Harlow as Kitty Packard in "Dinner at Eight")

January 27, 2012

"...Good Morning…What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000…" (Hippie headknocker Wavy Gravy in "Woodstock")

"...I’m a drunkard…" (Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in "Casablanca", when asked what his nationality was)

"...Now I want you to remember that no bas**rd ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bas**rd die for his country…" (George C. Scott as General George S. Patton in "Patton")

"...Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say ‘NI’ at will to old ladies…" (Eric Idle as Roger the Shrubber in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail")

"...Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?" (Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in "Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)", when Luke breaks her out while incognito)

February 2, 2012

"...PAIN…" (Mr. T as Clubber Lang in "Rocky III", when asked for his prediction for his rematch with Balboa)

"...Insanity runs in my family…it practically gallops…" (Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster in “Arsenic and Old Lace”)

"...How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell like honeysuckle?" (Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff in "Double Indemnity")

"...Frankly, Miss Piggy, I don’t give a hoot.” (Kermit the Frog in "The Muppet Movie")

"...It’s a system all my own…" (Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews in "It Happened One Night", discussing her ‘method’ for flagging down a ride)

February 11, 2012

"...You’re gonna need a bigger boat…" (Roy Schneider as Sheriff Brody in "Jaws")

"...I don’t care WHO the father is… I’M the GRANDFATHER!" (Charles Colburn as J. B. Merlin in "Bachelor Mother")

"...No, Mr. Bond…I expect you to DIE…" (Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger in "Goldfinger", in response to Bond asking him if he expects him to talk…)

"...The Claw chooses who will go and who will stay…" (Little Alien Critter in "Toy Story", when Buzz Lightyear gets stuck in the ‘crane game’ booth at the pizza joint)

"...That’s your misfortune…" (Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in “Gone With the Wind”, after Scarlett tells him she loves him)