— it’s the latest poetry collection from Down in the Dirt magazine and it just arrived in the mail. It’s a surprisingly large tome, it’s got an awesome cover, and it looks great!
Does anyone else remember “The Odd Couple” (1970-1974) growing up? I was too young to remember its original run, but it played endlessly in reruns in the early 1980’s. For a lot of us, it was a show our parents watched. It was based on an eponymous 1965 Neil Simon play, and Tony Randall was absolutely a household name.
Hearing that theme song — and seeing those priceless shots of early-70’s New York in its opener — absolutely takes me back to my gradeschool years. I can practically smell dinner cooking in the kitchen.
Turns out it didn’t have a lot of cultural staying power — with my generation, at least. When was the last time you heard someone make a pop-culture reference to “The Odd Couple?” Yet people still fondly remember things like “The Partridge Family” (1970-1974), “The Six Million Dollar Man” (1973-1978) and “Voltron” (1983-1985).
I got a new hat as an early birthday present — and, whaddaya know, it just so happens that it matches a ring I own. It’s almost as though they were standard issue for some sort of … galactic peace-keeping corps or something.
Next I need to get a bright green coffeemaker as my power battery.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 