October 4, 2021
and 105 years ago on this day in 1916, actor Jan Murray was born as Murray
Janofsky in the Bronx, New York. Murray played Captain Sam Bishop in “Tarzan
and the Great River.”
He hosted quiz
shows, made countless television appearances and played Icabod Crane on Kolchak:
The Night Stalker in 1974 and Simon Sweet on “The Man From Uncle” in 1967.
Murray began his
show business career as a standup comedian.
The 100 word drabble
for today is “Food for Thought,” and it’s taken from Jan Murray’s comic
routines.
“Dieting is a
system of starving yourself to death so you can live a little longer. Chubby
Checker lost pounds by demonstrating how to move as if you were drying your
back with a towel. The substitution of the word back for bottom indicates the
oddly wholesome image of the twist. Hunger is real. Russia needs our wheat. We
can’t expect them to invade countries on empty stomachs.
Yesterday
afternoon I came home and a man was jogging naked across my yard. I asked, ‘Why
are you jogging naked in my yard.’ The man replied, “Why are you home early?”
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