Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 8/19 - Spam

RIP Don Pardo, 96, voice of Saturday Night Live since its inception. He also worked on The Price Is Right and, of course, Jeopardy. During WWII he was a correspondent for NBC Radio. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Imagine a conversation in heaven between Pardo and legendary Yankees public address announce Bob Shepperd, who died in 2010. Either would fit the voice of God in any biblical epic.


One of the area drinking crew visited the floating book shop today and said he had something for me. I assumed it was a book another member had recently stolen from Stop n Shop, which he wanted to exchange for one of my inventory because it was so dull. It wasn't a book but a can of Spam. He'd already scoffed down two and didn't want to see any more. I'm not sure I've ever had it and, if I have, it was only once. I was hoping Ol' Smoky would pass by so that I could pass it on to him, but he was a no-show. Of course, whenever I hear that product's name I'm reminded of the crazy Monty Python sketch: "Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam,/ Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam,/ Spammmmmmm!" Here's a clip of it. It's a shade over three minutes. Warning to the uninitiated -- it is shrill and extremely silly, but it makes me laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

My thanks to the people who made purchases today, especially the middle age woman who bought How to Raise a Jewish Dog, which is currently #83 in humor at Amazon, and Cougar, which she claimed to be buying for a friend who is dating a much younger man. Thanks also to Steve, who purchased a reprint of Frank Edwards' Flying Saucers, Serious Business, which has been around since the mid '60's.
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Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx