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I’m currently going through the 70s crime drama The Streets of San Francisco. Tonight I’m getting ready to watch the Season 2 episode “Winterkill”, from late 1973. One of the guest stars is Denver Pyle—without the beard, lol! I’m just starting it so don’t know yet if he’s good or bad...but I always enjoyed his guest spots on Perry Mason, and he played a variety of good & bad characters on there.

I was here all on my own, so I watched 'The Great Santa Claus Chase' anyway. To borrow a line from the episode, I "was as lonely as old Waylon on the night of the Country Music Association Awards."

Growing up I watched him on Andy Griffith. Later I used to watch him on Grizzly Adams with his mule #7. To this day when I pull into a gas station and happen to end up on the #7 pump I think of Uncle Jesse and the way he used to say "number seven" (even though he wasn't named Jesse in Grizzly Adams). I'm sure I saw him on lots of other things but only remember 3 of them well. At 59 I'm the same age that Jesse was when Dukes began so I suppose it's time for me to start growing the hair longer and growing the beard longer. Currently my hair never gets longer than two inches before my wife buzzes it and I shave once a month so the beard never gets that long. My hair only has a little grey by the ears and my beard is only about 30% gray so unfortunately I couldn't look like him if I wanted. My voice is kinda deep so I can sound a little like him. Just waiting to get a little more grey and get that old white Ford truck. In a few years I'll be him.

It's the same for me when I see Sorrell Booke's cameo appearances in 'M*A*S*H'. Even though he's dressed as a general, part of me wonders what Boss Hogg's doing in Korea.

I think I'm going to get my first pair of glasses too Spike. My right eye is getting bad. I also think our snow will be melted here by Christmas since it's supposed to hit 40 every day. Shucks....I love White Christmases. Glad to hear your health is improving Hobie. It seems like everybody gets sick after Thanksgiving with all those travelers spreading germs.

mirror (the only reason the Moon shines is because it acts like a mirror and reflects sunlight....you were talking about that kind of moonshine weren't you Hobie?)