Sorry for the long absence. It might take me a day or two to get back into the swing of things (or at least to read all my e-mail), but I’m around now. So watch what you say.
Speaking of e-mail, mine’s changed. Use mkriskey at gmail if you need to reach me.
As you were.
MIKEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Derek!
Nice use of Buckwheat pic, m’man. The wake of the Ft. Hood shootings and the press coverage, all I keep thinking about is John David Stutts and “Buckwheat Is Dead,” brought to you by Mutual Life … because you could die tomorrow.
Stutts’ Boss: He was a loner, but a real hard worker. I mean, he pumped the gas, he checked the oil, he washed the windows. Nice kid.
Ted Koppel: Do you believe he killed Buckwheat?
Stutts’ Boss: Oh, yes, definitely. That’s all he talked about. I remember one day I says, uh, “Stutts, why are you working so hard?” He says, “’Cause I’m saving up to buy a gun, so I can kill Buckwheat.”
Was that from memory, Eric?
All except the “pumped the gas…” and “working so hard…” parts, yeah. That was about the time my folks started to let me stay up to watch SNL, and always loved that sketch.
Spengler
copiedhad the same thought as you, Eric.I’m tellin’ ya, Mike, I about shit myself when I saw the graphic — on Fox News no less — say, “Hasan’s Neighbor: ‘He’s a nice man.’” 25+ years later and the script’s damn near the same.
Excellent Little Rascals tie-in, Mike! Looks like you haven’t lost a step during your hiatus.
Look out America! Kriskey’s back and he’s tanned and rested. Well tanned.
I looked again at that picture. What a great looking kid! Please tell me things turned out better for him than they did for Alfalfa and Robert Blake.
From what I can remember, Buckwheat grew up and worked for Technicolor labs. Left show business. I think he received an award, or something near the end of his life, getting a standing ovation from everyone.
Vague, I know, but so’s my memory…
So are you EVER going to tell us where you was?
Some things are better left unsaid, right fellow H&O fan Rufus?
I think it’s an amazing coincidence he disappeared around the time his beloved Bo-Sox made their bow and re-surfaced only after the Yankees were off the front page.
I was wondering the same thing meself. Being in Connecticut where you have a lot of New England traitors (tories) who favor the Skankees, it might not have been safe for Mike to communicate with us, never mind leave his house (I always thought of him as a shut-in anyway). I was also thinking that maybe his choosing to come back post-World Series, and post a post-blackface cheerleader, Buckwheat post, is a little too coincidental.
I went to one college Halloween party as Flava Flav.
Times have changed…
He was on a secret mission for the He-Man Woman Haters Club.
Tracy, I’m leaning towards the “he ran off with Ann Coulter” explanation.
He was also taking cultural awareness and diversity classes.
Good to see ya Mike! I’m glad that they finally found the right Prozac dose to get you past the PBSD (Post BoSox Depression).
I’m taking it one day at a time, Rich. One meaningless day at a time.
-Mike! While we were both gone for so long, there were a lot of aspersions cast in our direction, mostly by Rufus, I must say. Just so they all believe that you and I have nothing more than an adoptive father-son relationship, I told everyone you were holed up in a Northern Nevada whorehouse. So go with me on this one. OK?
That wasn’t me, Fritz! It was that lousy no-talent so-called “singer,” Tony Clifton! People always get us confused.
Ah, Mike, you’re still da queen of denial!!!
OTAY,MIKE!