TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES..........

Cliff Robertson is hitch-hiking to Mesquite. Has a great 1949 Hudson like my dad's - pulled over for a bad exhaust............

Ida Lupino plays a harried woman who won't dance with her son or husband.

Movies like this were made in the 1970's; get a clue from the distress and stress of life before automobiles.

Crazy west - shooting; fighting - gunning people down and we think things are goofy in 2009!

Matt Dillion had his problems; 'To Catch a Thief' was a popular program, and Hogan's Heroes made fun of the Nazi camps!

Today, most of those stars are dead; what were they trying to tell us??? I think they were reminding us that things we just as rugged back in the 1800's as they are in the 21st centurey!

My how I loved the show "I Love Lucy". Lucille Ball was a wonderful lady committed to comedy and joy. She allowed women to see the funny side of their mistakes, and I'm sure many men nodded in agreement that 'that's my wife', as they also learned to see the hilarity in the errors of women's ways, rather than getting angry.

My hat is off to Red Skelton - The Nelson family tried to show us family values and today 'Oppie' (or Oppy) makes block-busting movies to take your money; over-charge you for pop-corn and sweet corn still is sweet to those of us who grow it; cook it, and love it with sweet butter....

We should count the blessings of living in the USA instead of cursing everything and thinking someone is conspiring to do us simple folk in. We should also remember that life in any country is never without trauma, violence and dispute - that is the nature of the human when they gather in large masses and try to maintain a society where each wants a piece of the pie and some just want a bigger and better piece!