#It occurred to me, that if PBS only shows a narrow window of the years R-G was
#produced, they have likely never heard his songs or poetry. You know "The
#Winter Of Our Discount Tent" and all. I found those, and Adventures With Bill -
#as slapstick as they can be - some of the funniest moments.
 
Until recently, we had not ever seen/heard the songs & poetry.  However,
there seems to always be a "campfire" type sing-a-long skit with Red and
Harold on the episodes we are seeing now.  They are pretty good.  I guess
this was the third or forth week of the "new" show, and I think this was
the first week where the last line of the song (the punchline) actually
rhymed!  ;-)
 
#I wonder too, how many guest spots they might have been exposed to. Like Edgar
#Montross played by Graham Greene, or Gordon Pinsette playing the BS guy.
#(Forget the characters name just now.) Just last week, I saw Dave and Ian
#Thomas do a skit. Kinda a Smothers Brothers vibe to it. Pretty funny, it was.
##[JB=>RM]
 
I've seen ones with Edgar & the BS guy (Hap Shaunasey (sp?)).  Then there is
also the Snowblower guy (can't remember his name), and the Animal Control
officer (Ed Frid, who is completely afraid of animals!).
 
Winston was on most shows they were showing, but I don't think I have seen him
on any of the "New" shows yet.  For a while, they had segments
that were like
the "Adventures with Bill" but that were about other characters, often
including a character named Walter, which only seemed to appear in those
segments.  Others included Mike and/or Dalton and/or Ed and/or Winston.
Towards the end, Bill was back.
 
Of course, Mike and Dalton are on just about every show we've seen here.
 
Mike
 
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