How About A French Kiss?!
By: Billy Deaver
Could I have a pen, (please?) Thank you! As the news began, so it ended. Then there was Bob Welch’s FRENCH KISS. By the way, who watched T.V. Sunday night? Well I have some good news, and I have some bad news, not in that order. Me, well I loved the novel but I was ashamed of the show.
Thank goodness for B. D. Zenker, and the rest of the Doonesbury crew. It was great! I just loved Thudpucker. After listening to that great music I just had to listen to Bob Welch. He, Welch not Thudpucker, is a former member of Fleetwood Mac.
This is his first solo album. Buy it as a Christmas present for a close friend. You never can tell, they just might ask you over to listen to it some time. They might have some Thudpucker, too. Wouldn’t that be nice. It is really great. Put “Open me Second!” on the package.
If you have someone special, like L. H. (remember 30 points) you can dedicate songs like SENTIMENTAL LADY, CLOSE MY HEART, EBONY EYES, and LOSE YOUR HEART to them. Wouldn’t that be lovely! If you know anybody that likes good music, they will like this album.
A CHRISTMAS STORY or A STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Long ago and far away there lived a magic rock. The rock’s name was Roll. He lived on the side of a very small hill. Well Roll had no friends except an old tree that also lived on this very small hill. This tree’s name was Fred Underwood, a very wise but not magical tree. Well for years Roll and Fred would pass the time entertaining each other.
Roll, known to Fred as Roll the Magical Rock, would do a Matinee for Fred every afternoon. He would perform all the magical tricks he knew for Fred, who by the way was a very good audience. Fred got a big kick out of Roll’s illusions. Then, every night, Fred would say wise things about life and Roll would listen and contemplate them. Needless to say Roll was a very good listener.
That Christmas, they had a very good idea, they thought. Roll decided to give Fred all his magical powers and in return Fred gave Roll all his wise thoughts. Well Christmas Day it was Fred doing the magic tricks and Roll saying wise things at night. But something was wrong. Roll was very bored with Fred’s magic and Fred did not even listen to Roll’s wise sayings.
The next day they were very bitter with each other. They were at the point of fisticuffs. Then they realized what was wrong. They each had special talents that could entertain the other, but they were used to Roll doing the magic and Fred doing the philosophizing.
So the day after Christmas they gave each others talents back. And to this day Roll is doing his magic and Fred is back to being wise. MORAL: Don’t ever give too much of yourself away; they may not give it back.
A WISE (7) CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
Now I know, or I would like to think, well I mean it is nice to think, sometimes, that my column is read occasionally by someone or something on campus. Anyway, the point is that I have enjoyed it. Some of you will not be returning to TCC in the Spring. To those I would like to wish you the greatest of luck and I hope it wasn’t my column that ran you off.
To those who will be returning, I have something to get off my mind.
You can expect about the same kind of oblivious material in the Spring columns, well mine anyway. It takes a lot to be stupid, gracefully. And to everyone I must say, “Life, like peanuts, has something good inside. If you can just get all those shells opened and get inside to all the hidden goodies, your life will be on its way to a peanut and jelly sandwich.” GO BULLHORNS! Break a leg cast and crew of Sacramento Fifty Miles Friday and Saturday. Hello, Sharon. Last but not least, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!