Scott A. Johnson, PhD

Maybe Trump confused Markwayne with a Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer archetype ("MarkTwain")...no doubt he likes how they refer to their friend Jim...it's all a weave for this stable genius

And who knows how many dolls and pencils

How recently was Trump urging his base to mail their ballots early?

he is her heir apparent and she is his hair-a-parent

itshard

Anything but DOGe...
(maybe Good DOG,he?)

George sent this graciously inscribed photo in 1973 & his comedic style on tv tickled me as a kid (then later in a revived film career playing “himself”, from Oscar-winning The Sunshine Boys to Oh God!). But he would have agreed this post should be devoted to Gracie’s grace. Say Goodnight, Gracie!/4

Post-WWII gens may have no idea of Gracie’s razor-sharp wit & knack for wordplay. Burns & Allen dominated 30s/40s radio & 50s tv (11 Emmy noms). She even ran for President in 1940 leading the Surprise Party! If you're not familiar with Gracie’s comedic genius, check out YouTube for old tv & radio /3

George described her as “the dizziest dame in the world” but one that “Gracie played… as if she were totally sane, as if her answers actually made sense”. This dynamic foil of his suave & witty character allowed Gracie to deliver punchlines with impeccable timing & irresistibly charming delivery. /2

Signed photo of legendary comedian George Burns, inscribed "To Scott, Best Wishes, George Burns". Received February, 1973.

MEMO FROM...JACK LANGDON (Secty. to Mr. Burns. 2/22/73 Letter evidently lost in mail. Just received this week. Sorry.

On International Women’s Day, celebrating the grace & GRACIE of Burns & Allen’s funniest partner. George was the straight man for 40 years (lost @100, 30 years ago on 3/9/96). Gracie made his career; he struggled before they met, & achieved his 3-decade legendary solo status after her 1964 death. /1

To be fair, that could have been referring to the measurement of his vertical

They could keep the guy who invented truthiness

A turd at hand is worse than two former Bush

Rehired is also good, if anyone has a need out there…

Schoolhouse Rock’s in my head; just rocks in his

Ooh, you can't find love on a one-way street
It takes two to tango, takes two to even compete.

(But if you’re under 60 you probably don’t get this)

Definitely not a big cheese.

I’m waiting for Congress to declare War an outstanding Afro-Latino-Funk-Soul-Rock group. Why Can’t We Be Friends?

Edsel

The pain from Spain is plainly in his brain!

San Diego pawed raise!

Noem in the biblical sense?

"Runs in the family" is more like "runs away in the Trump family"

Cut some slack, he does have deep family ties. His grandfather was "banished for dodging the draft" from Bavaria thus relo to NY. Maybe EIS got him.

Signed photo of iconic Western star Randolph Scott (1898-1987), dressed in traditional cowboy garb with his horse. Inscribed "To Scott Johnson, Best Wishes, Randy Scott". Received in 1973 or 1974.

…he was a WWI veteran who served in France, roomed with Cary Grant in the 30s/40s (in a Malibu Beach house dubbed “Bachelor Hall”), and like Grant, married an heiress (Marion duPont). Although a GOP supporter (Dewey, Warren, Goldwater, Regan) he might’ve drawn a line at the moralistic rot of MAGA./3

25 years into his career he began a string of impressive indie Westerns with Budd Boetticher & Burt Kennedy (Seven Men From Now, The Tall T, Ride Lonesome, Comanche Station), and then literally rode out on top/into the sunset with his last film, Ride The High Country (1962). And did you also know…/2

The citizens of Mel Brooks’ Rock Ridge were rightly reverent about “Randolph Scott!” (who died 3/2/87 at 89). 100 film credits included comedy turns in Follow The Fleet (1936) & My Favorite Wife (1940), but his 60 Westerns established his iconic cowboy star bona fides on many alltime top-10 lists /1

A F*ck of These Fools

(Same haircut aged 45 years)

Pre-Roosevelt, for sure. BULLY!

Not to be flippant, but I thought he was dead…dead…deadio