Sunday, September 8, 2013

A very special guest (TNYT)



Had I looked at my stats more carefully, I would have realized that something was up: The New York Times has an obituary today for typewriter repairman Manson H. Whitlock.

I am amused that someone from our newspaper of record should be stopping by here in the course of work. O seasoned, trained gatekeeper, if I knew you were comin’ I’d’ve baked a cake.

If the cake puzzles you, here’s the explanation.

3 comments:

  1. On his album C is for Cookie, Cookie Monster totally butchers the song. The Count accompanies him on piano.

    The record is somewhere in my house. There's also this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veNjYhcJ9IE

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