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Blake Edwards Trailers

Director Blake Edwards passed away earlier this week. He'd been making movies for a long time. He directed one of my all-time favorite films:


This was the first movie that I saw at the theatre with a friend and no adults when I was in the 8th grade. Blake Edwards also directed all the (non-Steve Martin) Pink Panther films. I'm a big fan of that series as well, including my favorite which is the only one to not mention The Pink Panther in the title, A Shot in the Dark:

That's Mel Blanc as the voice of the bullet.

Classic Commercial Sunday - Think Pink

Cooler Than Those Golf Pants

Here's a fun game to play on the weekend, take your kids to the neighborhood Dick's Sporting Goods store and see how long it takes you to get yelled at for letting your kids putt around a few golf balls on their little practice green. I know it's there for serious golfers to test out $500.00 golf clubs, but seriously, you can't put what is essentially a miniature golf course hole in the middle of a store and not expect kids to want to play on it! Gimme a Break!

Anywho...check out these sweet golf club covers featuring the likenesses of true honest-to-goodness classic cartoon characters. There was no Spongebob or South Park characters on display here...just old fashioned cartoon heroes like Popeye and Wimpy and even a one Mr. Rocket J. Squirrel! They also had Bullwinkle, Dudley Do Right, The Pink Panther, Snoopy and Sherman and Mr. Peabody. Very nice! Here's a link to a site that won't yell at your kids which features these and a few more toon golf club covers.

After being told to put down the golf clubs in the golf section, we like to mosey on over to Dick's footwear department and let the kids blow off their un-golfed steam on a half dozen laps around the running track they have painted on the floor!

Great Customer Service, Dicks!