Monthly Archives: September 2011

Dear Friends: Found a list of sports notes from a ways back…some interesting trivia question possibilities…answers tomorrow… (1) Name the city…In 1968 and 1969, then-businessman Bud Selig arranged for the Chicago White Sox to play 9 and 11 “home games” … Continue reading →

Ask Cool Daddy Goes Iconic Dear Cool Daddy:  I know that you know that I know that you know that Forrest Gump didn’t invent the Smiley Face…but do we know who did?  …from Grumpy, in Guam Dear Grumpy:  It’s certainly … Continue reading →

Ask Cool Daddy’s Buddy Dear Cool Daddy:  I noticed this Letter to the Editor in “Truck Trend” magazine…this wouldn’t be your old partner on the radio would it?  …from Willys in Waukesha Dear Willys:  One and the same, God help … Continue reading →

Ask Cool Daddy’s Mixed Nuts Dear Cool Daddy:  So is there or isn’t there going to be a Jeep Truck in our future? …from Smokey, in Banditburg, CA Dear Smokey:  Boy oh boy, it looks like they’re thiiiiiiiiiiiis close to … Continue reading →

Ask Cool Daddy Gets Carded Dear Cool Daddy: My mother threw out all my baseball cards…well, I had pasted down her entire stamp collection on a manila envelope and it went around the world 4 times before we caught up … Continue reading →

Mailbag City 37.1  Back in G4BB #34 “Tails or Me?” I noticed that in the Washington family Bible, George’s birthday is given as Feb. 11th…I always thought it was the 22nd. Does this have anything to do with that “double … Continue reading →

Dear Friends: Feeling lazy today, so we’ll just go with some old comic strips…people seem to dig ’em…I know I do. (Starting at the top, from the years 1972, 1973, 1968, 1969…)  shameless plugs, no need to wish… Podcasts at … Continue reading →

Ask Cool Daddy & He Will Answer Dear Cool Daddy: I have recollections of a TV show on briefly in the 1990s about a cop with a ventriloquist dummy…I figured if anybody would remember, you would. Can you fill me … Continue reading →

Ask Big Chief Cool Daddy Dear Cool Daddy: OK, so what is it Jewish Indian Chief Mel Brooks is saying to the black settlers in Blazing Saddles? That part where he yells sounds vaguely familiar.  …from Spanky, Eugene OR Dear … Continue reading →

Suds It! For those of you who’ve never heard it before, the term “trade dress” is used in retail and marketing to refer to a product’s packaging and/or labeling…the name, the graphics, the colors, the whole shebang. And as far … Continue reading →