@ Things that help me when I'm down and anxious

@johnbishop Oh how I can identify with those text messages!!! I too feel/see my life as one big comedy. I like watching Mr. Ed, Leave It To Beaver, etc. Back when comedy was clean.
My Friday was okay and we are having glorious thunder-boomers this morning (Saturday). Thankful I do not live in Hawaii.
Here is to all of us oldies and goodies.

@lisalucier I answered to @johnbishop about comedies. It seems I am a living, breathing comedy. All of this tech stuff leaves me looking like an idiot-funny when I need to ask my 3 year old grandson how to do something technical. His father (my son) is a computer tech. I have upgraded to an iPhone which has proved to be hilarious!!!
If it were not for my sense of humor I would have succumbed entirely to the deep, dark depression pit.

Hi @parus, you mentioned a comedy Mr. Ed which brought back some great memories for me. My name growing up was Ed and it stuck with me when I joined the Navy. When the Mr. Ed show started all my shipmates started calling me "Mr. Ed" and saluting me which caused our division officer to ask why are they saluting you and calling you Mr. Ed, you are not an officer? I had to laugh and tell him why:

A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed.

Then I had to admit they were mocking me and calling me a horse when they were saluting me which made him laugh. I even had a coffee cup made in Japan for my nickname.

John

@johnbishop Hey, as long as they were not referring the the south end ending north it is a compliment. Hard to beat a good horse and the sense that accompanies.
Thank you for sharing an interesting recall.
You may also appreciate this portrait I painted of Mr. Ed.
Mayhap I ought to have this placed upon my coffee cup...I do like the "who me" as well.
Again thanks for another smile in my day. My chronic pain doth lessen when smiling.

Love the portrait!

@parus @johnbishop I liked reading your posts back and forth. Making an effort to find more humor in every day is a hard task sometimes for me, and the value of smiling or laughter can't be underrated. Even something simple like watching our young cat and her antics help me. The old television comedies you spoke of are good, Laugh-in, Carol Burnett shows for the physical comedy are good.

Thank you both.
Ginger

@gingerw There are so many of the old comedies that are good for a chuckle. Carol Burnett is a classic and I had forgotten about Laugh-In. So long ago the Reader's Digest stated that laughter is the best medicine. The newer sitcoms are a tad too crude for my taste. And who can forget Andy Griffith and the Beverly Hillbillies??? I watch those in the morning and find myself chuckling and not left feeling my mind has been dragged through the gutter.
My input on comedy. I have some movies I also enjoy. One that comes readily to my sage mind is Turner and Hooch.
On to other things...

To everyone who is talking about laughter. I agree that older comedy shows were the best. My favorite episodes of I Love Lucy included Lucy stomping on grapes in a vat and Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory trying to keep up with the conveyor belt. You just can't compare today's sitcoms with those!

You are so right about humor. There is nothing like a good laugh! I love the Carol Burnett show. Tim Conway's elephant story has me laughing every time I see it!