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hey Inquiry,

Which HST book was it? From sheer volumes sold, I'd guess Hell's Angels or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

I think I know what type of pizza you speak of - California Kitchen. There is a California Kitchen restaurant in a mall the next county over, and I bought gift cards to there for me and my two sisters. They forgot they had theirs, and I lost mine. They were valued at like $40 each, too, because that place is expensive.

Leave It To Beaver aired on Nick At Night back in the day, but I didn't tune in too often. I guess there had to be a "time and place" understanding of it all to make it "understandable". It seemed like pure fiction of conformity, rules, rigid parenting, and formal attitudes. Not that the show was "bad", just unrealistic by my 1990s standards, back when the show was on that channel.

Dick van Dyke, though, that was funny ish. Especially when Mary Tyler Moore came into the fold (she was a "new" member at some point, right?). I think Van D is still ticking, too. He was in Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller a decade ago, and is like 105 now(??).

Or, he might be dead. I don't know.

Hope you're doing good :)

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~inquiry wrote:

The HST book was the fear and loathing one.

Obviously a sitcom being funny is important, but degree of what I consider good acting weighs heavily for me.

In Beaver, I so loved the "Eddie Haskell" character.

But Dick Van Dyke was absolutely spellbinding/mesmerizing to me as a kid. I can start laughing just looking at him in that show.

Liked Mary and Mel (Richard Deacon, who also had a recurring role in Beaver) a lot too.

While I'm spilling about past shows, I should also mention a great love for "The Wild, Wild West", especially the Artemus Gordon character.

~tatterdemalion wrote (thread):

Dick Van Dyke is alive and remarkably active for 96! He had a very fun cameo in the 2018 "Mary Poppins Returns", and I remember him campaigning for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary.