Something Good

I went on kind of a brief nostalgia kick yesterday.  I Googled “Tom Terrific”.  Stop and think back, you who are older than about 45 years.  Who was Tom Terrific?  Does Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog help any?  What about Crabby Appleton?
Well, in case you haven’t remembered yet, this was a cheaply produced Terrytoons cartoon on the Captain Kangaroo children’s show.  I think only 26 episodes were created, and they were created especially for the Captain.
http://www.tvparty.com/lostterrytoons.html has a link down the page that brings up a little over a minute’s worth of audio and video of an old Tom Terrific show.  Wow!  Did that ever bring back the memories!  http://www2.wi.net/~rkurer/toontracker/tomter1.html plays the theme song.
So think back to the good Captain, Dancing Bear, Bunny Rabbit, Grandfather Clock, Mr. Greenjeans (Hugh “Lumpy” Branum), and all the others…including the Banana Man.  Remember him?  Some time today, when you’re alone in your thoughts, think of some of this and smile.  And if someone sees you and asks you what you’re smiling about, just tell them that you remembered something good.