May 30, 2008
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The Daily News
The late, great Harvey Korman.1 So...Harvey Korman walks into a bar...
2 Funny, funny guy.
3 Old vaudeville guy. Pokonos. Schtick.
4 Wiseguy.
5 Vanishing species.
6 I still love the guy. Watch some old Carol Burnett shows and you'll see what I mean.
7 Ahhh.
8 Good ol' Frideeeeeee.
9 We've been through all of that.
10 Every year, no matter where you are, the year wears down, and everybody is pretty much fed up with everybody else. This is education, specifically.
11 If you have a NORMAL job, that happens on a daily basis.
12 Teachers.
13 Yeesh.
14 We are so much more spoiled than most people.
15 Our jobs end in June, and if we play our cards right, don't return until August.
16 So our years end with storybook endings, every single year, and then we get to start each new year with a clean slate.
17 Just like everybody else's jobs.
18 Hehe.
19 And everybody we work with on a daily basis remains young, while the few people we get out to see each day grey and get smiley lines and wind up wearing clothes that only look good in the wind.
20 But really, it's still the classic end-of-the-year syndrome. Everyone gets it, because they grab it and advertise it as "Grads and Dads" etc.
21 Somebody you know is probably graduating.
22 And when you are in the thick of all of it, you get sorta Zen.
23 Everybody every year starts to go absolutely bonkers right about now.
24 Fortunately, the weather has been pleasant.
25 I've been through late May's when it is so ungodly hot that nobody walking around can think clearly, and the next thing you know you're in a stadium with stodgy speeches, followed by a bunch of hats flying every which way, the ultimate hat trick.
26 And I will always observe the ceremony as my "No way" day.
27 They call a name at graduation.
28 I say, "No way."
29 They say THREE names which are the same guy.
30 I look at any colleague who's close.
31 "No way."
32 Anyway, our stories all have endings, every year. It's like a Hardy Boys' serial.
32 So this year is winding down like a tired old clock.
33 I'm gonna stop now.
34 Y'all have a nice Frideeeee.
35 I have around six thousand more events, and then I'll say good-bye.
36 Meanwhile, see ya Mondeee.
37 Peace.
~H~
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