Topic: Humor

Raiders of the Lost Pizza

By David W. Shelton | June 7, 2008 |

The air in the ancient Sicilian cave was cold and stale. I could see the faint hint of the vapors of my breath in the light of my torch in the near-fifty degree temperature.

I turned the corner, and realized that this wasn’t just a cave, it was a long-lost prehistoric firebrick kitchen that had the most luscious form of deities - Pitz’a’coatl. It was a round, flat deity that seemed to center around the gastro-intestinal functions of its devotees. Something about constipation, I think.

But it was the idol itself that drew me here, halfway across the world. The legend alone was fascinating enough. When I learned that the idol was a beautiful solid gold disc with upturned edges and a distinct pattern on its flattened topside, I knew it would be a powerful addition to the Museum of Ancient Foods.

There it was. It glistened in the mysterious golden light that seemed to come from nowhere. I carefully walked into the chamber, taking precaution to only step onto the small, red circles scattered about as to avoid setting off one of the many booby traps in the temple.

Too late.

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Conan O’Brien hosts Doyle and Debbie parody with Clarksville’s Jenny Littleton

By Debbie Boen | January 11, 2008 |

Do you love country music? Me neither.

From the Country Music capitol of Nashville, Tennessee, comes the Doyle and Debbie show (Live Theatre) with song favorites such as Whine Whine Twang Twang, When You’re Screwing Other Women (Think of Me), Stock Car Love, Barefoot and Pregnant, I Ain’t No Homo (But Man You Sure Look Good to Me), Daddy’s Hair and so much more.

Performed by Bruce Arntson and Jenny Littleton, who is a native of Clarksville, the show has been an overwhelming success. That success comes to late night television tonight via the Conan O’Brien show (10:30 CST). The show precedes their appearance the next night at the midtown Manhattan B. B. King’s.

“Littleton is talented as usual, using her coyly flexible voice to solid comic effect even when she’s singing things straight-ahead. Arntson is often flat-out brilliant, inhabiting his frighteningly lifelike character with a passion and intensity worthy of the country entertainers he lampoons. His tongue-twisting delivery of the show’s closing number is masterful.” —Nashville Scene

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The Pour House Café

By Larry Dunlap | August 31, 2006 |

The Pour House Café is your typical small town café you find in most every little town in the U.S. The once white frame building sits on the corner of highway 41A and Slipknot Road. It is the place where problems are solved, gossip is started and grease is consumed. 

Square foot for square foot more characters eat here than most any place south of Mayberry. 

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Clarksville, TN in the News of the Weird

By Bill Larson | June 26, 2006 |

Clarksville, Tennessee made an appearance in Chuck Shephard’s News of the Weird column, a weekly syndicated newspaper column founded 1988 that is one of the most read weird-news features in the United States

In the June 25, 2006 edition of his column is the section, “Honesty Is the Best Policy?” which referenced the April arrest of one Jonifer Jackson age 20 in Clarksville for reckless endangerment. The humor is in his explanation for committing his offense. «Read the rest of this article»

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T-Shirt Musings

By David W. Shelton | June 6, 2006 |

I lost my favorite shirt a few years back. It reads, “I’m not ONLY deaf, I’m ignoring you!” It was my favorite t-shirt. An old friend of mine suggested it to me years ago. I loved the idea so much I went to the mall and had one made. It was basic, but it was perfect.

I guess one of these days I’ll grow out of my fondness for smart-aleck t-shirts. For example, I still enjoy wearing my “Relax, God is in Control” t-shirt whenever I travel. And yes, even I need to be reminded, especially when I had a flat tire in Sulfur, Louisiana. And then there is the one that are ubiquitous on beaches on both coasts that have fake bird droppings all over them that spelled out “Damn seagulls!” «Read the rest of this article»

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