I’ve come full circle.
When I was six years old, I hated television news.
When I was in high school, I started to like TV’s news offerings.
When I was in college, it earned by love.
Then, for over 20 of the 30 years that I spent in the radio business, news was my livelihood.
Now, at age 62, it again feels my wrath.
I don’t have the space to explain why.
I needed to find something to fill the void.
And I did. On my smartphone, I discovered, and fell in love, with Tik Tok.
I’m hooked. Just as if it were yesteryear’s CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.
Tik Tok’s offers old TV show clips, sporting event memories, and young people dancing in perfect rhythm with one another.
Oh, and Dommy!
This little man – who can’t be more than nine years of age – is as funny as a seasoned Johnny Carson.
Here’s the set up:
Dommy (or someone assisting him) is video recording his father while Dommy tells a joke. I never see Dommy on camera. But he offers, in a distinctive voice, a perfect delivery.
Here is an example.
Dommy: “Hey, Dad. I got in trouble at Sunday School today.”
Dad: “What happened.”
Dommy: “Well, the teacher asked Karen, who died on the cross? And Karen said, Jesus. The teacher said, that’s correct. Then the teacher asked Angel, who wrote the Ten Commandments? Angel says, Moses did. Teachers says, that’s correct. And then she says to me, Dommy, how do you make holy water? And I said, listen, I’m no genius, but I think you boil the hell out of it!”
Dommy’s father responds with a hysterical laugh and tells Dommy, “no, no, no. You can’t say that!!!”
Here’s another.
Dommy: “Hey, Dad, you’re probably going to get a note sent home from school.”
Dad: “Why?”
Dommy: “Well, I was standing in line to get my food at the cafeteria, and I see a big bowl of apples. And there is a note in front of the apples that said, only take one. God is watching. So, I go farther down the line, and I see a big bowl of cookies. So, I decided to write my own note. And it said, take all you want. God is watching the apples.”
Dommy’s dad shares a hard belly laugh.
Want more?
Dommy: “Hey, Dad. I got in trouble in school today.”
Dad: “What happened?”
Dommy: “Well, the teacher showed us two cups. One was filled with water and the other was filled with whiskey. Then she brought out two worms and put a worm in each cup. The one in the water kept swimming around while the worm in the whiskey died. Teacher says, Dommy, what have we learned from this experiment? And I said, well, Teach, what I learned from this is if you drink whiskey, you won’t get worms!”
Dommy’s dad shares another hard belly laugh.
One more?
Dommy: “Hey, Dad, I’m sorry, but my teacher is really mad at me.”
Dad: “What did you do this time?”
Dommy: “Well, I had my head down in class and the teacher said, lift your head up, you look lazy. So, I lifted my head up and I said, hey, listen, every time you have an opinion of me, raise your hand. So, she raises her hand. And I say, now put that thing over your mouth!”
Dad: Through a hysterical laugh, “Your mother is going to kill you!”
CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and all you other wannabes: Eat your heart out.