Today I was feeling a little depressed and I really wanted to laugh or better said, "I needed to laugh." So I remembered that hilarious video that I watched years ago, of Jay Thomas telling his true, hilarious story about him and the Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore). And I laughed so hard I just want to share it with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfpZsue5vas/
Enjoy and keep on laughing!
Kinky Friedman, Tony and I loved Ruth Buzzi so much and when Tony and I heard the sad news about Ruthie's passing our hearts were broken once again this year, because we lost Kinky back in June, and now we've lost Ruthie.
Tony and I are so blessed that Ruthie was our dear friend and that we got to spend so much time enjoying her and her husband Kent Perkins many visits at the rescue ranch and Big Foot ranch . And I will never forget the hilarious time that Ruthie taught me how to make her famous, Italian beignets, inside our trailer and I can't believe that was over 20 years ago.
While Kinky, Tony and Kent sat outside, in Outer Space (aka our screened-in-porch), talking about ranch life, etc., Ruthie and I were inside cooking up her delicious beignets. Or should I say trying to cook up her "secret beignet recipe," because we were laughing so much. And please note that my kitchen counters and stove were all covered in powdered sugar and flour and so were we! And it still makes me laugh just thinking about it and the big mess that we made.
In fact, we were cutting-up with each other and laughing so much, the men actually came inside our trailer just to see what was so funny. (And to also refill their coffee cups and to eat all of the beignets that we had just cooked.)
Anyway, the bottom line is that We Loved Ruthie so much. And Tony and I will always treasure all of those precious, good times and the fond memories that we spent with sweet Ruthie and Kent.
And not to brag, but to really brag big time—I am so honored to say that Ruth Buzzi once chased and hit me with her purse, onstage at one of our Bonefits. And I am so proud to be an exclusive member of the "Ruth Buzzi Hit Me With Her Purse" club, which includes famous members such as Elton John and Muhammad Ali— just to name a few.
Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of Ruthie that I want to share with you:
On the evening of November 20th, 2014 Tony took this short video of Kinky and me, standing outsidehis lodge, for an upcoming Tribute to Ruth Buzzi event, in Dallas. It is one of my favorite videos because Kinky, Tony and I loved Ruth Buzzi so much. Rest In Peace Ruthie. You were the BEST!
This past January, just for fun, I entered a CBS “Say hi CBS” video contest and I made a 7-second video and it was easy and fun to do. And here is the 7-second video that I made which I also posted on my blog on January 10, 2025.
In fact, I actually do understand how to do the moonwalk, but this 73 year-old brain and body don’t seem to be able to pull it off, yet. Even though I have been spending about ten-to-twenty-minutes per day trying to make my body—do the right thing it sadly, so far has not happened.
Anyway, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think CBS would air my video, but guess what they did and I am having so much fun with it.
It all started last Thursday when our dear friends in Port Aransas: Tracy Weatherall & Ronnie Narmour let me know that they had seen my video on CBS. Ronnie is a fabulous writer and he writes Three Chords and the Truth, an awesome, music-column for the weekly Island Moon newspaper . And Tracy's & Ronnie's news threw me into semi-shock to say the least!
A few days later our dear friend, the world famous artist, Steve Pietzsch, told us that he had seen my video, too. He told me he was watching the end of the CBS Saturday Morning show that he had recorded earlier, and at the very end of that show, my short video popped up and he could not believe I was on TV.
Anyway after Steve got over the shock of seeing me on TV telling CBS hi, he used his cell phone to record my video airing on CBS Saturday Morning. And here is Steve’s video.
A few hours later our dear friend Eileen sent me an email to let me know that our mutual friend Suzanne, in San Antone, had just seen me on CBS, too!
And to say the least I was pretty excited about that, too. So, I texted all of our friends and family to let them know my video was airing on CBS. And they too got all excited. So this caused me to go lay down on the bed and take a short-power-nap with Henry Standing Bear, my loyal, lovable, nine-year-old, rescued Great Pyrenees/Lab mix.
This morning while I was in the big room practicing the moonwalk without much success, Tony walks into the kitchen and says, “Nance, you were just on TV! CBS aired your video before The Price Is Right! And I recorded it, too….” So I took this video of me on Tony’s TV. And please note in the bottom, right-hand corner of the video it shows NANCY MEDINA TX.
So now with of this sudden excitement I went back to Youtube again and I spent over thirty minutes trying to do the moon walk with Michael Jackson as he moon walked for the very first time across the stage on the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever 1983 television special. Click Here to Watch.
As I finish writing this I am determined to learn how to do the moonwalk smoothly (like Michael), because I am not a quitter and because I made it my New Year’s resolution.
And the other reason is, because I have promised to teach the moonwalk to our many friends: Clive, Curtis, Robert, Becky, Ricky, Roxanne, Lyle, Karen, Margie and Kelly across the road, at the Texas Hill Country Resort (formerly the Medina Highpoint Resort).
But before I teach a class I plan to "ask" (actually beg) Perry (Kelly’s super-talented- musician husband) to help me learn how to do the moonwalk better, because he told me that he learned how to moonwalk and break-dance when he was a kid.
And just so y’all will know that I am serious about doing this I have just ordered a big pink potholder mitt (glove) from Amazon, to wear when I am moonwalking around the Texas Hill Country.
Well folks, I do hope that you enjoyed this podcast and I thank y'all for listening. And even though I didn't tell any jokes this time, I hope that it made you laugh at least once, but if not—WHO CARES!
And before I go, please always remember my favorite quote, "Life is short and so am I!
Y’all take care and keep on laughing!
For fun today I just entered a CBS contest! I was watching CBS and they ran a commercial requesting that anyone who wants to shoot a 3-10 second video saying, "Hi CBS...." can submit a video to them and they might air it on CBS, etc.!
So, I went into the bedroom and stood between our closed bathroom door and closet and shot this 7 second video and I hope that y'all like it and it makes you laugh, too! So please wish me luck.
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Today I did a short podcast about our great Thanksgiving Day dinner and then I finished it off with a few corny jokes about Thanksgiving. And I will try to tell y'all our story and put-it-on-a- bumper sticker for you. So here we go.
Recently our dear friends and neighbors over at the Texas Hill Country Resort, which is now under new ownership and management, had invited us to join them for their 1st Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. So, I decided to bring my Cousin Nancy's Grape Salad that is so delicious and easy to make.
Well, to be honest with y'all, this grape salad recipe was actually Sandy's recipe that I stole from her and made it mine. Anyway, it's no big deal, because I steal all of my friends and family's recipes and they all know it. Anyway, here is this simple mouth-watering recipe that everyone loves.
What’s the best way to fix a broken pumpkin? Use a pumpkin patch.
Why did the cranberry blush? It saw the turkey dressing.
Knock, knock! Who's there? Norma Lee. Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don't eat this much.
If Pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower, what do college students travel on? Scholar ships.
What’s a pilgrim’s favorite dance? The turkey trot.
What do you call rain on Turkey Day? Fowl weather.
What's something usually insulting, but not on Thanksgiving? A family member giving you the bird.
What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? Yammies.
What do you call a sad cranberry? A blue berry.
What did the turkey say to the computer? Google, google, google!
Wait a second. Tony has just asked me to please stop telling y'all Thanksgiving jokes and he knows that I can’t quit cold turkey!
Well, folks, I hope that everyone enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving too and I do want to thank everyone at the Texas Hill Country Resort for a wonderful Thanksgiving Day dinner that will never be forgotten.
And I especially want to apologize to those who ate Sandy's Grape Salad Thursday at the dinner, because mine is so much better with marshmallow creme.
Y'all take care and keep on laughing!
Greetings everyone! My good friend Lyle just sent me this and Tony and I are still laughing. So, if you need or want to laugh read this.
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In this hilarious episode my guest is Eileen, one of the best storytellers and one of Tony's and my favorite people.
The laughter starts immediately when Eileen begins telling the story about her husband's cat, Mr. Toes, that they had entered into their first cat show, in San Antonio. Tony was laughing so hard he had to leave the room.
And when he returned to listen to the show Eileen and I were laughing about Eileen's hilarious story about her sister Dean's barrel racing experience on a racehorse named Hummer. So once again, Tony had to leave The Last Resort Recording Studio aka Cousin Nancy's kitchen, because he could not quit laughing.
Then a few minutes later when Tony had calmed down and returned again, Eileen had me laughing about her story about this monkey riding a pony. So Tony immediately turned around, waved goodbye and left the "recording studio," because his back was aching from laughing so much.
And this was not the end of the laugh-a-thon, because Cousin Nancy gives a Cousin Boomer Update followed by Eileen and her trading some pretty funny jokes. And this part is transcribed and has pictures.
Okay. Here’s a Cousin Boomer Update for y’all:
The other day Boomer came over and he was pretty depressed. And he told us that he was so poor he had rubbed cologne, from a magazine, on himself and when I said, “Well you smell good. What are you wearing?”
And Boomer said, “page 17.”
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Now it is My Thought For Today Time!
As I watch this generation try and rewrite our history, I'm sure of one thing: It will be misspelled and have no punctuation.
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Okay now it is Make Me Laugh Time! Thank goodness.
There was this blonde and she won a boat from a contest. Her husband told her she should sell the boat, because there was no water and no fish within fifty miles.
She told him, “Nope I am going to keep it.” So she parked her boat in the back pasture.
A few days later her sister came over and asked her husband, “Where’s my sister?”
And he told her that she was fishing on her boat— in the field.
So the sister walks over to the back fence and hollers, “Debbie what are you doing?”
And the blonde says what does it look like I’m doing? I’m fishing!”
And her sister says, “Well, that is about the dumbest thing that I have ever heard of. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.”
So the blonde put down her rod and real and hollers back, “If I could swim I would come over there and kick your behind.”
Now Tony told me this joke.
On a chilly afternoon a woman took her dog to the grocery store with her. Before she went shopping she rolled the windows down to make sure her dog was comfortable and when she got out of her car, she said, “Now stay. Do you hear me? I said stay.”
And a blonde, sitting in the car beside hers, says, “Why don’t you just put it in Park?”
Now, here are a few cat and dog jokes for y’all:
What do you call a cat who loves to bowl? An alley cat.
What do you call a fluffy male cat asleep on a bed? A Himalayan.
What did the alien say to the cat? Take me to your litter.
What do you give a cat with allergies? An anti-hiss-tamine.
What do you get when you cross a chick with an alley cat? A peeping tom.
Why aren’t cats religious? They’re scared of dogma.
And speaking of show dogs here are a few more jokes:
My dog’s not fat. He’s just a little Husky!
The Dalmatian hid from people because he didn’t want to be spotted.
You’re the best dog in the world. I Shih Tzu not.
In this race, the Weiner takes it all.
I worked all day with no break. It was a Mastiff waste of time.
And this concludes this segment of Make Me Laugh Time.
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Here are pictures of Mr. Toes and Eileen's husband showing off the ribbons and rosette.
And I would also like to thank my dear friend Eileen for being on the show and telling us a few of her hilarious stories.
Y’all take care and keep on laughing! Adios y’all!
