FANS HAVE FUN WITH MR DRESSUP Herald Writer Casey and Flnnlgan there there were no bright lights or TV cameras but the Tickle Trunk was there ront and centre and was all that well known children television host Mr needed to turn Holy Cross Auditorium Into a giant live TV screen for BOO predominantly youngsters day evening Just a few hours earlier many in attendance at hi two- hour long solo perform had watched Ernie Coombs on CBC 10 morning time Blot Here one could tell by the roaring howls of laughter that for those who know Mr nothing was lost In the Iransformat ion from the magic of the llltle box In the to the live stage He sang he did little jigs he entertained everyone the way he has always done and which will allow him to head into his 16th year on the small screen coast tocoast this fall Born In Maine years ago Coombs began his professional life asp ring to a commercial artist a talent he still uses daily on He In children s lue and eventually went Into early television and has stuck with since He rarely travels in the to do similar shows due to his taping schedule Last week he was in and next week hi will be attend ing a children conference in Labrador and will do a couple of one man shows IF the truth could be known many of the parents who brought their children did so much for ihi wee ones sake as for themselves Many mentioned renumber Ing his show in their youth with the same happy smile they exhibited the evening In Georgetown Ernie Coombs TVs Mr is assisted by a young fan Drowning your wife in conjugal waterbed By GFIUIY I Herald column t It time again for potpourri Here we travel the globe to bring you a sometime serious but mostly not so serious tongueincheek look at this wonderful wacky world we live on I irsl we re off to California where a strange crime took place in the community of Mountain View Mark Bates allegedly had one drink too many when he got into an argument with his wife Che ryl She ran into the bedroom where an enraged Mr Bates Howso you ask He slit open the waterbed and tried to his wire s face into it Fortunately she escaped No- for the funny part depending on your sense of humor Mr Bates was charged with attempted murder drun ken driving malicious mis and resisting arrest Do you think the malicious mis chief charge was for ruining a perfectly good It Just goes to show you that the promise of happily ever after when you buy a t necessarily so If you re planning a visit to California this summer let me lay this little gem upon you Professor Donald slant head of psychiatry at University Medical School tells us that we have a one in 1 chance of being murdered this year He adds that the best months for mur der are July and December and of all murders ore committed on the week end How does that piece of news fit in with your vacation plans Away to England now where thanks to some elemen school children we learn what really goes on In Buckingham Palace Brian age copies the Queen dress she chops off their head Alex age 10 She lives in a great palace with at least five bedrooms and I don t think she walks anywhere She Just Carry Mark age 8 In the morn ing she does her Hoovering vacuuming and then watch her kids do horse rid Despima age The Queen has great pink bed which disappears into the wall when she pushes a button Carol age a She always eats new cake For lunch she has biscuits and Span right out of the tin with fork Well there is it folks life in Buckingham Palace Her Ma docs a bit of vacuuming pushes a button and sends her pink bed Into the wall Span out of the tin for lunch with new Ihenoff witha few heads and the old carry me around the palace routine And you thought the Queen had a soft life oh for shame for shame Away to Hollywood now where the commanding figure of Mickey pondering his eight marriages had this little secret to share I m the only man 1 know who has his marriage licence made out To Whom i May Concern Ano ther truth straight from the heart of tinsel town We interrupt this column for this startling piece of inform a from Roy Schelder com menting on the secret of his sex appeal I stand in front of the mirror wondering I comb my hair I take a good look at my face with its broken nose and its warp and then I break right up laughing Thank you Roy A lot of us feel the same way and we re not Its spring lime In Sweden now and the birds are flipped out on hootch again lion the rds cat rowcnbcrrles an abundant food source Unfortunately the berries arc fermented at this time of year The birds are apparently sloshed right out of their 1 beaks They sit smack dab n the middle of the road dive bombs at wind shields and fly quite den Ih lis progressive drink ing and driving laws appears to have no power over those who choose to drink and fly if they re wearing The ok matter is strictly for the birds Readers please note Not another peep out of you you re almost finished My editor insists that my I mother and are a perse ring lot so please dont fail me now We were about 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