" In My Merry Oldsmobile" - (1931)

I ran across this little promotional cartoon for the 1931 Oldsmobile. It has all the elements of a melodrama, with a villainous landlord and a lady in distress. She is rescued by a virtuous young man who then takes her for a spin in his new automobile. The ending not shown is when he runs out of gas and pulls over to the side of the road, collecting his reward for saving her virtue. And if that’s not funny enough for you, it’s a Fleischer creation from the days when he was still doing advertisements, while cranking out the early Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons.

Watching this cartoon shows two things which have not changed; you need money to make money; and the guy with the coolest car usually gets the girl!

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Fall Back!

Don’t forget to set the clocks back at 2 AM tonight and enjoy the extra hour out, or in the morning, when you can simply sleep in. I don’t mind the fall set back – it’s the springing forward that hurts me more with each passing year! But, the fall set back, with its extra hour of night time is all right by me!

Time Change - The Semi Annual Shuffle

It didn't make much sense to me last year, and still doesn't this year, but all the clocks were re-set last night before I went to bed. Now, today I will go through the annual ritual of getting in my car and, just for a brief instant, wonder how I lost an hour! Then I will reset that clock and everything will be back to normal.

One of the greatest benefits about this semi-annual event is that now there won't be as many kids waiting for the school buses in the pre-dawn darkness. They will just be trying to walk home safely in an earlier twilight. Someone has said that this is safer for the children, as well as saving us money. But, at the age of 57, I'm still not convinced.

It's a day off for me. And one hour longer to boot!