Advice From The Chief ...

I was recently asked to re-post this by some avid LT fans ... and I'm more than happy to do it:

It's a play on the old Henny Youngman joke from years ago, but, in a way, the wordplay isn't that far off ...

Y'see, Lloyd was a big believer in people-potential ... and was particularly proud of the baby-boomer generation. The teens who danced their frugs and watusis on his show were of the very same class that brought equal rights, more understanding and even stopped a terrible war (and don't hand me that line that a government did it; it was the overwhelming voice of the youth ...).

Now here it is, decades later. Those kids have turned from solo acts to parents to grandparents. They're tax-payin', bill-juggling, hardworkin' sons-of-a-gun who are trying to make a decent life for themselves and their families ...

and they still have a voice!!

Unfortunately, it seems the suits in Washington (and all the way down to the local yokels) think that, now, we're too old to complain about the newest war, latest scandal or biggest deficit. They certainly don't think we can do anything about it anymore. In their ways of thinking, we ought to just sit back, enjoy our Geritol and re-runs of "The Andy Griffith Show" (btw, love that program!).

But there's one guy who never, ever let this "age" nonsense get in the way of this thing called "life". He was active on so many levels, and had such influence (I think the kids today call it "stroke") that, over a year after his passing, he's still touching lives and hearts around the known world. If your name begins or ends with a consonant or vowel, you know who I'm talkin' about:


It's all in how you see us. I mean, look at Uncle Lloyd in those two pics. Yes, they're 40 years apart. Sure, he got a little grayer. But, man, look at his face ... it exuded life ... joy ... hope!! You just knew that Lloyd Thaxton was still the same optimistic, witty and creative person that inhabited the set of his show way back then.
In other words, he still "had it" (whatever "it" was, he definitely had it in spades ...).

And so do many of us! Just because there's some crazy new number that each year tacks onto our age doesn't mean we've got to give up the spunk and spark that we had back when we were young.
And we know how to handle a lot of the "Stuff" that goes on in our country right now. We know the game, because we've been there, played that . We have ideas that work ...

So the Washington bureaucrats (notice the last three letters of the word?? Might as well take out the "c" from it, 'cause many of those rats can't "c", right?? That leaves "bureaurats". And what would you do if you found rats in your bureau drawers?? Uh-huh ...) better take notice: If they wanna get some good insight on how to handle the troubles this old world is facing, just let them ASK US!

I'm reminded of what Uncle LL said in one of his blog posts:

"You baby boomers were the greatest. Yet no body seems to want your advice on what is wrong with the world today. But, you can be thankful that you were there and done that. No one can take that away. You can be proud that you ran a good ship. Hopefully, the young people of the world will wake up and be true to their age, as much as you are being true to yours. You are still the greatest."

Stay tuned ...