On Wednesday morning I memorized the third verse of “Variations sur le même t'aime” (Variations on the Usual I Love You) by Serge Gainsbourg. That verse is repeated as the fifth verse and so there are only two new verses left to nail down.
I played my Kramer electric guitar during song practice. Tomorrow I’ll begin two sessions with my Martin acoustic guitar.
I weighed 86.75 kilos before breakfast.
At around midday I worked on getting caught up on my journal, as I was still a day behind.
I weighed 87.1 kilos before lunch. I had Cheez-it crackers with five-year-old cheddar and a glass of low sugar iced tea.
In the afternoon I took a bike ride downtown and back.
I weighed 86.7 kilos at 18:00.
My living room is very cold for the first time in 27 years. Since I turned the heat on this season only half the living room radiator has any heat at all. It used to be too hot and now it’s not hot enough. The main radiator in the kitchen is fully hot like it’s supposed to be but the smaller one at the east end of the kitchen is also only half hot, but the kitchen is warm enough. In the living room tonight I’ve been letting the humidifier stay on past 60% just for the extra heat. I don’t know if I should hire somebody to fix it or buy a space heater. Since I don’t pay hydro the latter might be a good option. But then again the radiator problem might have a simple fix so maybe I should talk to an expert.
I baked a box of frozen fish fillets and had three on a pizza made with multigrain sandwich bread, Italian sausage pasta sauce, and five-year-old cheddar. I had it with a beer while watching episodes 56 to 60 of Batfink.
In episode 56, Hugo Agogo has created a kangarobot. He rides in its pouch as it leaps to the top of the city heliport where Hugo steals cash from the clerk. Batfink follows the kangarobot to Hugo’s lair. Karate gets knocked out by the robot. While Batfink is shielding himself from the robot’s punches with his wings of steel, the robot’s tail knocks him over the head. Being held in the robot’s tight grip, Batfink can’t escape as Hugo commands the robot to jump off a cliff into the ocean while holding Batfink. And then we see that Karate is in the robot’s pouch. But they land on a barge and for some reason the robot is exhausted. Hugo is arrested. But the money they retrieved is gone because Karate put it in the robot’s pocket and it has a hole.
In episode 57, Hugo has invented a chemical called Presto Changeo, which can switch the consciousnesses of any two people. He first tries it on a cat and a mouse, and it works. Hugo sprays the entire city and then when he sees the Battilac and swoops low to spray Batfink and Karate, causing them to also switch personalities. Batfink in Karate’s body figures the person behind this is Hugo and goes to his lair. But Batfink faces Hugo’s cannon as if he still has his wings to protect him. The cannon is fired and suddenly the real Batfink jumps in front to divert the projectile with his wings. It turns out that Hugo’s spray wore off ten minutes ago. Batfink explains that he made it seem like his voice was coming from Karate’s mouth because he is an expert ventriloquist. Karate declares that he is a great dummy.
In episode 58, Curly the Human Cannonball robs the most secure jewellery store in the world. From his truck he shoots himself from a cannon directly through the walls without setting off any alarms. Curly almost forgets the jewels because he is not very bright and he is new at being a criminal. Batfink is one of Curly’s heroes so when he shoots a cannonball at the Batillac he is glad Batfink escaped. Curly keeps forgetting he’s a criminal. When Batfink arrives, Karate gets inside the cannon and shoots himself into a net that snaps him back to hit Batfink so they are both knocked out. Curly ties Batfink and Karate to a pole and then loads himself into his cannon while wearing his plutonium crash helmet with dynamite on it. Now that’s dumb! The cannon fires but Batfink causes the entire pole to fly into the air above curly, who crashes and explodes alone. But Curly is glad that the good guys won.
In episode 59, Robber Hood is robbing from the rich and giving to himself. He shoots an arrow into the bank and it comes out the window at the other side of the building having snagged a pack of $1000 bills. Batfink confronts Hood who asks “Who goes there, rich or poor?” Batfink answers “middle income”. Hood shoots a lot of apples from a tree that knock Batfink out. Hood ties Batfink and Karate to a post with Batfink on Karate’s head. Hood shoots at Batfink but the arrow bounces off his chest because Batfink was carrying under his shirt the shoe that Hood’s horse lost. Hood runs but Batfink throws the horseshoe and pins Hood’s neck to the ground.
In episode 60, Six Gun Smiley is a Hollywood western star guarding his own golden six guns that are on display. Smiley is the fastest gun in the west and east. Hugo has a device that slows down or speeds up anything he wants. He slows Smiley down and speeds himself up to get away with the guns. Batfink goes after Hugo but Hugo blows up the bridge. Batfink carries the Batillac into the air but Hugo slows him down to use him for target practice. They crash and are knocked out. Hugo speeds himself up to tie them up. Then he points a harpoon gun at them and fires but slows it down so he can enjoy it. But with the harpoon slowed down Batfink can protect himself and Karate with his wings of steel. Hugo runs but Karate chops his machine and everything is back to normal. Hugo is captured.
The Batfink cartoon series was released by KTLA, which was the first commercially licensed television station in the western United States. It was engineered and run by Klaus Landsberg, who set out early on in Germany to prove that art and technology could work together. In 1936 he assisted in the history making telecast of the Berlin Olympics. He invented an electronic aid for blind navigation which the Nazis considered their secret weapon but he was able to escape with it to the US. In 1939 he helped NBC make the first public television demonstrations at the New York World’s Fair. He produced Paramount’s first kinescope. He produced the first KTLA broadcast in 1947 and it was hosted by Bob Hope. By 1948 KTLA had developed and was broadcasting Spade Cooley, Time for Beany, The Ina Ray Hutton Show, The Continental Lover, Korla Pandit’s Adventures in Music, and Hollywood Wrestling.
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