We miss Johnny Carson in this shutdown

(My new American Thinker post)

Johnny Carson made his debut on The Tonight Show 51 years ago.  It went on until May '92 when Carson retired.

Along the way, Carson had a way of addressing our political issues with humor and incredible timing.  He made politics fun, specially when he would poke fun at both sides with great lines.

Do we have someone like that today?  I know that Saturday Night Live will do a good intro from time to time.

There are other comedians but I just don't stay up to watch any of them anymore. Dennis Miller on The O'Reilly Factor is great but it's once a week.

Let's remember some of Carson's lines.  I think that they'd apply to the circus in Washington DC:  

"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead."

We can reapply that one to President Obama:   If life was fair, we would have a real president and Barrack Obama would play one on TV.

Here is another one:  

"Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'"

That quote takes me back to the 2008 election.  Obama was talented but obviously not ready for this job.

Here is one more:  

"Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president."

Doesn't that make you think of VP Biden?  Didn't you think of VP Biden immediately?  I certainly did.

And here is one about Obama Care and lower premiums:  

"Only lie about the future."

Yes, go ahead and tell people that they can go on line and sign up for exchanges that send you "error messages' back.

I don't know about you but I could use a little Carson humor these days.

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October 2, 1968: Bob Gibson 17 K's in game 1 of the World Series

In 1968, Bob Gibson pitched the Cardinals into the Series again but lost to Detroit.  Nevertheless, it was also a magical season for Gibson:

1) He won 22 games, pitched 28 complete games and 13 shutouts.    His ERA was a super-human 1.12!
I did not make a typing mistake. 
It was indeed 1.12 over over 304 innings.

2) In game 1 of the Series, Gibson struck out 17 Tigers.

I remember running home from school to catch the last few pitches of this game. I missed the game but caught the last few K’s on the radio.

It was the greatest pitching performance of the 20th century because he was facing a lineup of Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Willie Horton, Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup.  The ’68 Tigers were a great team. It’s hard to believe that anyone could strike out 17 against a lineup like that.

The Tigers beat the Cards in ’68 in 7 games.   Detroit came back from a 3-1 deficit and beat Gibson in game 7.

Gibson went on to win 251 games in his career with a 2.91 ERA. He also threw 56 shutouts!   Add 255 complete games plus winning game 7 in 1964 vs New York and 1967 vs Boston!

Bob Gibson was arguably the greatest right handed pitcher of the 1960’s or at least tied with Juan Marichal for that distinction.    Marichal did not pitch in 3 World Series and that helps Gibson in this debate.

Gibson was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1981.   He is one of all my time favorites because he threw strikes and wasn’t afraid to throw inside once in a while.   In 1968, he was almost perfect.

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