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Kyle Cease:

Big Butter Jesus

During a recent trip near Dayton, Ohio, I took the advice of some strange friends and went to go visit the "Big Butter Jesus" - which is what some heathens call this huge statue of the big J. It's sort of yellowish-gray, and looks as if it might have been carved out of butter. Like for a state fair.

Some motorists get out of their cars and take a picture with three people to the right of the BBJ, making letters with their arms: "Y" (Jesus' letter), "M", "C", and "A". Yup - YMCA!

I just took a stereo photo of the big guy. First, click on the image to make it big, then cross your eyes until you get a third Jesus in the middle...focus, and there he is, in all of his three-dimensional glory!

Oh, and a STRANGE thing: my car's "Check Engine" light had been lit for about ten months - but just as I left the BBJ, the light turned off, and has remained off for several weeks now! NO JOKE. Hmmmm...

Trippy Kermie

Those of us who grew up with Jim Henson's delightful creations on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show may be surprised with his earlier work...a bit "OUT THERE". Worked with the composer Raymond (Bugs Bunny influencer) Scott on several avant-garde audio bits...and those wonderfully violent Wilkins Coffee commercials (I'll have to show some of those , soon!)...great stuff.

This clip is from "Sam And Friends", which taped and aired in Washington DC between 1955 and 1961. The dude in the shades is Harry the Hipster, and the square fellow is Kermit (not yet "The Frog" - still missing his collar!). This bit was redone several times: on Ed Sullivan in 1966, and on Sesame Street in 1971.