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Monty Cagle
A Meeting With The
Amazing Tommy Maekeral
I had a chance to talk with
The Amazing Tommy Mackerel
so I took it. As I look back, I
really am amazed.
The Amazing was giving a
lecture on “Exagerated Con
cepts of God Himself.”
I attended.
After the lecture The
Amazing stood around asking
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for spare change. I gave him a
quarter and we went for coffee
and talked.
“I used to drink this stuff for a
livin’ ”, he said after a satisfied
gulp. “That’s how I got this wild
look in my eyes. You need that
if you’re gonna be any kind of
holy man.”
As he said this he flicked his
fingers over my cup.
“I blessed it.”
He took another drink of
coffee and rolled his eyes.
“Coffee get you closer to
God?” I asked.
“Naw. I used to sing gospel
music. Ever hear of “The
Singing Mackerels?”
“No.”
“I was a singing Mackerel.”
“Sounds like fun,” I said.
“Riot. I was the tall bass until
I lost my voice. They didn’t
want to just kick me out so they
let me be the hair.”
“The hair?”
“Yeah, you know all these
gospel groups got a lady with
tall hair. Well, our lady was
bald so I was the hair. I left
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after a while and did some free
lancing as hair. Terrible job.
Tell your kids.”
“I will. Now tell me how you
got to know God so well.”
He took another strong shot of
coffee and looked around the
room. #
“He came to my house one
night.”
“How was he dressed?” I
asked.
“He was in his robe and, I’ll
tell you, He was drunk. I don’t
mean the I’m-your-best-friend
kind of drunk. I mean to tell you
that the Almighty was
stinking.”
This caught my interest. The
Amazing continued.
“So there I was at three in the
morning with Jehovah on my
sofa. I kept yawning and saying
what a hard day I had tomorrow
but He would not be moved! He
told me about all the things He
regreted doing in His younger
days.”
“Such as?” I asked. He was
ready for that question. He
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Entertaining Events
Average White Band Civic Center Jan. 28
Spinners Fox Theatre Feb. 11-12
Billy Paul Civic Center Feb. 14
Queen Omni Feb. 21
Gordon Lightfoot Civic Center Feb. 12
Movies
Monty Python and
the Holy Grail 7 and 9:30 p.m. Z-6
“The Mikado” is
Quarter’s Opera
BY CYNDI LUNSFORD
Once upon a time, in the land
of Titipu, there lived a Lord
High Executioner named Ko-Ko
who was threatened with quick
retirement if he didn’t execute
someone at once. But Ko-Ko
had a problem. He himself had
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been condemned to death for
the terrible crime of flirting, so
how could he execute anyone?
The outcome of this unusual
situation can be found in Gilbert
and Sullivan’s opera “The
Mikado,” which will be per
formed this quarter by the
opera workshop.
Inge Lundeen, director of the
workshop, says the opera is
actually a cross between opera
and musical comedy. “It’s
humorous, the music is light,
and although it hasn’t been done
much it has great potential,”
said Ms. Lundeen.
The Mikado, Emperor of
Japan, will be played by Jeff
McClendon, a senior music
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