M.A.S.H had one. So did Seinfeld, Friends, Dallas, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Fugitive, St. Elsewhere, Newhart, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Did you know that Howdy Doody, Leave It to Beaver, and Route 66 also had them? Because of long presence of Monday Morning Entertainment here, it deserves a series finale!
Although the first Monday Morning Entertainment appeared on January 12, 2009, it didn’t become a regular feature until late August 2009. I designed the feature to start the week on a light-hearted note … and hopefully a laugh and/or a smile. Now, – post #256 – the finale. To me – through the help of animals, comedians, movie scenes, personal oddities, and more – mission accomplished .. thus a special Thank you to You Tube.
How was your weekend? We had family visiting, but still found time for the ballroom floor, an outstanding piano recital by a young man off to college in the fall to study piano, and work.
Embed from Getty ImagesI’ve enjoyed gathering the odd celebrations, and Monday Morning Entertainment was one of the vehicles to bring these dates to you. For one final time, here are Your Celebrations for the Week.
(Week) Sun Safety Week, Fishing Week, Great American Brass Bands Week
(Mon) Leave the Office Early Day, Flip a Coin Day, Go Barefoot Day, Heimlich Maneuver Day, TGIM Day (Thank God It’s Monday), Oscar the Grouch Day, Say Something Nice Day, Stand for Children Day, Pen Pal Day, Hazelnut Cake Day
(Tues) Bubba Day, Yell “Fudge” at the Cobras in North America Day, Dare Day, Rotisserie Chicken Day
(Wed) Repeat Day, Itch Day, Chimborazo Day, Running Day, Tailors Day, Chocolate Macaroons Day, Running Day, Rocky Road Ice Cream Day,Repeat Day, Itch Day, Chimborazo Day, Running Day, Tailors Day, Chocolate Macaroons Day, Running Day, Rocky Road Ice Cream Day
(Thurs) Cognac Day, Frozen Yogurt Day, Audacity to Hope Day, International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, Cheese Day
As a salute to past videos to start your week, below are a few of my favorites for you to enjoy. Which did you watch? Have a good week.
A Frank Angle 
Godspeed, Monday mornings. Wherever you may roam.
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Guapo!!!!
The mere fact you appeared for this finale is quite the praise for this series. Hope all is well!
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Frank congratulations on making it to post #256 – I shall miss the weekly lists of celebrations. I watched four of the five videos today [having seen the hand man play popcorn before.]
I enjoyed three of them and came away much educated! I did not know it was so easy to twirl my tassles nor how dangerous it can be to pass wind on a battlefield. And I really enjoyed hearing those two young men make one guitar sound so happily. I have to go make some pasties now …….
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Pauline,
Glad you enjoyed the videos. 256 posts in this series is a lot of Mondays! Given your artistic talent & creativity, your pasties could become in great demand.
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Oh Frank! Talk about going out with a swing and a bang! You are too much. Killing myself laughing here. Twirling tassels and farting “dead men”… Will admit to only lasting through 20 seconds of “Popcorn Hands”!
On a more serious note, MASH had to have one of the most gut-wrenching last one… “Keep that chicken quiet!”
Soooo… what to celebrate this week? I’ll go for saying something nice, Hazelnut Cake Day and Cognac (as long as it’s the really, REALLY good stuff!
Have a fantastic week, Monsieur Frank!
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Dale,
Glad I was able to cause you to laugh … and I imagine you to a quick practice on the tassels trick. … and who would want cheap Cognac! … Good morning.
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Good morning, Frank!
Oh Lord no! Pre 3 children maybe!
I could never drink the stuff until I participated in a tasting – discovered that the $100+ bottles were a whole ‘nother thing!
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Dale,
Ah ha … you take some Remy (and others). Amazing how smooth high-end can taste … well, compared to the cheap stuff.
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Frank,
Truly amazing the difference. I was at a Camus tasting…yep I’ll take the XO and up, please!
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That a way! … Speaking of drinking that can be harsh, ever tried grappa?
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Of course…when I worked at Corby Distilleries (best job ever until they moved to Toronto 😑) we had a Ruffino wine night with the gorgeous Afolfo Ruffino himself….*shake myself off*…
Anyway, the evening ended with ny first taste of it! I’ve had it occasionally since…
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Seems you were a little smitten about Mr. Ruffino. 😉 Grappa is different. My cousin’s son in Italy makes his own.
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Oh hello! ALL the women were drooling over that tall drink of water (a good 6’4″)…
Mick had an Italian supplier who plied us with his wine and grappa. Good stuff!
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.. and you being tall had the advantage over the other droolers.
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Let’s just say that he was such a skilled charmer, every single woman felt like he was talking just to her! But the difference in height was optimal with me! What was I thinking in bringing my husband with me? 😉
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It seems he was a candidate for your Exception List.
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😉 You have your lists too, eh?
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Duh!
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😊
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“Yell ‘Fudge’ at the Cobras in North America Day”—I don’t even know what that means. Sounds like something The Onion would come up with.
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Carrie,
Better yet … not only do we have to yell, but we’re supposed to do it at noon!
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Pretty funny videos. The guitar guys were impressive. Where can I buy tassels? You’ve probably seen this video from Johnny Carson. https://youtu.be/VSmD9hrbrF0
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Jim,
A classic indeed. Love it when the guest cracked Johnny up!
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Great finale, Frank! The videos were all new to me; apparently I haven’t been doing the correct searches on YouTube!
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Lynn,
All new to you is a good thing … after all, I found more than a few oddities for this series.
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Twirling tassels, huh? You know how to find the videos! Who knows? If I were about thirty years younger perhaps the tutorial would have come in handy! And I’ll do my very best to avoid any need to celebrate the Heimlich Maneuver! You’re retiring the Monday morning edition with a high note, Frank!
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Debra,
As a long-timer here, you have seen many oddities that I’ve used. I may have to given an award for anyone binge watching this series!
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When I read the first part about finales I was worried you were going to say it was your blog finale! Phew! Without knowing it, we are indeed celebrating leave the office early day today as we have a team day thing going on which will finish at 4 – an hour before we usually finish! Can’t watch any of the videos right now as my other half is asleep next to me.
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Vanessa,
Now there’s a question for me to ponder – how would I end this blog? Hmmm … a tough one! Meanwhile, there’s laughs for everyone in this collection of videos, so let him watch, too!
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Happy Monday, Frank!
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Kayjai,
🙂 … and Happy Monday Morning to Newfoundland’s finest!
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You made Mondays good!
I plan to do up all three of your weekly celebrations: “Sun Safety Week, Fishing Week, Great American Brass Bands Week.”
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Tim,
Make sure you make a trip to Danville, Kentucky, the home of the Great American Brass Band Festival!
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Goodbye, farewell, and amen
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Steve,
After so many Mondays, I had to have a finale.
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I wonder if there is a particular place you are suppose to itch for itch day?
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Catherine,
An itch is an itch, but it doesn’t mean one doesn’t have an itch of choice.
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I’m going to miss these Monday reports, Frank. How will I learn what to celebrate each day? And just as an aside, why would I want to celebrate itches on Wednesday, Frank? I am not sure that by mid-week I haven’t already scratched myself bloody…
I loved the job interview film! Loads of fun.
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Elyse,
Regarding Wednesday, you never know when, what, where, (let alone why) the itch occurs … so embrace it.
The gathering the celebrations have been fun. Sometime in the future, I will post (in the Shorts) some of the sources I used.
Gotta love Greg Hahn’s comedy work. He is a bit hyper!
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Only had time for one video and I chose the twirling tassels. What an education! Looks so easy. Now all I need is some body tape and a couple of tassels. 😀 Have a great week.
PS: I think Hazelnut Cake Day sounds delicious.
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Sylvia,
Of course I knew you would go for the food celebration! … especially one involving sweets. Glad you found the tassels video to be useful. Don’t forget to share it with your sisters. … smiles to your mom!
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Really hilarious videos, Frank….and how have I lived so long without ever learning to twirl my tassels?
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Cynthia,
It seems the collection is a fitting end to the series. Regarding twirling the tassels, it’s never to late to learn!
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Oh, sad face!! I didn’t know today was Barefoot Day, Darn it! Well now I’m going to celebrate Frozen Yogurt Day ahead of schedule. I watched the Tassels. That was quite a find, Frank. 🙂 Cheers to a great run!! Well done. I know whatever you do in its place will be fabulous.
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Amy,
Glad you enjoyed the tassels, so let us know if it works. 😉
Monday Morning Entertainment has been a great run, as well as Satire Bits with the Combo Challenge. But to me, I will use the time to visit others more often and to write stuff to ponder. 🙂
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Ah, got it! It was a very ambitious schedule, Frank. You are allowed to relax a bit!
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As you know, I wasn’t ambitious for days or weeks or months, but actually years, so I’m actually looking forward to a new routine.
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Good for you! It’s good to change things up. Here’s to more fruitful blogging.
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I will miss the celebrations for the week – guess I’ll have to come up with my own things to celebrate now…I just hope you are okay moving on with this – what an accomplishment you can look back on! I guess I’m okay with it because like Amy said, we all know you will replace it with something fabulous in your own unique way. 🙂
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Kelly,
As for missing the celebrations, sometime in the future (hopefully the near future) I will post some of the useful sites I used to collect the celebrations … so then you won’t be without knowing!
I’m absolutely OK with moving on as I can already tell by more time available to write and visit others. Oops … now I have to change the Schedule page.
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That’s good that you already feel a positive change then! And thank you in advance for posting those sites! I added my schedule to my About page for now. It’s not as easy to stick to as I thought it would be, though…but I’m trying!
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Schedules aren’t for everyone, but considering my former weekly magazine format, it was necessary … but without two regular parts of the magazine, I will change it soon.
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Sure does help with organization and self-discipline. Will be looking forward to seeing your changes!
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Just had the changes on the Schedule page.
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Oh, ok. 🙂
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You provided the incentive.
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Glad I could help 🙂
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I like the way you repeated Wednesday’s celebrations. 🙂 🙂
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Robin,
Hooray … someone finally caught it! … thanks for making my day!!!
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With all those different sweets listed you should perhaps add get fat day for anyone who tries to eat them all.
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Great post! Bye bye Monday morning pie!
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Resa,
Thanks … but it my be gone from the routine, it’s still in our hearts. The question is what happens to the videos I find that would be perfect for MME? … I imagine they will appear on Fridays.
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….Or Saturdays, or Sunday nights?
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I imagine in Friday’s Opinions in the Shorts … well … occasionally. Matter of fact, I may have one in this Friday.
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I see that Wednesday has a double dose of Rocky Road ice cream, and to counteract the effects of all those extra calories, a double dose of running. 🙂
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Sylvia,
Yes … all in honor of Repeat Day. 🙂
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😀
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A wonderful finale to a very enjoyable & light-hearted series.
LOL on the tassel video. I was thinking graduation tassels since it’s graduation season.
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RoSy,
Glad you were about to join in on the finale …. I hope the twirling lesson was successful for you.
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LOL
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Saved this to read when I could as I was thinking you were going dark. Happy you’re not. Having said that, I will miss the series, pop in on it from time to time. Talk again soon
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John!!!!
How and the heck is the travel-lovin, music enthusiast Canadian doing these days? Hope all is well.
The series is going blank just as a way to cutback on posting. Hey … Meals: The Musical is in progress. See the Here Ye page about the next act!
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I saw that, will take a peak. By my dearth of posting, you can likely tell I am on a hiatus. Bought a boat (25 foot sailboat) and dropped it into Kootenay Lake. Been spending a lot of time out there. Retirement planning 101 lol
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Congrats on the sailboat and it seems you are enjoying yourself. In terms of my musicals, I know you’re a music lover, and the musical is generally every two weeks.
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Racking my brain on non alcoholic drinks right now. Did not know they existed.
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… thus you find the next act (alcoholic drinks) much easier.
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Indubitably
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