Saturday Beantown Bike Ride Slide Show Extravaganza!

Well, sorry you all have to leave so early! I sure hope it wasn’t the wife’s meatloaf, ’cause she sure makes a mighty fine one, don’t she? Can’t tempt you all with another piece of blueberry pie, can I? It’s homemade. No? Well, here, I’ll help you get your coats. They’re this way, everybody, walk down the hall with me. Here we go.

Saaaay, have I shown you all the den? I haven’t? Let’s just take a peek, shall we? Paneled it myself last week. We’ll just click on the light and — well, would you look at that! Honey, we forgot to put the slide projector away! Ha! And look, the carousel’s all loaded up and everything. We even left the screen up! If that don’t beat all!

Wait a sec, folks, I’ve got me an idea. You have a few minutes, don’t you? Why don’t we all have a looksee at what the missus put in the projector? I mean, look at all these chairs we accidentally set out. No use wasting ’em, right? Come on, Ed and Barbara, you sit over there. Hank, quit standing in the doorway and grab yourself a front row seat. Attaboy. George, Susie, come on in, sit down. Just a minute, that’s all. Honey! How ’bout bringing us in some Cokes!

Okay, now we’ll just shut off the lights and turn ’er on and — click!


Would you look at this? That’s me and the missus last Saturday, posing with Big Blue, our tandem bike! Sure was mighty fine weather last Saturday, wasn’t it? Why I just took me one long look at the big ol’ blue sky and I said, Honeybunch, let’s take us a bike ride into Boston — and that’s just what we did! click!


Oops! Like I said, the missus loaded the slides. Heh, heh! (extracts, drops slide on floor) (fumbles, reinserts slide)



There we go! This here is the Haymarket! It’s pretty famous you know. You can get great deals on fresh produce. And you should get a load of those vendors. They’re pretty colorful, if you know what I mean. The missus had to cover her ears a few times, didn’t you, Honey? Ha! click!


And this here is part of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, right near the Haymarket. A shopper’s dee-light, with lots of pushcarts. The tourists just go crazy there! click!


You know who that guy is? Why that’s Red Auerbach, legendary coach of the Boston Celtics. And right near Red is… click!


…Larry Bird’s sneakers, all bronzed up! Check ’em out! click!


Here’s a jazz band playing. What a set of pipes that guy had! Remember him, Honey? click!


Radio Disney had a show on for the kiddies that day. Ed, your little Junie would have liked this. There’s Bozo. Say, looks like Mister Ringmaster upped his food allowance, don’t it, huh? Ha ha! click!


You can’t walk more than 50 feet without seeing a Duck Tour boat. We’re taking Cousin Ernestine on one next week. click!


Here’s the Hatch Shell, where the famous Boston Pops play on the Fourth of July. Dang, you sure can’t get anywheres near it on the Fourth. click!


And, if you turn right around, there’s the two tallest buildings in Boston, the John Hancock on the left and the Prudential on the right. click!


Now everybody’s heard of Harvard Yard, right? Well, here it is! Man, just standing there made me feel smarter! click!


And here’s John Harvard himself! click!


Finally, here’s one of my favorite things, watching the street chess players play in Harvard Square. See that guy with the hat? That’s the Chess Master. He’s been around since God wore kneepants!

Well, that’s it. Hope you all enjoyed the show. Your coats? Why sure, we’ll get you your coats. No sense being in such an all-fired hurry. Right this way. Come on folks.

Saaaay, have you all seen my model train set?