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TV, Vay Kay, & Dinner

Wednesday, May. 12, 2004 - 6:00 a.m.

Last night, there was a lovely event on television. Yeah, I know, for a change, huh?

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited was on CBS. It was, as Carl Reiner has said, the 159th episode of the show. As I watched, I was struck by the good-natured tone of the show. The writing was as elegant and as classic as a tailored pinstripe suit, and whatever it is that the stars of the show used to have when the show was in its heydey -- they've still got it.

I hope the numbers were good.

And tonight, again on CBS, the cast members of the Carol Burnett Show will bring up the lights and conduct a question and answer session like they used to do on their variety show.

I love sweeps month. :-)

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Todd Thalimer is heading out for an extended vacation he's been referring to as a 'guy weekend'. I'll miss his dulcet keystrokes until he gets back. I told him to be careful not to get sand in his food, and he replied that sand in food was the reason that ancient Egyptians invented dentistry. Always a learning experience with this fella, I tell ya.

Safe trip, my friend. Be good to yourself, because gosh knows you need it.

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And finally, I saw this story cross the wires this morning.

The last paragraph was what got me. :-)

HUDDERSFIELD, England (Reuters) - Seven men who enjoyed duck and caviar at more than 22,000 feet in the Himalayas pitched a claim Tuesday for the record highest altitude formal dinner.

One Australian and six British men made it to the top of the 23,113-feet Tibetan peak Lhakpa Ri near Mount Everest carrying tables, chairs and white tie dinner suits earlier this month. Gales forced them back to 22,326 feet for the sumptuous meal.

"Great party," team leader Henry Shelford said by telephone after returning to Britain. "Shame about the atmosphere."

The month-long expedition raised more than $44,000 for the British Lung Foundation for research into the lung disease sarcoidosis, from which Shelford has suffered.

The Guinness World Records said it was verifying the claim that the team, who did not have previous mountaineering experience, had broken the previous record of 22,204 feet for the highest formal dinner, set by Australian climbers in 1989.

Scotsman Robbie Aitken wore a kilt -- but he broke with the tradition of wearing nothing underneath. "He was not a true Scot, otherwise he would not have come back in one piece," Shelford told Reuters.

There was no mention of what was for dessert.

Presumably, something frozen with nuts.

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