As a kid, Friday nights were great fun. My Mom and Dad had a standing date night, so my Aunt Margaret would babysit my brother Colin and me. She was a wonderfully caring person. She was always kind to us. But more importantly, she’d take us out for hamburgers.

In upstate NY, there was McDonald’s-like hamburger chain called Carrol’s. Eating their thin burgers and greasy fries was like an Olympic sport that my brother and I wanted to train for. Maaaaan…that was livin’!

(It’s not really part of this story, but for a stretch of time Carrol’s sold Classics Illustrated comic books. Once in a while, you’ll find one of these comics with a Carrol’s price tag still on stuck on the cover. I assume they bought them in bulk and sold them as promotional items.)

Aunt Margaret would get us home in time to watch the new Tarzan show that started at 7:30 pm. (Network TV started earlier back then.) Those were glorious times, and we had a surfeit of riches – Tarzan was surrounded by and competed with soon-to-be classics like Star Trek, The Green Hornet, and Time Tunnel. Continue reading “With Further Ado #319: The Gentle Savage – Ron Ely” →