I think this is going to be like when Snuffleupagus first showed up on Sesame Street and everyone thought Big Bird was imagining him. The birds are real, but fly off when anyone but Walt is around.
It’s also like the Twilight Zone episode when William Shatner saw a gremlin on the wing of the airplane but it would fly away every time he tried to show anyone else.
Well, he is 105. This could Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia appearing. Old folks start imagining things that aren’t there and, at 105, it’s no wonder.
Shatner was the one on the plane in the original Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone TV series in the early 1960’s. It was one of Shatner’s first parts; years before the original Star Trek (1966).
According to a strip from 1986 and another from 2001, Walt was born in 1898, making him 22 or 23 when Skeezix was left on his doorstep and 112 this year.
leakysqueaky712 almost 14 years ago
Must be the meds. (whew)
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
That is so realistic. Anyone who has cared for the elderly can identify with this one easily.
Korsynski almost 14 years ago
I think this is going to be like when Snuffleupagus first showed up on Sesame Street and everyone thought Big Bird was imagining him. The birds are real, but fly off when anyone but Walt is around.
motiontoast almost 14 years ago
It’s also like the Twilight Zone episode when William Shatner saw a gremlin on the wing of the airplane but it would fly away every time he tried to show anyone else.
jpozenel almost 14 years ago
What medication was that again?
(And where can I get it?)
imrobert almost 14 years ago
Well, he is 105. This could Alzheimer’s or some form of dementia appearing. Old folks start imagining things that aren’t there and, at 105, it’s no wonder.
EarlWash almost 14 years ago
I’ll 2nd that, jtpozenel
travburg1 almost 14 years ago
Shatner was the one on the plane in the original Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone TV series in the early 1960’s. It was one of Shatner’s first parts; years before the original Star Trek (1966).
jpozenel almost 14 years ago
The original “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” Part 1, 2, and 3 on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0F97LHk4ZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFE-yMMWCvc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYTOzbRBphw&feature=related
k3ylw almost 14 years ago
There is a superstition that if a bird enters your house, someone will die.
Some cultures believe that birds are the souls of the dead.
Maybe his time has come?
Warren Snaider Premium Member almost 14 years ago
jtpozenel, thanks for the links to the Twilight Zone episode.
jamadison4 almost 14 years ago
. Somebody, please check on Jimbo’s Meds……..Walt’s hair is green 1111
Paul1963 almost 14 years ago
According to a strip from 1986 and another from 2001, Walt was born in 1898, making him 22 or 23 when Skeezix was left on his doorstep and 112 this year.
WallyCuppaJoe almost 14 years ago
Joe Jam4, put your other pair of reading glasses on. I think you were looking at the hanging plant.