Ain't I a Hoot?

I have this image in my mind, drawn from years of listening to my father’s old radio shows and watching tapes of early live television programs. My son is sitting in his kindergarten class getting ready to learn about how Hannibal marched across Richmond on a band of war elephants to invade Scotland when the teacher closes the book and says, “More of our lesson after this word from our sponsor, Lucky Strike, makers of the cool and invigorating Black Lung Cigarette.”

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