1990, Bantam Audio - Cassette

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone who has ever foreseen the ruin of America in bags of potato chips that open at the bottom while you’re trying to open them at the top or in scratchy tags on expensive long underwear will find Tom Bodett a companion in suffering who makes it all seem almost worthwhile.

From Tamara and the Cat

Tamara Dupree hasn’t had the easiest time of it since she reached the End of the Road. It’s not surprising, though. She came in with such a chip on her shoulder, she was bound to run into trouble sooner or later. What’s funny, and kinda sad about it, is that most of the trouble she’s had, she’s done to herself.

Tamara came in from California, or maybe it was Oregon. She’s what you might call a vegetarian activist. If you get behind her in line at the grocery store with a pack of hamburger in your cart, she starts makin’ little gaggin’ noises in her throat and tries to move away from you.

That’s when you’re lucky, ‘cause Tamara’s not shy with her opinions and like as not she’ll start rummaging through your groceries, lecturing you on which vital organ functions are going to fail if you eat this, that, or the other thing. She has not endeared herself to very many folks this way, and a lot of us have taken to putting Ding Dongs and Nutty Buddies on top of our carts just to get a rise out of her….

 

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