"Where do you guys go when you ditch class? The Tastee Freez?"
~ Tim Burns. Art Teacher. Eldorado HS mid-1970s.
We dissed this dude mercilessly. Then we had the nerve to get all pissy when he fucked with us and wrote a fake note from Vance's mom. Not C00l, Tim!
I ran into Tim Burns about 20 years later at the State Fair. He was selling bronzed baby shoes.It was funny at the time, but in retrospect, that could be me now.
Shit.
The authentic hand written note is still in existance and will be featured soon on this site. The note was so devestating that we didn't know how to handle the situation...
ReplyDeleteI always wondered how Tim could speak but never moved his bottom jaw. He would smile, talk to you, and his teeth never parted; swear to God! I was so fixed on watching to see his teeth seperate, I swear, I never heard one word he ever said to me except, "your're late."
Who was the other art teacher? The cool guy who taught ceramics? He went on to be in charge of the art program for APS before the govt. decided art wasn't important.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the dude with the Beard? Shit I can't remember his name. We were always being cautioned against making "smoking devices" as we would be kicked out of school. I saw him years later at Grahm Central Station picking up on the young trim. I had a beer with him and then split.I always did have a fantasy about the photo teacher and I getting stuck in the darkroom together. Wait, I'll be back in three and a half minutes.
ReplyDeleteFaraah, Farreh something like that. Farrer......I stayed up all night, tossing and turning and found myself this morning wrapped in my sheets tighter that a nun. The art teacher was Mt. Farrer?
ReplyDeleteNo, he was the older guy. I think he was the head of art at ElDo. This guy was younger. Probably under thirty at that time.
ReplyDeleteWhen they did the end of the semester critiques of our work, he announced to the class that mine were the only pipes he fired without plugging up the holes because they were well done and artistic.
Good job Grasshopper!
ReplyDeleteAs quickly as you can, snatch the pebbles from my hand.
ReplyDeleteAnother bit of television that is permanently etched into all of our impressionable little brains.
That and "Love, American Style."
ReplyDeleteGood. Now that song is in my head.
ReplyDeleteTake this....
"The Looooooooooove Boat soon will be making another ruuuuun.
The Loooove Boat promises something for everyone."
Here was a cruise liner that had a crew of four yet managed to never run aground.
"Wait, i know this sounds silly but would you mind, I have one more question."
ReplyDeleteColumbo