Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for June 19, 2023

Just looked up the theme song, and it seems to me there are a lot of things in there that are better than not paying property tax. To list a few…,

He’s goin’ everywhere, B.J. McKay and his best friend Bear.

He just keeps on movin’ Ladies keep improvin’

Every day is better than the last. New dreams and better scenes,

Places new and ladies, too, I’m B.J. McKay and this is my best friend Bear.

Why do they call you BJ?

I just looked up the song on YouTube. It is a terrible song. It’s not “catchy” at all. I can’t imagine it becoming an earworm.

Speaking of earworms, “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog” is available on YouTube. You’ve been warned.

There was also a Chimp named “Cheetah” in the Tarzan Movies…

I recall this show came out about the time the movies with Clint Eastwood and his orangutan was big.

I mean, there was a whole song about a boy named Sue, so this was not a new problem.

I had a cat names Mouse…

It’s really not as bad as having a dog named Dog.

Scott does know the best way to get rid of any earworm — give it to someone else!

“hey there, where ya goin’ ?

who says you have to call one place home?

they’re goin’ everywhere, BJ McKay and his best friend Bear . . . ."

sadly, I did not have to Google that.

What’s wrong with a chimp named Bear? We name kids for rocks and flowers and birds and stuff.

I’ve been singing the theme song to Teen Titans in my head for weeks, and I don’t know why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL75mtNZ6PA

Sometimes I’ll break the monotony by singing the song “Secret Agent Man”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaR3WO71j4

Is it just me or do they sound very very similar? o_0

Has she never heard Norma Tanega’s hit from the 1960s, "Walking My Cat Named Dog’?

Braver than me …

Or a cat named dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZVrmJ2HH8

(The artist, Norma Tanega, is the great ‘60s folk singer who did the theme song for “What We Do in the Shadows,” one of the best comedies on TV right now. "You’re dead. You’re dead, and out of this world…")