Marilyn's Diary

I miss my Uncle Herman. We used to hang out all the time. It was the early sixties so the family would all sit around together around the big TV in the wooden consul. We would all argue about what to watch. We had to agree because it is not like today where everyone has a TV in their room. There was just one so we all had to watch it together.

Now Grandpa always wanted to watch Lawrence Welk because he said he was the closest thing you could find to a vampire on TV. Aunt Lily loved variety shows. She was a succubus and most of those shows sucked big time. My pervert Cousin Eddie always wanted to watch Petticoat Junction and Hee Haw and any show with girls with big jugs and hay.

But Uncle Herman and I almost always carried the day. Because we both loved Westerns. So there was always one that somebody else would vote for and we could get to see. Aunt Lily loved Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood so we always got to see "Wanted Dead of Alive" and "Rawhide." Grandpa loved "The Rifleman" because he was a big Chuck Conner's fan. He had a couple of private movies that Chuck starred in before he got famous. Cousin Eddie loved "Gunsmoke" because he sort of looked like Doc. But Uncle Herman loved them all.

He even dressed up in his cowboy outfit. He had the boots and the hat and kerchief. He would dress up in them while we watched the show. Then late at night he would sneak into my room.

He would ride me all night.