The King of Pop sang Billie Jean
Billy Mays pitched Oxi-Clean!
Les Paul, Maude, Dom Deluise
David Carradine applied lethel squeeze!
Farrah's hair drove boys crazy
Karl Malden...Patrick Swayze!
Natasha Richardson, "Uncle Ted"
And Johnny was finally joined by Ed!
Marilyn Chambers sure loved jizz
We'll miss Walter's..."And thats the way it is"!
Of course there are many more, but I only have 55 words to work with.
It sure was a tough year!!
If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55...
Please come tell The G-Man!
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment...Then BOOK!!
So from the most gracious host from coast to coast...
Have a Kick-Ass New Year!!
Drive Carefully...Drink Responsibly.
Thank You one and all for your love, loyalty, and support!
Galen..AKA The G-Man
I'm up!
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Come Make useless resolutions with me :P
Oh yeah, Yahtzee! I'm first, well, now I'm second.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful tribute. Happy New Year G. MIne's up :)
ReplyDeleteIn my happiness at being first I forgot to really comment. This was really creative. Love the David Carradine line. Wish I'd thought of this! Happy Friday! And Happy New Year G-Man!
ReplyDeleteWhat? Are you telling me all these people died this year? Criminy. I never even noticed.
ReplyDeleteMine is here.
nice tribute 55...definitely a tough year in the public eye...
ReplyDeletehappy new year gman!
mine is up!
I didn't even recognize Marilyn. The Ivory Snow girl... Wow.
ReplyDeleteI'm up myself, live from the beach: 55 Flash Fiction Friday #59: The Invitation
Hi, Galen,
ReplyDeleteMy 55 is up at 1 a.m. Pacific time. I still haven't found out how to post the link here when the piece is only scheduled, not actually up yet.
Does this work?
http://chrisalba-enchantedoak.blogspot.com/
HAKAWE, G-Man, and New Year,
ReplyDeletethank YOU for your support of an aspiring writer and blog-virgin, turned blog-addict (there are worse things I'm sure) like, changing my pen-name from Dianne Gross-Giese to I DiGress
Ha!(I will post a 55 fiction tomorrow, New Year's Day if I can find my muse, hint hint)
The Fabulous Dianne
It certainly was a year of losses, and you did it great justice in only 55 words. Happy New Year, G-Man.:)
ReplyDeleteGalen, I seincerely wish you and yours a healthy and fab New Year :)
ReplyDeleteMiss MJ
ReplyDeleteThe Marilyn Chambers line was positively poetic!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, G-Man!
Jeepers I can't believe as late as it is theres only thirteen peeps ahead of me. hhmmmmm must be new years eve EH ? I'm up and ready uhhhm er ew well posted that is.
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Happy New Year everybody
It was a tough year. but we persevere. Happy New Year, Galen!
ReplyDeleteWe lost some great ones this year. Well done and wonderful tribute. Mine is up HERE.
ReplyDeleteHau’oli Makahiki Hou and all the best to you and your family in 2010. I'm so glad to have gotten to know you through your blog and look forward to a great year ahead :)
A great tribute. I suppose Les Paul had most effect on me. I could never afford a real one but I walked on many a local stage with my copy and tried to make those strings sing.
ReplyDeleteYou'll find mine here.
Have a wonderful New Year, Galen. Looking forward to a whole year of 55's yours, mine and everyone's.
ReplyDeleteAnd you did good with those 55 lil 'ol words.
:))
happy new year to you! and what a great year in review. you did it quite perfectly.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great tribute with only 55 words G-man!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you m'deario.
Mine's up. :)
At least you did it with rhythm and harmony and no another insidious list like a newscast.
ReplyDeleteAh, old year ends...
ReplyDeleteThankfully I woke up to a new day in 2010
My meager offering is posted :)
Oh yeah I meant to ask; what is jizz?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you! Very nice tribute...I think I'll miss Uncle Walter the most. I fear he took journalistic integrity with him.
ReplyDeleteMine is up.
very well done!
ReplyDeleteMine is up!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Happy New Year, G, let's sell some American cars!
ReplyDeleteLove, Lou
I saw Marilyn Chambers picture and remembered her on that box of ivory snow!!
ReplyDeleteHappy 2010!
Nice job, Galen. This is such a creative way to honor them and I'm impressed that you fit so many in such a short space.
ReplyDeleteMy 55 is up
http://naramalone.com/2010/01/01/spotlighting/
reading this...reminds me how fallible we all are. Thanks G-man. Mine's up. Have a great year. Sarah
ReplyDeleteman, you poet baby!
ReplyDeleteis there a book in the works perhaps?
you could entitle it
"G-Man 55, and All That Jizz..."
ps, WaMa,
the word "jizz"
is Galen's earthy term
for ejaculate,
for want of a less classier word,
tho he probably can do a 55
(i think he did already)
on 55 versions of
that magnificent liquid...
pps Happy New Year
Mr. Knowitall...
Lana loves you! xoxo
Dead Good!
ReplyDeleteomg..I almost spit out my...ummm..coffee. Yeah, that's the ticket...coffee...
ReplyDeleteI'm up too.. www.kimayscue.blogspot.com
Namaste and Happy New Year
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year G-man, mine is finally up now! :-)
ReplyDeletevery nicely done even if you only had 55 words in which to do it. clever, rhythmic, and quite a tribute to some of the folks we lost this year.
ReplyDeletewishing you the very best this new year, my friend.
Here I am, better late than never. My post has been up since last night but I just now am getting around to commenting on everyone's blogs.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay.
Did I mention I slept in until 3:30 in the afternoon?
(*yawn*)
What?
Oh... yeah.
My post is right here.
Life is short. You remind me that it's important to enjoy every moment.
ReplyDeleteMy 55 is going up in a few moments.
Happy New Year.
PG
Perfect barrage, G-man!! :)
ReplyDeleteHere's to 2010!!
--snow
Creative tribute.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
My silly 55 is posted.
Hi, Galen! Happy New Year to you! Yes, it was a tough year. We lost so many who were part of our memories, our lives. Nice tribute there.
ReplyDeleteMy 55er is up. It's interactive. I haven't been getting around much this year (blogging) so I don't have many readers right now. But if someone stops by, they can throw their 2 cents into the story! D
hey g! woke up cause hubby's cpap mask is blown me! and then he just looks so damn wierd in it I couldnt go back to sleep!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great 55! and yes what a year huh? thanks for the shout out! hope to be back in "blog attitude" next week!
happy new year wild man!
Very well- done! Although I think it was Farrah's nipples...
ReplyDeleteToo damn funny g! I am always amazed at watching the death list on the news at the end of the year...Never fails I always hear myself say "I didn't know he/she died"! :(
ReplyDeleteP.s. Love the MC jizz line! LOL
Sorry didn't make the 55 this Friday because I'm going out of town for some R&R before I hit the crazy house on Monday!! Enjoy the rest of the holiday...
hahahaha Awesome 55! Susan told me I had to check it out. :-)
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