Autobahn

Yesterday, I espied a Grand Blanc Community Schools bus bearing the license plate 007 x 313. I can assign not particular meaning to these numbers, I was simply amused, loving as I do the literary & cinematic adventures of James Bond, Agent 007, & remembering fondly my youth, when the whole of the southeastern quadrant of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as far north as Grand Blanc & the Thumb, was in the 313 telephone area code, which today is restricted to Wayne County (Metro Detroit).

The Rebel Black Dot Christmas Song of the Day
Robert Goulet, "Jingle Bells" from Songs in the Key of Springfield (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Inspired by the I.B.C. television Christmas special, Bob Goulet's Old-Fashioned Cajun Christmas, from the feature film, Scrooged.

Robert Goulet: "Hi! You from the casino?"
Bart Simpson: "I'm from a casino."
Robert Goulet: "Good enough. Let's go."

Whalen Smithers: "I'm afraid Robert Goulet hasn't arrived yet, Sir."
Montgomery Burns: "Very well. Begin the thawing of Jim Nabors!"

Robert Goulet: "Are you sure this is the casino? I think I should call my manager."
Nelson Muntz: "Your manager says for you to shut up!"
Robert Goulet: "Vera said that?"

(singing)
"Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg,
Batmobile lost its wheel,
And the Joker got away! Hey!"

"Thank you, thank you very much."
(sound of microphone twirling rapidly & striking Milhouse)
Milhouse Van Houten: "Ow!"
Robert Goulet: "Oh! I'm sorry, Kid."