Halloween is the popular season for telling scary stories. And one of these stories comes to mind from my youth. It was from a cartoon show.
I have great respect for comedian and educator Bill Cosby and had watched his series - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972 - 1985). This was a great show, in my humble opinion, as it promoted good values to kids of all ages as well as being entertaining.
One of the classic scenes was the scary story, The Chicken Heart That Ate Up New York City, from The Fat Albert Halloween Special (1977), as shown in this clip below:
I recall Cosby relating his father's story of his "stupid" son smearing jelly all over the kitchen floor to make a monster slip. Laughed so hard at that one that my sides ached.
I have autonomic dysreflexia. It only occurs in people who have cervical spinal injury like me. Every time I urinate I experience a flight/fright episode… About 20 times a day with an extremely uneasy feeling, unnatural warmth and profuse sweating. There is real danger of strokes and heart attacks, as well as release of blood clots from the legs. I am so used to these episodes that I hardly notice them unless they get acute for not being able to urinate.
I have low cholesterol and a good heart. Both protect me from these episodes. I rarely get really frightened, but do find myself jumping a lot in my seat watching The Walking Dead.
I recall Cosby relating his father's story of his "stupid" son smearing jelly all over the kitchen floor to make a monster slip. Laughed so hard at that one that my sides ached.
I have autonomic dysreflexia. It only occurs in people who have cervical spinal injury like me. Every time I urinate I experience a flight/fright episode… About 20 times a day with an extremely uneasy feeling, unnatural warmth and profuse sweating. There is real danger of strokes and heart attacks, as well as release of blood clots from the legs. I am so used to these episodes that I hardly notice them unless they get acute for not being able to urinate.
I have low cholesterol and a good heart. Both protect me from these episodes. I rarely get really frightened, but do find myself jumping a lot in my seat watching The Walking Dead.
Ron