Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

This Joker Gets Serious and Goes for Meat-Head's Throat

      Social critic, Gershon Wolf
        has been known to joke and spoof
     But at a meeting of TV execs today, he was dead serious
        And here’s what he told them – if you’re curious

     Where is wholesome TV programming today
        or something vaguely familiar anyway
      We need family shows like ‘Andy of Mayberry’
         where everyone teases and tortures ‘Poor Deputy Barney’

      Or ‘Leave it to Beaver’ where Eddie Haskell steals every show
          Kissing up to Ward and June, a sickeningly polite fellow
      And how about ‘the Three Stooges,’ where real culture
          is assaulted by three execrable humanoid vultures

      Now, I hear one of you is bringing back ‘You Bet Your Life’
          a show about a mean man’s negative outlook on life
      Anyone game for Nazified fare like ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
           or totally inept and stupid, ‘like Archie Bunker’s Zeroes’

      Can't wait for the new 'Re-run Season'
            Featuring Pee Wee Herman and Lassie! ~ 'tis bound to be pleasin'

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Paula Goldsmith January 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM I enjoyed reading your fun write. I loved then and still do, Lassie/the Three Stooges. They do Not make them like they once did. So Sad... Have a fun day writing away.............

sara Etgen-Baker January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM I vote for Hogan's Heroes! :-) The last two lines are the best....truly comical

David Crandall January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM Lots of childhood memories there!