Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Willard Scott Retired (and Why You Should Care)

December 31, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Editor’s Note: Willard Scott passed away in Sept. 2021. This column originally appeared in January, 2016. Ten days before Christmas, Willard Scott announced his retirement after a 65 year career. Yes, SIXTY-FIVE years! To be perfectly honest, I thought he retired decades ago but that probably says more about me … Read More

It’s a Wonderful Life

December 18, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Christmas time is here. Aside from family memories, most people include movie memories as part of their traditional Yuletide celebration. For me, any version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is a must (although Albert Finney’s musical version is my go-to), and “A Christmas Story” runs on a loop every … Read More

A Gunfight With Colonel Sanders

December 11, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Colonel Harland Sanders died 45 years ago this week (December 16, 1980). My wife and I love those TV ads; our kids think they are creepy. Colonel Sanders is perhaps the best known fast food namesake our country has ever known. He is also a lot more complicated than he … Read More

The Kings of Ebenezer

December 4, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Although the anniversary date has recently passed, my mind wanders back to a sad incident from 51 years ago. I was almost 12 years old and thunderstruck by the news, and even more stunned by the fact that no one seemed to care about it as much as I did. … Read More

My World’s Fair Daydream — 50 Years On

November 26, 2025 | by Al Hunter

We all do it, some more than others I suppose, but we all do it: Daydream. Winning the lottery, scoring a hole-in-one, dating a movie star or maybe embarking on an exotic vacation, we all daydream. For me, I daydream about history. Lately, I’ve been daydreaming about the 1964-65 New … Read More