'Exit, Stage Left!'

When was the last time I thought about Snagglepuss?

I waste a lot of time and brain cells on all sorts of worthless trivia, but that cartoon cougar hasn’t crossed my mind in decades.

That dry spell ended on Thursday as I was wrapping up my workout at the gym and the character’s catchphrase “Heavens to Mugatroyd!” popped into my head.

For those of you who don't know, Snagglepuss was a Hanna-Barbara character who made his debut in 1959.

He wore an upturned collar, shirt cuffs, and a bow tie. He had a love for theater and he constantly broke the fourth wall to speak to his audience.

His voice bears a resemblance to Bert Lahr's--the Cowardly Lion himself--and Lahr, in fact, filed a lawsuit when Snagglepuss appearred in a run of Kellogg's ceral commericals.

I'm not sure why he came to mind, but since I’m taking a break from blogging for a little while, I’m thinking of one of Snagglepuss’ other lines: “Exit, stage left!”, which he said when he had to make a quick getaway.

I’m nervous--frantic even--but I’m going to try and enjoy myself and I encourage you to do the same.

I’ll probably won’t be reading any blogs for a while, but I’ll make it up once I’m back in business.

I'm hoping to make some changes in my time off, or at least some improvements. I know I've said this before, but I'm really feeling it now. Maybe this is the time for a some ideas.

After all, Snagglepuss was reimagined a few years back as a gay, Southern Gothic playwright.

Heavens to Mugatroyd, indeed!