the beat goes on
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009Once again word on the street regarding the most recent CHCA meeting was not the most positive of rumors. Luckily someone recorded this…
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the king is ed… long live the king!
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
The following was written in reaction to the news of Ed Feldman’s move out of Chestnut Hill. Time has shown us all that he still cares enough to stay involved. - CM 3/1/09
My first experience with Ed Feldman was seeing him on TV during my impressionable youth. I had stumbled upon “The Furniture Guys” on PBS and was enamored with the use of Dick Van Dyke Brown. That coupled with my recent discovery of Groucho Marx, his transition from local public television to the epitome of a cult icon went unnoticed. His intelligent, however wild, antics should not be overlooked or down-played, but acknowledged for what he stood for and accomplished.
Ed was a man who was easily loved and hated, as stated in the article in the Inquirer, and he joins the ranks of most people I’ve known in my life. What makes him someone to hate? He voices a view differently?
“I don’t know what they have to say, It makes no difference anyway, Whatever it is, I’m against it!, No matter what it is or who commenced it, I’m against it.I’m opposed to it, by general principal I’m opposed to it. Your proposition may be good, But let’s have one thing understood, Whatever it is, I’m against it!, And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it, I’m against it.,” as Groucho stated in “Horse Feathers,”Groucho, having been declared Dean of a major University aptly states my interpretation of the mantra of Ed Feldman. Having a title does not entitle one to be trusted.
Like Groucho, Ed is a performer whose true passion is an erotic obsession with the English word. George Carlin pointed out peoples’ common misuses of basic English language, while the Marx/Feldman camp abused it purposefully as if everyone were in on the joke with them and enjoyed their misuse. We were in on the joke because we had the ability to appreciate the joke.
Ed is what Ed is. It could be turning left on Monday, then by Friday vocally proclaiming that turning right brings one less asshole, the currently suitable path to take. At least he always knows where he’s going. I can only hope that it is somewhere close to where I end up. Ed is at his best when you choose to disagree, which, for me, is rare.