In July of 2012, the man who invented electric football died and our friend McNeil kept his mouth shut about electric football out of respect. How do I happen to have this fact at my fingertips? Why, it's right here in
"McNeil Month By Month," the handy chronological guide to McNeil's activities that comes out once a year, on McNeil's birthday. Welcome to this year's installment! September 2006:
McNeil contends that he does not enjoy the "Little Dot" comic book. October 2006:
McNeil furnishes a memorable quotation. November 2006:
McNeil recalls playing Aerosmith on a jukebox. December 2006:
First appearance of "McNeil's Movie Korner." January 2007:
McNeil's system for winning at craps. February 2007:
McNeil doesn't see what's so hard about reading a newspaper and eating a sandwich at the same time. March 2007:
McNeil and I are talking about Bob Denver when HE SUDDENLY APPEARS ON TELEVISION! April 2007:
Wild turkeys roam McNeil's neighborhood. May 2007:
McNeil gets in touch with an Australian reporter regarding a historical chimp. June 2007:
First McNeil's Movie Korner Film Festival announced. July 2007:
Medicine changes McNeil's taste buds. August 2007:
McNeil's trees not producing apples. September 2007:
McNeil pinpoints a problem with the "blog." October 2007:
McNeil presents a video entitled "Jerry's pre-defecation chills." November 2007:
McNeil's Theory of Potential Energy. December 2007:
What is McNeil's favorite movie? January 2008:
McNeil explains why the wind blows. February 2008:
McNeil admires the paintings of Gerhard Richter. March 2008:
McNeil comes up with an idea for a Lifetime TV movie. April 2008:
McNeil's shirt. May 2008:
McNeil's apple tree doing better (see August 2007). June 2008:
McNeil is troubled by a man who wants to make clouds in the shape of logos. July 2008:
McNeil's apples are doing great. August 2008:
McNeil refuses to acknowledge that Goofy wears a hat no matter what I say. September 2008:
McNeil's grocery store is permanently out of his favorite margarine. October 2008:
McNeil on the space elevator. November 2008:
McNeil comes across an incomplete episode guide to HELLO, LARRY. December 2008:
McNeil thinks the human hand should have more fingers. January 2009:
McNeil discovers that gin and raisins cure arthritis. February 2009:
McNeil gets a big bruise on his arm. March 2009:
McNeil wants a job on a cruise ship. April 2009:
McNeil attempts to rescue a wayward balloon. May 2009:
McNeil visits the Frogtown Fair. June 2009:
McNeil dreams he is watching an endless production number from LI'L ABNER. July 2009:
McNeil sends text messages from his cell phone while watching a Frank Sinatra movie. August 2009:
McNeil disagrees philosophically with a comic book cover that shows a mad scientist putting a gorilla's brain in a superhero's body. September 2009:
McNeil resembles famed boxing trainer Freddie Roach. October 2009:
McNeil wears a surgical mask. November 2009:
McNeil reports that a bird broke the large hadron collider by dropping a bread crumb on it. December 2009:
McNeil advises me to like the universe or lump it. January 2010:
McNeil eats soup. February 2010:
McNeil tells of the hidden civilizations living deep beneath the surface of the earth. March 2010:
McNeil recalls a carpet of his youth. April 2010:
McNeil starts wearing a necktie. May 2010:
McNeil's DNA sample fails to yield results. June 2010:
McNeil thinks up some improvements for the movie 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. July 2010:
McNeil reads to me from I, THE JURY. August 2010:
McNeil finds a hair in his crab cake. September 2010:
McNeil has a cold. October 2010:
McNeil sends a nine-minute clip of a nice old man speaking at a UFO banquet. November 2010:
McNeil sits in his car and looks at pictures of Jennifer Jones. December 2010:
McNeil fears a ball of fire in the sky. January 2011:
McNeil watches DYNASTY. February 2011:
McNeil sees clouds that look like guys on horseback. March 2011:
McNeil composes a "still life" photograph. April 2011:
McNeil is upset when I interrupt his viewing of MATCH GAME. May 2011:
McNeil pines for some old curtains. June 2011:
McNeil eats Lucky Charms brand breakfast cereal. July 2011:
McNeil investigates the history of the Phar-Mor drugstore chain. August 2011:
McNeil compares Dean Moriarty to Dean Martin. September 2011:
McNeil learns a lesson about pork and beans. October 2011:
McNeil finds an article describing Robert Mitchum as "Bing Crosby supersaturated with barbiturates." November 2011:
McNeil did nothing in November. December 2011:
McNeil discovers scientists creating rainbows in a laboratory. January 2012:
McNeil impersonates Paul Lynde. February 2012:
McNeil dreams of matches. March 2012:
McNeil's Theory of Potential Energy (see November 2007, above) used to chart the influence of Jerry Lewis on Carson McCullers. April 2012:
McNeil disturbed by the art in his hotel room. May 2012:
McNeil considers grave robbing. June 2012:
McNeil's idea for "music television." July 2012:
McNeil holds his negative feelings in check out of respect when the man who invented electric football dies. August 2012:
McNeil reads me an old obituary of Charlie Callas over the phone. September 2012:
McNeil concerned about T.J. Hooker's big meaty hands. October 2012:
McNeil eats lunch at Target. November 2012:
McNeil loves it when Bob Hope slips on a banana peel. December 2012:
McNeil sees rocks that look like squirrels. January 2013:
McNeil looks at an old, faded photo of a dog gazing into a Bath and Tile Emporium. February 2013:
McNeil watches a video in which a hooded figure talks about "our criminal overlords." March 2013:
McNeil wakes up at 6:40 in the evening, momentarily thinks it is 6:40 in the morning. April 2013:
McNeil sees a singer who looks just like Bill Clinton. May 2013:
McNeil is ashamed of himself for not realizing that Ida Lupino directed some episodes of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. June 2013:
McNeil mails a cashew tree. July 2013:
McNeil watches GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN. August 2013:
McNeil recalls being rosy-cheeked. September 2013:
A fairyland goes on in McNeil's head. October 2013:
McNeil recalls tucking in his t-shirt. November 2013:
The cover of a book McNeil buys says it is about Jerry Lewis, but on the inside the book is about Willie Stargell! December 2013:
McNeil wants to visit an orgone box factory. January 2014:
McNeil did nothing in January. February 2014:
McNeil wonders whether Tom Franklin puts his hair in curlers. March 2014:
McNeil takes a nap in the car. April 2014:
The subject of McNeil pops up in an interview. May 2014:
McNeil's emails on the "hollow earth" recalled (see February 2010, above). June 2014:
McNeil looks forward to getting drunk and making insensitive remarks as I lie on my deathbed. July 2014:
McNeil watches Jim and Henny Backus play themselves in DON'T MAKE WAVES. August 2014:
McNeil tells about Robert Mitchum's hangover cure. September 2014:
McNeil exaggerates the fate of some owls. October 2014:
McNeil is incensed that a candy apple costs eight dollars at the airport.
