April 12, 2005

"There's a Howard Johnson's. Wanna eat some clams?"

Neo-neocon has an ode to the disappearing Howard Johnson's restaurant.
There's a Howard Johnson's. Wanna eat some clams?
Many people have said that, and some of them -- like me -- had to think of "Billy the Mountain" when they did.

2 comments:

Pancho said...

How sad and how far the mighty Ho-Jo has fallen. Though Howard Johnson was not as big a name in Texas as it was elsewhere, I did learn to appreciate them on my travels around the country in my younger daze.

Gort said...

A Law professor quoting Frank Zappa, life is good. Of course Wisconsin reminds me of Yellow Snow.