Knee Deep

Knee Deep

By Jeff BenderComedy
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Knee Deep episodes

  • A TV By Any Other Name
    We've now made the plunge into the world of the flat screen television. My wife and I are two decades behind everyone else and are lost and alone against the backdrop of something too slick to grab onto, too technical for us to fathom. No longer do we have that warm and fuzzy feeling like in days of old when our television set was our wonderland and the most important object in the room. Thank goodness we still have our sofa or we might be sucked into a twilight zone of surround sound and anonymous airwaves.
    12 min
  • "C" is for Complimentary Compliment!

    Giving compliments is one of those skills that don't come that natural to us as adults. We like to get them of course, but giving them out takes a little practice. Turns out, kids also have to be taught how to divvy out the accolades, and it was an important lesson our grandson Cash was learning as a first grader this year. In addition, when he found out that rewards were involved in giving out a compliment, Cash found he had just the ticket to win the hearts of his teachers.

    10 min
  • Wash, Rinse, Scream, Then Repeat

    This episode is the first of our second year of Knee Deep together, and we'll be putting our toes in the water with more enticing, if not oddball stories from here and yon. We pick up this new season touching base with Sumatra Sammy, a toy surfer who we thought was lost at sea. His sojourn into the wild sparked a memory of a wild ride I had of my own, back when bathrooms were not as kid friendly as nowadays, and we sometimes paid the price.

    13 min
  • Surfer Sam's Into-the-Void World Tour
    You've heard the saying, "wherever you go, there you are." Our surfer toy, Sammy, was the true embodiment of that sentiment, returning to us on shore time after time as we winged him out to sea. Surfer's are a funny lot though, part sailor, part philosopher, and all in. Our toy reminded us of their true mantra, the one they surf and live by: "Wherever you surf, like man, keep surfin'!"
    8 min
  • Hitting an All-time Low(note)
    It's a gorgeous day out, there isn't a cloud in the sky, kids are out of school, the pools are open and I've got a a summer cold. Rude. But...I'm finding some good in the misery of stuffiness, and a house of Kleenex droppings. My voice is different, lower, and commands a certain level of vocal respect, even when I'm miserable.
    8 min
  • The Monsters In Our Room
    A child cries out in the night for her parents. She has heard something under her bed, a monster that is scaring her. With assurance, the grown up calms her fears and she goes soundly back to sleep. We have our monsters too, ones that can be sung to sleep with a reassuring lullaby of love. The rats in the rat race aren't winning this one...
    8 min
  • Am I Getting Paid for This?
    The truth is, I don't know how to act on vacation. While HR hasn't done my background check yet, I may get promoted at this resort from guest to Towel Folder. It doesn't come with a benefit package but I do get to keep those cool seahorse soaps they stock the room with. Am I vacationing or working here? I'm not sure, but tomorrow I've been invited to eat in the employee break room.
    9 min
  • A Trip to Planet Eyeball
    You are setting foot on Planet Eyeball, and immediately attacked by the dreaded Sudsy Slime! Never-before-seen creatures are at foot, and overhead, starships scour the land. They are trying to steal our fun and transport us to the alien land of Real, but we have a secret weapon...
    7 min
  • You Just Gotta Be – A Tribute to Gord
    This past week we paid our last respects to one of the greatest songwriters of our times, Gordon Lightfoot. He died in his Canadian homeland at the age of eighty-four. Timeless as his songs are, his talent for songwriting brightened our days and gave us a tune to whistle all day long.
    10 min
  • The Catch (Part 3)

    Well, baseball, turns out, is a lot like love. You can't hide anything when you're playing the field and trying to make a catch. Excuses and begging won't help, neither will cheating or bragging. God's long finger of justice pointed me straight up, where the clouds broke open and my baseball fog lifted, and I got the answers I needed.

    12 min

About Knee Deep

From the publisher's feed

Welcome to Knee Deep, a five-minute story in a cup. It’s light, not too deep, with just enough of the tide washing in to reset your day and help you get back on your feet. Wade in with me. Hear a funny tale, or my observations on life under the surface.