Larry looks back on his recent birthday and fondly cherishes the simple moments. Especially since nobody gave him a hat. Then Larry recites "The Pig" by Roald Dahl for The Poetry Corner and Larry goes ape over the original 1933 King Kong for The Magic Movie Moment.

Quote Of The Week: "I'd like some of this furniture to take home."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Larry goes bonkers after eating a piece of seaweed foisted on him by Dr. Chris right before we record this episode. Then Larry recites "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe and we also hear about Larry's fondness for the movies of Penelope Ann Miller.

Quote Of The Week: "It's a stupid food."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Larry has another "time well spent" moment with one of his sons, having the time of his life doing something small. Plus, we have an ode the the boy tenor, then Larry reads "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. And we hear possibly the shaggiest of shaggy dog jokes that has ever been read on this show.

Quote Of The Week: "Honey, good idea."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Larry talks about a "tea ceremony" that he attended and how much he enjoyed it, even though he didn't understand any of it. Then Larry recites, "No Man Is An Island" by poet John Donne. Our movie this week is the classic The African Queen, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

Quote Of The Week: "God only knows what she would have cut off tonight."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Boats, ships, yachts, dinghies, canoes, rafts, gondolas, catamarans, arks, barges, schooners, scows, skiffs and sloops -- Larry hates them all. This week,we hear another story of Larry pretending to have a good time on the high seas. Plus, the poem "Remember" by Christina Rosetti and our Magic Movie Moment aptly comes from the 1953 version of the movie Titanic.

Quote Of The Week: "I'm happy for you. I really am."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Larry talks more about driving an Escalade -- the places he went, the friends he ran over. Then Larry does a little a capella number from "South Pacific" and reads a poem by Joyce Kilmer. Hear about this week's Magic Movie Moment, James Cagney in "The Fighting 69th."

Quote Of The Week: "And, well, make other animals."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

You're gonna love this week's episode -- they'll have a happy hour. Also, Larry gives us another tip on how to be a good husband. Besides that, Larry wonders if a bark is ever worse than its respective bite. Then Larry recites "Psalm of Life" by Longfellow.

Quote Of The Week: "Maybe they'll let you fly the plane."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Yes, it's our annual Labor Day special to mark what we feel is the true start of the new year. We hear about Larry and his baby comic buddies watching ladies across the way and icebergs in Santa Monica on Labor Day. Then Larry recites the poem "Requiem For The Croppies" by the famous poet Seamus Heaney, who recently passed away. 

Quote Of The Week: "She's doing it again!"

Mogambo! Larry talks about the movie Mogambo and how you really can't beat Eva Gardner and Grace Kelly in the same movie. And we hear a good joke about Mr. Murphy in a bar and then Larry recites "Domestic Silence" by Scroobius Pip on The Poetry Corner.

Quote Of The Week: "Some pinhead is always going to have a lot of questions."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana

Larry talks a little bit about his son enlisting in the Marines and contrasts it with him signing up for a diet plan. Also, we get another dose of Shakespeare on a lovely summer's day, then Larry talks a bit about how much he loves Natalie Wood in "West Side Story." We also try to get to the bottom of the expression "ballpark figure" but our answer turns out to be nothing more than a ballpark figure.

Quote Of The Week: "It was always the roof of the fraternity with us."

Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Audio Engineer: Dr. Chris Laxamana