Pun Salad

Although Pun Salad made no formal endorsements, we were disappointed in last night's results. It seems the voters involved had a lack of respect for a woman's long record of public service, bravery, intelligence, and character.

We are referring to, of course, the fact that Jill Stevens, Miss Utah failed to win the Miss America crown. What were they thinking?

Chuck Simmins, the guy from whom I learned about Jill, is also displeased. He quotes from the Salt Lake Tribune:

Stevens, a native of Kaysville, had long acknowledged that she didn't quite fit the model of a pageant queen. A marathon runner and the only contestant to choose a one-piece suit for what is billed as a the "fitness" portion of the competition, she answered to her elimination by dropping to the stage for a set of push-ups, to the cheers of thousands in the audience, including scores of fellow members of the Utah National Guard.

This also marks the 87th consecutive year that Miss New Hampshire has lost.

The last Miss America that Pun Salad actually remembers liking was Bess Myerson. As far as this blogger is concerned, it's been downhill from there. (However, to be fair, the rest of the Salad family actually met Miss America 1992, Carolyn Suzanne Sapp, as she attended a nutrition-related function here in 1992. They really liked her.)

Pun Salad also wants to go on record as saying that perhaps the single best TV situation comedy episode of all time is "Herb's Dad" wherein Bert Parks played Herb Tarlek, Sr. on WKRP in Cincinnati.