As a young child, I watched "The Adventures of Spin and Marty" on our black and white television in the living room. I knew all the words to the theme song (in those days every TV show had an opening song), "Way out West on the Triple R, yippee yay, yippee yoh. The horses are the best by far, yippee yay, yippie yoh, So saddle up boys, and saddle up well and listen to the story that I have to tell...Yippie, Yay, Yippie Yiy Yippie Yoh."
Spin was the returning camper and Marty was the tenderfoot. The Triple R was sort of a summer camp and working ranch-the ranch hands tolerated the campers, who were more or less dudes (city slickers playing at cowboys) and I so desperately wanted to be one of those campers.
Being dressed up in our house was to be 'all duded up.' And then Bill and Ted came on the scene. Bogus.
But before Bill and Ted, or Spin and Marty, there was Dude and Dandy.
So if you're out tonight and you're on your bike, wear white.
-bill kenny
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