Location
Now that the trashcan simulator had been perfected and an assistant had been
procured, it was time to locate the test site. My first suggestion, in my house
in front of the television, was immediately shot down; Galen's suggestion, a
school cafeteria on Salisbury Steak day, met a similar fate. After about an hour
of rejecting my ideas (my house without television, the National Neatfreak
Institute, Hawaii) and Galen's ideas (a construction site, a garbage dump, South
Carolina), we finally agreed on an acceptable location: the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
Ah, the Walk of Fame... the address of many a starlet's dream. This would be the
perfect site for my day as a trashcan. But exactly where on that fabled path to
ply my trade as waste receptacle? To help me decide, I went to the one reference
guide able to answer such a timeless question: the map of the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
While I'm on the subject of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there's a whole lot of
people there that you really don't expect to be there. Apart from all the
"stars" from the pre-WWII days, there are honorees like Billy Vera (famous for a
song featured on "Family Ties") and Jamie Farr (famous for wearing a dress in
Korea). But that's a subject for another day's rant. Galen and I perused the
list of entertainers enshrined on pavement, and, after many a chuckle at the
careers of others, settled on the comic genius of Tim Conway. Yes, the lovable
Dorf would mark our spot.