From Small Town Boy to World Traveler
The Police Chief in Abbeville, Louisiana called up Boudreaux, a small town policeman in nearby Erath, Louisiana. He asked Boudreaux if he could come in and talk about some undercover investigative work he wanted him to do. When Boudreaux arrived the Chief told him, “Boudreaux, we have reports of an illegal cock fighting ring operating […]
Long before Jim and Jane Henson introduced the Muppets to America in 1955, America had Howdy Doody, a highly popular TV show that featured Buffalo Bob Smith and his puppet character, Howdy Doody. Buffalo Bob was originally a radio announcer in New York and invented the voice for an imaginary character named Howdy Doody. He […]
Long gone are the days of trading paper notes in class without getting caught. Kids that text (all 100% of them) will never experience the thrill of receiving a paper note, the anticipation that surrounded getting one if you were expecting it from your girlfriend or boyfriend, the cooperation and assistance, plotting and planning it […]
The year is 2024, and the United States has just elected the first woman President, a Louisiana State University graduate, named Marie Boudreaux. A few days after the election, the president-elect calls her father Richard Boudreaux and asks, “Dad, I’m assuming you and Mom will be coming to my inauguration?” “I don’t think so darling. […]
When I was growing up in Anacoco, Louisiana, a small West Central Louisiana town in Vernon Parish, one athletic stood out as superior to all. His name was Jimmy Hawthorne, who in later life became the radio broadcast voice of the LSU Tigers from 1979 to 2016. Our school in Anacoco was a small class […]
As an incoming high school freshman, Boudreaux decided to try out for the high school basketball team. When he informed Coach Thibodeau of his desire to try out for the team, Coach gave Boudreaux an equipment list and told him he would have to pay a $50 locker security fee. He was to report to […]
Boudreaux died after being snake bit by a big water moccasin. His wife Marie called up the local newspaper to place the obituary. A young editor answered the phone, introduced himself and asked Marie if there was anything he could do for her. She said, “My husband Boudreaux died today and I would like to […]
Boudreaux bumps into Thibodeau at Gaston’s Crawfish Shack one afternoon and asked Thibodeau how he was doing. Thibodeau hung his head, shaking it from side-to-side, and said, “Not too good Boudreaux, not good at all. I got a phone call from Deputy Sheriff Landy this morning telling me he had arrested my 14-year old son […]
Due to a job promotion and transfer, Boudreaux, a Cajun highlander from Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, moved to Larose, Louisiana. For those of you that don’t know, Larose is way down there in Cajun Country and the hometown of LSU football coach, Ed Orgeron. (Geaux Tigers!) Boudreaux was an older, single gentleman, who was […]
As noted heretofore, I lived in Kansas City, Missouri from the ages of 2 thru 4. I only have six vivid memories of those early years in Kansas City. The one I addressed earlier (i.e., shooting my sister in the mouth with an arrow), trying to find my lost Dad, cutting my hand on a […]