February 22, 2026
Circling back to a certain one-eyed, red-headed captivo.
Daily Whip Out:And, if it wasn't the damn dust, it was the incessant fires, dogging his trail.
Daily Whip Out:"Mickey On His Mammoth Jack
Jumps Through The Flames"
Random fires burned along the ridges and down into the border canyons. Picking his way along, around the edges when possible, Mickey pushed on to the south. From there the fires dissapated, but here and there flames still swirled along the edges.
Daily Whip Out: "The Coyote Returns"This went on for miles, but finally. . .
Daily Whip Out:"Mickey Finally Escapes The Valley of Fire"
Mickey Free, finally found a route out of the valley inferno and crossed over into Bacanora. Everyone agreed that all in all, he did not have the most pleasant visage.
Daily Whip Out: "Mickey's Dead Eye Stare"So, that is one of my favorite Arizona's legends and here is another.
One Truly Irregular Arizonan
Dan Harshberger and I started the Razz Revue "Magazomic" in 1972 and in the spring of '73 we were inspired to do 103 Irregular Arizonans and we had our friends and friends of friends nominate people who they believed were different, or, ahem, Irregular. One of the nominees was Wonderful Russ who was, at the time doing zany moving company ads on KDKB radio and his crazy delivery and voice timber made him a legend. When I tracked him down, he agreed to came over to the Park Lee Apartments just south of Camelback and 15th Ave where we were renting and had our office (in the living room!) and Dan and I interviewed Russ and he was a total laugh riot. Afterwards, I walked him out to his car and took this now classic photo of Russ Shaw, Jr. Major Humor Master And Zane Bro Number One!
April, 1973
And here's the cover, designed by Dan The Man and notice Wonderful Russ made the cover blurbs, as did Matt Siegel's Dog!
Not long after this we pitched him on running for governor and the rest is Arizona history!
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