One “Lunky Goof” of “$5.00!”

How “Ozzie & Harriet,” “Punky Brewster,” and getting married are all connected — kind of.

Decades ago, in the “Big ’80s,” two dear friends of mine found wedded bliss.

In other words — they got married.

And after the reception, the loving newlyweds gathered their gifts and went through their gifts and cards.

Upon opening one card, which was filled with only $5.00, the newlywed husband turned to his newlywed wife, and exclaimed, “$5.00?!”

He was shocked, to say the least.

Certainly, we all give what we can for such gatherings — but $5.00?!

I mean, come on:

A wedding gift in the ’80s should have at the very least been $50.00 (although I guess $25.00 would be acceptable…I guess).

Anyway…

Around this same time, I was working as a page for NBC-TV in Burbank, California. And, one day, I was working the phones in the “Ticket Office,” which we used to refer to as the “Hell Whole” or “Ticket Orifice,” because it was the most boring of our many assignments.

The given-Page would speak with incoming callers from the public who wondered which tickets to which shows were available.