If you "enter" the Mama's Pasta and Brew website and play with the virtual remote control you will soon find Mama's Regular Regular Hall of Fame and it is no accident that the first inductee of the first hall of fame class is Kenny "The Plumber" Klemstine. Just like Cheers had Cliff and Norm. Mama's had Kenny and Jim (the second name that appears on the Hall of Fame list). Kenny was a fixture at the bar on weekdays from 3:30 till whenever he thought Happy Hour was over most days it was around 6 sometimes it was a little later and even fewer times it was a little earlier. Kenny drove a yellow and green panel truck and would park it in a triangular patch of concrete that existed in the alley due to the odd shape of the back of Longs bookstore. It was big enough to park 1 and a half cars and not block traffic in either alley. There was a No Parking Sign that indicated you would be towed if you parked there but the regulars knew that Longs put that sign up and since Jim Cluccus managed Long's there was no way Kenny's van would ever get towed. I wish I could say I have a picture of Jim as well but he was very tall (at least 6'8") and very intimidating. He didn't want to participate in my "non-sense" of taking pictures of everyone. And who was I to argue with a guy who could win the part of Paul Bunyan in any play audition without saying a word. Twenty plus years later I wish I could have found a way to get that picture because just like Forest Gump would say about Jenny and himself. Kenny and Jim were "like peas and carrots". If it was happy hour Kenny and Jim would be sitting together at the bar drinking beer and reflecting on the day. Kenny was more of a easy going philosophical person. He was always interested in the regulars and what they were doing. And he always had a story to tell. Jim was a matter of fact man. The world was black and white with no shades of grey. He had no time for you if your view was black or any shade of grey and if you were white you might get a nod of approval. Of course what was black or white was purely subjective and if there was any one on this planet that could get Jim to adjust the "color" on his monochrome world view it was Kenny. Kenny had a deep interest in guns and airplanes. He flew on a bomber in WWII but I don't remember his assignment. After the war A friend set him up in the plumbing business and by the time I met him he knew everything there was to know about plumbing. But when he sat at the bar. The only topic you could not talk about was plumbing. Quiting time was quiting time and Kenny was one who valued leaving "the office" at the office. I heard that Kenny and Jim have since moved on to their eternal happy hour and I'd like to think that God has prepared a place like Mama's for all of us cause there was a comfort in seeing these men and the depth of thier friendship and I'd like to think they are sitting thier now reviewing the day and enjoying each other's company.