Christmas In July.

Perhaps you heard, but after 40 years, 20th Century Props–a prop house here in L.A.–went out of business. Its owner, Harvey Schwartz says he ran out of money and was forced to go out of business due to the loss of scripted television and the increasing number of movies filmed out-of-state. A sad sign of the times, indeed.

But, sorry Harvey–your loss is Prongs' gain. Thanks to 20th Century Props' inventory auction, I was finally able to secure one particular item that I've had my eye on for some time. I've never found anything like it–certainly nothing that represents my character so well:

A prong-footed tub.

Behold, my bathing vessel. My God, isn't she gorgeous? The photo doesn't do her justice, but she's titanic–but, you know, built better–and to put her size into perspective, that tag hanging on her toe? Well, it's the size of any American flag you'd see hanging at a car dealership. So yes, plenty of room for me to float around in my swimmies and snorkel.

Sure, the downside is she's the size of my living room, so right now I'm just calling her "art". Although her proper name is Bathing Ruth.