Either way is acceptable. I lean towards no comma in that sentence. People often overuse commas when writing. Of course these days, few people pay attention to grammar and punctuation.

Thank you very much!

Im not good at this stuff. I am always trying to decide when to use a comma, and I probably use too many. I remember almost nothing from English class, and just try to rely on common sense, but I know I fail often.

One out of the three is okay

I thought you went to college.

My high school English teacher would be rolling over in her grave if she could see some of these posts......just saying!

So, no comma before "and"? Usually...?

When I was in grade school, decades ago, both were correct. I remember because teacher marked the second version wrong on a test we had. Several of us found it in our grammar book and showed it to her.

Have you seen Bobo's posts?!?!?!?!?

A missing comma is no big deal. Missing a period....

This is one that I rarely see on here!!!!!

I, for one, don't really care.

So would my fourth grade teacher.

Ok, so I finally think I understand the title and thus the question. If you know what youre after i can see how the title of thread may make sense but reading it cold its very confusing. I still havent opened the Masters thread so maybe that would of helped.
Let me reword what youre trying to ask and correct me if wrong.... "Is it proper to put a comma before "and" in a sentence?"

i think any effort people use to include punctuation mark is positive i know it can be hard to read a lot of people probably dont care though to each their own

I, saw, what, you, did, there,,,,,,

I would never suggest seeking grammatical guidance through the THF!

"Me and my wife . . ."
"There dog bit me . . ."
"Your a lucky man . . ."
"I plan to sale some guns . . ."