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cavedweller wrote in
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On Mar 18, 11:46*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
cavedweller wrote in
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Wait, there's more (hanging head even further), *As a conciliatory
gesture to SWMBO, I have tickets to not one, but two, diva Dion
concerts upcoming later this year. *The things one must do. *But
'mk
ew
for the panel sacrifice.

I understand. I had to take mrs Bunyip to Cats.

Bertie

I have an obligation to attend a back stage event with Anne Murray
next month....Canadian culture at it's best


She's Canadian? I thought she was mannequin.


Bertie

On Mar 18, 2:17 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in news:0a2d0785-2b71-4fbd-9e5f-
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On Mar 18, 1:02 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

I don't remember the one with the car and boxing glove. A local
station
was running them for a while and I watched as many as I could.

There seem to be hundreds of episodes. The later ones had an un-
authentic-looking Spanky so I lost interest.

Oh there were. It ran from the silent era, maybe even as early as 1920
or so. I've seen one or two of those. It went up till the middle of WW2,
i think. Robert Blake was in some of the last ones. I remember seeing
him in some of those. He was pretty dreadful. He was as big an asshole
then as he is now, only even shorter.
I think froggy was in those later ones, too.

Bertie

My stepfather knew him as Sonny Gubitosi -- lived around the block in
Nutley.

He agrees with your assessment.

;-)


Dan Mc

Dan wrote in news:bb16cea7-c417-46ff-a6ca-5980f5b87126@
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My stepfather knew him as Sonny Gubitosi -- lived around the block in
Nutley.

He agrees with your assessment.


I remember seeing hin interviewed on some chat show when Berreta first came
out. he did not come across well.


Bertie

On Mar 18, 2:23 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in news:bb16cea7-c417-46ff-a6ca-5980f5b87126@
59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:



My stepfather knew him as Sonny Gubitosi -- lived around the block in
Nutley.

He agrees with your assessment.

I remember seeing hin interviewed on some chat show when Berreta first came
out. he did not come across well.

Bertie

I doubt many would from that place and time.

All about being tough.


Dan Mc

BTW, did you know that Alfalfa was murdered? Some kind of argument over a
bet. I thnk he got juiced up and went over to rob a welched bet out of the
guy's house and ended up getting shot over it. Something like that, anyway.
I looked up loads of stuff about these guys on the net when they started
showing them a few years ago. There's a site somewhere that shows a few of
the silent ones.

Dan wrote in
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On Mar 18, 2:23 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in
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My stepfather knew him as Sonny Gubitosi -- lived around the block
in Nutley.

He agrees with your assessment.

I remember seeing hin interviewed on some chat show when Berreta
first came out. he did not come across well.

Bertie

I doubt many would from that place and time.

All about being tough.

No, it was something different. He was just one of those natural born
assholes.

Bertie

Dan wrote:
On Mar 18, 1:02 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

I don't remember the one with the car and boxing glove. A local station
was running them for a while and I watched as many as I could.

There seem to be hundreds of episodes. The later ones had an un-
authentic-looking Spanky so I lost interest.

Dan



There were 220 shorts and one feature produced between 1922 and 1944
with over forty child actors.

On Mar 18, 2:25 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
BTW, did you know that Alfalfa was murdered? Some kind of argument over a
bet. I thnk he got juiced up and went over to rob a welched bet out of the
guy's house and ended up getting shot over it. Something like that, anyway.
I looked up loads of stuff about these guys on the net when they started
showing them a few years ago. There's a site somewhere that shows a few of
the silent ones.

No way!

I know buckwheat was shot. It was all over the news....


Dan Mc

Dudley Henriques wrote:


I might have you guys beat on this one. I had to take Mrs H to see
Micheal Flatley in Lord of the Dance. Loved the show as we're really
into Celtic music, but Flatley blew her a kiss from the stage. I'll be
listening to the recounting of this story till the day I die, and if Mrs
H and I are buried closely together as planned, the dirt between our
caskets will reverberate with her trying to shout through it to my ear
so I can hear the story again!!
:-)


That's it you win. I love my wife of 22 years dearly. Thank God that
I've never had to put that love to that much of a test.

On Mar 18, 2:27 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote :



On Mar 18, 2:23 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dan wrote in
news:bb16cea7-c417-46ff-a6ca-5980f5b87126@
59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

My stepfather knew him as Sonny Gubitosi -- lived around the block
in Nutley.

He agrees with your assessment.

I remember seeing hin interviewed on some chat show when Berreta
first came out. he did not come across well.

Bertie

I doubt many would from that place and time.

All about being tough.

No, it was something different. He was just one of those natural born
assholes.

Bertie

Well, I grew up in that area quite a while after him, but living there
you realize people could be anything other than assholes until you
leave.

Many that leave carry the infection with them.

I didn't follow him much but I'm sure he had an extra special dose.


Dan Mc