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Fri Oct-31-03 11:41 AM
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Green Acres knowledge base |
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How much do you know about the show Green Acres? Let's assemble an encyclopedia of Green Acres knowledge one fact at a time.
I'll start: It took place in Hooterville.
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:43 AM
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:56 AM
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14. Faaarrrm livin' is the life for me .... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:44 AM
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2. It was a spinoff of Petticoat Junction |
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:46 AM
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swam in the water supply . . .
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:50 AM
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11. I always found that strange too.... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:59 AM
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17. That was the water tank for the train, not the well for drinking. |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:28 PM
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30. No wonder they called it "Hooterville". |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:42 PM
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Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 12:42 PM by BiggJawn
:evilgrin:
Shame the phone guy didn't have an extra 12' of wire when he hooked up the Douglas' telephone.
Must have been GTE or CenturyTel....
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:46 AM
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had the perfect solution for dirty dishes.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:40 PM
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42. She threw them out the window, right? |
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Or did she feed them to Arnold the pig?
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Fri Oct-31-03 01:40 PM
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them out the window...which was always conveniently open.
I always thot it was a great way to get rid of dirty dishes.
Cost you a fortune tho! :D
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:46 AM
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5. Oliver Wendell Douglas and Lisa Douglas... |
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were the featured couple.
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:47 AM
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6. What was their helper's name? |
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:48 AM
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:48 AM
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7. Oliver Douglas tried really hard to be a farmer |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:16 PM
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26. He was better at being a Park Ave. lawyer. |
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I always thought it was interesting that the show switched the enthusiasms of Oliver and Lisa for city and country between the theme song and the show itself. In the song, Oliver is brimming with excitement about a move the sophisticated Lisa is dreading, but in the show, it's Oliver who is alien in Hooterville, and Lisa fits right in!
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:48 AM
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taught the bush crime family how to sell a whole bunch of crap to people at an outrageous price.
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:58 AM
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15. Agriculture department agent Mr. Kimball |
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was a more competent government official than the average Bush appointee.
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:49 AM
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10. Arnold was the talking pig |
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Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 11:49 AM by Champion_Jack
who was owned by the Ziffles
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:51 AM
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12. But only the Ziffles could hear him? |
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Or was it that only Oliver and the audience couldn't hear him?
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:07 PM
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I think Oliver was the only one who couldn't understand him.
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:55 AM
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13. Greeeeeeeeeeeeen acres is the place to be! |
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Faaaaaaaaaaarm livin' is the life for me! Land - spreadin' out so far and wide! Keep Manhattan just gimme that countryside!
New York is where I'd rather stay! I get allergic smellink hay! I just adore a penthouse view Darlin' I love ya but gimme Park Avenue!
Fresh Air! Times Square! The chores! The stores!
You are my wife! Goodbye city life! Green acres we are theeeeeeere!
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Fri Oct-31-03 11:58 AM
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I'm gonna have that song on my mind the rest of the day!
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:01 PM
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18. Help me! The carpenter "brothers"? |
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The sister-brother was sweet on Hank Kimbel? Can't think of their names!
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:03 PM
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19. I'm having the same trouble. |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:05 PM
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was Ralph - but don't remember the last name.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:07 PM
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22. The big holiday in Hooterville was "Old Mail Day" |
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All the mail that had fallen behind the counter was cleaned out and delivered...days, weeks, months, late....
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:36 PM
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Twas the Monroe brothers....:)
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:55 PM
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I've been trying to remember her name for forever. Especially this AM when we were talking about theme songs that get you going.
I really identified with Ralph
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:15 PM
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I think he ran the general store in Hooterville - or was the store in Petticoat Junction?
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:16 PM
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27. I think it was both, actually. |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:57 PM
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57. Lisa started a beauty salon |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:24 PM
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was on top of a telephone pole outside the house.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:27 PM
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29. Fred Ziffel looks like Captain Beefheart |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:28 PM
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31. Lisa's favorite recipe was for flapjacks |
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Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 12:28 PM by BurtWorm
which were inedible.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:31 PM
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:34 PM
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Getting under the Green Acres surface for the real arcana! Excellent.
Welcome to DU!
:toast:
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:34 PM
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34. And she called them "hotcakes" |
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It was about the only thing she could cook and she did it poorly....
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:37 PM
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36. The very first episode was narrated |
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Kind of like the intro to the TV show "The Odd Couple" and it had Oliver trying to farm on the balcony of his penthouse, in containers.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:39 PM
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Did you write your thesis on Green Acres?
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Fri Oct-31-03 01:34 PM
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62. No but I co-own videotapes of the entire series |
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About 10 of us went in together and bought the whole dang lot on video, and we share 'em
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:40 PM
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40. actually it was "hotscakes" with the extra "s" |
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and do you remember when Oliver used leftover hotscakes to make....
I'm gonna wait for somebody to guess.
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Fri Oct-31-03 01:08 PM
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60. And in one episode the opening credits kept appearing on them |
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And Lisa couldn't figure out where the words were coming from...
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Fri Oct-31-03 01:09 PM
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It was sort of like ur-Python!
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:37 PM
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37. They were "hots cakes"...lol |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:38 PM
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38. And the power was "electricicle" |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:46 PM
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48. All The Appliances Had Numbers |
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And if they added up to more than seven, they'd blow a fuse.
Which happened every time Lisa tried to cook.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:52 PM
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53. I forgot about that - hilarious... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:16 PM
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Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 03:16 PM by God_bush_n_cheney
That god awful pink.
edit: Pepto Pink
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:49 PM
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51. Sarah was the switchboard operater |
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Oliver decided too raise hell with the phone co. so he could finally get the phone inside the house. Sahar and son gave the phone co. to Oliver who hired an illeagal alien from Mr. Haney to operate the switchboard. She was snarly and ill tempered whenever anyone was rude she said "I'm gonna pull your plug" and did cutiing people off. That and going through the closet to get outside, all the Park Ave furniture in the rundown farmhouse.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:40 PM
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41. But you could use the cut-out as a head gasket for the tractor... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:42 PM
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44. BING!!! we have a winner... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:41 PM
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Hank Kimbell was the funniest. Eb was quite funny....perfect fit just like Jethro Bodine was for thr hillbillies (best damn show ever).
The premise of green acres was that everyone was crazy except for Mr. Douglas.....this situation worked well for Bob Newheart twice!
Caught Norm McDonalds new show the other night.....same premise there too. Grows quite old after a while.....Newheart did it best.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:47 PM
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50. He was my favorite too. He had a catch phrase that I can't quite remember. |
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I keep misremembering it as Don Adam's "Would you believe...?" It was something to show how weak a grasp he had on his own knowledge base...sort of like me, today!
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:51 PM
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52. Well, he would correct everything he'd say... |
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Edited on Fri Oct-31-03 12:57 PM by Richardo
...Well, not EVERYTHING. Every so often he'd get a sentence right. Well, MORE than every so often. More like "occasionally". Well, not "occasionally", exactly....
:7 Hank Kimball, job = County Agent
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:56 PM
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56. That's it! Well...not 'it' exactly... |
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:43 PM
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46. Don't be stupid,pigs can't peel bananas............. |
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as Mr.Douglas sales through the air.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:45 PM
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47. The nearest big city ... |
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Pixley! Which is really the name of a small town in Kern County, Cal. (Near Delano)
Their newspaper was (on the show) was call the Pixley Pickiune.
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:39 PM
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71. Yes - Pixley is the second in the triad of towns. |
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What was the third? Hint - it's where the Clampett's hail from. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ready? It was Bug Tussle!! :)
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:42 PM
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72. I stopped in Pixley once and asked for directions to Hooterville. |
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The gas station guy was NOT amused.
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:55 PM
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54. Does anybody else think Arianna Huffington sounds EXACTLY like |
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Lisa Douglas? I know she came from Greece and Eva from Hungary, but everytime I hear Arianna talk, I hear "Ol-eee-ver!"
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Fri Oct-31-03 12:58 PM
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58. Ever since I first heard her. |
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I always listen with a little smile on my face. ;-)
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Fri Oct-31-03 01:04 PM
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59. Ah-nold, put dahn dot pitchfork! |
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I jost med some hots cakes.
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:08 PM
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64. The young man who played Eb Dawson |
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is a devout, Christian fundamentalist who started his career as a schoolteacher. He was an avowed virgin during the Green Acres years, always hearing jokes about this from the very naughty Eva Gabor.
The last I heard, he was still unmarried and a virgin. He also still travels the country and gives his testimonial to audiences.
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I thought he was probably on methadone by now, ready to begin a second career as poet of junk.
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:12 PM
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66. Mr. Haney always was around with things to sell |
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Mr. Drucker ran the store. Hank Kimball was the local USDA rep, and the female(and I use that term lightly) of the painters had a crush on him.
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:14 PM
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67. We know her name was Ralph. |
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Whar was her brother's name?
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:28 PM
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69. Alf...post #20 is right |
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I remember Lisa used to make toast by placing the bread in the toaster and then putting the toaster in the oven.
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Fri Oct-31-03 03:54 PM
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73. The only song the Hooterville volunteer band knew how to play was |
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"There Will Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". And they played it BADLY. :-)
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Fri Oct-31-03 05:26 PM
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74. Eb was from my home-town.... |
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He's retired, lives in the area, and does a lot of public speaking and fund raising for churches.
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