Daryl wrote --

I should recall what Oscar Lavant did, but it escapes me.

He was a noted pianist who had all sorts of phobia's, also a drug user,
but it all viewed in a humourous manner. (The drug use wasn't discussed through).
He was on Information, Please on radio in the '30s and '40s. Very smart
when it came to anything music. Wrote music for movies. He was on Jack
Paar's show a lot. Chain smoked and always had one in his hand.
He was a really funny fella in a deadpan sort of way.

That was as bizarre when George Burns and Gracie Allen...plus when
Robert Preston...were the mystery guests. <G>

I always enjoy when a couple are guests and trying to figure out who the person was would be asked "Are you male (female)" and the opposite one would say "no" which really confused the panel.
My favourite panelist was Arlene Francis. I love that woman. Some of her remarks were hilarious.
She would say someone who say sold manhole covers if it were something
she would have in her house, with John Daley saying no. She would reply, "You don't know what I have in my house" and things like that.
She always wore a heart shaped pendant her husband gave her years
before. In the mid '70s she was mugged with it being stolen and never recovered.
And then Bennett Cerf and his horrible puns.
He wouldn't last on tv today with his remarking to female guests how
pretty they are, or if their good looks had anything to do with their job.
And John Charles Daley, I always remember him as the first newscaster to say, "We interrupt this program" to announce the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
Joe
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Joe,

He was a noted pianist who had all sorts of phobia's, also a drug user,
but it all viewed in a humourous manner. (The drug use wasn't discussed JM>through).

That's right!! He played the part of the pianist in several movies
about the composers.

I always enjoy when a couple are guests and trying to figure out who the
person was would be asked "Are you male (female)" and the opposite one would
say "no" which really confused the panel.

Well, there's only 2 choices. <G>

My favourite panelist was Arlene Francis. I love that woman. Some of her
remarks were hilarious.

There was one when she was asking something to the effect if their
clients were in California. To the guests response, she quipped "So many
people are!!" <G>.

She always wore a heart shaped pendant her husband gave her years
before. In the mid '70s she was mugged with it being stolen and never JM>recovered.

I'm sure she was depressed by that. My late Mom and late wife always
said "if you get me jewelry, make sure it's 'costume jewelry'". That
way, if it was stolen or lost, it wasn't a great economic loss.

And then Bennett Cerf and his horrible puns.

Didn't he also do some books??

He wouldn't last on tv today with his remarking to female guests how
pretty they are, or if their good looks had anything to do with their job.

I can't stand political correctness.

And John Charles Daley, I always remember him as the first newscaster to
say, "We interrupt this program" to announce the bombing of Pearl Harbour.

The 5 most feared words: "THIS IS NOT A DRILL" -- which was sent in
Morse Code over ham radio, prior to the message that the Japanese had
bombed Pearl Harbor, was sent.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

person was would be asked "Are you male (female)" and the opposite one

would say "no" which really confused the panel.

Well, there's only 2 choices. <G>

There was a line from Arlene Francis around 1965 where someone on the
panel mentioned "well, one can only be male or female" and she quipped something along the lines of "Things are changing so fast today its sometimes difficult to tell". I howled wonderin

And then Bennett Cerf and his horrible puns.

Didn't he also do some books??

He was both a publisher (Random House) and a author. He wrote several
books on humour.
BTW, I just watched the last Dorothy Kilgallen (1965) show and the one
after her murder and their tribute to her. She was on the show from the
start.
She was killed the day after that show.
She had written a lot of stories on the mob and its believed someone
didn't like them. I don't think her murder was ever solved.
Joe
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Joe,

There was a line from Arlene Francis around 1965 where someone on the
panel mentioned "well, one can only be male or female" and she quipped JM>something along the lines of "Things are changing so fast today its sometime
difficult to tell". I howled wonderin

I'll bet everyone else did, too. Your reply got cut off like you see
it there.

She had written a lot of stories on the mob and its believed someone
didn't like them. I don't think her murder was ever solved.

Sad. She got into an embarrassing deal once, and said that "Groucho
put her up to it". :P

Daryl


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Daryl wrote --

There was a line from Arlene Francis around 1965 where someone on

something along the lines of "Things are changing so fast today its

sometime difficult to tell". I howled wonderin

I'll bet everyone else did, too. Your reply got cut off like you see
it there.

It was something along the lines of what would she think about today's
world with all the changes and trying to keep up with all the "new" genders being discovered on almost a daily basis. :)
Joe

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Joe,

something along the lines of "Things are changing so fast today its JM>sometime difficult to tell". I howled wonderin

I'll bet everyone else did, too. Your reply got cut off like you see JM>> it there.

It was something along the lines of what would she think about today's
world with all the changes and trying to keep up with all the "new" genders JM>being discovered on almost a daily basis. :)

And, that was over 55 years ago!!

BTW, that comment you said about the unsigned check being "worthless"
and Groucho's reply ("Wait until *I* sign it!!") made my day.

On a sad note, I found out via email from one of my users that FIDONet
Sysop Bill McGarrity passed away awhile back. So, I have to remove all
stuff related to him and his BBS from my system.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

It was something along the lines of what would she think about today's

world with all the changes and trying to keep up with all the "new" genders being discovered on almost a daily basis. :)

And, that was over 55 years ago!!

IMHO society started losing its collective mind around 1965.
Sure a lot of changes were good (civil rights, etc) but some people kept pushing and pushing and pushing...

BTW, that comment you said about the unsigned check being "worthless"
and Groucho's reply ("Wait until *I* sign it!!") made my day.

You're easily amused, aren't you? :)

Sysop Bill McGarrity passed away awhile back.

Sorry to hear that.
Never knew him through.

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Reminds me of a cartoon where an ambulance is parked in front of a
restaurant with the owner asking if they would move around back, it was bad for
his business.
Joe
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Joe,

IMHO society started losing its collective mind around 1965.

And, it has gone down the slippery slope more and more each year.

You're easily amused, aren't you? :)

And, easily embarrassed. :P

Sysop Bill McGarrity passed away awhile back.

Sorry to hear that.
Never knew him through.

I couldn't remember the name of his BBS (Tequila Mockingbird), and
knew he had run Sportnet...but wasn't sure if he ran other networks as
well. I looked through, and made sure his BBS and info was no longer on
the system.

Reminds me of a cartoon where an ambulance is parked in front of a
restaurant with the owner asking if they would move around back, it was bad JM>his business.

Or like the cartoon where the worker has her lunch inside a container
that said something like "Medical Specimens". That kept folks from
stealing her lunch. :P

Daryl


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On 2019 Sep 14 16:51:00, you wrote to JOE MACKEY:

I couldn't remember the name of his BBS (Tequila Mockingbird), and
knew he had run Sportnet...but wasn't sure if he ran other networks as well. I looked through, and made sure his BBS and info was no longer on the system.

this bill mcgarrity (65 years old) is still alive and active on facebook...

the one that was linked was 83 years old and died in 2016... our BM has been active since then... right up until his system was damaged by construction crews shorting out a huge electrical feed which happened in 2018...

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Mark,

this bill mcgarrity (65 years old) is still alive and active on facebook...

the one that was linked was 83 years old and died in 2016... our BM has been
active since then... right up until his system was damaged by construction ML>crews shorting out a huge electrical feed which happened in 2018...

OK, then Janis Kracht got her wires crossed. But, she was trying to
find the email on such, saying she was contacted by his family.

Daryl


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