I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
business legend, and not true. Somehow the story of
"Sober Sue" occurred to me while reading Usenet.
> I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
> it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
> business legend, and not true. Somehow the story of
> "Sober Sue" occurred to me while reading Usenet.
That's a bloke in drag, or I'm spring heeled jack!
> I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
> it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
> business legend, and not true. Somehow the story of
> "Sober Sue" occurred to me while reading Usenet.
"The Girl Who Would Not Laugh" is a recurring theme in fairy tales.
- "The Princess Who Never Smiled"
- "The Golden Goose"
- "The Magic Swan"
- "Peruonto"
- The framing story in "The Pentamerone"
All of the above examples are princess with large rewards and promises
of marriage involved... but it's the first thing the story made me
think of.
>On Jan 21, 11:18=A0am, weary flake <wearyfl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hoaxes about hoaxes, that happens a lot, I'm suspecting
>> that the hoax of Sober Sue is itself hoaxey.
>> I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
>> it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
>> business legend, and not true. =A0Somehow the story of
>> "Sober Sue" occurred to me while reading Usenet.
>"The Girl Who Would Not Laugh" is a recurring theme in fairy tales.
> - "The Princess Who Never Smiled"
> - "The Golden Goose"
> - "The Magic Swan"
> - "Peruonto"
> - The framing story in "The Pentamerone"
>All of the above examples are princess with large rewards and promises
>of marriage involved... but it's the first thing the story made me
>think of.
And I thought of the 70s version of the game show "Make Me Laugh", the
incarnation that had people like Gallagher, Yakov Smirnoff and Bruce Baum....r
> >On Jan 21, 11:18=A0am, weary flake <wearyfl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hoaxes about hoaxes, that happens a lot, I'm suspecting
> >> that the hoax of Sober Sue is itself hoaxey.
> >> I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
> >> it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
> >> business legend, and not true. =A0Somehow the story of
> >> "Sober Sue" occurred to me while reading Usenet.
> >"The Girl Who Would Not Laugh" is a recurring theme in fairy tales.
> > - "The Princess Who Never Smiled"
> > - "The Golden Goose"
> > - "The Magic Swan"
> > - "Peruonto"
> > - The framing story in "The Pentamerone"
> >All of the above examples are princess with large rewards and promises
> >of marriage involved... but it's the first thing the story made me
> >think of.
> And I thought of the 70s version of the game show "Make Me Laugh", the
> incarnation that had people like Gallagher, Yakov Smirnoff and Bruce Baum....r
> --
> Me? Sarcastic?
> Yeah, right.
I saw the Frank Zappa episode of this - He never flinched while being
subjected to incredible inanity.
Amazing control.
