"That's Life" Star Dead
me
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> While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
> stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
> undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
> Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
> Life."
what, are you like in a 5 1/2 year time warp?
I never even heard of that show, I thought maybe you meant the one
on CBS, but that started in 2000.
Bigolhomo
wrote:
>While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
>stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
>undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
>Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
>Life."
In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
Bigolhomo
aleen
> stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
> undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
> Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
> Life."
Hey, I've seen you (or someone) post this every year about the same time.
Usually in alt.obituaries, no?
aleen the karaoke queen
edonline
"Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> wrote in message
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In other late breaking news, LCM has lost his virginity... more news as it
develops!
Lexy
I can actually PREDICT news events of the past.On Sept.11,2001, two
jet planes will crash into the WTC towers.
klm
"edonline" <edonlineSPAMOUT!@comcast.net> wrote in message
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That's only because he finally had his first cocktail.
mc
What's funny (I guess) is he posts this every Mar. 31st.
MC
Keeper of Giovanni Ribisi!
Waterlou4
Does he also put a bottle of booze on Edgar Allan Poe's grave each year?
doc
>Does he also put a bottle of booze on Edgar Allan Poe's grave each year?
Why, were you disappointed the other night?
G. M. Lupo
Oh, god, no! Not President Lincoln.
Matt Lupo
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Or so they say...
Wild Monkshood
"G. M. Lupo" wrote:
> "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> wrote...
> : father...@yahoo.com (Father Polloi) wrote:
> :
> : >While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
> : >stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
> : >undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
> : >Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
> : >Life."
> :
> : In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
> : the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
>
> Oh, god, no! Not President Lincoln.
Please tell me that Mary Todd Lincoln is safe.
Wild (Oh, the Humanity!) Monkshood
E-Brake
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> "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> wrote...
> : father...@yahoo.com (Father Polloi) wrote:
> :
> : >While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
> : >stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
> : >undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
> : >Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
> : >Life."
> :
> : In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
> : the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
>
>
> Oh, god, no! Not President Lincoln.
Anyone have him in a pool?
E.
explorer
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> "G. M. Lupo" <deaco...@steelyspam.org> wrote in message
> news:fVObc.9704$NL4....@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> wrote...
> > : father...@yahoo.com (Father Polloi) wrote:
> > :
> > : >While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
> > : >stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
> > : >undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
> > : >Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
> > : >Life."
> > :
Still? The dude's gotta get some new material.
King Daevid MacKenzie
> In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
> the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
...which reminds me, has anyone actually staged a complete production of OUR
AMERICAN COUSIN since that night? I was once told by a drama prof in college
that someone adapted it into something titled BLACK FRIDAY, which ends with
the Lincoln shooting, and that one pops up from time to time. She also told
me that, in addition to the association with the tragedy, OAC has one other
element working against it -- it wasn't a particularly good play to begin
with...
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"In such an ugly time the true protest is beauty." PHIL OCHS
April Cool
<thevoic...@charter.net> wrote:
> "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> sez:
>
> > In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
> > the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
>
> ...which reminds me, has anyone actually staged a complete production of OUR
> AMERICAN COUSIN since that night? I was once told by a drama prof in college
> that someone adapted it into something titled BLACK FRIDAY, which ends with
> the Lincoln shooting, and that one pops up from time to time. She also told
> me that, in addition to the association with the tragedy, OAC has one other
> element working against it -- it wasn't a particularly good play to begin
> with...
Google says that the last professional production of Our American
Cousin was in 1915 at the Booth Theater (!) in New York City. (I
wonder if it was a 50th anniversary production of some sort?) The play
was written in 1851, but no one mounted a production of it until 1858.
It proved to be very popular. There were a number of comedies at the
time that had American relatives visiting their stuffy British
relatives and getting the better of them, and maybe Our American Cousin
was brought along because it helped feed this mysterious need. All
accounts say that the play was bad. There were three different
versions of the play in print.
The version of the play you see these days sets an authentic production
of the original play within a flashback story set in the 1890s. The
wraparound story centers on the actors who were in the play when
Lincoln was shot. In this production, the three Our American Cousin
scripts have been edited and unified into one.
Todd N. Verklarung
>> ...which reminds me, has anyone actually staged a complete production
>> of OUR AMERICAN COUSIN since that night? I was once told by a drama
>> prof in college that someone adapted it into something titled BLACK
>> FRIDAY, which ends with the Lincoln shooting, and that one pops up
>> from time to time. She also told me that, in addition to the
>> association with the tragedy, OAC has one other element working
>> against it -- it wasn't a particularly good play to begin with...
Boston composer Eric Sawyer has written an opera based on the play:
http://www.ericsawyer.net/bio3.htm
Todd(a.o)
G. M. Lupo
: "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> sez:
:
: > In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
: > the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
:
: ...which reminds me, has anyone actually staged a complete production of
OUR
: AMERICAN COUSIN since that night?
I heard they staged a production on the Titanic. Just as it got to the part
where the fatal shots rang out, the captain jumped up and said, "Hey, I
better get upstairs and look for icebergs!"
G. M. Lupo
: "G. M. Lupo" <deaco...@steelyspam.org> wrote...
: > "Bigolhomo" <br...@noparticulardomain.com> wrote...
: > : father...@yahoo.com (Father Polloi) wrote:
: > :
: > : >While filming a guest spot for ABC's "Fantasy Island" revival,
: > : >stand-up comic and former school teacher Gerry Red Wilson died of
: > : >undiagnosed meningitis on November 21, 1998. He was 37 years old.
: > : >Earlier that year, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "That's
: > : >Life."
: > :
: > : In other breaking news: Abraham Lincoln died of a gunshot wound to
: > : the head while attending a play at Ford's theater.
: >
: > Oh, god, no! Not President Lincoln.
:
: Anyone have him in a pool?
Not me, I had Hayes.
doc
<deaco...@steelyspam.org> wrote:
>: Anyone have him in a pool?
>
>
>Not me, I had Hayes.
Personally, I had King Edward in a box.