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Esther Williams or Ethel Merman?
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Glenn Knickerbocker
Jun 8, 2013, 10:16:05 AM6/8/13
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Since hearing that the Death Ray managed to find Esther Williams after 12
years of searching, I've been haunted by a weird memory of confusing her
with Ethel Merman--which shouldn't be at all weird for someone who
famously had Shelley Duvall and Shelley Long confused for years, except
that it was a vague memory of having a real reason to confuse them.
Going ogle them to find out why, the closest connection I find is that
they both co-starred with Fernando Lamas. Mostly, though, I see lots of
pages about *other* people suffering the same confusion since the 1960s,
and references to TV shows like Drew Carey referring to that confusion.
So is it just the suggestion of a mermaid in Ethel's name that inspires
all this, or is there some actual connection buried in the noise?
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years of searching, I've been haunted by a weird memory of confusing her
with Ethel Merman--which shouldn't be at all weird for someone who
famously had Shelley Duvall and Shelley Long confused for years, except
that it was a vague memory of having a real reason to confuse them.
Going ogle them to find out why, the closest connection I find is that
they both co-starred with Fernando Lamas. Mostly, though, I see lots of
pages about *other* people suffering the same confusion since the 1960s,
and references to TV shows like Drew Carey referring to that confusion.
So is it just the suggestion of a mermaid in Ethel's name that inspires
all this, or is there some actual connection buried in the noise?
ŹR http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/dreams.poems.html
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing e. e. cummings, from
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance Collected Poems
Leo
Jun 9, 2013, 5:51:21 PM6/9/13
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On Saturday, 8 June 2013 23:46:05 UTC+9:30, Not R wrote:
> So is it just the suggestion of a mermaid in Ethel's name that inspires
>
> all this, or is there some actual connection buried in the noise?
>
>
The connection is that both women are organic molecules and bags of water.
> So is it just the suggestion of a mermaid in Ethel's name that inspires
>
> all this, or is there some actual connection buried in the noise?
>
>
I'm pretty sure that's the solution to your excellent question.
Leo
Jun 9, 2013, 10:47:51 PM6/9/13
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