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BillKirch

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Mar 5, 2003, 11:37:32 PM3/5/03
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I don't know how many of you actually knew or had worked with George, but he
was a friend of mine and MANY others as well. He died today at UCLA medical
center. He was a class A ,award winning smart ass.I will miss him. No memorial.
will be cremated and sent to Seattle where he was from. BG

Dave Little

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Mar 5, 2003, 11:48:08 PM3/5/03
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"BillKirch" <bald...@aol.comfuckspam> wrote in message
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Sorry, Bill. I always enjoyed him.

lovedavelittle


STEP OVER

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Mar 5, 2003, 11:54:39 PM3/5/03
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sorry too. I have worked with him before and he will be missed,
Al

Mayberry

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Mar 6, 2003, 12:24:08 AM3/6/03
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That's a shame. He was always funny. I never met him but I always
enjoyed watching him. JM

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MARK KNOPE

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:14:43 AM3/6/03
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>I don't know how many of you actually knew or had worked with George, but he
>was a friend of mine and MANY others as well. He died today at UCLA medical
>center.

Hey BG...

I hardly knew George - met him once many years ago in Tulsa, OK. Seemed like
the top-shelf guy that you described...

Sorry to hear of his passing.

Sorry that you've lost a friend.

MK
http://www.knope.com

Laphboy

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:18:36 AM3/6/03
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Sorry to hear of his passing. Always enjoyed his appearances on Letterman's
show.

steve gelder
http://www.stevegelder.com

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Hello! I Am Chafey Narquois Barbeau!

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Mar 6, 2003, 5:03:22 AM3/6/03
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I used to love his frightening stories about what went on at 'Little
Debbie's' (or was it Dolly Madison's!?) snack cake factory where he had
once worked.


Yours (Bloody!!) Truly,
Chafey
AKA: David
(c) 2003

kinetic

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:36:09 AM3/6/03
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"BillKirch" <bald...@aol.comfuckspam> wrote in message
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> I don't know how many of you actually knew or had worked with George, but
he
> was a friend of mine and MANY others as well.

My condolences Bill.

~ Jamie West


Bart Reed

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Mar 6, 2003, 7:11:31 AM3/6/03
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Sad news, he worked my club early on with Jeff Altman & Jimmy Walker. Nice guy
& a class act.
Bartman
http://www.Laff2nite.com

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 10:47:35 AM3/6/03
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On 06 Mar 2003 06:18:36 GMT, lap...@aol.comity (Laphboy) wrote:

> Sorry to hear of his passing. Always enjoyed his appearances on Letterman's
>show.


I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? If you lose
someone you send out emails or, God forbid, real lettersand phone
calls, and tell those you're close to or that you know were close to
the deceased that he or she passed. What good does it serve to
announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?

I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
probably knew the guy personally.

</rant>


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dE

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CatheB (alleger)

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Mar 6, 2003, 11:52:52 AM3/6/03
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I worked with him, and knew him... heart goes out to all for him.

Sad.

Cat

Curtin

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Mar 6, 2003, 12:35:55 PM3/6/03
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bald...@aol.comfuckspam (BillKirch) wrote

Sorry to hear that Bill. I always liked seeing him on Letterman.
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Curtin
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BillKirch

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:25:06 PM3/6/03
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>I'm wondering is
>why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
>news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
>everyone that dies

###############
It's a COMEDY news group. BG

Darryl Rhoades

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:52:21 PM3/6/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<6lqe6v0o4er6ji7qt...@4ax.com>...

>
>
> I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
> why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
> news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for

> everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? What good does it serve to


> announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>
> I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
> it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
> total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
> probably knew the guy personally.
>
> </rant>

I realize that your post is basically about yanking chains so since
you were successful in my case, I'll add my two cents.
The comedy business is a fairly tight group. Even if we don't know
each other personally you feel a certain kinship. It would be the
same for you if the karaoke world lost of one it's great purveyors of
Toby Keith or White Snake songs.
As far as what good does it do etc., I didn't know George Miller but
was a fan and didn't know he'd passed, now I know and sad about it but
hopeful I'll soon read the same about many of the trolls that frequent
this newsgroup.
Darryl Rhoades
www.music-comedy.com

MARK KNOPE

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Mar 6, 2003, 1:57:32 PM3/6/03
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Dana leaned waaay too far off first base with:

>I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
>why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
>news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
>everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? If you lose
>someone you send out emails or, God forbid, real lettersand phone
>calls, and tell those you're close to or that you know were close to
>the deceased that he or she passed. What good does it serve to
>announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>
>I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
>it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
>total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
>probably knew the guy personally.

Last time I checked, Dana - this newsgroup was a "Discussion of stand-up comedy
and comedians," right?

He was a stand-up for what? 25 years?

'nuff said.

To quote Bambi's mom, "If ya can't say something nice...etc."

Why do you have to rabble-rouse?

MK
http://www.knope.com

Ryan Silverman

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Mar 6, 2003, 3:17:05 PM3/6/03
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>What good does it serve to
>announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?

It does a world of good to that someone who didn't know untill the message was
posted.

God damn it Dana, the thread was titled "George Miller died" Just skip it next
time if you don't care.

Rye
http://www.ryansilverman.com

Lazman

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Mar 6, 2003, 4:11:49 PM3/6/03
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Aw, that's terrible news. I am so sorry. My heart goes out to you, Bill, and
to the whole group of comics who he came up with, and knew him, as well as
his family. I never met George, but when I was in high school, I remember
reading an article in the TV Week that came with the Sunday Boston Globe
about a comic who had just been on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, was up and
coming, and used to work in NBC's mailroom. It gave a good description of
what it was like to start out as a comic, and it really stuck with me. That
comic, was George Miller. I'll always remember that he and Letterman share a
couple of jokes, including the line that the hardened toothpaste stuck to
your bathroom sink makes a handy breath mint. I also know that he had his
problems with my friend, and fellow Boston comic Bob Goldthwait's success.
Was it cancer that got him? Rest in peace, George.

Bob Lazarus
www.comedy.com/boblazarus


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Stuart O. Bronstein

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Mar 6, 2003, 4:48:44 PM3/6/03
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MARK KNOPE wrote:
>
> Last time I checked, Dana - this newsgroup was a "Discussion of stand-up comedy
> and comedians," right?
>
> He was a stand-up for what? 25 years?
> 'nuff said.
>
> To quote Bambi's mom, "If ya can't say something nice...etc."
>
> Why do you have to rabble-rouse?

Because the scorpion stung the frog.

Stu

Donna Carter

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Mar 6, 2003, 5:58:27 PM3/6/03
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Knope asked Dana

>Why do you have to rabble-rouse?
>
> MK
> http://www.knope.com

I respond with:

Because he's a prick!

D

www.donnacarter.com

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:15:13 PM3/6/03
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On 6 Mar 2003 10:52:21 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<6lqe6v0o4er6ji7qt...@4ax.com>...
>
>>
>>
>> I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
>> why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
>> news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
>> everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? What good does it serve to
>> announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>>
>> I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
>> it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
>> total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
>> probably knew the guy personally.
>>
>> </rant>
>
>I realize that your post is basically about yanking chains so since
>you were successful in my case, I'll add my two cents.

Actually it was a serious post. Reading comprehension, my man.
Look into it. If your chain was yanked, step off of the other end.

>The comedy business is a fairly tight group. Even if we don't know
>each other personally you feel a certain kinship. It would be the
>same for you if the karaoke world lost of one it's great purveyors of
>Toby Keith or White Snake songs.

Oh you're a sharp one Darryl. A karaoke wisecrack. That's edgy man!
Hmmm... how will I recover and lash back? Something about hunched
over pot-bellied old man with a tattered bathrobe? Nah... that's hack
now. Here's a free clue from me to you: It's a hobby of mine, and I
don't give a rat's ass about other singers. : ) Nice try though.

You're a tight group huh? So tight all I hear about is this person
fucking over that person for money, bookings, contests, whatever....
oh yeah, REAL tight.

>As far as what good does it do etc., I didn't know George Miller but
>was a fan and didn't know he'd passed, now I know and sad about it but
>hopeful I'll soon read the same about many of the trolls that frequent
>this newsgroup.

Brave words spoken from someone at the farther end of the age spectrum
don't you think? Don't fall down and bust a hip gramps.


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dE

www.dfwmetro.org/dana

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:18:35 PM3/6/03
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On 06 Mar 2003 18:57:32 GMT, mkn...@aol.comZAP (MARK KNOPE) wrote:

>Dana leaned waaay too far off first base with:
>
>>I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
>>why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
>>news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
>>everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? If you lose
>>someone you send out emails or, God forbid, real lettersand phone
>>calls, and tell those you're close to or that you know were close to
>>the deceased that he or she passed. What good does it serve to
>>announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>>
>>I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
>>it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
>>total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
>>probably knew the guy personally.
>
>Last time I checked, Dana - this newsgroup was a "Discussion of stand-up comedy
>and comedians," right?

And politics, and TV/film, and etc. etc. etc.

>He was a stand-up for what? 25 years?

>'nuff said.

>To quote Bambi's mom, "If ya can't say something nice...etc."

I don't think I said anything mean. Do you?

>Why do you have to rabble-rouse?

Not rabble rousing at all Mark. I'm just speaking my mind on a
subject and making an observation. Guess I'm too edgy for this room.

You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.


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dE

www.dfwmetro.org/dana

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:30:03 PM3/6/03
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On 06 Mar 2003 20:17:05 GMT, comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman)
wrote:

>>What good does it serve to
>>announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?

>It does a world of good to that someone who didn't know untill the message was
>posted.

Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.

>God damn it Dana, the thread was titled "George Miller died" Just skip it next
>time if you don't care.

I don't look at the thread subject when I read the group. I sort by
date, meaning I go in chronological order by which they are posted.
(or at least how they hit my news server). Oh I can glance up and see
if I wanted to, but I don't.

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dE

www.dfwmetro.org/dana

Mike Lukas

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:32:39 PM3/6/03
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darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl Rhoades) wrote in message
>
> I realize that your post is basically about yanking chains so since
> you were successful in my case, I'll add my two cents.
> The comedy business is a fairly tight group. Even if we don't know
> each other personally you feel a certain kinship. It would be the
> same for you if the karaoke world lost of one it's great purveyors of
> Toby Keith or White Snake songs.
> As far as what good does it do etc., I didn't know George Miller but
> was a fan and didn't know he'd passed, now I know and sad about it but
> hopeful I'll soon read the same about many of the trolls that frequent
> this newsgroup.
> Darryl Rhoades
> www.music-comedy.com

Here here and thanks to you, Mr Rhoades...we're a brotherhood, through
good and bad...if George Miller had died metaphorically on a TV show,
you know damn well no one would complain about THAT news being posted
here...so rest in piece (sic) Sir Miller, your old school tom-foolery
shall be missed by most...
Lukas
PS How you been, you crazy f-er (meaning Darryl, not the dead
guy)...been years...hope all is well...I'm not dead either...

Heatplate (Linda)

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:33:55 PM3/6/03
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"MARK KNOPE" <mkn...@aol.comZAP> wrote

>
> Why do you have to rabble-rouse?


I give up, why does he have to rabble-rouse?

Wait... I do know. To save Tommy Joe doing it?


Jim Slotek

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Mar 6, 2003, 6:55:39 PM3/6/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<6lqe6v0o4er6ji7qt...@4ax.com>...

What I wonder is why this bothers you so much. You went on and on
about it when we had an earlier spate of ill-health among regulars
(including me) and among people in the comedy community. At the time
it was you and H**b going on about how we were all wrong about what
usenet was, we were misusing it by turning this NG into a place and a
community with real people with real names and shared history. Life
and death is real. It flies in the face of the phony cynicism,
jaundiced attitude and anonymous anger - the only interaction many
Netizens seem to know.

You already did this "only a few people know this guy and nobody
cares" thing with Kerry Talmage. Yet people did post and with passion.
So you were wrong. Own up to it. It's what grownups do.

Meantime, it's perfectly kosher to continue to use this place as a
debating society. You're also free to IGNORE posts you find depressing
or dripping in sentiment that - for whatever deep-seated psychological
reason - makes you uncomfortable.

Jim

Tim O18

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Mar 6, 2003, 7:37:43 PM3/6/03
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>I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is why post
it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad news in peoples' day
without having to hold an open casket for everyone that dies, simply because
they were a comic? If you lose someone you send out emails or, God forbid,
real letters and phone calls, and tell those you're close to or that you know

were close to the deceased that he or she passed. What good does it serve to
announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>
I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but it's more
and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the total number of
regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen probably knew the guy
personally.

If you are attempting humor here ... it was a feeble and poorly thought out
attempt. George Miller was a good comic and more importantly a great guy. If
you look up and see the title of this newsgroup it's Discussion of stand-up
comedy and comedians! Sorry you "part timers" find the passing of a "real
comedian" boring and a waste of time. I guess respecting those that came before
you and established the initial comedy club system that some of you enjoy today
is too un-hip and burdensome. The posting of news and events in and about the
"real" stand-up comedy community is what this newsgroup is supposed to be
about. Sorry if it bums your lame ass out with some sad and bad news from time
to time.

Tim O'Rourke

Tim


CRUE...@aol.com

Laura

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Mar 6, 2003, 7:59:28 PM3/6/03
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>Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
>need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.

here's a novel thought. Stop trying to be the protocol police.


Laura

Keep your hands and arms inside at all times until the ride has come to a
complete stop.

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 9:35:57 PM3/6/03
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On 07 Mar 2003 00:37:43 GMT, tim...@aol.comanblome (Tim O18) wrote:


>If you are attempting humor here ... it was a feeble and poorly thought out
>attempt.

Not at all, O keeper of wolves.

>George Miller was a good comic and more importantly a great guy.

Yay.

>If you look up and see the title of this newsgroup it's Discussion of stand-up
>comedy and comedians!

No it doesn't. Maybe on AOL it does, but not everyone is tied down to
AOL.

>Sorry you "part timers" find the passing of a "real comedian" boring and a waste of time.

Has nothing to do with it. But thanks for playing.

>I guess respecting those that came before
>you and established the initial comedy club system that some of you enjoy today
>is too un-hip and burdensome.

Respecting them... aww fuck it.

>The posting of news and events in and about the "real" stand-up comedy
>community is what this newsgroup is supposed to be about.

Partly.

>Sorry if it bums your lame ass out with some sad and bad news from time
>to time.


From time to time? It's like clockwork here.
Perhaps comedy isn't a good profession for a long lifespan?


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dE

www.dfwmetro.org/dana

If you disagree with me, the terrorists win.

dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 9:36:37 PM3/6/03
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On 07 Mar 2003 00:59:28 GMT, llmed...@aol.comportment (Laura) wrote:

>>Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
>>need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.
>
>here's a novel thought. Stop trying to be the protocol police.


Here's an even more novel thought Laura, hush.

Ryan Silverman

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Mar 6, 2003, 10:01:13 PM3/6/03
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>Call that person. Write to that person.

Hypothetical situation:

Just as an MC/one-nighter feature, I've met and worked with several comics whom
I've gotten along with, but since we've only worked together one week or
whatnot, we aren't exactly hanging out on a regular basis. Maybe we've
exchanged numbers and made that agreement to give the other a call next time
we're in the other's city.

Ok, now let's say I work with a comic, we'll call him Bob. Bob is a nice guy,
we get along well, talk a lot in the bar about the Simpsons and the movie Three
Amigos.

Three months later, Bob dies in a car accident. Most likely, the guy who
opened for him in Davison Michigan at Hale's Pub is not on the list of people
who the family and friends are going to call with the bad news.

However, one night I'm on ACS and I read "Bob Nolastname died" and I find out
about Bob's tragic accident. Am I happy to hear it? No, I'm sad that Bob is
dead. But I am glad that I know it, because I probably would not have heard it
elsewhere except maybe years down the line.

>If that person has a severe
>need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.

I imagine a lot of people *were* called or written to. But there are probably
a lot of people who aren't going to get that call or letter. But because
someone thought maybe they should post the news on ACS, there's another way for
me to get the information.

Rye
http://www.ryansilverman.com

kinetic

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"dE" <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message
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> >It does a world of good to that someone who didn't know untill the
message was
> >posted.
>
> Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
> need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.

Dana,

If you're going to start separating the wheat from the chaff, could you
start with something more off-topic? How about that guy who thinks the word
"shit" is so hilarious? The George Miller post is on-topic because the man
was a comedian and he was a friend of Bill's (Baldguy). ACS members (which
ironically probably includes you) can - and often do - post things about
family and friends. It's just life. That being said, feel free and let us
know when one of your friends dies.

~ Jamie West


Darryl Rhoades

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Mar 6, 2003, 11:39:31 PM3/6/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<bskf6v83e85ltclgs...@4ax.com>...

>
> Oh you're a sharp one Darryl. A karaoke wisecrack. That's edgy man!
> Hmmm... how will I recover and lash back? Something about hunched
> over pot-bellied old man with a tattered bathrobe? Nah... that's hack
> now. Here's a free clue from me to you: It's a hobby of mine, and I
> don't give a rat's ass about other singers. : ) Nice try though.

Just for the record, the bathrobe picture is from one of my CDs. CD is
what I record when I do original music and comedy. I don't give a
rat's ass about you, your child, your "singing" or your "hobby". If a
pole were taken I'm sure I wouldn't be alone in this but it's your
business and right to be whatever it is that you think you are or want
to be. Thanks for the clue, sorry my CD cover is hack to you, hoping
one day that I'll live up to your standards, tough as they may be. You
think your immune from ridicule. You come on here and say stupid
things like wondering why a death announcement about a comedian on a
comedy newsgroup is pertenent and get pissed because it's pointed out.


>
> You're a tight group huh? So tight all I hear about is this person
> fucking over that person for money, bookings, contests, whatever....
> oh yeah, REAL tight.

When you discuss comedy, I mean when we discuss comedy, we discuss the
business and other comics with all their shortcomings and failings as
well as sometimes the praise.


>
> >As far as what good does it do etc., I didn't know George Miller but
> >was a fan and didn't know he'd passed, now I know and sad about it but
> >hopeful I'll soon read the same about many of the trolls that frequent
> >this newsgroup.
>
> Brave words spoken from someone at the farther end of the age spectrum
> don't you think? Don't fall down and bust a hip gramps.

And this has what to do with bravery? Stupid shortsighted
observations from a wannabe pissed off troll. Don't fall down and
bust a hip gramps, yeah, I understand now, I'm also wounded beyond
repair. A grand display of stupidity and ageism, now that's
refreshing.

My God, I didn't realize it until you posted that you're actually
Solo...@aol.com You give yourself away making the same stupid
references about my website and your incorrect observations about
being fat proving you've never seen me. You are consistent however in
other ways, you use to be an asshole and nothing has changed. Still
pissed when you tried to compliment me on my history and I snubbed you
because you're an aggravating troll.
I wasn't trying to be edgy, my man, comprehension, try looking it up
after you investigate the phrase "kiss my ass". If you actually
understood comprehension you would understand that a post about a
comic dying is much more relatable to this site than any of the troll
scribblings that you've ever done in your long overstayed unwelcome
appearance here.
You come on here wondering why anyone would give a damn about a comic
dying who many of us, many who actually do comedy for a living, would
be familiar with.
True to many post, the first few are pertinent to the topic then after
about 4 or 5 post the bullshit starts.
It always amazing to me that jerks like you think they're being
edgy,cute, or funny making references to age, weight etc.
You're a fucking troll, nuff said. When you've actually logged some
time on stage doing comedy, which is what this newsgroup should be
about, then you'll be able to truly comprehend what appears to come
very unnatually to you now...comedy related subjects.
So, solo...@aol.com/dana Eddy/Lord Snowflake/dE/ or whatever you're
calling yourself now, it doesn't have anything to do with bravery I
just tire of the bullshit...your bullshit. I use to wonder why some
people get joy from starting viruses on computers, why some people
come to shows and heckle to screw up everyone else's evening...well,
they're trolls, just people who like to start shit and then act
mystified and pissed when someone calls them on it.
If you don't like looking at pictures on my website, don't look. I
don't receive any enjoyment seeing pictures of guys holding pictures
of their kids so I see it once and then I never have to look again.
You don't need to reply but you will, you can't help it and I
understand.
Darryl Rhoades

Darryl Rhoades

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EmailMi...@AOL.Com (Mike Lukas) wrote in message news:<ca204453.03030...@posting.google.com>...

>
> Here here and thanks to you, Mr Rhoades...we're a brotherhood, through
> good and bad...if George Miller had died metaphorically on a TV show,
> you know damn well no one would complain about THAT news being posted
> here...so rest in piece (sic) Sir Miller, your old school tom-foolery
> shall be missed by most...
> Lukas
> PS How you been, you crazy f-er (meaning Darryl, not the dead
> guy)...been years...hope all is well...I'm not dead either...

Hey Mike,
You caught me off guard. A comic on this newsgroup, I'm shocked. Yes,
it's been a long time but great to hear from you. I see your name
occasionally and caught you on TV a time or two. Hope you're doing
well and hope to run into you again on the road again. Florida years
ago, you, Rick Tempesta and myself, I never forget and if you listen
to the trolls, that's a major fete.
Darryl Rhoades
www.music-comedy.com (home of the often discussed bathrobe (a major
attraction for trolls who lust and deny their unnatural sexual
cravings but like Medusa they can't turn away and stew in their guilt
and shame)

Darryl Rhoades

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<dalf6vcsgrfjnlapp...@4ax.com>...

Yeah, that's it, you're just too edgy. Edgier still when you quote
Carlin and David Cross with your terrorists win line.
Sorry, just speaking my mind on a subject and making an observation. I
give way to Donna's remark, she's probably a little more on the money
with her observation. I'm sure your post had nothing to do with
jerking chains which is why you don't have to defend it. Sorry, must
be my age, or weight, or poor choice in bath robes. Would it come
across better if I wore something to your liking, maybe something
tight and black. Talk to me Solo...@aol.com/Dana Eddy/Lord
Snowflake/dE, I need to know.
Darryl Rhoades

Darryl Rhoades

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Mar 7, 2003, 12:00:58 AM3/7/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<sulf6v8uri65m108a...@4ax.com>...

It would be so much easier for you if we would just conform. Now that
I know this aggravates you I don't feel so bad about troll Ollie
posting the death of people who haven't died. Hell, I may start going
through the obits and start posting nonstop. I could ignore your
ignorance "if I wanted to but I don't".
Darryl Rhoades

Mayberry

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Mar 7, 2003, 12:04:49 AM3/7/03
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dE wrote:
> On 06 Mar 2003 06:18:36 GMT, lap...@aol.comity (Laphboy) wrote:
>
>
>> Sorry to hear of his passing. Always enjoyed his appearances on Letterman's
>>show.
>
>
>
> I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
> why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
> news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
> everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? If you lose
> someone you send out emails or, God forbid, real lettersand phone

> calls, and tell those you're close to or that you know were close to
> the deceased that he or she passed. What good does it serve to

> announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>
> I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
> it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
> total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
> probably knew the guy personally.
>
> </rant>
>
>

It's a comedy thing, you wouldn't understand. JM

--
E-MAIL REPLY TO: Ja...@JackMayberry.com

WEBSITE: www.JackMayberry.com

MARK KNOPE

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>>Last time I checked, Dana - this newsgroup was a "Discussion of stand-up
>comedy
>>and comedians," right?
>
>And politics, and TV/film, and etc. etc. etc.

Sometimes, perhaps...BUT, the name of the newsgroup IS alt.comedy.STANDUP

YES?

Pay attention and don't be such a twit.


>>To quote Bambi's mom, "If ya can't say something nice...etc."
>
>I don't think I said anything mean. Do you?

To quote you, Dana:


"I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is why post
it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad news in peoples' day
without having to hold an open casket for everyone that dies, simply because
they were a comic?"

Now...c'mon, Dana...weren't you trying to be a little mean-spirited here? If
you weren't, then I suppose it happened by accident. However, I don't think I
was the first person to read this and think it was "not nice."

>>Why do you have to rabble-rouse?
>
>Not rabble rousing at all Mark. I'm just speaking my mind on a
>subject and making an observation. Guess I'm too edgy for this room.

I sincerely doubt that is the case at all, Dana. BTW, just how are the open
mics going for you? Seriously...?


>You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.

And THAT made no sense at all with regards to this discussion...

MK
http://www.knope.com

Darryl Rhoades

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comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman) wrote in message news:<20030306220113...@mb-ch.aol.com>...

>
> I imagine a lot of people *were* called or written to. But there are probably
> a lot of people who aren't going to get that call or letter. But because
> someone thought maybe they should post the news on ACS, there's another way for
> me to get the information.
>
> Rye
> http://www.ryansilverman.com

I'm sorry but you're making too much sense and logic will not be tolerated here.
Darryl Rhoades

Darryl Rhoades

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:03:35 AM3/7/03
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dcart...@aol.comedienne (Donna Carter) wrote in message news:<20030306175827...@mb-mj.aol.com>...

You think?
Darryl Rhoades

Darryl Rhoades

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<421g6vgtopkfcpj83...@4ax.com>...

> On 07 Mar 2003 00:59:28 GMT, llmed...@aol.comportment (Laura) wrote:
>
> >>Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
> >>need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.
> >
> >here's a novel thought. Stop trying to be the protocol police.
>
>
> Here's an even more novel thought Laura, hush.

The advice you give is the advice you should take.
Darryl Rhoades

Darryl Rhoades

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:06:41 AM3/7/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message
>
> >Sorry if it bums your lame ass out with some sad and bad news from time
> >to time.
>
>
> From time to time? It's like clockwork here.
> Perhaps comedy isn't a good profession for a long lifespan?


Wishing the same could be said for trolldumb.
Darryl Rhoades

Mayberry

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Mar 7, 2003, 4:23:02 AM3/7/03
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You are the terrorists, you're like al Queda. You childishly attack the
things you admire because you're obviously impotent and have no other
recourse. It's a defense mechanism that you probably can't help because
you were fucked up as a child or have a chemical imbalance.

Although it's painfully obvious that you will continue to annoyingly and
futilely attempt to gain some semblance of self worth and acceptance
from the real comedians in this newsgroup, when you're on your deathbed
remember all the warm postings in this congregation of comics regarding
George Miller and then lapse into final unconsciousness imagining what
we'll be saying about you. (And you should probably do it quickly.)
Best with your neurosis, JM

Tommy Joseph

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> From: darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl Rhoades)
> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup
> Date: 6 Mar 2003 10:52:21 -0800
> Subject: Re: George Miller died


>
> dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message

> news:<6lqe6v0o4er6ji7qt...@4ax.com>...


>
>>
>>
>> I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
>> why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
>> news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for

>> everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic? What good does it


>> serve to
>> announce every passing on the off chance someone knew them?
>>
>> I know it's a way for road comics to stay connected and all that, but
>> it's more and more the obituary column here every day. Out of the
>> total number of regular posters here, only a half dozen to a dozen
>> probably knew the guy personally.
>>

>> </rant>


>
> I realize that your post is basically about yanking chains so since
> you were successful in my case, I'll add my two cents.
> The comedy business is a fairly tight group. Even if we don't know
> each other personally you feel a certain kinship. It would be the
> same for you if the karaoke world lost of one it's great purveyors of
> Toby Keith or White Snake songs.

> As far as what good does it do etc., I didn't know George Miller but
> was a fan and didn't know he'd passed, now I know and sad about it but
> hopeful I'll soon read the same about many of the trolls that frequent
> this newsgroup.

> Darryl Rhoades
> www.music-comedy.com


And when you read those stories about your favorite trolls dying,
Darryl, remember that you have the right the laugh about them dying, just as
we all have the right to laugh at anything we choose to laugh at. I didn't
mind Miller, but never thought he was hilarious. Hadn't seen him in ages,
in fact. But, if he'd been in my death pool (yes, I run one from time to
time), and his name came up a winner for me or someone I knew, you can bet
I'd be dancing in the streets and laughing it up. For those who knew the
guy it is a sad time, a time which will pass. For those who didn't know the
guy, his death can be taken any way they choose to take it, or no way at
all. Of course I didn't sit around 'hoping' for Miller to die. He just
died. You, on the other hand, will sit around 'hoping', maybe even praying,
for your favorite trolls to bite the dust - you ghoul, you!

Tommy Joe


Tommy Joseph

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Mar 6, 2003, 10:45:23 PM3/6/03
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>
> Call that person. Write to that person. If that person has a severe
> need to know, don't make them have to read ACS to find out.

> dE

> www.dfwmetro.org/dana

I can understand someone posting something informtive that's comedy
related to a comedy newsgroup, and have no problem understanding the reason
for the post or the responses to it. But, I must admit I think it's really
funny when people find out about the deaths of their loved ones or friends
by way of television or the radio before they ever get it from someone they
know directly. That is funny to me. And let's face it, there is a point
where these condolence operations get to be a bit competitive. Haven't seen
that with the George Miller post, but have seen it in here in the past, and
I think that's funny too. I think a lot of things are funny. I'm a real
comic.

Tommy Joe



Tommy Joseph

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> From: "Heatplate \(Linda\)" <not...@zed-city.com>
> Organization: Lodged in my Windpipe
> Reply-To: "Heatplate \(Linda\)" <have_so...@pig-town.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:33:55 +1100


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>
>

Hey, let's get one thing straight. I don't rabble rouse. I speak my
mind. I stay out of these threads, as a rule. When your beloved Bean, or
whatever her name was, died a while back I didn't have a word to say about
it. I lay off these threads and many threads in which I feel no place. I
will enter when the door opens a crack and someone's holding up a sign
saying, "Hey, Tommy Joe, come on in", like you just did. You're full of
crap with your remarks. If you consider me a rabble rouser you're in for a
hard time with life. Get off my back. Or, at least have the decency to
wait until I'm dead to make nasty comments about me. Please.

Tommy Joe
>
>
>
>


Tommy Joseph

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> From: comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman)
> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup
> Date: 07 Mar 2003 03:01:13 GMT


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>


Well spoken, and well understood from this end. I also understand, to
some extent, where Dana is coming from, although I don't think the thread
regarding George Miller's death reached the level at which the highly
annoying and disgusting competition in condolences begins. I see nothing in
the thread that comes close to that, but I have seen it in threads pasts,
where the emotional posts keep pouring in from the same people over and over
again, some people coming in with, "He was one of my best friends ever, man.
Anybody know his e-mail address?", three weeks after the guy dies, and it's
just too bad if you don't like it, but I find that to be quite funny. This
is a place, as you say, for sharing information about comedy related
matters. Good. This is also a place where anyone can read that shared
information. There is a point where anyone, myself included, might find
some humor in that shared information. Your hypothetical situation above is
a good one, one I myself might have used in trying to describe how I feel
about this. Of course I can understand someone getting their information in
this manner, and that's a useful thing, something to be thankful for. But,
sometimes it gets to the point where it's not too hard to imagine a guy
coming in and thanking the newsgroup for telling him about his wife's death,
because he was on vacation and he'd never have known about it otherwise. Of
course he might also curse them out for telling him about it and ruining his
vacation.

Tommy Joe


Tommy Joseph

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> From: darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl Rhoades)

> So, solo...@aol.com/dana Eddy/Lord Snowflake/dE/ or whatever you're
> calling yourself now, it doesn't have anything to do with bravery I
> just tire of the bullshit...your bullshit.

> Darryl Rhoades


Sorry, Darryl, but I've been reading all this back-and-forth stuff
regarding the thread about George Miller's death, and I also noticed Dana's
reference to 'the fat guy in the bathrobe', etc., and immediately considered
that you might think he's soloshow, because of that remark - but I tend to
think not. My guess, and it's only a guess, is that Dana reads a lot of
posts in many threads and happened upon solo's commments, as did I, and
remembered them and used them in his latest go-round with you. I don't
think he's soloshow. I fancy myself a pretty good detective, even though I
don't like cops, who sometimes become detectives. I like to think I'm
pretty good at narrowing things down (even my own mind, over time), and I
don't think you've got your man yet. Sorry.

Tommy Joe (And Don't Look At Me!)


Tommy Joseph

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> From: darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl Rhoades)
> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup

> Date: 6 Mar 2003 21:00:58 -0800


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>


Some of those posts from Ollie are pretty funny, in my view, and also a
bit prophetic. Ollie is a prophet, man! When he dies (if I'm still alive),
I'm gonna swamp this newsgroup with my grief.

Tommy Joe


Heatplate (Linda)

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"Tommy Joseph" <jo...@bellsouth.net> wrote

> Hey, let's get one thing straight.

Mmm?

> I don't rabble rouse.

See, you are funny. Don't let them bastards tell you otherwise.

> I speak my
> mind. I stay out of these threads, as a rule.

Thought you didn't like rules, bud.

> When your beloved Bean, or
> whatever her name was, died a while back I didn't have a word to say about
> it.

This? Shiny thing. Pin it on.

> I lay off these threads and many threads in which I feel no place.

Tsk, dammit I'm wrong again. I thought there were many times you remarked
on something I've said just to um... not rabble rouse, something else. Stir
up shit, is it? I don't know the words, Pet. Forgive me. I'm sorry that
you didn't see a couple of posts where I actually agreed with you on stuff.
I was probably on your back then, too, huh?

> I
> will enter when the door opens a crack and someone's holding up a sign
> saying, "Hey, Tommy Joe, come on in", like you just did.

O-kaay. That's right, you don't do that... ever. I have to stop this being
wrong. It's dead-set embarrassin'

> You're full of
> crap with your remarks. If you consider me a rabble rouser you're in for
a
> hard time with life.

Whaddya think I'm young or something? Hardly. I may well have been through
twice as much as you, you wouldn't know. Get over yourself oh
self-professed wisened one. You're forever spouting how hard life hits you
and you bounce back. Golf claps all round.

> Get off my back. Or, at least have the decency to
> wait until I'm dead to make nasty comments about me. Please.

I always get over-excited when anticipating fun events... like Christmas.
Sure, I'll get off your back once you practise what you preach. Start with
this particular sermon. Until then at least stop sobbing things like 'git
awf mah back, Mama, boody-hoody-hoo.'

You's too amusing, Bub. Heh.


Donna Carter

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Mar 7, 2003, 9:37:57 AM3/7/03
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>> Knope asked Dana
>>
>> >Why do you have to rabble-rouse?
>> >
>> > MK
>> > http://www.knope.com
>>
>> I respond with:
>>
>> Because he's a prick!
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>>
>> www.donnacarter.com
>
>You think?
>Darryl Rhoades
>
>
Yeppir! And I gotta tell you. Killfile RULES!!! But so does seeing you
go-off on said prick(s).

D

www.donnacarter.com

BozoDeClown

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<7q0g6v4h1db0ua5in...@4ax.com>...

George Miller died? You sure you don't mean George Wallace? I didn't
know George Miller, I knew George Wallace. I especially enjoyed his
spots on Letterman. Or was it on Leno? One thing for sure though,
migrating successfully from gubernatorial politics to stand-up comedy
was a singularly big achievement. Going from white to black in a
wheel-chair was even bigger. I wonder if Michael Jackson knows that
somebody else a lot older AND physically handicapped did that color
change a lot slicker and earlier than he did. And another thing, how
can you tell if somebody here at ACS really dies or not? I often see
posts here that say so-and-so died, Bob Hope died, George Carlin died,
on and on and on with bogus announcements of death. Speaking of dying,
if and when a comic legend say like Ollie Northy dies, how should we
handle it here at ACS?

-BdC-

Stuart O. Bronstein

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MARK KNOPE wrote:
>
> To quote you, Dana:
> "I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering
> is why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough
> bad news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
> everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic?"
>
> Now...c'mon, Dana...weren't you trying to be a little mean-spirited
> here? If you weren't, then I suppose it happened by accident.
> However, I don't think I was the first person to read this and
> think it was "not nice."

Perhaps Dana's right. I suggest that we all agree right now, that
when Dana's son dies, we don't mention it in the group.

Stu

dE

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On 6 Mar 2003 20:39:31 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<bskf6v83e85ltclgs...@4ax.com>...
>
>>
>> Oh you're a sharp one Darryl. A karaoke wisecrack. That's edgy man!
>> Hmmm... how will I recover and lash back? Something about hunched
>> over pot-bellied old man with a tattered bathrobe? Nah... that's hack
>> now. Here's a free clue from me to you: It's a hobby of mine, and I
>> don't give a rat's ass about other singers. : ) Nice try though.

>Just for the record, the bathrobe picture is from one of my CDs. CD is
>what I record when I do original music and comedy. I don't give a
>rat's ass about you, your child, your "singing" or your "hobby".

You're so far off the mark, you don't even have a clue what I said, do
you? You just saw keywords and lit up like a 60 watt bulb. Wheezing
out your pitiful light. Shine on 60 watt bulb, shine on.

>If a pole were taken I'm sure I

...would take it right up the ass.


>wouldn't be alone in this but it's your
>business and right to be whatever it is that you think you are or want
>to be. Thanks for the clue, sorry my CD cover is hack to you, hoping
>one day that I'll live up to your standards, tough as they may be. You
>think your immune from ridicule. You come on here and say stupid
>things like wondering why a death announcement about a comedian on a
>comedy newsgroup is pertenent and get pissed because it's pointed out.

Stay focused.... you're darting around now.
Stick to one subject at a time.

>My God, I didn't realize it until you posted that you're actually
>Solo...@aol.com

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Got news for you Darryl, you're only off by 180 degrees.


>You give yourself away making the same stupid
>references about my website and your incorrect observations about
>being fat proving you've never seen me.

Hence the comment about it being hack. Soloshow already went there.

>You are consistent however in
>other ways, you use to be an asshole and nothing has changed. Still
>pissed when you tried to compliment me on my history and I snubbed you
>because you're an aggravating troll.

In all truth, I had forgotten all about you until you started posting
again recently. Sorry to disappoint.

>I wasn't trying to be edgy, my man, comprehension, try looking it up
>after you investigate the phrase "kiss my ass". If you actually
>understood comprehension you would understand that a post about a
>comic dying is much more relatable to this site than any of the troll
>scribblings that you've ever done in your long overstayed unwelcome
>appearance here.

ACS... The Comic's Obituary Newsgroup. Yay.

>You come on here wondering why anyone would give a damn about a comic
>dying who many of us, many who actually do comedy for a living, would
>be familiar with.

Care to show me where I wondered this? Speaking of comprehension
issues....


>True to many post, the first few are pertinent to the topic then after
>about 4 or 5 post the bullshit starts.

Your point?

>It always amazing to me that jerks like you think they're being
>edgy,cute, or funny making references to age, weight etc.

Sounds like a nerve was struck indeed.

>You're a fucking troll, nuff said. When you've actually logged some
>time on stage doing comedy, which is what this newsgroup should be
>about, then you'll be able to truly comprehend what appears to come
>very unnatually to you now...comedy related subjects.

Oh fuck off with that bullshit, dude.


>So, solo...@aol.com/dana Eddy/Lord Snowflake/dE/ or whatever you're
>calling yourself now, it doesn't have anything to do with bravery I
>just tire of the bullshit...your bullshit.

This is the most hilarious post I've ever seen in this group. I'm
gonna have to take Soloshow out of my killfile to see what he has to
say about being me. : )


[snip more repettitive mumblings and the ever-wimpy "you don't need to
reply to this but you will" sign-off.]

Stuart O. Bronstein

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:13:43 PM3/7/03
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Mayberry wrote:


> dE wrote:
> > lap...@aol.comity (Laphboy) wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to hear of his passing. Always enjoyed his appearances
> >>on Letterman's show.
> >
> > I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is
> > why post it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad
> > news in peoples' day without having to hold an open casket for
> > everyone that dies, simply because they were a comic?
>

> It's a comedy thing, you wouldn't understand.

No, it's a human thing. He wouldn't understand.

Stu

dE

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:19:50 PM3/7/03
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On 6 Mar 2003 20:55:50 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<dalf6vcsgrfjnlapp...@4ax.com>...
>> On 06 Mar 2003 18:57:32 GMT, mkn...@aol.comZAP (MARK KNOPE) wrote:
>
>>
>> Not rabble rousing at all Mark. I'm just speaking my mind on a
>> subject and making an observation. Guess I'm too edgy for this room.
>>
>> You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.

>Yeah, that's it, you're just too edgy. Edgier still when you quote
>Carlin and David Cross with your terrorists win line.

That particular line, which is now a part of my sig by the way, is
used nearly every day around here among friends joking around. It's
public domain by now... like "Happy Birthday". Get over it.

>Sorry, just speaking my mind on a subject and making an observation. I
>give way to Donna's remark, she's probably a little more on the money
>with her observation. I'm sure your post had nothing to do with
>jerking chains which is why you don't have to defend it. Sorry, must
>be my age, or weight, or poor choice in bath robes. Would it come
>across better if I wore something to your liking, maybe something
>tight and black. Talk to me Solo...@aol.com/Dana Eddy/Lord
>Snowflake/dE, I need to know.
>Darryl Rhoades

Once again.... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

You need to go make one of those tinfoil beanies dude.

dE

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On 07 Mar 2003 05:26:39 GMT, mkn...@aol.comZAP (MARK KNOPE) wrote:


>>I don't think I said anything mean. Do you?

>To quote you, Dana:
>"I remember the guy's Letterman spots too, but what I'm wondering is why post
>it here to the NG? I mean, geezus, isn't there enough bad news in peoples' day
>without having to hold an open casket for everyone that dies, simply because
>they were a comic?"

>Now...c'mon, Dana...weren't you trying to be a little mean-spirited here? If
>you weren't, then I suppose it happened by accident. However, I don't think I
>was the first person to read this and think it was "not nice."

Not in the slightest. Straight-faced serious in fact. I guess that's
the problem, I could post "the sky is blue" and it would draw at least
one person screaming "troll" or saying I was being intentionally
cruel. I can't do jack shit about how people receive what I write.

I've visited other newsgroups, even some that cater to people with
specific diseases, and not one of them has the same death post ratio
as ACS. Somehow they manage to make friends over the years, post to
their newsgroup about research, cures, setbacks, etc. and when it
comes to someone from the group dying, it's not trumpeted on the
group. It's handled behind the scenes via emails, newsletters, phone
calls, etc.

>>>Why do you have to rabble-rouse?

>>Not rabble rousing at all Mark. I'm just speaking my mind on a
>>subject and making an observation. Guess I'm too edgy for this room.

>I sincerely doubt that is the case at all, Dana. BTW, just how are the open
>mics going for you? Seriously...?

I'm writing. I won't frequent the open mics here in town
(Dallas has all of 2) and when I lost a 40 gig hard drive to a
catastrophic hardware failure inside the drive itself, I lost many
months of material I hadn't bothered to back up on CD, so I'm starting
over.

Not sure I'll have much time for it here in the states, as I've
accepted a 6 figure job offer in Bangkok, Thailand, but perhaps there
will be an outlet for it over there. Dunno yet.

>>You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.
>
>And THAT made no sense at all with regards to this discussion...

Wasn't supposed to make sense.

dE

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:35:20 PM3/7/03
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On 6 Mar 2003 22:04:47 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

Oh great. Now I got Grandpa Hippy following every post I make like an
obsessed whacko. You need to go smoke a bong hit and shut the fuck
up.

dE

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Mar 7, 2003, 1:50:30 PM3/7/03
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:23:02 -0800, Mayberry
<Ja...@Jack-DELE-Mayberry.com> wrote:


>You are the terrorists, you're like al Queda. You childishly attack the
>things you admire because you're obviously impotent and have no other
>recourse. It's a defense mechanism that you probably can't help because
>you were fucked up as a child or have a chemical imbalance.

Newsgroup Flaming 101: Make up a false history of your target. lol

You're so new at this still.

>Although it's painfully obvious that you will continue to annoyingly and
>futilely attempt to gain some semblance of self worth and acceptance
>from the real comedians in this newsgroup,

Here's where you're so off track, Jack.
I don't give a fuck about any of you here to the point where I would
crave "acceptance". You keep on dreamin' though.

>when you're on your deathbed remember all the warm postings in this congregation of comics regarding
>George Miller and then lapse into final unconsciousness imagining what
>we'll be saying about you. (And you should probably do it quickly.)

Bet I outlive you. : )

tiffanya...@yahoo.com

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BozoD...@37.com (BozoDeClown) wrote in message news:<179b8a3d.03030...@posting.google.com>...

> dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<7q0g6v4h1db0ua5in...@4ax.com>...
> > On 07 Mar 2003 00:37:43 GMT, tim...@aol.comanblome (Tim O18) wrote:
> >
> > >If you are attempting humor here ... it was a feeble and poorly thought out
> > >attempt.
> >
http://jackson.shorturl.com

is this funny or what ?

dE

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Fuck you Stu, you shitguzzler. My son will outlive every one of you
here. Every single one of you. Suck on that.

dE

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Newsgroup Flaming 101: Dehumanize your target.

Darryl Rhoades

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<e6ph6vklqrql01msl...@4ax.com>...

.
> Oh great. Now I got Grandpa Hippy following every post I make like an
> obsessed whacko. You need to go smoke a bong hit and shut the fuck
> up.

Hey trollboy,
More prejudicial postings from a trollboy, just what we all need.
I've never done drugs in my life, vegetarian for 30 yrs., martial
arts, music..not what you'd expect but you're everything I thought
you'd be....shortsighted and judgemental.
Don't flatter yourself, your post aren't amusing, just predictable.
As far as me shutting the fuck up, I thought you were an advocate of
free speech, something that you practice all to much and in your case,
that's what it's worth. Let's see, you'd like for me to shut the fuck
up and for Laura to hush, got it. I'll see what I can do if you'll do
one favor for me...kiss my ass.
With love,
Darryl Rhoades
www.music-comedy.com

Darryl Rhoades

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<u6oh6v47i1lq9370v...@4ax.com>...

> On 6 Mar 2003 20:55:50 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
> Rhoades) wrote:
>
> >dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<dalf6vcsgrfjnlapp...@4ax.com>...
> >> On 06 Mar 2003 18:57:32 GMT, mkn...@aol.comZAP (MARK KNOPE) wrote:

> >>
> >> You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.
>
> >Yeah, that's it, you're just too edgy. Edgier still when you quote
> >Carlin and David Cross with your terrorists win line.
>
> That particular line, which is now a part of my sig by the way, is
> used nearly every day around here among friends joking around. It's
> public domain by now... like "Happy Birthday". Get over it.
>

Yes, and what a vast improvement over quoting Lee Greewood songs.
Darryl Rhoades

dE

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Mar 7, 2003, 8:28:48 PM3/7/03
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On 7 Mar 2003 14:26:00 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<u6oh6v47i1lq9370v...@4ax.com>...
>> On 6 Mar 2003 20:55:50 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
>> Rhoades) wrote:
>>
>> >dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<dalf6vcsgrfjnlapp...@4ax.com>...
>> >> On 06 Mar 2003 18:57:32 GMT, mkn...@aol.comZAP (MARK KNOPE) wrote:
>
>> >>
>> >> You're free to disagree of course, but if you do, the terrorists win.
>>
>> >Yeah, that's it, you're just too edgy. Edgier still when you quote
>> >Carlin and David Cross with your terrorists win line.
>>
>> That particular line, which is now a part of my sig by the way, is
>> used nearly every day around here among friends joking around. It's
>> public domain by now... like "Happy Birthday". Get over it.

>Yes, and what a vast improvement over quoting Lee Greewood songs.


Don't believe I've had Lee Greenwood in a sig file.

You must be thinking of someone else.

dE

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Mar 7, 2003, 8:31:55 PM3/7/03
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On 7 Mar 2003 14:23:26 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<e6ph6vklqrql01msl...@4ax.com>...
>.
>> Oh great. Now I got Grandpa Hippy following every post I make like an
>> obsessed whacko. You need to go smoke a bong hit and shut the fuck
>> up.

>Hey trollboy,
>More prejudicial postings from a trollboy, just what we all need.
>I've never done drugs in my life, vegetarian for 30 yrs., martial
>arts, music..not what you'd expect but you're everything I thought
>you'd be....shortsighted and judgemental.

Hey dude, don't follow me *too* closely here on the newsgroup, I'm
gassy and quite flatulent this week.

>Don't flatter yourself, your post aren't amusing, just predictable.

PKB

>As far as me shutting the fuck up, I thought you were an advocate of
>free speech, something that you practice all to much and in your case,
>that's what it's worth.

Sure you're free to speak and I'm free to tell you to shut the fuck up
and then you're free to respond, and so on and so on. Isn't it great?


>Let's see, you'd like for me to shut the fuck
>up and for Laura to hush, got it. I'll see what I can do if you'll do
>one favor for me...kiss my ass.

No thanks dude, I'm straight.

Tommy Joseph

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> From: "Heatplate \(Linda\)" <not...@zed-city.com>
> Organization: Lodged in my Windpipe
> Reply-To: "Heatplate \(Linda\)" <have_so...@pig-town.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup

> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:49:48 +1100


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>
>


Doesn't alter the fact that you misrepresented me with your remarks.
And for the final time, whether you know it or not, I do not come in here to
inflame or stir up shit. If my outlook on life and what goes into it is
such that it happens by chance to stir you or others up, then that's the way
it is. But I'm not sitting here all day thinking, "What can I say that will
stir those fuckers up today?" You may think that, but it's not the case.
In other words, if I'm an asshole - I don't have to try to be one. And yes,
I think my life does suck, but I didn't mention anywhere in that post
anything about my life or how I keep bouncing back (quite the opposite is
the truth - I bounce back from very little and admit readily that I am a
crybaby and a loser. You must have me confused with someone else, like
maybe my sister, who always goes around talking about how she's a
'survivor'. I never made that claim and try not to come off that
way.)........And my statement still applies. If you think I'm a rabble
rouser, you will be in for a hard time in life, because there are real
rabble rousers out there. If I rouse the rabble, it's their problem. I'm
not trying to do it.

Tommy Joe


Soloshow7

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>Sorry, must
>be my age, or weight, or poor choice in bath robes. Would it come
>across better if I wore something to your liking, maybe something
>tight and black. Talk to me Solo...@aol.com/Dana Eddy/Lord
>Snowflake/dE, I need to know.
>Darryl Rhoades
>
>

Wooaaa there cowboy, this is the real soloshow coming at ya darryl, you'll know
cuz I got my big fuckstick slamming down that fat ass of yours. Open that ass
baby cuz Daddy is bringing the thunder that you like soooo much. My big Jizz
tube just pounding that milkdud.

Dana, get in front and fuck his mouth to keep that whiney ass bitch from
talking.

I just hate it when you talk

And don't talk to me about stage time you washed up prop comic, I been rocking
the stage for many years and I don't need an instrument to do it.

You just shut the fuck up old man, travel in your van and play them one
nighters.

Mayberry

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Mar 8, 2003, 4:17:27 AM3/8/03
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dE wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:23:02 -0800, Mayberry
> <Ja...@Jack-DELE-Mayberry.com> wrote:
>
>> You are the terrorists, you're like al Queda. You childishly
>> attack the things you admire because you're obviously impotent and
>> have no other recourse. It's a defense mechanism that you probably
>> can't help because you were fucked up as a child or have a chemical
>> imbalance.


> Newsgroup Flaming 101: Make up a false history of your target. lol
> You're so new at this still.


Yeah, but I make up for it with enthusiasm. I don't think I'm that off
base here, you really oughta consider having some tests run.


>> Although it's painfully obvious that you will continue to
>> annoyingly and futilely attempt to gain some semblance of self
>> worth and acceptance from the real comedians in this newsgroup,


> Here's where you're so off track, Jack. I don't give a fuck about any
> of you here to the point where I would crave "acceptance". You keep
> on dreamin' though.


Really, then why do you spend so much time in here defending and
attempting to explain your opinions and ideas if you don't about care
about anyone here's acceptance?


>> when you're on your deathbed remember all the warm postings in this
>> congregation of comics regarding George Miller and then lapse into
>> final unconsciousness imagining what we'll be saying about you.
>> (And you should probably do it quickly.)
>
>
> Bet I outlive you. : )

K, you're on, ten bucks, we give the money to Gelder, he'll be here
longer than either one of us. JM


--
E-MAIL REPLY TO: Ja...@JackMayberry.com

WEBSITE: www.JackMayberry.com

Darryl Rhoades

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solo...@aol.com (Soloshow7) wrote in message news:<20030307212058...@mb-cp.aol.com>...

You're an anonymous coward, with obvious gay tendencies. Be a man and
face me, and not in that sexual way that you dream of. You're not a
man or comic, just a little asshole who won't back up his threats.
Darryl Rhoades

dE

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On 7 Mar 2003 22:20:20 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

Anonymous? A few hours ago he was me.

Make up your fucking mind, idiot.

Frubble McGee

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"Tommy Joseph" <jo...@bellsouth.net> wrote

> If I rouse the rabble, it's their problem. I'm
> not trying to do it.

Alright then, I'll believe you.


Tommy Joseph

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> From: BozoD...@37.com (BozoDeClown)


> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup

> Date: 7 Mar 2003 07:37:47 -0800


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>


Some would say, "With a standing ovation." The point is, however, that
Ollie Northy IS a comic, even if he doesn't care for the label. Of course,
he doesn't do it 'professionally', so it might be OK for the regulars in
here who fancy themselves real pros to laugh at his demise, or even applaud
it. Ollie's phony obituaries are enjoyable most of the time, and prophetic
in the sense that sooner or later they are going to be real versions coming
out, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the real ones aren't
already written and ready to go. Did you know that for many years the best
selling record of all time was the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Album,
which came out the day after his death, and was put together within hours of
his death, with material already assembled years BEFORE his death? It's a
fact. Yep, hurry out and grab yourself a copy of the new Kennedy Memorial
Album, and do it right away or you're liable to get a record with different
stuff on it or something. I also enjoy writing an occasional phony obituary.
Some people consider them amateurish, or boring, and that is fine with me.
Maybe one day I'll get a job writing for some semi-legit news rag and get to
write a real obituary, maybe even for one of the regulars of ACS. How would
they like that?

Tommy Joe (Future Corpse)


Darryl Rhoades

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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<4iaj6vciet87tlg22...@4ax.com>...

>
> Anonymous? A few hours ago he was me.
>
> Make up your fucking mind, idiot.

I believe you are both the same in the respect that you're both:
1. Assholes
2. Trolls
3. Wannabe comics
4. Have issues that you won't deal with about your sexuality as you
are both fixated on looking at my pictures on the website and
commenting which means you can't get enough
5. Go for the cheap shots (usually the same ones)
6. Put more emphasis on what date a person is born rather than what he
does with his life after that date
7. Talk about comedy with an authority that you've not gotten from
real experience
So, yeah I do think of you as the same person, both contributing
equally to the trash on this newsgroup. Both claiming you have the
right to say what you want and then telling everyone else to "shut the
fuck up" if they disagreee.
I believe Mayberry was right, you are the terrorist. A terrorist is
that means a complete asshole who makes claims about people who aren't
true, post comments to clearly get a response and then deny that it's
the reason they post. You are both so pathetic, no wonder you can't
get up and bare your souls on stage, you have none. Solosex keeps
referring to me playing an instument on stage whic I don't do and you
refer to me being fat which I'm not. It would be like me saying
you're a baby raper which I'm guessing and hoping you're not but I
could start posting it and hopefully it would be equally untrue to the
bullshit you scabs put on here.
You both come to the table with knives in hand looking for something
to cut and only happy when you accomplish that task.
I'm sure if I'm getting the message out clearly but let me say that
you suck in the lowest possible form. You bring nothing to the table
except a bad attitude. You've never offered one piece of constructive
info on here, only total bullshit. Hey, don't take my word for it,
check around.
I've forgotten more about comedy than you'll ever know and have more
experience in entertainment than you'll ever dream about and there's
much more ahead for me which frustrates you and solosex because you
guys have no future.
So, Dana Eddy/dE/Lord Snowball or whoever the fuck you're calling
yourself this week or next, I'v got nothing to prove to you or your
friend solesex, I work and do comedy and you don't. I'm making a
living (a good one) doing what I want to do and it must be eating both
of you alive that the closest you'll ever get to doing comedy is
coming on here and making lame ass comments to those of us who have
talent you don't and careers that you wish for.
Got it off of my chest, now go and sit down and try to one up me you
worthless pieces of shit.
I have better things to do, I have a life.
Darryl Rhoades
www.music-comedy.com

dE

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Mar 8, 2003, 3:38:16 PM3/8/03
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On 8 Mar 2003 08:35:14 -0800, darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl
Rhoades) wrote:

>dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message news:<4iaj6vciet87tlg22...@4ax.com>...
>
>>
>> Anonymous? A few hours ago he was me.
>>
>> Make up your fucking mind, idiot.
>
>I believe you are both the same in the respect that you're both:

>1. Assholes

Right.

>2. Trolls

Wrong.

>3. Wannabe comics

Wrong.

>4. Have issues that you won't deal with about your sexuality as you
>are both fixated on looking at my pictures on the website and
>commenting which means you can't get enough

Wrong. (Hey comic genius, mine was a callback to his.)

>5. Go for the cheap shots (usually the same ones)

1/2 right. I go for any shot available when flaming someone.

>6. Put more emphasis on what date a person is born rather than what he
>does with his life after that date

Wrong. I could care less how old you are. Apparently this is an issue
for you, so it's an easy shot.

>7. Talk about comedy with an authority that you've not gotten from
>real experience

Wrong. I may not have the years of road experience you and others
have, but that doesn't disqualify me from knowing about comedy or
discussing same.

This arrogant attitude that a person doesn't have the right to speak
up on comedy unless they've lived out of a Subaru for 3 years is utter
bullshit. My opinion on comedy subjects is just as valid as anyone
else's. Whether I'm right or wrong is not the issue.

>So, yeah I do think of you as the same person, both contributing
>equally to the trash on this newsgroup. Both claiming you have the
>right to say what you want and then telling everyone else to "shut the
>fuck up" if they disagreee.

You don't read too well or you skip 90% of my posts, because I don't
tell people to shut the fuck up unless they start in on the personal
attacks, typically aimed at my family.

>I believe Mayberry was right, you are the terrorist.

So now you're hacking Mayberry's ignorant bullshit. Nice.
Couldn't you think up something original?

>A terrorist is that means a complete asshole who makes claims about people who aren't
>true, post comments to clearly get a response and then deny that it's
>the reason they post.

Flex that greying grey matter for a change Darryl. Of *course* posts
are written to get a response. That's why your news reader has a
REPLY button... so you can respond. But nobody, and I mean NOBODY can
tell me I meant one thing when I meant another. If they choose to
believe their version, then they're fucking themselves, not me.

>You are both so pathetic, no wonder you can't
>get up and bare your souls on stage, you have none.

I have no way or desire to prove this but Soloshow (who has attacked
me as well in the past, O braintrust) claims to be a working comic. I
get up on stage 2 or 3 times a week myself, thankyouverymuch.

Talk about making stuff up about people. *eyeroll*

>Solosex keeps referring to me playing an instument on stage whic I don't do and you
>refer to me being fat which I'm not.

I'm sure Soloshow looked at your website same as I did and saw pics of
you onstage... with a guitar... and your infamous bathrobe pic makes
you look really fat. If you don't like these portrayals, you can
correct them and stop giving the public a false impression of who
Darryl is by changing your pics to reflect the real you. If you don't
do that and people call you fat, old and a guitar player... guess
what? You're going to be thought of as a fat old guitar player.

>It would be like me saying you're a baby raper which I'm guessing and hoping you're not but I
>could start posting it and hopefully it would be equally untrue to the
>bullshit you scabs put on here

Now you're hacking Stanhope's Hertz Rent-a-Car bit. How cute.

>You both come to the table with knives in hand looking for something
>to cut and only happy when you accomplish that task.

Wrong. You can pretend to know my motivations all you want there
Darryl. Keyword: Pretend.

>I'm sure if I'm getting the message out clearly but let me say that
>you suck in the lowest possible form.

Ran out of flame already eh? Too funny.

>You bring nothing to the table except a bad attitude.

In the world of sales, this is refered to as "rehash"

>You've never offered one piece of constructive info on here, only total bullshit.

Wrong. Again, you read so little of what I post, you haven't a clue
what you're talking about.

Out of dozens of examples, I'll pull one up from recent weeks... Can
you tell me what I suggested for digital recording from the stage? I
offered two solutions in that thread.

>Hey, don't take my word for it, check around.

Usenet Flaming 101: When your shit is weak, look to others for
support.

>I've forgotten more about comedy than you'll ever know and have more
>experience in entertainment than you'll ever dream about and there's
>much more ahead for me which frustrates you and solosex because you
>guys have no future.

I've got 30 years between the first time I stepped on a stage to
entertain and today. Longer if you count how my sister got me in on a
civic light opera performance of "Shannendoah" when I was 3, but since
I was basically a living piece of set dressing, I don't count that.

>So, Dana Eddy/dE/Lord Snowball or whoever the fuck you're calling
>yourself this week or next,

lol... Snowball again.

Usenet Flaming 101: Pick something in your target's name or nickname
to poke fun at. Use this repeatedly until it becomes funny. (Note: It
never will, but you keep trying anyway.)

>I'v got nothing to prove to you or your friend solesex,

And you spent 60 lines of text to "not prove it" again. I see.

>I work and do comedy and you don't.

I work and do comedy. Not at the same time right now, but other doors
have opened up and I'll get to it soon. Keep your ears peeled.

>I'm making a living (a good one) doing what I want to do and it must be eating both
>of you alive that the closest you'll ever get to doing comedy is
>coming on here and making lame ass comments to those of us who have
>talent you don't and careers that you wish for.

More rehash on the "I'm a comic, you're not" concept. Do you ramble
down rabbit trails this much when you perform? This indicates to me
you can't make a point succinctly and need to return to it over and
over again to try to make it ring true.

>Got it off of my chest, now go and sit down and try to one up me you
>worthless pieces of shit.

Darryl, you were "one-upped" from the first keystroke.

>I have better things to do, I have a life.

And your life right now indicates you have NOTHING better to do than
folow up every post I make. Carpe Diem pops!!!

BellyLaffin

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darryl-...@excite.com (Darryl Rhoades) frantically pounded out
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news:<9a700930.03030...@posting.google.com>...

> Solosex keeps
> referring to me playing an instument on stage whic I don't do and you
> refer to me being fat which I'm not.

There are other pics up there besides the bathrobe pic. You're fat.
You have multiple chins in every single pic and video regardless of
the angle; to say nothing of the blazer you should ship to our
Blackhawk team in case they need to bail out over Baghdad. Yes, I
looked. Isn't that why the URL to your sad website is pasted all over
Usenet?

As far as your age, if you had ever been good enough to get a gig on
Saturday Night Live, you'd be dead by now alongside Chris Farley.
(No, it isn't funny. None of this is, and neither are your obnoxious
posts.) You look like you HAD some muscles once upon a time but have
let them go to shit. It's a damn good thing you stay off the drugs.

Shove that vegetarian shit up your ass. The fact that you eat trees
notwithstanding, you know what kind of persona you are trying to put
across as well as the rest of us. If we're wrong, then you sincerely
need a makeover. You probably have a Harley in storage that hasn't
moved in 15 years.

Give it a goddamn rest.

Heatplate (Linda)

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Mar 8, 2003, 9:15:16 PM3/8/03
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"Frubble McGee" <th...@that.com> wrote

Excuse me, there is no such anon poster -- it was I, Heatplate, saying that.

Carry on.

xx 'plate


Soloshow7

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>There are other pics up there besides the bathrobe pic. You're fat.
>You have multiple chins in every single pic and video regardless of
>the angle; to say nothing of the blazer you should ship to our
>Blackhawk team in case they need to bail out over Baghdad. Yes, I
>looked. Isn't that why the URL to your sad website is pasted all over
>Usenet?
>
>As far as your age, if you had ever been good enough to get a gig on
>Saturday Night Live, you'd be dead by now alongside Chris Farley.
>(No, it isn't funny. None of this is, and neither are your obnoxious
>posts.) You look like you HAD some muscles once upon a time but have
>let them go to shit. It's a damn good thing you stay off the drugs.
>
>Shove that vegetarian shit up your ass. The fact that you eat trees
>notwithstanding, you know what kind of persona you are trying to put
>across as well as the rest of us. If we're wrong, then you sincerely
>need a makeover. You probably have a Harley in storage that hasn't
>moved in 15 years.
>
>Give it a goddamn rest.


Ouch!!

Bellylaffin 1

Washed-up Fat Ass Prop Comic 0

BillKirch

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Mar 9, 2003, 4:43:15 AM3/9/03
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>I believe you are both the same in the respect that you're both:
>1. Assholes
>2. Trolls
>3. Wannabe comics

>6. Put more emphasis on what date a person is born rather than what he


>does with his life after that date
>7. Talk about comedy with an authority that you've not gotten from
>real experience

>but let me say that


>you suck in the lowest possible form. You bring nothing to the table
>except a bad attitude. You've never offered one piece of constructive
>info on here, only total bullshit.

###################
Yeah.!!!!!!! BG

Tommy Joseph

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Mar 9, 2003, 4:31:01 AM3/9/03
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> From: belly...@yahoo.com (BellyLaffin)


> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup

> Date: 8 Mar 2003 18:11:26 -0800


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>


That was pretty funny. If I were Darryl I'd be plenty pleased to be the
subject of such a witty critique. Actually, I'm feeling a bit jealous,
although I shouldn't, because if I substitute Darryl's name with my own I
feel like I'm reading about myself in your post, except for the Harley crap.
I have other things that haven't moved in fifteen years, though. Good job.

Tommy Joe


dE

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Mar 6, 2003, 8:17:06 PM3/6/03
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On 6 Mar 2003 15:55:39 -0800, jsl...@sunpub.com (Jim Slotek) wrote:

>What I wonder is why this bothers you so much. You went on and on
>about it when we had an earlier spate of ill-health among regulars
>(including me) and among people in the comedy community. At the time
>it was you and H**b going on about how we were all wrong about what
>usenet was, we were misusing it by turning this NG into a place and a
>community with real people with real names and shared history. Life
>and death is real. It flies in the face of the phony cynicism,
>jaundiced attitude and anonymous anger - the only interaction many
>Netizens seem to know.

Same principle applies now as then... this is Usenet, a global forum
open to any and all with an internet connection and the knowledge on
how to get here.

To be a tight-knit, insider group is to keep personal items knit
tightly inside, not hung out for all to see. If someone of universal
reknown kicks off, sure... post it. I think the issue here is one of
myopia. Meaning that the dozen or so people who have responded
expressing their grief at the loss of Mr. Miller are a very small % of
the people reading / posting here. *shrug*

>You already did this "only a few people know this guy and nobody
>cares" thing with Kerry Talmage. Yet people did post and with passion.

I'm pretty sure most of it is heartfelt loss, but can't dismiss the
fact that some of it is going to be nothing but "Oh... uh.. yeah I
knew him too. Damn shame." in efforts to look.. not sure what they're
shooting for to be honest.

>So you were wrong. Own up to it. It's what grownups do.

Own up to what? That people knew Talmage? Of course they did. Was
he universally known to the point where everyone reading would
recognize his name and pause for a moment? Not hardly. So why air it
in such a huge forum? I guess that's my point.

Mr. Rogers was known throughout the world and his death was discussed
in amost every single place I visit online. That's the stuff that
should be posted in my opinion. As for the rest, I'd say keep it more
personal.

>Meantime, it's perfectly kosher to continue to use this place as a
>debating society. You're also free to IGNORE posts you find depressing
>or dripping in sentiment that - for whatever deep-seated psychological
>reason - makes you uncomfortable.

Nothing deep-seated about it Jim. And I ignored the Miller posts
until I felt like making a commentary behind one of Gelder's posts.
That's what happens when you hang it out here for comment, don't you
see? And my comment wasn't even about Miller really if you read it.
It was about the nature of this newsgroup and its tendency to lean
towards the maudlin.

One possible solution I can offer is to start an ALL DEATHS thread and
keep it named the same thing. Just go back and add names to it as the
people drop. If you see an addition to that particular thread you can
check it for comments or new names. That way, I can filter out that
particular thread for deletion and never see them. Would that work?

Thanks for keeping it civil. I'm trying on this end too.

BozoDeClown

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Mar 9, 2003, 5:37:22 PM3/9/03
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>
solo...@aol.com (Soloshow7) wrote in message news:<20030309010152...@mb-fi.aol.com>...

Yo! Solo! What's so damn wrong with Prop Comedy?

-BdC-

Laphboy

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Mar 9, 2003, 5:54:57 PM3/9/03
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dE d...@nnickee.tex writes:

<<Same principle applies now as then... this is Usenet, a global forum
open to any and all with an internet connection and the knowledge on
how to get here.

To be a tight-knit, insider group is to keep personal items knit
tightly inside, not hung out for all to see. If someone of universal
reknown kicks off, sure... post it. I think the issue here is one of
myopia. Meaning that the dozen or so people who have responded
expressing their grief at the loss of Mr. Miller are a very small % of
the people reading / posting here. *shrug*>>


You mean, as far as you know from what was posted here. There have probably
been other messages, of that behind the scenes keep your grief to yourself
nature, you seem to be requesting. Just because it wasn't posted doesn't mean
it wasn't sent, but because it was posted people had the chance to gain
awareness.

And, to respond to your first thought - this is Usenet. This particular
newsgroup on Usenet is specific to an occupation, standup comedy. It is not
exclusive, but it's basic purpose is for the discussion oof standup comedy and
the exchange of ideas and information. Information about who has passed away
or is in ill health is important to this specific community. That's why we
post it here, and not in alt.anythingatall.news.

It's too scattershot for your liking? Tough. Even if only the dozen who
responded to it cared, it was a dozen people who may have liked to have been
reached, reached. Purpose justified.

Newspapers post obituaries, and they deliver those papers to every
household, whether the subscriber knew the person or not. Have you written a
letter to the editor bitching about obituaries? Probably not. you probably
just don't turn to the page with obituaries.

This thread had the word "died" in the title. Don't open it, if death bums
you out. How much simpler can we make it, Cheesehead? ;^)


steve gelder
http://www.stevegelder.com

Questions about comedy? Check the FAQ first!
http://members.aol.com/comedyfaq/faq.html

dE

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Mar 9, 2003, 7:18:10 PM3/9/03
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On 09 Mar 2003 22:54:57 GMT, lap...@aol.comity (Laphboy) wrote:


> Newspapers post obituaries, and they deliver those papers to every
>household, whether the subscriber knew the person or not. Have you written a
>letter to the editor bitching about obituaries? Probably not. you probably
>just don't turn to the page with obituaries.


FINE! Enough already with the fucking death thread.


> This thread had the word "died" in the title. Don't open it, if death bums
>you out. How much simpler can we make it, Cheesehead? ;^)


I am not now, nor have I ever been a Packers fan.

Ryan Silverman

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Mar 9, 2003, 7:34:34 PM3/9/03
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>FINE! Enough already with the fucking death thread.
>

Translation "I, Dana, Admitt that in this argument, I am wrong."

Rye
http://www.ryansilverman.com

dE

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:55:39 PM3/9/03
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On 10 Mar 2003 00:34:34 GMT, comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman)
wrote:

>>FINE! Enough already with the fucking death thread.
>>
>
>Translation "I, Dana, Admitt that in this argument, I am wrong."


If I had MEANT that I would've TYPED that.

Soloshow7

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Mar 9, 2003, 9:25:45 PM3/9/03
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Hey BG

You and I go back to the mid 80's, I'd shut your fuckin mouth unless you want
me to spill the dirt I got on you.

Stuart O. Bronstein

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Mar 9, 2003, 9:32:38 PM3/9/03
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Laphboy wrote:
> dE d...@nnickee.tex writes:
>
> <<Same principle applies now as then... this is Usenet, a global forum
> open to any and all with an internet connection and the knowledge on
> how to get here.
>
> To be a tight-knit, insider group is to keep personal items knit
> tightly inside, not hung out for all to see. If someone of universal
> reknown kicks off, sure... post it. I think the issue here is one of
> myopia. Meaning that the dozen or so people who have responded
> expressing their grief at the loss of Mr. Miller are a very small % of
> the people reading / posting here. *shrug*>>
>

> And, to respond to your first thought - this is Usenet. This particular
> newsgroup on Usenet is specific to an occupation, standup comedy. It is not
> exclusive, but it's basic purpose is for the discussion oof standup comedy and
> the exchange of ideas and information. Information about who has passed away
> or is in ill health is important to this specific community. That's why we
> post it here, and not in alt.anythingatall.news.

There are thousands and thousands of newsgroups, in every language, on
every possible topic. The structure makes it natural for some of
those groups to become true communities of people who know and care
about each other, and share things that others may not be interested
in. Tough.

It's like somebody going into the same bar every day for a long time,
getting to know and care about the regulars. It's a public place and
anyone can join in. But that doesn't make the real relationships that
have developed between the people who had been there before, less
real.

> This thread had the word "died" in the title. Don't open it,
> if death bums you out. How much simpler can we make it,
> Cheesehead? ;^)

Steve, you don't need to justify this to somebody who hasn't the
slightest idea what empathy or a true interpersonal relationship is.

Stu

kinetic

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Mar 9, 2003, 9:49:09 PM3/9/03
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"dE" <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message
news:3dvh6vcgmvrfr1hvf...@4ax.com...


> Fuck you Stu, you shitguzzler. My son will outlive every one of you
> here. Every single one of you. Suck on that.

Well you better start wishing death on us ASAP! you only have 16 or so more
years!

~ Jamie West

(This is almost as much fun as Smirky!)


Dave Little

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Mar 9, 2003, 9:58:17 PM3/9/03
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"Soloshow7" <solo...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030309212545...@mb-fb.aol.com...


Are you Biff Maynard?


lovedavelittle


kinetic

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Mar 9, 2003, 9:55:56 PM3/9/03
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"dE" <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote in message
news:morn6vcvsbeepqbp4...@4ax.com...

> On 10 Mar 2003 00:34:34 GMT, comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman)
> wrote:
>
> >>FINE! Enough already with the fucking death thread.
> >>
> >
> >Translation "I, Dana, Admitt that in this argument, I am wrong."
>
>
> If I had MEANT that I would've TYPED that.

I think he was talking about his son. Dana's been bummed out ever since he
cursed his son with an 18th birthday death.

~ Jamie West


BillKirch

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Mar 9, 2003, 10:18:01 PM3/9/03
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>Hey BG
>
>You and I go back to the mid 80's, I'd shut your fuckin mouth unless you want
>me to spill the dirt I got on you.

############
You don't get to tell me when to talk and when not to talk asshole. You have
something on me.. then that means I probably have something on you. No one
believes anything you say anyway because you're a coward and hide behind a
screen name. I tell people who I am. BG


dE

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Mar 9, 2003, 10:28:18 PM3/9/03
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:32:38 GMT, "Stuart O. Bronstein"
<s...@lexregia.com> wrote:


>Steve, you don't need to justify this to somebody who hasn't the
>slightest idea what empathy or a true interpersonal relationship is.


Once again, fuck you Bronstein, you're a moron.

dE

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Mar 9, 2003, 10:32:20 PM3/9/03
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:55:56 -0500, "kinetic" <j.w...@sympatico.ca>
wrote:


You're a repugnant asshole this week Jamie.

I wish you'd fucking die. Tomorrow.

Tommy Joseph

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> From: BozoD...@37.com (BozoDeClown)


> Organization: http://groups.google.com/
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup

> Date: 9 Mar 2003 14:37:22 -0800


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>
>>


C'mon, Bozo, let's not kid ourselves here! You know Solo has nothing
against prop comedy, especially if the props are his dick and your ass,
respectively. Sure, you may not be laughing when it happens, but comedy is,
as they say, a subjective thing.

Tommy Joe (Onlooker)


Tommy Joseph

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:24:50 PM3/9/03
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> Newspapers post obituaries, and they deliver those papers to every
> household, whether the subscriber knew the person or not. Have you written a
> letter to the editor bitching about obituaries? Probably not. you probably
> just don't turn to the page with obituaries.

> steve gelder
> http://www.stevegelder.com


It's funny you should mention this, Gelder. Truth is, I did write a
letter to the editor of our local paper, asking him to please stop forcing
obituaries on me. He told me to drop dead.

Tommy Joe


Tommy Joseph

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:27:04 PM3/9/03
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> From: comi...@aol.comsailaway (Ryan Silverman)
> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
> Newsgroups: alt.comedy.standup
> Date: 10 Mar 2003 00:34:34 GMT


> Subject: Re: George Miller died
>

"Enough already with the fucking death thread"..........Easy to say
when you know another one's right around the corner. Always, right around
the corner.

Tommy Joe (Ghoul)


Tommy Joseph

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Mar 9, 2003, 8:31:30 PM3/9/03
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> From: "Stuart O. Bronstein" <s...@lexregia.com>

> Steve, you don't need to justify this to somebody who hasn't the
> slightest idea what empathy or a true interpersonal relationship is.
>
> Stu


Sounds like something a prosecuting attorney might say about the guy
he's trying to put into a cage. There's some good interpersonal
relationships right there - the ones between the client and the attorney -
the attorney people are forced to NEED in order to speak and be heard in a
stinking courtroom run by the scum of the earth. Pay the attorney or go
directly to jail. Very ethical bunch.

Tommy Joe


Ryan Silverman

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Mar 10, 2003, 12:33:12 AM3/10/03
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>I wish you'd fucking die. Tomorrow.

If he does, will you be this bitchy when we post his obit?

Rye
http://www.ryansilverman.com

dE

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Mar 10, 2003, 3:00:48 AM3/10/03
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On 10 Mar 2003 03:18:01 GMT, bald...@aol.comfuckspam (BillKirch)
wrote:


Is that sweat I see beading up on that vast expanse of forehead?


Why yes, yes it appears to be sweat.

Curtin

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Mar 10, 2003, 9:23:27 AM3/10/03
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dE <d...@nnickee.tex> wrote
> Is that sweat I see beading up on that vast expanse of forehead?
>
>
> Why yes, yes it appears to be sweat.

I think if he MEANT that, he would have TYPED that.
--
Curtin
http://www.johncurtin.net

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