Dick Martin Memorial Repost
Froggy
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From: lees...@aol.com (LeeSpratt)
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Date: 23 Sep 1995 23:28:43 -0400
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bedi...@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) writes:
>: PKT. Where are Rowan & Martin now
>: that we *really* need them?
>Dead. Dan Rowan and Dean Martin are both dead of testical cancer.
>It was due to all that hip, 60s, on-air smoking.
I hate to wander into useless spam sessions like this, but I couldn't
let
this one pass. Bruce, in case you were one of those who slept through
the
'60s, "Rowan & Martin" were Dan Rowan and DICK Martin, not Dean. Last
I
heard, the correct Mr. Martin was still alive and kicking. Besides, he
never smoked on the air.
And as one of our brethren pointed out, smoking cigarettes and
testicular
cancer have nothing to do with each other. If you're going to slam
someone
else's comment, try to do it accurately, OK?
Lee
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From: froggy@....no.NeoSoft.com (Carlos May)
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Subject: Re: Eliminate "Clowning" Around
Date: 24 Sep 1995 22:59:07 GMT
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LeeSpratt (leespr...@aol.com) snarled:
: bedi...@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) writes:
: >: PKT. Where are Rowan & Martin now
: >: that we *really* need them?
: >Dead. Dan Rowan and Dean Martin are both dead of testical cancer.
: >It was due to all that hip, 60s, on-air smoking.
: I hate to wander into useless spam sessions like this, but I
couldn't let
: this one pass.
: Bruce, in case you were one of those who slept through the '60s,
: "Rowan & Martin" were Dan Rowan and DICK Martin, not Dean.
Sheesh. Martin was too "Dean". He had been in a team with
Jerry Lewis (go to the video store and rent one of their movies
together if you don't believe me! "The Loved One" is my favorite.)
When they broke up, Martin joined up with Rowan to do tv, and Lewis
went to France and became famous.
The "Dick" part was just a running joke on Laugh In. Rowan (who
played
the stupid character) kept pretending to forget the first name of
Martin
(the straight man). (Also I think the "Dick" references were
supposed to be some sort of double entender. Laugh In tried to be
rather risque and rebellious by the standards of the 1960s. Like
the scenes where Goldy Hawn danced wearing just body paint. Though
I heard she made them take that out for the cable rebroadcasts,
though I don't know for sure since I don't have cable t.v.)
(Though when that was first broadcast, I had to I adjusted my
antenae,
if you know what I mean. Anyone got that on video?)
By the way, I resent the comment about being one of the
people "who slept through the '60s". Not all of us who lived
through that decade spent it smoking LSD like a bunch of
beatnicks.
: Last I
: heard, the correct Mr. Martin was still alive and kicking.
Correct; alive and well. He appeared on the MS telethon last month.
And he did indeed perform his hillarious kicking routine.
: Besides, he never smoked on the air.
That's just about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Where the hell would he smoke if not on the air? Under water,
perhaps?!?!???
(No, dummy! You'd get your cigarette wet!!!!!)
: And as one of our brethren pointed out, smoking cigarettes and
testicular
: cancer have nothing to do with each other.
Well, the readers of this post sure can spot someone who works for
the Tobacco Institute, can't we? Don't deny it.
I mean really. If you're going to be inhaling all the junk that's
in cigarette smoke deep into the testicles of your lungs, do you
really think that's harmless?
: If you're going to slam someone
: else's comment, try to do it accurately, OK?
Takes one to know one.
Your Cyberpal,
Froggy
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From: bedi...@csn.net (Bruce Ediger)
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Subject: Re: Eliminate "Clowning" Around
Date: 24 Sep 1995 17:25:33 -0600
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Keywords: This is a troll, by the way.
leespr...@aol.com (LeeSpratt) wrote:
:bedi...@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) writes:
:>Dead. Dan Rowan and Dean Martin are both dead of testical cancer.
:>It was due to all that hip, 60s, on-air smoking.
:
:this one pass. Bruce, in case you were one of those who slept through
the
:'60s, "Rowan & Martin" were Dan Rowan and DICK Martin, not Dean. Last
I
:heard, the correct Mr. Martin was still alive and kicking. Besides,
he
:never smoked on the air.
How many points do I get for this one? Lee: You can't fool me. DICK
Martin
is still alive, he does those weird, floppy-footed parody comics for
MAD
("What, Me Worry?") magazine. Dan Rowan and Dean Martin are both
dead.
I guess you are part right, as Dan Rowan died of ephysema, but Dean
Martin
did die of testical cancer. It's well known that he contracted it
when the
movie set he and Jerry Lewis were on got sprayed with radioactive
stuff
from a nuclear blast. Most of the actors in that movie (including
John
Wayne and James Mason) got cancer from the atomic dust. Jerry Lewis
only
got cerebral palsy. That's why he does the telethons every year.
Still alive and kicking,
The Correct Mr kEdiger
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From: leespr...@aol.com (LeeSpratt)
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Date: 24 Sep 1995 19:29:03 -0400
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fro...@praline.no.NeoSoft.com (Carlos May) wrote:
::Sheesh. Martin was too "Dean". He had been in a team with
::Jerry Lewis (go to the video store and rent one of their movies
::together if you don't believe me! "The Loved One" is my favorite.)
Admittedly, yes, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were once a (supposed)
comedy
team. I believe they broke up in the early to mid-'60s.
::When they broke up, Martin joined up with Rowan to do tv, and Lewis
::went to France and became famous.
::The "Dick" part was just a running joke on Laugh In. Rowan (who
played
::the stupid character) kept pretending to forget the first name of
Martin
::(the straight man). (Also I think the "Dick" references were
::supposed to be some sort of double entender. Laugh In tried to be
::rather risque and rebellious by the standards of the 1960s. Like
::the scenes where Goldy Hawn danced wearing just body paint. Though
::I heard she made them take that out for the cable rebroadcasts,
::though I don't know for sure since I don't have cable t.v.)
A curious hypothesis, completely in error. (1) Dean Martin looks
nothing
like Dick Martin, who was in fact the other half of Rowan & Martin.
(2)
Dean Martin is at least 10 (more likely 20) years older than Dick
Martin,
and the two are not related by anything other than a shared last name.
(3)
If your eyes (and/or your antennae) worked, you would have noticed
that
the delectable Ms. Hawn was wearing body paint and a bikini. The
network
censors of the '60s gave Laugh-In a hard enough time, but would never
have
allowed her to appear in paint only (although it is an enticing
image).
: Besides, he never smoked on the air.
::That's just about the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
::Where the hell would he smoke if not on the air? Under water,
::perhaps?!?!??? (No, dummy! You'd get your cigarette wet!!!!!)
Excuse me? I (apparently erroneously) assumed that most members of
this
newgroup would understand the vernacular of "on the air," as in, on
television.
: And as one of our brethren pointed out, smoking cigarettes and
testicular
: cancer have nothing to do with each other.
::Well, the readers of this post sure can spot someone who works for
::the Tobacco Institute, can't we? Don't deny it.
Some people get all their exercise jumping to conclusions. (And I'm a
lifelong non-smoker, as if it matters.)
::I mean really. If you're going to be inhaling all the junk that's
::in cigarette smoke deep into the testicles of your lungs, do you
::really think that's harmless?
The "testicles of your lungs"????? I dearly hope you're not a medical
professional.
: If you're going to slam someone
: else's comment, try to do it accurately, OK?
::Takes one to know one.
The editor rests.
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From: leespr...@aol.com (LeeSpratt)
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Subject: Re: Eliminate "Clowning" Around
Date: 24 Sep 1995 20:34:49 -0400
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:bedi...@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) writes:
::How many points do I get for this one? Lee: You can't fool me.
DICK
Martin
::is still alive, he does those weird, floppy-footed parody comics for
MAD
::("What, Me Worry?") magazine. Dan Rowan and Dean Martin are both
dead.
::I guess you are part right, as Dan Rowan died of ephysema, but Dean
Martin
::did die of testical cancer. It's well known that he contracted it
when
the
::movie set he and Jerry Lewis were on got sprayed with radioactive
stuff
::from a nuclear blast. Most of the actors in that movie (including
John
::Wayne and James Mason) got cancer from the atomic dust. Jerry Lewis
only
::got cerebral palsy. That's why he does the telethons every year.
Hoo boy, where to start?
(1) I have no idea if Dick Martin writes/draws for MAD, but as far as
I
know, yes, he's alive.
(2) It may be "well known" in your somewhat confused neck of the
woods,
but you'd have a really tough time finding Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
anywhere in "The Conqueror," the truly horrid movie starring John
Wayne as
Genghis Khan. At last report, over 90 members of that cast and crew
had
contracted cancer, because they not only filmed the movie in the area
of
White Sands and Los Alamos, but they shipped many tons of the sand
back to
Hollywood to do reshoots. Only later did anyone realize that they'd
badly
irradiated everyone involved. And it wasn't even a good movie...
(3) I refuse to follow up on this nonsense after this, but you are
badly
scrambled in your so-called facts -- I'm sure Dean Martin probably
appeared as a guest on Laugh-In, but he never cohosted the show, as
you
would know if you'd even once watched an episode.
(4) Four gross errors in one statement; you're outdoing yourself on
this
one. Not only does Jerry Lewis not have cerebral palsy, he wasn't
involved
in "The Conqueror" (nor was Dean Martin), CP is in no way connected
to/caused by radiation poisoning, and the annual telethon is for
muscular
distrophy, NOT cerebral palsy.
::Still alive and kicking,
::The Correct Mr kEdiger
Looks to me like you're not only not correct in your statements, but
you
have some problem spelling your own name. Enough's enough ~~ believing
one
of my father's favorite sayings, "Never argue with a fool; it makes it
too
hard for the spectators to tell which is which," I end my case.
====End Repsot===
YACP, -- F.
Lee Spratt