Who is 'Marty Ingalls (sic)?'

[CarolJude]

I was listening to the Howard Stern show this morning, and he was
talking to someone who I'm guessing is Shirley Jones' husband, named Marty
Ingalls (I missed when Howard explained who he was). This guy was a
complete nut, cutting off everyone's comments to give some long-winded
explanation of something or other while complaining that they wouldn't let
him talk. Anyway, he seems to belong to some group trying to get Howard
taken off the radio, but Howard couldn't get him to explain his views very
clearly.
My question is: Who is this guy, and was he famous at some point (he
sure sounded like he had been)? Why is he on a censorship committee?

Thanks,
CarolJude (who usually knows stuff like this, but I draw a
complete blank on this dude)

--
'if you can't beat them,
arrange to have them beaten'.
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[KAR]

Marty Ingels is an asshole; he was once an "actor" on sitcoms, reaching his
simultaneous zenith and nadir with a plumber sitcom called "I'm Dickens, He's
Fenster," and may very well have been an asshole since long before then.
Compared to Ingels' unique acting style, everyone on the Three's Company cast
roster (which would include Joyce Dewitt, Don Knotts and the late Norman
Fell) is Moscow Arts trained in Chekov. For a long time he was a "celebrity
guest," on shows of the ilk of Match Game (fill in the year), etc. There's a
fabulous piece of folklore that first came to me in about 1985 which could be
interpreted many ways... which ended with (his still current wife) Shirley
Jones spread eagle nude in a harness above a bed in which a nude but heart
attacked (as if he had one) Marty Ingles required paramedic intervention as
Shirley was indisposed.

[boog...@iscan.net]

IIRC, he is currently an agent in the biz.

BB

[Dukette89]

He's trying to get a monument for Shirley in her hometown of Smithton, PA. He
wants the town to put up the money and then he'll reimburse them. Yeah,
whatever. . . Smithton's annual operating budget is $35,000. Their population
is 400.

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[LindaL3]

Gee, the thing that everyone forgot to mention about Mr. Shirley Jones is how
greasy and filthy he always looks.

To respond, please remove "plexi" from my eMail address.
Spam mail is not welcome!

[Danny Moss]

Marty Engles is a hasbeen. He is married to Shirley Jones. He is a true nut
case. They had found him in fetal position not long ago after he had a
mental breakdown. What he does now is in advertising handling strange and
different talent.

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[Ziggy63442]

Just wondering Danny, where do you get all your gossip and information.

Ziggy

[meg...@aa.net]

And don't forget how he put the moves on Pamela Des Barres when she
interviewed with him for a job on a commercial. (I love how she "cloaked"
his identity in her book by saying something like "His office was at home,
which looked like something straight out of The Partridge Family....") What
a hoot.....

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[David]

Ziggy63442 <ziggy...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Just wondering Danny, where do you get all your gossip and information.
>
> Ziggy
>

Considering he's never posted any gossip (or anything else) in ASG, one is
forced to wonder who he is and why you're asking him questions here.

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In article <7e5eoa$c...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>, "Danny Moss"
<dan...@catlover.com> writes:

>
>Marty Engles is a hasbeen. He is married to Shirley Jones. He is a true nut
>case. They had found him in fetal position not long ago after he had a
>mental breakdown. What he does now is in advertising handling strange and
>different talent.

Dahlings, I amember seeing him on a chat show, making the most mortifying
nuisance of himself, saying that the only reason he had any success in the
agent biz was because he was willing to break the "chain of command" and take
offers directly to the stars, rather than their "people", and had achieved a
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[Sayard]

I certainly understand that Marty Ingels often comes across as an annoying
boor. However, I have to say that he will always be okay in my book because he
was once very nice to me back when I was a star-struck teenager who idolized
Shirley Jones. I met both of them in 1977 when they came to New Orleans for
Mardi Gras. I was able to say hello to Shirley on my own, but, it was strictly
due to Marty that I got Shirley's autograph, and Marty, at his own suggestion,
took my camera and snapped a very nice picture of Shirley for me. I was on
cloud nine for weeks. I realize this doesn't mean much to anybody but me, but,
I just wanted to add my two cents....AFAIK, any man who is as kind to and
considerate of his wife's fans as he was to me can't be a complete asshole.

Regarding the original post in this thread about why he might be on some sort
of censorship committee to kick Howard Stern off the air, all I can think of is
that I know Shirley is a Republican, and I believe she's been active in
Republican fundraising. Maybe she and Marty are both staunch right-wingers who
believe Howard's shows are filth that should be removed from the airwaves?

KAR, what an amusing piece of folklore you passed along! LOL (what a picture).
Thanks.

-Say

>From: KAR <ke...@earthlink.net>
>Date: Fri, Apr 2, 1999 19:43 EST
>Message-id: <37056414...@earthlink.net>
>
>Marty Ingels is an asshole; he was once an "actor" on sitcoms, reaching his
>simultaneous zenith and nadir with a plumber sitcom called "I'm Dickens, He's
>Fenster," and may very well have been an asshole since long before then.
>Compared to Ingels' unique acting style, everyone on the Three's Company cast
>roster (which would include Joyce Dewitt, Don Knotts and the late Norman
>Fell) is Moscow Arts trained in Chekov. For a long time he was a "celebrity
>guest," on shows of the ilk of Match Game (fill in the year), etc. There's a
>fabulous piece of folklore that first came to me in about 1985 which could be
>interpreted many ways... which ended with (his still current wife) Shirley
>Jones spread eagle nude in a harness above a bed in which a nude but heart
>attacked (as if he had one) Marty Ingles required paramedic intervention as
>Shirley was indisposed.
>
>CarolJude wrote:
>

[KAR]

In addition to the folklore, I forgot a personal anecdote on the Ingels.

I was in Cabo San Lucas which is a small village which thrives on cruise
tourists. Shirley was performing on a cruise which had docked (I think a Carnival
or one of the lines of that ilk). In the marketplace there, which is filled with
poor peasants selling souvineers, and unlike many of the more visibly impoverished
cities, masks the dire poverty because of the open market, Marty was busting the
hump of a peasant woman while Shirley (in a matching purple velour leisure suit)
stood by and watched as, mogul that he is, Marty made a killing on a parrot
pinata. Every now and then they would consult and Marty would bring the price down
further, threatening to walk away, forcing the peasant woman to lower her asking
price. I believe they were able to work that parrot pinata down from say four
dollars to something closer to about 2.75. They were very proud of the
acievement. Shirley carried that pinata with the pride a high school girl has when
her boyfriend, through sheer ring-toss skill, wins her the stuffed teddy bear with
the maggots inside.

[Gyumaoh]

>My question is: Who is this guy, and was he famous at some point (he
>sure sounded like he had been)?

Yes. He was the voice of Pac-Man.

[Hockeymere]

>>My question is: Who is this guy, and was he famous at some point (he
>>sure sounded like he had been)?
>
>Yes. He was the voice of Pac-Man.
>

In the early 1960's he was half of the starring team in "I'm Dickens He's
Fenster", a sitcom. The other half was John Astin. It was a big hit in its
day. So I am told <ahem>.

Later he left acting and became a businessman, an agent I want to say. And he
maried Shirley Jones, after Jack Cassidy died.

Deb

[meg...@aa.net]

He also did occasional appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show as Rob's old
Army buddy Sol Pomerantz, a character who is fairly loud and obnoxious.

Typecasting? :-)

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In article <19990402202452...@ng-fq1.aol.com>,

duke...@aol.com (Dukette89) wrote:
> He's trying to get a monument for Shirley in her hometown of Smithton, PA.
> He wants the town to put up the money and then he'll reimburse them.
> Yeah, whatever. . . Smithton's annual operating budget is $35,000. Their
> population is 400.

Well, it wouldn't cost much to paint her name on the water tower. Biggest
monument in town.

Steve
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[Jimk0403]

And if memory serves, he was also in one of Phyllis Diller's sitcome, either
"The PD Show" or "The Pruitts of Southhampton."

Jim K.

[Gael McGear Sweeney]

Pamela Des Barres has an hilarious "blind" incident involving his
attempt to "manage" her when she was trying an acting career. He was
giving her the "my wife is out of town/doesn't understand me/doesn't
care" when he stepped out of room and his "step-son" (either Shaun or
Patrick, it seems) came in and said, basically, "What are you DOING
here? Get out while you can!" Miss Pamela scrammed pronto!

In article <7e5eoa$c...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>
"Danny Moss" <dan...@catlover.com> writes:

> Marty Engles is a hasbeen. He is married to Shirley Jones. He is a true nut
> case. They had found him in fetal position not long ago after he had a
> mental breakdown. What he does now is in advertising handling strange and
> different talent.

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[Judy]

Shirley Jones must have a thing for assholes.
Jack Cassidy (though admittedly an Adonis compared to Marty Ingels who
always looks like he just got thrown out of a bar in Bumfuck, Arkansas)
always seemed to come across in interviews etc. as a major asshole.
Judy

[Jefe]

Don't ask me where I heard/read this, but I remember a story about the
sadistick Jack Cassidy commanding a crippled Cole Porter to crawl across
the room in order to suck Cassidy's dick. Sound familiar to anyone?

Jefe

[MCD LANCER]

> duke...@aol.com (Dukette89) wrote:
>> He's trying to get a monument for Shirley in her hometown of Smithton, PA.
>> He wants the town to put up the money and then he'll reimburse them.
>> Yeah, whatever. . . Smithton's annual operating budget is $35,000. Their
>> population is 400.

And the biggest thing Smithton boasts is a 76 truckstop. Maybe someone could
write her name on the wall in the bathroom? Smithton could probably afford
that.

Regards,

Mary Beth
~You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.~

* Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you
with experience. *

[BdwyBear]

>Don't ask me where I heard/read this, but I remember a story about the
sadistick Jack Cassidy commanding a crippled Cole Porter to crawl across the
room in order to suck Cassidy's dick. Sound familiar to anyone?
>
>Jefe
>

This story has been around for years. If there is any truth to it, it may very
well have been at Mr. Porter's request, since he had a reputation for like
"rough trade" -- usually several shades darker than Mr. Cassidy. (However, from
what I've heard about his sons, if it is a case of "like son, like father"
there may have been reasons Mr. Porter was willing to beg.)

Bart

[Gael McGear Sweeney]

It was one of Truman Capote's "dinner stories" (which means the actual
truth of it isn't as important as the imagery! Oh, Truman would be so
welcome in ASG!). Gerald Clarke repeats it in his bio of Capote -- not
to be confused with the more recent George Plimpton oral biography.

In article <060419990035210059%Imo...@removezearthlink.net>
Imogen <Imo...@removezearthlink.net> writes:

> > > Shirley Jones must have a thing for assholes.
> > > Jack Cassidy (though admittedly an Adonis compared to Marty Ingels who
> > > always looks like he just got thrown out of a bar in Bumfuck, Arkansas)
> > > always seemed to come across in interviews etc. as a major asshole.
> > > Judy
> >

> > Don't ask me where I heard/read this, but I remember a story about the
> > sadistick Jack Cassidy commanding a crippled Cole Porter to crawl across
> > the room in order to suck Cassidy's dick. Sound familiar to anyone?
> >
> > Jefe

[Jefe]

Gael McGear Sweeney wrote:
>
> It was one of Truman Capote's "dinner stories" (which means the actual
> truth of it isn't as important as the imagery! Oh, Truman would be so
> welcome in ASG!). Gerald Clarke repeats it in his bio of Capote -- not
> to be confused with the more recent George Plimpton oral biography.

In response to my post:

> > >
> > > Don't ask me where I heard/read this, but I remember a story about the
> > > sadistick Jack Cassidy commanding a crippled Cole Porter to crawl across
> > > the room in order to suck Cassidy's dick. Sound familiar to anyone?
> > >
> > > Jefe

Thanks, Gael. For once, I wasn't imagining things. I hope that Clarke
and Plimpton (and Capote) spelled "sadistic" correctly, at least.

Jefe

[ty...@my-dejanews.com]

In article <17174-37...@newsd-141.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,

JKC...@webtv.net (Judy) wrote:
> Shirley Jones must have a thing for assholes.
> Jack Cassidy (though admittedly an Adonis compared to Marty Ingels who
> always looks like he just got thrown out of a bar in Bumfuck, Arkansas)
> always seemed to come across in interviews etc. as a major asshole.

I heard Shirley Jones in an interview once saying how
similar Jack Cassidy and Marty Ingels were alike
in their personalities.

Tom

> Judy

[ANIM8Rfsk]

<< What he does now is in advertising handling strange and
different talent. >>

He was June Allyson's agent and got her the adult diaper gig. She went to the
client and said, hey, don't pay him and have him give me my cut, pay me and
I'll give him his cut. Client (amazingly) did, and Ingels never saw a dime
again. She owed him something like $30K in agents fees, and he started
'harrassing' her, and she won some kind of judgement against him; he wasn't
allowed to call and demand his money just because she outright stole it from
him.

And yeah, he seemed pretty out of it with Howard Stern, who managed to stay
amazingly rational given that he had somebody yelling at him on the phone.

[Lolaheathr]

Shirley Jones strikes me as a humourless bore who tries to be hip and funny but
has the personality of ice. Kinda like Cher.

[King...@pacbell.net]

ANIM8Rfsk wrote:
>
> << What he does now is in advertising handling strange and
> different talent. >>
>
> He was June Allyson's agent and got her the adult diaper gig. She went to the
> client and said, hey, don't pay him and have him give me my cut, pay me and
> I'll give him his cut. Client (amazingly) did, and Ingels never saw a dime
> again. She owed him something like $30K in agents fees, and he started
> 'harrassing' her, and she won some kind of judgement against him; he wasn't
> allowed to call and demand his money just because she outright stole it from
> him.

Talk about pissed off!

[ANIM8Rfsk]

<< Talk about pissed off! >>

Hee, Hee!

I understand the original tag line for those ads was "You're soaking in it"
'til somebody pointed out it had been used . . .