On Brock Linehan

[e-y...@hotmail.com]

For Christmas my wife bought me the recently released bio on Brian
Linehan, "Starring Brian Linehan." Of special interest to SCTV fans is
a section on the Brock Linehan character created by Martin Short.

Apparently, after Marty and Brian had become personal friends, Marty
created Brock in gratitude for Lineham's continued support of the
Second City company. To help Marty develop the character, Brian even
gave him a box of video tapes to study.

Although Linehan ended up being a bit "sensitive" about the Brock
character, what really led things askew was a hatchet job published in
Toronto Life magazine that projected Marty's Brock Linehan as a
"devastating" and "wickedly satirical" attack on Brian. Marty was so
upset by the article that he ended up "retiring" Brock.

I had an encounter with Brian Linehan that I'd like to share with you.
Unfortunately, I've been given strict orders by Ml5 not to divulge any
information on the matter!

[Jesss!]

Drat! Don't tell me that you caught Peter Mansbridge smirking and
mocking you during The National, sending subliminal messages from the
tv that intimidated you into seclusion, and a vow silence regarding
Brian.

[kitsc...@gmail.com]

I wouldn't cross Peter Mansbridge. Like much of our aging
infrastructure he is structurally unsound.

TS

[e-y...@hotmail.com]

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OK, Mansbridge is off the air now. (Cynthia Dale must have beckoned
him to the bedroom!)

Some years back when I was in show business, I was on the same flight
as Brian. He kept peering over at me during the flight. Finally, after
the plane had landed, he approached and asked, "Are you somebody I
should know?" (This was an obvious tipoff he was Ml5!!!)

Seriously, I was impressed that he would bother to meet up with me
considering he had interviewed just about every big name on the
planet. His proactive approach obviously was an asset to his success.

[toonguy85]

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I've always felt Larry, Curly and Moe were smirking at me through my
TV set. Interesting to note that all three of them were dead by the
time I watched them. I recently watched a very old episode of Lawrence
Welk and Norma Zimmer seemed to give me very personal 'eye contact'.
Has MI5 the ability to override our perceived limitations of time and
space!?! Maybe Brian Linehan should view some of his old TV episodes
and see if his recorded image recognizes his present-day self in the
viewing audience!

[Beaver Lad]

In article
<213948e5-62ae-41bc...@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
toonguy85 <je...@bmts.com> wrote:

[snip]

> I've always felt Larry, Curly and Moe were smirking at me through my
> TV set. Interesting to note that all three of them were dead by the
> time I watched them. I recently watched a very old episode of Lawrence
> Welk and Norma Zimmer seemed to give me very personal 'eye contact'.
> Has MI5 the ability to override our perceived limitations of time and
> space!?! Maybe Brian Linehan should view some of his old TV episodes
> and see if his recorded image recognizes his present-day self in the
> viewing audience!

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Brian Linehan is dead, so he's not "viewing" much of anything right now.

[toonguy85]

On Jan 8, 2:20 am, Beaver Lad <beaver...@febloo.ralnig> wrote:
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> <213948e5-62ae-41bc-b004-b6f18ca50...@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,

True, true...nor are those smirking Stooges...

[Jim Bennie]

<e-y...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3818aecb-94fd-4551...@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

> Some years back when I was in show business, I was on the same flight
> as Brian. He kept peering over at me during the flight. Finally, after
> the plane had landed, he approached and asked, "Are you somebody I
> should know?"

Were you?

Jim

[e-y...@hotmail.com]

Since Brian Linehan liked to keep track of "rising stars," I suppose
so.