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Did this skit actually happen?

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AidanTrent

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Jun 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/3/98
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I seem to recall a skit around 1991, just when the armed forces were coming
back from the Gulf War. But to be honest, I am wondering if I imagining it, or
if I actually did see it. Can someone confirm this one for me?

It was a "Welcome Home" show dedicated to just one army soldier, played by Tim
Meadows. It had Kevin Nealon as Tom Selleck, Dana Carvey doing his George Bush
via. a videotape with a splice of the soldier's name sloppily inserted into the
tape, and Phil Hartman doing Charleton Heston, reading one of the soldier's
letters to a friend written during the Desert Shield waiting period, where he
refers to it all as "one big, long wang-a-thon."

If anyone could confirm my memory on this skit, and give more detail about it,
I would appreciate it.


Sincerely,

Aidan

Amir Talai

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Jun 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/4/98
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Yes, it did happen. A couple other details I remember:

Tony Orlando and a chorus sang "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around Private
Reginald Adams."

Rob Schneider, as a Kuwaiti Sultan, vowed to affix a plaque w/ the
Private's name on the first step of the Sultan's hot tub.

--Amir Talai, Berkeley, CA

John

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Jun 4, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/4/98
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Yup...I remember that one too, but I think it was a "wank-a-thon."

--JAC

R. White

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Jun 5, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/5/98
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I'm remember the soldiers name was Reginald Lee Addams and Mike Myers sung a
song about his bloodtype, weight, height, vision, and home address.

Jeff Vasey

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Jun 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM6/8/98
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I thought it was hilarious the first time, but in a rerun later that
season it lost alot. The premise was that they were having a gala
televised welcome home celebration for each and every soldier who served
in the Gulf War. They were about a month into it, and were at Reginald
Adams, (working through the forces alphabetically) and had about 2 1/2
years of nightly gala's left to go.
Jeff

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