I Love Lucy

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  1. Patsy Faye

    Patsy Faye Supreme Member
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    I am reading a book on the writer and producer of the show above - Jess Oppenheimer
    Have such respect for writers of comedy shows, pressure all the way
    A little snippet in the book for you ..............

    Lester White (writer for Bob Hope), was terminally ill in hospital
    A very large nurse walked into his room and set about her duties, when done, she says to him
    Is there anything I can do for you ?
    He scanned over her and said ................. 'FOR MY SAKE - DON'T SING' !!

    (this was a laugh out loud quote for me but if you're a bit slow today ....... )

    Its not over till the fat lady sings ! :p
     
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    Haha...I just woke up but I got it without the explanation...that's a good start to my day. :)
     
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    Good to hear Chrissy !
    I love the fact he could still find humour in that situation too !

    Hope 'she' laughed - I would have :p

    @Chrissy Cross
     
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    I have 4 dogs with 2 of them Ethyl and Lucy Ethyl's brother name is Regular. All with me on that ? It will date you.
     
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    On the subject of Bob Hope and his writers, Patsy, did you know that Bob Monkhouse was one of BH's many Joke writers ?
     
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    Yes I did
     
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    Wish I got that one - maybe I need to be American :p
     
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    Patsy Prior to the introduction of Unleaded Gasoline fuel we had 3 grades for sale here:
    Regular, Mid Grade and Ethyl
    Now unleaded, mid grade unleaded and premium unleaded.
    That's where I got the names Regular and Ethyl , note spelling of ethyl I wrote as the fuel.

    Regular is just a regular black non specific breed dog
    Ethyl is a mini snauzer
    Both dumped on the road by my house several years back in horrible weather
     
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    Thanks Tex :)
     
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    In this book, the writer has 'double vision' !
    Its awful for him and I never knew it existed
    I've had to skip a lot of pages so don't know if he found a cure for it
    Amazing how he got by with the condition
     
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    Bob Hope was born in England, and spent some time as a professional Boxer, under the name of "Packy East".

    Hal
     
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    What a strange name
     
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