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Stellar

(5,644 posts) Sun Jun 26, 2016, 09:25 PM Jun 2016

Flying Fickle Finger of Fate #1 9/18/68

9-16-68 - the first "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate" award..."Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" honors the US Congress for its inability to pass gun control legislation, and here we are 44+ years later.

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Flying Fickle Finger of Fate #1 9/18/68 (Original Post) Stellar Jun 2016 OP

that's great RussBLib Jun 2016 #1

3 months after RFK Politicalboi Jun 2016 #2

I knew I'd heard that term somewhere before, LOL Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #3

RussBLib

(9,003 posts)

1. that's great

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Sun Jun 26, 2016, 10:53 PM

Jun 2016

and horrible

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

2. 3 months after RFK

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Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:22 AM

Jun 2016

Same as it ever was.

Rhiannon12866

(204,762 posts)

3. I knew I'd heard that term somewhere before, LOL

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Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:03 AM

Jun 2016

Great show! I was on a kid's show at the time produced by the local PBS station - which just happened to air opposite Laugh In. Needless to say, we didn't do all that well and didn't last long.

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