demosincebirth
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Sat Sep-19-09 03:48 PM
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Anyone out there remember the old radio show called |
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the Fat Man? They used to put his weight at 238lbs. Now a days, he's a light weight. This ought to bring back old memories: http://www.archive.org/details/otr_fatman
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pscot
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Sat Sep-19-09 09:07 PM
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But it's been a while, so I could be wrong.
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Sun Sep-20-09 04:01 PM
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Graybeard
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Sun Sep-20-09 12:06 AM
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3. Created for radio by Dashiell Hammett. |
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Woman: There he goes...into that drugstore. He's stepping on the scales.
Sound: Clink of a coin.
Woman: Weight...two hundred and thirty-seven pounds.
Sound: Card dropping.
Woman: Fortune...danger!
Music: Sting.
Woman: Whoooo is it?
Man: The Fat Man!
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nuxvomica
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Sun Sep-20-09 09:48 AM
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I found this hilarious outtake of Orson Welles doing radio ads: http://www.archive.org/details/BobCautteroFrozenPeas1:rofl:
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Sun Sep-20-09 09:52 AM
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5. Maybe he was 4 foot 9? But then he'd be "the Short Man" |
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Yeah, I'm a heavy guy, and I look back at old shows and movies like The Honeymooners (or others that escape my mind at the moment), and characters/actors who were considered "hugely fat" seem to be pretty reasonable by today's standards.
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