Fake Latin plural . . .

[Wilson Gray]

My favorite was the morning-after bit, where he, among other things, begs
the Alka-Seltzer not to
fizz. You know, I've long wondered why he let the comedy die. Surely,
we aren't the only people
who thought he was really bleeping funny!

-Wilson


On 5/19/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> Wilson writes:
> >I found Berman to be so funny that I bought and still own his LP, as far
> as
> >I know, the only one that he ever recorded. He eventually turned up again
> as
> >a character actor on TV and in the movies.
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> Oh, that LP!  We played that so often that I think the whole family
> probably had it by heart before the LP turntable bit the dust. ("You'd
> rather die than make a fool of yourself!") The "stewardi" gag was clear to
> me but slightly annoyed my pedantic interior referee.  Happily, half a
> century later, even the PIR has mellowed a little.
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