"Oil as spiritous drink?

[Mark Mandel]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it was old Oil Can Boyd.
>
> Back in the day, there was a strange character that we often had to
> deal with at Circ. When a new Head of Circ took over, I told her that
> she should be sure to watch FoxTV on a particular night at a
> particular time, because a movie of this guy's life was going to be
> shown.
>
> The movie was, of course, "The Brother From Another Planet."

"Circ"?

No "Pan"? ;-)

I enjoyed that movie.

m a m

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