"playboy" [Was: article on the name "America"]

[Victor Steinbok]

  A playa can't be bald? Or, at least, have a shaved head?

In any case, baldness was certainly one of Telly Savalas's most
prominent features, along with the nose.

     VS-)

On 7/15/2010 11:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Right.
>
> But he was still bald.
>
> JL
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Victor Steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>   I guess, you don't recall the Telly Savalas "Players Club" commercials.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6FQNPmJFLs
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSvJnPhpdks
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmdUU4A7S_w
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>> Bonus: The Jim Carrey In Living Color version:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg41Cd6lJLA
>>
>>      VS-)
>>
>> On 7/15/2010 10:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>> I don't get it. Telly Savalas was bald.
>>>
>>> JL
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM, victor steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Too bad we can't tell Telly Savalas.
>>>>
>>>> VS-)
>>>>
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