"Turn-about is fair play": StL hip-hop/rap BE

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:58 PM -0400 10/11/10, Wilson Gray wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter
><wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  _Moonlighting_
>
>For some reason, I didn't watch that show. Probably couldn't get
>behind the premise or something. Don't like What's-His-Face who was
>the male lead and was once married to Demi, either.

Bruce Willis, and the co-star was Cybill Shepard (or Shepherd, I can
never remember).
An odd couple to be sure, but I recall the show as being reasonably
intelligent and well-written, although I wasn't a regular watcher.  I
don't remember the "boink" bits.

LH

>  If _boink_
>originated on Moonlighting, then I have no regrets about not having
>seen a single episode. Even as used on Cheers, _boink_ struck me as
>too childish for adults. A reason why I'd rather see _boink_ as
>coincidental and not as purposeful. But, of course,
>
>YouNeverKnow.
>
>Different strokes, I reckon.
>
>IAC, I don't really curr. :-)
>
>--
>-Wilson
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