"Smile, Luigi!"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/9/2014 08:48 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I now remember - just barely - Naish starring on the TV version of that
>show. I can hear him saying, "Loo-eeeee-ji," as it sounded to me at the
>time.

Can anyone, say "Loo-eeeee-ji" without smiling?  (I suppose, but one
would be being resistant.)

Joel

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