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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 03:48 PM
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Anyone out there remember the old radio show called
the Fat Man? They used to put his weight at 238lbs. Now a days, he's a light weight.


This ought to bring back old memories: http://www.archive.org/details/otr_fatman
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 09:07 PM
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1. I thought it was 237
But it's been a while, so I could be wrong.
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 04:01 PM
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6. give of take 1lb
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-19-09 09:10 PM
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2. As a matter of fact
Google is our friend: http://www.thrillingdetective.com/runyon_brad.html
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 12:06 AM
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3. Created for radio by Dashiell Hammett.
Woman: There he goes...into that drugstore. He's stepping on the scales.

Sound: Clink of a coin.

Woman: Weight...two hundred and thirty-seven pounds.

Sound: Card dropping.

Woman: Fortune...danger!

Music: Sting.

Woman: Whoooo is it?

Man: The Fat Man!
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 09:48 AM
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4. That's a great site
I found this hilarious outtake of Orson Welles doing radio ads:

http://www.archive.org/details/BobCautteroFrozenPeas1

:rofl:
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-20-09 09:52 AM
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5. Maybe he was 4 foot 9? But then he'd be "the Short Man"
Yeah, I'm a heavy guy, and I look back at old shows and movies like The Honeymooners (or others that escape my mind at the moment), and characters/actors who were considered "hugely fat" seem to be pretty reasonable by today's standards.
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