The Charlie Callas Appreciation thread has been born...

[henslee]

[Kierkegaard]

1. A fellow drummer

Can't be all bad!

[henslee]

6. Hey Wisconsin... I just gave a Wisconsin DUer my Moveon concert priority

lottery ticket code that I cant use unless I want to fly a gillion miles. I think it was for John Couger Mellencamp or CSN or something. Not too exciting. She tells me its a pretty tight race there locally and for prez.

[Kierkegaard]

11. Kerry has a decent lead here

but polls don't take into account the smear boat monkey's effect. When newer data is available, I'm sure it won't be pretty.

At least J² realize the importance and probability of scoring WI for the blue team, they are spending lots of time here.. Edwards was here Sunday and Monday spreading the sunshine.

[Gothic Sponge]

2. Charlie Callas is a name you don't hear much these days.

[NoMoreMrNiceGuy]

3. WHAT??? No Charles Nelson Reilly or Rip Taylor? n/t

[henslee]

4. I knew this thread would flush out the knuckleheads.

He is still alive. He was one of the first guys i ever laffed at as a kid.. The way he would make that noise..instead of a word like...
You just go to the--vooot.

[UTUSN]

5. Oh. Thought It Was MARIA Callas. Nevermind.

[UTUSN]

7. Or, Happy Birthday, Lennie

[UTUSN]

8. Uh, Is This a Classical Music Thread? n/t

[UTUSN]

10. Knuchelheads?

Now, really.

[arwalden]

9. Never Mind...

IMDB is our friend. Charlie Callas isn't dead yet.

[UTUSN]

12. He's NOT????

[arwalden]

15. This Is How Ugly Rumors Get Started...

One person asks an innocent question then someone else misunderstands that it's a question and thinks it's a statement of fact, and before you know it... it's spread all over the Internet.

For example... did you know that Laura Bush used to be a teenage prostitute?

-- Allen

[UTUSN]

17. Why Do You Have to Be SO RATIONAL??????

Is it a hang-up? Or what IS it?????????

[mitchum]

13. What about London Lee, Foster Brooks and Leonard Barr?

[henslee]

14. Mitchum, u always surface for movie threads.... neverhead of London Lee

or Leonard Barr.

[mitchum]

16. London Lee was a stand-up during the 60s whose whole schtick consisted...

the fact that he was from...London. Leonard Barr was a hangdog comic with the running gag that he was Dean Martin's father-in-law. They along with Callas and Brooks were frequently on Martin's roasts. I always think of them together. Christ, my mind was warped in childhood :)