DR. PRETORIOUS
10-21-2005, 10:52 PM
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View Full Version : Rip Porky DR. PRETORIOUS 10-21-2005, 10:52 PM http://portal.wowway.com/news/read.php?id=13567520&ps=1016&srce=news_class&action=3&lang=en bert model maker 10-22-2005, 12:08 AM http://portal.wowway.com/news/read.php?id=13567520&ps=1016&srce=news_class&action=3&lang=en ???????????????????????????????????????? Griffworks 10-22-2005, 12:22 AM Yeah, really! WTF???? http://www1.wowway.com/Image/Page_Headers/mainpagetitle.gif Welcome to WOW!, a different kind of Internet and cable company. We offer genuine, long-term value on high-speed Internet and cable TV, a variety of money-saving bundles, as well as friendly, helpful customer care. As a result, hundreds of thousands of customers in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan have chosen us. And now we're introducing WOW! Phone service, which offers unlimited local and long distance calling. Bundle WOW! Phone together with WOW! Internet and WOW! Cable, and enjoy the benefits of saving money, time and hassle. Join the WOW! family and we're certain you'll agree, WOW! is a change for the better. Eh...? :confused: MangoMan 10-22-2005, 07:07 AM I think he was trying to tells us this: Gordon Lee, Our Gang's ‘Porky,’ dies at 71 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9776739/ Looks like he got the info off of his internet provider's homepage, which subscribers can see, but nobody else. Give him a break. DR. PRETORIOUS 10-22-2005, 08:46 AM The link worked earlier but it was the news story on Prokys death. John P 10-22-2005, 08:47 AM Rip Porky what? A new one? The Batman 10-23-2005, 12:48 AM Gordon Lee has passed on? That is definitely not O'TAY! http://www.collectinghollywood.com/GorLee1.jpg At least he'll be in good company with the rest of the 'gang' that has gone before him - George "Spanky" McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Darla Hood, and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas to name just a few. - GJS The Batman 10-23-2005, 02:50 AM Eugene Gordon Lee http://www.startribune.com/images/ne2/166020.l.jpg Gordon Lee, the chubby child actor who played Spanky McFarland's little brother, "Porky,'' in "Little Rascals'' comedies, has died. He was 71. Lee died Sunday in a Minneapolis nursing home after battling lung and brain cancer, said Janice McClain, his partner of 13 years. Lee played one of the younger members in the "Our Gang'' shorts in the 1930s, appearing in more than 40 of them from 1935 to 1939. The comedies, produced by Hal Roach, became known as "The Little Rascals'' when shown on TV in the 1950s. Among the films Lee appeared in were "Bored of Education,'' which won the Oscar for best one-reel short subject in 1937; "Our Gang Follies of 1936''; "The Awful Tooth''; and "Roamin' Holiday.'' In a 1998 interview with the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, the Texas-born Lee said he was 2 years old when his mother sent his picture to studio executives who were seeking an actor to play McFarland's brother. "We were on the next train to L.A. and I had a contract within a few days,'' Lee said. "Fat kid got lucky.'' "My memories are not about making movies. We played with our toys and the adults played with theirs (the cameras),'' he said. He and Billie "Buckwheat'' Thomas teamed up against older boys Spanky and Alfalfa in many of the comedies. The Porky character is credited with originating the catchphrase "otay.'' In the interview, Lee recalled a warm friendship with his black costar when they were kids and praised their interracial relationship on screen, saying, "Buckwheat played an absolute equal part in the Gang.'' Lee told friends his career ended when a growth spurt made him thinner. "They wanted Porky to be a chunky fellow, so they looked for someone else,'' McClain said. He was born Eugene Lee in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1933. His adoptive parents began calling him Gordon after Gordon Douglas, who directed many of the films Lee appeared in. He kept the first name as an adult. Lee was a schoolteacher, living in Colorado for a time. He moved to Minnesota after he retired to be closer to his only son, Douglas, said a friend, Tracy Tolzmann. In recent years, Lee sold autographed photos of himself as Porky, Tolzmann and McClain said. "Before that he felt like he was forgotten,'' McClain said. "It really made him feel good about himself.'' Griffworks 10-23-2005, 09:37 AM I remember watching "The Little Rascals" at my great-grandmothers house in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, when I was a kid. We'd get off the bus at Granny's and go inside to watch an hour of TV, have a Coke - in a glass bottle! - and three Chips Ahoy! cookies. It was always "The Little Rascals" first, then "Woody Woodpecker", "Bugs Bunny" or some other older cartoons that aired in the afternoons on KCMO independent TV station. "The Little Rascals" were always my favorite and my brother, cousins and I always cheered for Porky and Buckwheat pullin' one over on the Big Kids. Good times.... lonfan 10-24-2005, 09:43 AM I never knew that "Our Gang"er "Mickey" actually Grew Up to be master Marksmen Robert (Baretta) Blake! Anyhoo That's OT I just never knew that. And btw is it true that Sammy Davis Jr. was in the Little Rascals? I'd read that somewhere. John/Lonfan Zorro 10-24-2005, 09:51 AM I never knew that "Our Gang"er "Mickey" actually Grew Up to be master Marksmen Robert (Baretta) Blake! Anyhoo That's OT I just never knew that. And btw is it true that Sammy Davis Jr. was in the Little Rascals? I'd read that somewhere. John/Lonfan No. But it's true that Alfalfa was shot to death in an argument over $50 bucks. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842813/bio vBulletin® v3.8.7, Copyright ©2000-2012, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
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