"Hachiroku ????" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone remember the movie from the late 70's/early 80's, about the Jewish
> kid that was being picked on? He buddied up with the 'meanest' kid in
> school, so mean he had shot his brother (later we learn that it was an
> accident, and the kid was really a softie...)
>
> Well, except for being Jewish, that's kind of my story. I was a Charlie
> Brown-ish type kid that was 10 years behind the times (or so it seemed...I
> was really pretty up to snuff, but didn't look it.)
>
> My parents both worked, my Dad at the Post Office and my Mom was a Nurse
> at the Hospital. So, when school let out, I would spend the summer at Day
> Camp.
>
> Same story...the kids would pick on me on the bus to camp. I didn't have
> any friends on that bus; all my friends took a different bus.
>
> Except for one. I was talking to my Mom tonight, and something happened
> that made me remember one of the better times of my childhood. This one
> 'big kid' (one or two years older than me, IIRC) saw how some of the other
> kids on the bus were treating me. One day, when I got on the bus, he
> called to me and said, "You come right back here and sit with us!" He and
> a couple of his friends always sat at the back of the bus, and I knew
> them, but that was their 'territory'. After that, nobody picked on me
> anymore, and we had a great time in the back of the bus, telling jokes and
> making up stories about people in the cars (he always had a great, rapier
> wit and could think well on his feet.)
>
> After camp was over, we used to go and hang at his house. He was pretty
> smart, and would come up with some of the goofiest things I ever saw. Like
> the Vinegar and Baking Soda 'bottle rocket'. He tried to teach me to
> juggle, but I just couldn't get the hang of it. He and his friends used to
> juggle all kinds of things, and would go around the town every night
> juggling...on UNICYCLES!
>
> A couple summers and we got along great, but then my Mom remarried and I
> moved out of town. I lost touch with him, but every once in a while I
> still see him here and there.
>
> Like tonight, and what jogged my memory to think about all this. I saw him
> tonight. Unfortunately, he didn't see me. THere really wasn't a way for
> him to see me, and besides, he was working.
>
> Maybe you saw him, too. He was on NBC at 9:00, on a show called Identity.
> He's the host...
>
> Yeah, my 'bodyguard' was Penn Gillette.
Penn Gillette from Penn & Teller??? Awesome background story about Penn!
Juggling on unicycles - that'll definately make him a showman. Hear about
the celebrities now who are idiots if you know them - nice to hear of a
celebrity who's a genuine good person. I didn't catch the show - but when
was the last time you've been in contact with him?
-Dave
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> Anyone remember the movie from the late 70's/early 80's, about the Jewish
> kid that was being picked on? He buddied up with the 'meanest' kid in
> school, so mean he had shot his brother (later we learn that it was an
> accident, and the kid was really a softie...)
>
> Well, except for being Jewish, that's kind of my story. I was a Charlie
> Brown-ish type kid that was 10 years behind the times (or so it seemed...I
> was really pretty up to snuff, but didn't look it.)
>
> My parents both worked, my Dad at the Post Office and my Mom was a Nurse
> at the Hospital. So, when school let out, I would spend the summer at Day
> Camp.
>
> Same story...the kids would pick on me on the bus to camp. I didn't have
> any friends on that bus; all my friends took a different bus.
>
> Except for one. I was talking to my Mom tonight, and something happened
> that made me remember one of the better times of my childhood. This one
> 'big kid' (one or two years older than me, IIRC) saw how some of the other
> kids on the bus were treating me. One day, when I got on the bus, he
> called to me and said, "You come right back here and sit with us!" He and
> a couple of his friends always sat at the back of the bus, and I knew
> them, but that was their 'territory'. After that, nobody picked on me
> anymore, and we had a great time in the back of the bus, telling jokes and
> making up stories about people in the cars (he always had a great, rapier
> wit and could think well on his feet.)
>
> After camp was over, we used to go and hang at his house. He was pretty
> smart, and would come up with some of the goofiest things I ever saw. Like
> the Vinegar and Baking Soda 'bottle rocket'. He tried to teach me to
> juggle, but I just couldn't get the hang of it. He and his friends used to
> juggle all kinds of things, and would go around the town every night
> juggling...on UNICYCLES!
>
> A couple summers and we got along great, but then my Mom remarried and I
> moved out of town. I lost touch with him, but every once in a while I
> still see him here and there.
>
> Like tonight, and what jogged my memory to think about all this. I saw him
> tonight. Unfortunately, he didn't see me. THere really wasn't a way for
> him to see me, and besides, he was working.
>
> Maybe you saw him, too. He was on NBC at 9:00, on a show called Identity.
> He's the host...
>
> Yeah, my 'bodyguard' was Penn Gillette.
Penn Gillette from Penn & Teller??? Awesome background story about Penn!
Juggling on unicycles - that'll definately make him a showman. Hear about
the celebrities now who are idiots if you know them - nice to hear of a
celebrity who's a genuine good person. I didn't catch the show - but when
was the last time you've been in contact with him?
-Dave
