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Thread #28908   Message #362621
Posted By: DonMeixner
24-Dec-00 - 02:40 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
Subject: RE: BS: CerealBoxTreasures-Nostalgia,Part 2
The lawyer was F. Lee Bailey.

Bill Bendix was a great character actor who got his start in the "B" films. Usually as a working guy or a heavy. I think his best stuff was as a Navy gob on the war films. Usually as a Chief rarely just a deck ape. He did some very funny lead roles latter on. One as an umpire with double vision and if his Babe Ruth wasn't exactly as Babe was in life, it was good enough for me.

I had a Fanner Fifty with shootin shells. Greenie Stickum caps and the belt buckle derringer. A friend had the Johnny Rebel Cannon with the muzzle loading cannon ball that was too big to put out an eye but could give you a great head ache.

I had the Superman red vinyl belt, acollection of old west sidearms from Hubley toys. About a million Frogmen and PT boats that ran on baking soda. And free tickets to "Forbidden Planet" from finding a lucky box of Shreaded Wheat.

Don