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Tom Petty

Full Moon Fever was the soundtrack to my 1989.  I still lust after the ‘Free Fallin’ girl

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Monty Hall

Monty didn’t get a raw deal [I foolishly always assumed that R.E.M. song was about him, but it was about Monty Clift!], as he was beloved by everyone.  Everyone loves choices and he gave everyone so many.  Sure, there could be a goat behind curtain #2, but sometimes a goat is better than nothing!  When I was a child, my mother adapted Let’s Make A Deal as a birthday party game in our basement for my friends.  Everyone loved to win, even if they got a goat… although my mom didn’t have any goats to give away.  Man, birthday parties in basements with games run by moms is so awesome.  Does that even happen anymore?  Anywho, Monty was the best!

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Morrie of Morrie’s Wigs

The Monty Hall Smokin-Stokin’ Fire Brigade

airdate June 5, 1972

This show was one for which Monty Hall had negotiated (in the renewal of his contract for Let’s Make a Deal) so he could shine as something other than a game show host. The show was a tour of California to visit with the people and join in their festivities

Co-stars were: Cass Elliot, the Mike Curb Congregation, comedian Fred Smoot; and Jim Backus, Laugh-In’s Johnny Brown, Dom DeLuise, Fabian, Annette Funicello, Rosey Grier and Jo Ann Worley make cameo appearances

Fire engines and hook-and-ladders, and festivities as fiestas, pow-wows, Japanese celebrations, a Gold Rush days fete and a cattle round-up

One scene had Cass Elliott and Monty Hall wearing Japanese kimonos and Cass read a story from a book to a group of kids; it was a Peril of Pauline type story, where Cass the heroine was being annoyed by a handlebar-mustache villain (maybe played by Dom Deluise), who kept tying her to railroad tracks and such

then we cut away to Monty Hall dressed in his kimono, doing a faux slow-walk toward the camera while someone sang ‘Along Came Jones’, but Cass had to rescue herself everytime. I think she was in about 3 perils –then Cass as narrator said “she was tired of waiting for Jones, and decided to marry the villain.” Then Monty shows up at last, saying “Hi. I’m Jones. Any mail for me?” [text via IMDB]

I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS BUT I NEED TO SEE THIS BUT THE INTERNET HAS NOTHING CEPT THE IMAGES YOU SEE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO INTERNETS!!!!!!!!!!