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Bess Myerson, 90, Dies; Famed for Beauty, Public Service and Scandal
NY Times ^
| 1/5/2015
| ENID NEMY and WILLIAM McDONALD
Posted on 01/05/2015 10:31:41 AM PST by Borges
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:31:41 AM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
Donna Douglas, Bess Meyerson, Stuart Scott..................
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:37:51 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Borges
I can remember watching her, Henry Morgan, Betsy Palmer and I think, Bill Cullen on that TV show.
I never knew why any of them were supposedly famous but they all impressed me as being pretty smart.
I also learned to ask, “Is it larger than a breadbox” and I had no idea how large a bread box was. Also “Is it anmimal, vegetable or mineral”?
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:40:15 AM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:40:55 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Borges
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:44:09 AM PST
by
jocon307
To: yarddog
I never knew why any of them were supposedly famous but they all impressed me as being pretty smart.
Bill Cullen was a solid TV game show host for decades. I remember him mainly for "Eye Guess" (I had the home version) but he had many others and was always an able substitute when needed. He, Jack Barry, Wink Martindale, Hugh Downs, Art Fleming, Art James ... old school game show emcees, with the last ones being Monty Hall and Bob Barker. Then Alex Trebek (High Rollers), Chuck Woolery (Wheel of Fortune), Gene Rayburn (Match Game) had to come along and mess it all up.
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:44:59 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: yarddog
I had no idea how large a bread box was. People had bread boxes when there were no refrigerators, and it wouldn't make sense to put bread in the ice box. When I was a kid in New York, we had an ice box. And yes, when the slab of ice keeping it cold was melted, a man and his son would come to deliver a new one. The Ice Man cameth.
To: Borges
No mention of her being Ed Koch’s facial hair?
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:45:47 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: yarddog
The bread box in my kitchen is 12” x 15” x 24” approximately. Enough to hold two plus standard size loaves of bread.
FWIW. Refrigerating bread is a sacrilege around here.
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:51:11 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Dr. Sivana
From the article:
“In 1977, she campaigned for Representative Edward I. Koch in his successful race for mayor, her picture often appearing on his posters. Walking hand in hand with him, she did nothing to dismiss speculation that marriage might be in their future while helping to dispel insinuations that Mr. Koch, a bachelor, was gay.”
To: Borges
Myerson was also famous for being unable to open a refrigerator door on a live refrigerator commercial. But it wasn’t Myerson (who was the regular spokesperson) but another woman, whose name I can’t recall. I’m sure google or bing will turn it up.
To: Dr. Sivana
I always thought Burt Convy was the worst. Maybe it was the perm that bothered me so much.
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:52:42 AM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: Dr. Sivana
IIRC, Bill Cullen played Superman on radio.
To: Borges
Scandal....
“It all ended in a public implosion, a conflict-of-interest scandal involving a married sewage contractor who did business with the city and his bitter public divorce. It led to bribery allegations, indictments and sullied reputations all around, and it left Ms. Myerson less likely to be admired than to be pitied.”
Then it may have been a scandal, today it is just another ho hum story near the back of the rag behind the obituary section.
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:53:23 AM PST
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Borges
In 1977, she campaigned for Representative Edward I. Koch in his successful race for mayor, her picture often appearing on his posters. Walking hand in hand with him, she did nothing to dismiss speculation that marriage might be in their future while helping to dispel insinuations that Mr. Koch, a bachelor, was gay. Judging from her horrified expression and pursed lips, even the most committed liberal stooge much have their limit!
To: Arthur McGowan
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posted on
01/05/2015 10:55:58 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: riverdawg
...while helping to dispel insinuations that Mr. Koch, a bachelor, was gay.SHOULD READ:
...while helping to dispel insinuations that Mr. Koch, who was gay, was gay.
To: SamuraiScot
My grandma had an ice box, but by the time I came along, the ice box was in the basement being used for storage. No ice anymore.
On old episodes of The Honeymooners, you can see the ice box in the kitchen.
To: PghBaldy
...though Wikipedia says it was a sub fridge opener, “June Graham.”
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posted on
01/05/2015 11:02:07 AM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Arthur McGowan
Betty Furness or Faye Emerson, probably.
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01/05/2015 11:03:05 AM PST
by
clintonh8r
( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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