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1 posted on 11/18/2002 12:09:56 PM PST by chance33_98
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2 posted on 11/18/2002 12:14:39 PM PST by chance33_98
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"Hail the Conquering Hero" was a masterpiece, and Bracken was the undisputed king of the double-take.

On occasion I find myself humming,
"We want Woodrow,
We want Woodrow,
We want Woodrow for our mayor."

3 posted on 11/18/2002 12:15:24 PM PST by Publius
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Er...excuse me, but Eddie Bracken was a major comedy star long before National Lampoon even existed. He's best remembered for his work in the films of the legendary Preston Sturges. Remembering him for his work in a National Lampoon movie is like remembering Jimmy Stewart for appearing in Airport '77.
4 posted on 11/18/2002 12:15:50 PM PST by ArcLight
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See here for an interview with him and other photos
6 posted on 11/18/2002 12:18:51 PM PST by chance33_98
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I remember seeing him in some "Twilight Zone" knockoff show. He played a guy who was dead and refused to believe it. Everybody kept telling him he was dead and he had to be buried, but he kept resisting, though he was decaying and smelly. He finally accepted their diagnosis when he sneezed off his nose.

I hope he doesn't argue this time.

8 posted on 11/18/2002 12:20:08 PM PST by dead
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Stuckeyville Stan!! His best line in that episode was in reference to having to sue a competitor over stealing his act: "In the old days, we would have settled things like this with a baseball bat and a sock full of quarters."
10 posted on 11/18/2002 12:22:04 PM PST by Corporate Law
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- THE WALLY WORLD NATIONAL ANTHEM:

Who's the moosiest moose we know?
Marty Moose!
Who's the star of our favorite show?
Marty Moose!
"M" is for merry, we're merry, you see
"O" is for o-gosh, o-golly, o-gee!
"S" is for super-swell family glee
"E" is for everything you want to be
M-A-R-T-Y M-O-O-S-E
What's that spell?
Marty Moose! Marty Moose! Marty Moose!
MARTY: "E-yuck! That's me! Huh! Huh! Huh!"

19 posted on 11/18/2002 6:20:01 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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I think he played Roy Walley, owner of Walley World.


23 posted on 04/24/2015 7:02:45 AM PDT by dpostman
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