Shirley Latta Gomez, Class of '71 - Is that the girl on Dobie Gillis? Can't remember her screen name.
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Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66 - Well, Tommy, I did cheat so you don't have to print this. I recognized her face but could not think where I had seen it before. I can't remember squat anymore so I googled her and after I saw her character name, I knew immediately. She really hasn't changed that much once I knew who she is and what TV show I know her from.
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Tom Gilbert, Class of '67 - I think I have an unfair advantage living in California, but she was on Gilligan's Island. She is a very Liberal state Senator, and always prosing stupid laws.
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Cherri Polly Massey, Class of '66 - I believe that this is a photo of the actress, Sheila James. She played Zelda on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". I first remember seeing her when she was younger as the tomboy daughter, Jackie, on "The Stu Erwin Show".
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Chip Smoak, Class of '66 - This is 100% guess but the lady reminds me of the girl on the Dobie Gillis series who was always chasing Dobie and wrinkling her nose at him. The character's name was Zelda Gilroy.
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Karen Tucker Oliver, Class of '65 - The Senator certainly looks like "Zelda" from Dobie Gillis. Zelda was the smart one!
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Established March 31, 2000 113, 428 Previous Hits Monday - May 21, 2007
Here's my fish. One might have been 100 lbs. My scale only goes to 65 pounds.
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Whenever I think of Zelda, I remember her twitching her nose at Dobie and him always yelling "Zelda! Cut that out!" I also remember Manyard G. Krebbs (aka Bob Denver; aka Gilligan). From the web I found this and hope it brings back a few smiles.
Maynard G. Krebs, Dobie Gillis' best friend, was the first beatnik on national TV and remains the most famous beatnik in history. Sure Kerouac was the real thing while Krebs was just a fiction, but what a memorable fiction he was! Maynard's character was created by Max Shulman specifically for the TV show. (When Bob Denver asked Shulman why Maynard wasn't in either of the books, Shulman would only reply "Because I wanted to sell a few copies!") But it was Denver himself who fleshed the character out, mainly because the writers had no idea what beatniks were really like. Actually Denver didn't know anything about them either -- he'd been a Catholic school teacher when he landed the part! Denver didn't do any research on real beatniks to develop the character. Instead he just played Maynard as a more childlike and innocent version of himself.
Denver dug jazz so jazz musicians became Maynard's idols too. (A great example of just how hip the Dobie show was: Can you name any other 50's sitcom where Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonius Monk were praised on a regular basis?) When he wasn't listening to records, Maynard played bongos, ocarina and whatever else he could get sound from. If no instruments were available he just sang scat. Maynard loved scary movies, especially "The Monster that Devoured Cleveland" which seemed to enjoy a never-ending engagement at the Bijou Theater. He also loved to watch the wrecking ball swing on the "Old Endicott Building" which must have been the sturdiest structure in town because it seemed to be under demolition almost every week! Maynard lived in his own world with its own twisted logic. The G. in his middle name stood for Walter! (He was named after his aunt.) His speech was full of colorful catch phrases such as "You rang?" and "Like, I'm getting all misty."
But Maynard G. Krebs will always be best remembered for his involuntary response whenever anyone mentioned the subject of work. He would instantaneously shudder and recoil and let out an anxiety-ridden wail of WORK!?!! Just before the Dobie show ended its run in 1962, Maynard recorded his legendary "Like, What?" album. But when the show was cancelled, the record's release was scrapped. Only a few hundred promotional copies were ever manufactured. "Like, What?" is now a highly sought after collector's item fetching thousands of dollars in mint condition. A smoky mixture of cool scat, jazz and beat poetry with a truly bent perspective, the lp is deadpan hilarious. The listener is never quite sure if its a put-on or not. An instant classic, the album's influence far exceeded its limited distribution. When Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan where he got the inspiration for "If Dogs Run Free", he said "I wanted to get that Krebs sound, you know, with the girls in the back, 'Like What?' "
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So here's Maynard, Dobie, Zelda...and who is that other person in the polo outfit they are talking to? Who can remember the character's name?
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They Walk Among Us
submitted by Richard Simmons
I was at the checkout of a K-Mart. The clerk rang up $46.64 charge. I gave her a fifty dollar bill. She gave me back $46.64. I gave the money back to her and told her that she had made a mistake in MY favor. She became indignant and informed me she was educated and knew what she was doing, and returned the money again. I gave her the money back again...same scenario! I departed the store with the $46.64. This actually happened in Austin at MoPac Boulevard and Parmer Lane.
I walked into a Starbucks with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a Grande Latte. I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free." "They're already buy-one-get-one-free," she said, "so I guess they're both free" She handed me my free Lattes and I walked out the door.
One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?"
I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dial ed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."
My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.
While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough t o eat 6 pieces."
Yep, They Walk Among Us! They Walk Among Us, AND they reproduce, and WORST OF ALL they VOTE!
