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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Abe Vigoda!
I thought you were dead! Turns out old Detective Fish is a very alive 88 years old today! You can watch on-demand episodes of Barney Miller at my newest favorite place on the Internet: HULU.COM
Abe Vigoda has apparently been a regular on the Conan O'Brien show. I only saw hime once, during the annual Grondhog Day ceremony where men in top hats check in the stump of a tree to see if Abe Vigoda is still alive. (He popped out, demonstrating that he was.) This - after the annoying commercial at the beginning - is from Conan's final episode of Late Night:
Let me explain. The term bubbler is a quintessential Milwaukee thing. A bubbler is what the rest of the world (except Rhode Island, parts of Connecticut and the Boston area) would call a drinking fountain. The Yoopers also use it, but we all know they are just Wisconsin wannabees anyway. When I first moved to California, I would use the term and get blank stares in response. The world was a much smaller place then and I had no clue that bubbler was just a regional colloquialism. I use it as the title of my blog as a way to connect with those that know what it means and hopefully interest those that don't.
Born in Milwaukee, I moved to Southern California in 1980, with a five-year hiatus in Maui.
I now live in Torrance, California with my SO.
I design circuit boards, a job I totally love. If I wasn't doing that, I would love to have a small restaurant.
Things that make me happy: cooking, eating, music, and vegetating in my backyard.
5 comments:
Abe Vigoda has apparently been a regular on the Conan O'Brien show. I only saw hime once, during the annual Grondhog Day ceremony where men in top hats check in the stump of a tree to see if Abe Vigoda is still alive. (He popped out, demonstrating that he was.) This - after the annoying commercial at the beginning - is from Conan's final episode of Late Night:
http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/video/clips/setting-abe-vigoda-free-22009/1031762/
DB--thank you! this was hilarious! This show is on past my bed time, so I never have seen it.
Don't you just love it when a fun celebrity that you think must be dead by now, is actually still alive? Fun times! *grin*
MHP--this happens a lot!
He IS alive, whaddya know.
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