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Post by beatnik1968 on Nov 12, 2005 8:01:53 GMT -5
doesa anyone know if the 20/20 episode withe the impostor buckewheat is availible for viewing?
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Post by maliejandra on Nov 12, 2005 22:31:48 GMT -5
Is it really 20/20 or are you thinking of the SNL spoof? If so, that whole bit is on the Eddie Murphey Best of DVD. If not, I don't know what you're talking about.
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Post by ymymeatemup on Nov 13, 2005 0:46:15 GMT -5
The 20/20 episode was one in which they interviewed a man that long claimed to be Buckwheat. Even though the show routinely researched the subject matter for their segments, they didn't bother to do so for this one. A brief look at Maltin & Bann's book would have told them that this old guy wasn't Buckwheat. It was such an embarassment for ABC that at least one of the producers of the show was fired for it.
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Post by beatnik1968 on Nov 13, 2005 7:49:28 GMT -5
There is a guy who lives not too far from my house, he's nice, but he still insists he is Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, even when i showed him the Maltin and Bann book!
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Post by maliejandra on Nov 13, 2005 10:57:12 GMT -5
lol That is funny that they messed up that badly. And sad that that guy thinks he is Sunshine Sammy. How old is he, do you know?
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Post by ymymeatemup on Nov 13, 2005 11:35:05 GMT -5
Yeah, you'd think they'd know that Sunshine Sammy was played by a white kid that had black stuff put on his face, and that Wheezer was played by Billy Barty, who used to arm-wrestle the other kids for cigars, or that Mary Ann was played by Billy Barty's mom.
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Post by beatnik1968 on Nov 13, 2005 13:06:10 GMT -5
hahaha hes not old enough hes only about in his sixties i guess, i've never asked
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Post by follies38girl on Nov 13, 2005 23:35:19 GMT -5
I ONCE LIVED IN A TOWN OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AND A GENTLEMAN(?) WHO LIVED THERE TOLD EVERYBODY HE WAS "FROGGY" OF THE LATER OUR GANG EPISODES, AROUND THE EARLY FORTIES. WHEN I GAVE A BOOK TALK THERE, ABOUT MY BOOK AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, I HAD TO SHOW ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT THE REAL "FROGGY" HAD SADLY DIED FROM AN ACCIDENT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, STILL IN HIS TEENS. SO CONVINCING WAS THIS LONG-TIME IMPOSTER, THAT THE MAN DIDN'T BELIEVE ME, THOUGH I EVEN HAD WITH ME, FROM THE INTERNET, WHERE BILLY MC LAUGHLIN WAS BURIED, AND WHEN AND HOW HE DIED. YES, I REMEMBER THE INCIDENT ABOUT THE FAKE "BUCKWHEAT" ON 20/20. I WAS EMCEEING THEATER ORGAN CONCERTS IN CANADA AT THE TIME, AND THE NEXT TIME I BEGAN MY INTRODUCTIONS, I HAD TO ASSURE THE AUDIENCE THAT I WAS NO IMPOSTER ABOUT HAVING BEEN AMONG THE RASCALS, AND I HAD A PAYSLIP TO PROVE IT! EVERYONE LAUGHED! LAURA JUNE
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Post by beatnik1968 on Nov 14, 2005 11:29:33 GMT -5
hahaha thats funny
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Post by Froggy0705 on Nov 14, 2005 17:04:26 GMT -5
Yeah i even have pics of Billy Laughlin's grave because i visited his grave on his anniversary of his death on August 31st, 2005. That's crazy that these people claim to be who they aren't! I also saw Darla's as well but her casket was up high and hard to get a picture of it but i did take one.
RIP Billy Froggy Laughlin July 5th 1932-August 31st 1948
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Post by Buppster on Nov 7, 2018 6:48:18 GMT -5
What annoys me is the number of people who claim to have been Stinky. They're all liars and I know this for a fact, because I am the real Stinky and my twin brother was Spukey.
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Post by myhomeo on Nov 7, 2018 14:10:24 GMT -5
What annoys me is the number of people who claim to have been Stinky. They're all liars and I know this for a fact, because I am the real Stinky... 'Sniff, sniff...' Yeah. We kinda figgered that...
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Post by Buppster on Nov 7, 2018 14:40:22 GMT -5
Stand upwind an' it ain't so bad.
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Post by Buppster on Nov 9, 2018 19:04:50 GMT -5
In the past some misguided people and outright liars have sometimes claimed that they had been members of Our Gang. Sometimes they'd produce a picture of the genuine Gang and claim that they were Harry, Buckwheat or whoever. Nowadays there's a different phenomenon in which people put up for sale (generally on eBay) photos of kids who they claim are members of Our Gnag but who in fact are not. Some of the sellers may be mistaken or misguided, maybe in some cases it's a case of wishful thinking, convincing themselves that they have original photos of Our Gang kids, which might be worth money. However in some cases it's probably outright fraud. Take for example these two listings. *KIDS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES Little Rascals Darla Alfalfa Our Gang Cowboy Vtg Photo*I've just emailed the seller and explained that those kids are not members of Our Gang. If it's an 'honest' mistake the listing will be removed. In this second example a signed photo purporting to be Joe Cobb has been listed, by somebody who does understand the placement of commas. *FAMOUS CHILD ACTOR JOE COBB ,FATTY BOY ,OUR GANG ,RARE AUTOGRAPHED STUDIO PHOTO*I have no idea who the phat pucker is but he's certainly not Joe Cobb. He looks likes he's from the Asian subcontinent to me. This listing has been run several times. About a month ago I emailed the seller and explained that it wasn't Joe. I even included some pictures of Joe to prove the point. The seller agreed and relisted the item with the description Joe Cobb Lookalike. Now it's back to being listed as just plain Joe Cobb again. Did someone else buy it as a 'Lookalike' photo and has now relisted it as Joe? Or is it still the same original seller who has simply decided to ignore the truth and commit fraud? I half hope that someone does buy it, realises that they've been conned and reports the seller.
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Post by myhomeo on Nov 10, 2018 16:05:26 GMT -5
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