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Post by marktheshark on Nov 5, 2018 8:25:57 GMT -5
Yes, you have a very good point, Harry didn't lie at all when he said that he wasn't Harry Spear, he really wasn't because he was Harry Sherman Bonner. Harry Spear was simply a stage name that he may have been forced to adopt by his guardians. After all they're the ones who signed his contracts, not him. It's interesting to note that in the replies to comments the 'fan's who tracked him down admitted that Harry wasn't 'surly' at all, but was pleasant and answered all of their questions. He simply denied being Harry Spear, but wasn't threatening or abusive about it. It seems to me that based almost entirely on Jean Darlings use of the word 'Phooey!' on one signed photo and Harry's onscreen character in Our Gang he has been labelled as an unpleasant and belligerent guy. In all probability he was simply just an ordinary guy who, for whatever personal reasons, chose to forget about his past and ddin't want to answer a load of questions to uninvited, complete strangers about the events of sixty or more years earlier. I was abused as a child and I certainly wouldn't thank anyone for bringing up the subject or asking me questions about it. I certainly wouldn't answer them either, but I'd probably be a darn sight more forceful about my responses than Harry was. Kind of reminds me of Syd Barrett, who left Pink Floyd, retired from music, went home to Cambridge and reverted to his given name of Roger Barrett. I don't know, however, if Harry Sherman Bonner ever took any acid.
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Post by Buppster on Nov 5, 2018 11:08:45 GMT -5
Kind of reminds me of Syd Barrett, who left Pink Floyd, retired from music, went home to Cambridge and reverted to his given name of Roger Barrett. I don't know, however, if Harry Sherman Bonner ever took any acid. Syd didn't leave Pink Floyd, they kicked him out because his excessive drug taking and unpredictable behavior was in the process of wrecking their chances of a career. He didn't retire from music either but released two solo albums, which pretty much sank without trace. It was ten years after he was booted from Pink Floyd that he effectively 'retired' and went to live with his mum in Cambridge. He continued to receive royalties from Pink Floyd reissues and compilations, that included songs that he had credits for. Did Harry ever take LSD? Who knows, he was 17 tears old when it was first synthesized, the sort of age that many teens tend to experiment with drugs. However as a guy who had along military career, that probably started in his late teens because there was a war in progress then, I'd hazard a guess that he probably didn't. Of course with Harry being the sort of person that he was his secrets, if he had any, died with him.
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Post by marktheshark on Nov 5, 2018 20:55:02 GMT -5
I was pretty much kidding. But both Bonner and Barrett had no time for fans who wanted to talk to them about their past careers.
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Post by Buppster on Nov 6, 2018 5:37:39 GMT -5
Sorry, I'm autistic and I have a tendency to take things literally.
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Post by marktheshark on Nov 6, 2018 12:50:49 GMT -5
Sorry, I'm autistic and I have a tendency to take things literally. No problem. It's interesting though, some believe Syd was autistic as well.
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Post by Buppster on Nov 7, 2018 5:38:56 GMT -5
There must have been a lot of people who'd have fitted the criteria in the past who went undiagnosed because the condition wasn't recognised. People were just written off as loners, weird, eccentric, withdrawn, surly, feeble minded, disruptive... whatever.
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