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   robmurrah@gmail.com to Philippe Vezina   
   Re: FZ/Ahmet on Roseanne   
   29 Sep 19 15:37:06   
   
   Just saw FZ RIP and found this. Replying 25 years after the original post.   
      
      
   On Wednesday, January 12, 1994 at 10:17:21 AM UTC-5, Philippe Vezina wrote:   
   > Hi Folks!   
   >   
   >       If anyone didn't get a chance to see Roseanne (the show sucks but hear   
   >   me out) last night, Frank's son Ahmet played the roomate of a friend of   
   >   Roseanne's son-in-law (he was pretty hilarious) but on the wall in his   
   >   bachelor pad there was a big poster of Frank with the oven-mitt on (I   
   >   believe this is from Them or Us, anyone?) and at the very end of the show   
   >   once the credits finished rolling by, the screen went black and in the   
   >   middle of the screen in huge white letters, it said:   
   >   
   >   
   >                                F.Z.   
   >                               R.I.P   
   >   
   >       This made my evening. It won't make me watch the show (I hate the   
   >    show's namesake) but I applaud the producers and even Roseanne for   
   >    having the class to recognize Frank. Just thought you'd like to know.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >    P.S. I was at the Phish New Year'sshow in Massachusetts and the played a   
   >         killer version of Peaches En Ragalia as a nod to Frank (they played   
   >         it 3 of the 4 New Year's run shows). This was especially nice and   
   >         believe me, they did the song justice, not to mention they jammed   
   >         on Peaches En Regalia throughout the night during 4 other jams in   
   >         their own songs.   
   >   
   >   
   >                          We Will Not Forget!   
      
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