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   Paul S Person to omeallymd@geemail.com   
   Re: Orson Bean, 91   
   09 Feb 20 09:04:13   
   
   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 9 Feb 2020 00:00:53 -0500, Bill O'Meally   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2020-02-09 01:45:22 +0000, Louis Epstein said:   
   >   
   >> darrellhicks450@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>> Born:  Dallas Frederick Burrows   
   >>>   
   >>> Orson Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows; July 22, 1928) is an   
   >>> American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a comedian,   
   >>> writer, and producer.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> He was a voice actor for the cringe-inducing Rankin/Bass Tolkien   
   adaptations.   
   >> "Burrows" is a name of a hobbit family but I am sure he was no relation.   
   >>   
   >> -=-=-   
   >> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   >> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
   >   
   >Which character(s) did he play?   
      
   Bilbo Baggins   
      
   BTW, Epstein considers /any/ adaptation of JRRT a profanation.   
      
   Indeed, to him, the very /concept/ is a profanation.   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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