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   Louis Epstein to Paul S Person   
   Re: Orson Bean, 91   
   10 Feb 20 05:02:25   
   
   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   Paul S Person  wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Which character(s) did he play?   
   >   
   > Bilbo Baggins   
      
   Bilbo in the "Hobbit" profanation,   
   and Frodo in the "TRotK" profanation also   
   promoted as "Frodo,The Hobbit 2".   
      
   > BTW, Epstein considers /any/ adaptation of JRRT a profanation.   
   >   
   > Indeed, to him, the very /concept/ is a profanation.   
      
   Indeed.   
      
   >>> -=-=-   
   >>> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   >>> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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