From: cornelius@charter.NOWHERE.net   
      
   longhaircountryboy1@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Steven Tyler wrote:   
      
   >>equus@mindspring.com wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >>Permit me to join your thread.  Conrad Bains never appeared on Diff'rent   
   >>Strokes as a regular character.  He played Mindy's Father in Mork &   
   >>Mindy, much as it shames to realize that I still know this fact.  Bains   
   >>bought the house from Vila and later sued Vila for fraud and Breach of   
   >>Contract (?).  I don't know if the suit was settled yet.   
   >>   
   >>Here's the kicker:  At his deposition, Vila admitted that: A) He had   
   >>never worked as a contractor.  B) He had never worked for a contractor.   
   >>C) He had never worked as a builder.  This was in a news cast.  I don't   
   >>remember the news show.   
   >>   
   >>Thanks,   
   >>Steve   
   >   
   >   
   > I actually watched this on court TV, Conrad Janis sued Bob Vila for   
   > selling him a crappie house. Bob's defense was, I'm not a carpenter   
   > or know anything about the construction business, I'm just a TV host   
   > that's all. He just tried to play dumb but the judge wasn't having   
   > any of it. Conrad won his case and Bob had to pay for repairs.   
      
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