From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
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    George Cornelius  wrote:   
      
   > longhaircountryboy1@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Steven Tyler wrote:   
   >   
   > >>equus@mindspring.com wrote:   
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   > [...]   
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   > >>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.   
   >   
   > Congratulations on responding to an 18 year old thread!   
      
   Given the traffic on the site of late, I'd welcome comments on 18 yo   
   threads.   
      
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