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From: dmille15@hotmail.com
Jaime M. de Castellvi wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:50:28 -0400, Captain Infinity
> wrote:
>
>
>>Quoted portions from CNN:
>>
>>Although he has little chance against The Terminator, the star of
>>"Babylon 5: Crusade" has decided to run for the governorship of
>>California. Gary Coleman has placed his name among a host of other
>>celebrities in the running for California governor.
>>
>>He must have hit hard times since Crusade's cancellation, because
>>
>>>his candidacy has been engineered by the East Bay Express, an
>>>Oakland-area newspaper, which paid his $3,500 filing fee, collected
>>>the necessary petition signatures and is promoting his candidacy
>>>in protest of the scheduled vote aimed at recalling Gov. Gray Davis.
>>>
>>>Coleman's campaign treasurer, Steve Buel, editor of the East Bay
>>>Express, told CNN that the actor's name "resonates with the voters."
>>
>>Personally, I find this hard to believe. His major claim to fame is
>>playing Robert Brady in the movie versions of "The Brady Bunch". Few
>>people know him from Crusade, because few people watched that show.
>>
>>
>>>Buel said he had no trouble getting the necessary 65 petition
>>>signatures from Independent voters in Alameda County, which he
>>>gathered at a recent Oakland A's baseball game.
>>
>>Sixty-five people is approximately the number of viewers that tuned in
>>for Crusade, although what they were all doing at a ballgame together, I
>>have no idea.
>>
>>
>>>The Alameda County Registrar of Voters confirmed Wednesday that a
>>>representative for Coleman filed the necessary petition signatures and
>>>paid the required fee at the courthouse in Oakland, California. He
>>>registered as an Independent.
>>>
>>>California voters will decide October 7 whether to recall Gov. Gray
>>>Davis, a Democrat, and who should replace him.
>>>
>>>"I thought (the recall) was a joke. They thought it was a joke. And I
>>>thought, hey, why not," Coleman, 35, told CNN. "I'm probably the least
>>>qualified for the job, but I'll have some great people around me."
>>>
>>>"It's true that there is a farcical quality to the entire recall
>>>effort. But Gary's candidacy is no more farcical than that of Arnold
>>>Schwarzenegger, or Arianna Huffington, or the comedian Gallagher,"
>>>Buel said.
>>>
>>>Coleman, speaking shortly after film star Arnold Schwarzenegger
>>>announced he was running for governor, predicted that Schwarzenegger
>>>would win -- and Coleman said he would vote for the "Terminator."
>>
>>Great, he's not even going to vote for himself. I'll bet he never
>>watched Crusade, either.
>>
>>Myself, I plan to vote for Gallagher. I saw his show once in Boston and
>>had a great time, even though I knew all the jokes already from watching
>>his TV specials. But anybody that can fill a bag of toilet paper with a
>>couple of gallons of water and smash it so that it soaks half his
>>audience gets my vote. And I don't even live in California.
>>
>>
>>**
>>Captain Infinity
>
>
> Dammit Captain, you are sadly mistaken. Gary Coleman did not play the
> Captain in the short-lived _Crusade_. He played Artoo Detoo in the
> _Star Wars_ saga.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jaime
No, that's wrong too. Gary Coleman played Wicket. R2D2 was played by a
Coleman porta-potty.
--
Daniel O. Miller
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fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true
science. Whosoever does not know it and can no longer marvel, is as good
as dead, and his eyes are dimmed." - Albert Einstein
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