Happy 73rd birthday to actor and broadcaster Rich Koz! Koz, best known for his portrayal of horror-movie host Svengoolie (originally “Son of Svengoolie”), was born on March 12, 1952 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Check out this piece on Koz and the Son of Svengoolie that aired on PM Magazine Chicago in 1981!
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Hello friends... just a few random Out Of Bodies pics I found on a yucky rainy day...
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| Out Of Bodies brothers - Dan, Joe and Donald |
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| a couple of Dan doodles... Ringo... |
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| ...and Curious George |
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| Charlie's always watching... |
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| For Joey... |
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| Mark |
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| That time Lloyd met Frank Oz (and Grover) |
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| Joey, Donald and a fan |
In case you've been spending the last 10 years tossing and turning at night wondering about that damn chicken in the Tic Tac Toe arcade game and how it would manage to beat you... every... single... time...
Remember this vintage commercial from the 80s for Polly-O String Cheese? A group of kids walk into a typical pizza shop and one of them asks for a pizza with extra cheese... the owner repeats "extra cheese!" - the kid then says "and hold the tomato sauce!" - owner begins to look confused as he repeats "hold the tomato sauce"... the kid adds "and hold the crust!" Owner looks even more bamboozled "hold the CRUST?" - rolls his eyes and shouts out to a worker behind him "Hey Jimmy, give me a pizza with NUTTHIN'!"
Camera cuts to a close up of Jimmy... "NUTTIN'????"
It's a great commercial - - a classic - - and that catchphrase "Nuttin'?" is right up there with "Where's The Beef?", "I've fallen, and I can't get up!" and "Time To Make The Donuts".
Everyone seems to recognize the pizza store owner, played by character actor John Capodice - and even the kid in the middle (asking to hold everything but the cheese) was identified as Vinnie Caravella, a video game aficionado and video producer at giantbomb.com - but no one (to date) has been able to identify the guy that steals the show with ONE WORD...
A brush with celebrity...
Many many years ago I was helping someone set-up their little flea-market table display at the Holliswood Jewish Center in Queens - when I suddenly thought I recognized a familiar face in the room who others were beginning to notice as well...
Several people were greeting him with smiles and waves - and just as I was thinking "where have I seen that guy before?" someone must've asked him to say what he was known for and he happily obliged... with that same exact face you see right here in this picture (minus, of course, the paper hat) he said "Nuttin'?" - delivered like a pro. "Oh crap!" I thought "That's the guy from that Polly-O String Cheese commercial!" and it was. Nice guy... really nice guy... and so happy to oblige.
That was roughly about 40 or so years ago... and they're STILL talking about that commercial today...
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