[78-L] "Makes me spend my money..."

[David Lennick]

I bought several hundred 78s from a Syracuse broadcaster who had a coffin in 
his shed..he was, among other things, the local horror movie host.

dl

Bud Black wrote:
> "It's not the coughin' that carries you off.  It's the coffin they carry you
> off in."
> 
> Bud 
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: Malcolm Rockwell
> Date: 01/01/09 19:13:28
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Makes me spend my money..."
>  
> Only if it's still full.
> M
>  
> *******
>  
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Maybe John Zacherle will buy it.
>>
>> Still alive at 90!
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zacherle
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>
>>> The article indicated that the son was considering posting the thing on
>>> eBay...frankly I would also be surprised if it ever does show up there.
>>>
>>> That said,  I'm sure there is a market for it.  Think of all the people
> who
>>> have paid large sums for grilled cheese sandwiches which "show" an image
> of
>>> the Virgin Mary...or one I read about a week ago:  fellow paid some
> hundreds
>>> of dollars for a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois...at least
>>> that's what it looked like to him and the other bidders.
>>>
>>> Hmmm...makes those broken Dinah Shore records we chatted about a while
> ago
>>> look like  a pretty good buy.
>>>
>>> Taylor B
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] And in other gruesome news..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I can't find it on oy-vey.  I looked up Big Bopper and casket.  What
>>>> other categories would you suggest?  Oh, and be glad they re-buried
>>>> him.  Othewise that museum that displayed the casket might have turned
>>>> it into a Lenin situation.  By the way, that DID happen to Caruso.  I
>>>> just got a copy of Dorothy Caruso's book and she relates that his body
>>>> WAS on display under glass for EIGHT YEARS until she finally got the
>>>> Italians to close the coffin.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>>
>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My guess is that the casket will be removed, and soon, from ebay. As I
>>>>> understand it, ebay doesn't want to be perceived as the world's
>>>>> auctionplace for the macabre, the obscene, and the morbid, and goes to
>>>>> considerable lengths to prevent people from selling body parts, nazi
>>>>> memorabilia, pornography, and all kinds of other unsavory stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> This has gotta fall into one of those prohibited categories.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On Thu, 1/1/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] And in other gruesome news..
>>>>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>>>> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 4:57 PM
>>>>>
>>>>> Own the Big Bopper's coffin!
>>>>> http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/36759549
> html?&showAllComments=y
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>>
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