[78-L] "House Party" ^

[David Lennick]

And then you all felt guilty because she was (Hispanic, from Georgia, a 
Hungarian refugee, the sole support of her quadriplegic infant).

dl

soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> Actually, we ended up firing her after she stole some silver dollars from our coin collection. Some house party.
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 27, 2009 7:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [78-L] "House Party" ^
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> 
> Was Art driving the station wagon that picked her up after she'd finished 
> cleaning your house?
> 
> dl
> 
> soundthink at aol.com wrote:
>> "House Party" always brings up a sore point with me. I watched the show when I 
> was a kid and always got a kick out of it. It wasn't my favorite show, but it 
> was enjoyable. 
>> One day, a phone call came in and the woman who was cleaning our house 
> answered it. She said one thing to the person on the other end: "Art 
> Linkletter's House Party." When she hung up, I asked her who was on the phone. 
> She said it was someone taking a survey on what the favorite show was in our 
> household. Now, I loved "The Wild, Wild West," "Get Smart," "The Addams Family," 
> "Mission Impossible," and a bunch of other shows and NEVER would have named 
> "House Party" as my favorite. So I was ticked that the Ginell household had 
> voted for this harmless little afternoon show. A waste of a vote. My parents 
> laughed at my anger, but I've never forgotten it. Art Linkletter. Phooey.
>> Cary Ginell
>>