spiderwort
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 23, 2018 14:19:28 GMT
Jerry MarenThe last surviving Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz, Maren stayed active in the business until 2010! Happy 98th Birthday, Jerry Maren!! Many happy returns.   With Groucho and Chico in At the Circus (1939)
With wife actress Eizabeth Barrington  At the Munkins Star on the Hollywood Hall of Fame  
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 23, 2018 15:06:14 GMT
Here's a Jerry I never knew WAS Jerry !   Gentle Hugs for your Birthday !  |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 23, 2018 18:29:41 GMT
Happy Birthday Jerry!!! and The Lollipop Guild  |
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 23, 2018 18:43:08 GMT
Happy Birthday, Jerry!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 23, 2018 19:26:25 GMT
He used to make personal appearances in his "Little Oscar" costume (as pictured in teleadm's post) with the Wienermobile at Southern California shopping centers in the '50s. I got a wiener whistle* from him in a Thriftimart parking lot. *If you're a Boomer, you'll know what that is. If not, get your mind out of the gutter! |
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Post by snsurone on Jan 23, 2018 20:02:36 GMT
He used to make personal appearances in his "Little Oscar" costume (as pictured in teleadm 's post) with the Wienermobile at Southern California shopping centers in the '50s. I got a wiener whistle* from him in a Thriftimart parking lot. *If you're a Boomer, you'll know what that is. If not, get your mind out of the gutter! Now, now, Dog. Anthony will be paying his debt to society. LOL |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 23, 2018 20:53:30 GMT
He used to make personal appearances in his "Little Oscar" costume (as pictured in teleadm 's post) with the Wienermobile at Southern California shopping centers in the '50s. I got a wiener whistle* from him in a Thriftimart parking lot. *If you're a Boomer, you'll know what that is. If not, get your mind out of the gutter! Now, now, Dog. Anthony will be paying his debt to society. LOL In that case, it was Weiner's mobile that led to the trouble. Forgive me, spiderwort; I couldn't restrain myself. |
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Post by deembastille on Jan 23, 2018 21:26:45 GMT
Awww. Was he the one who was interviewed with that urban legend special and when asked if anyone was killed (found hanging from a tree in the background of the tin man dance scene) said
Preposterous!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 24, 2018 1:23:51 GMT
Jerry with "Porky"  An OZ Re-union picture with karl slover +-Margaret pellegrini  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 24, 2018 1:29:04 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 24, 2018 1:33:58 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 24, 2018 1:53:01 GMT
Jerry is somewhere in this image of the cast  of  I'm guessing maybe 2nd from right / first row He was born in 1920 so is around 18 in this and n in OZ |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 6, 2018 15:40:37 GMT
Just bumpin' this thread for fans of his now that he's passed away.
What longevity, we can all only hope to live so long.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 6, 2018 15:49:11 GMT
Just bumpin' this thread for fans of his now that he's passed away. What longevity, we can all only hope to live so long. Now you've embarrassed me, because I used the same cheap joke here back in January that I did today on his obit thread. Oh well, call it "recycling." |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 6, 2018 16:02:20 GMT
Just bumpin' this thread for fans of his now that he's passed away. What longevity, we can all only hope to live so long. Now you've embarrassed me, because I used the same cheap joke here back in January that I did today on his obit thread. Oh well, call it "recycling." Yeah, but "wiener-whistle" is a classic!  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 6, 2018 23:41:16 GMT
He always seemed like a feller you'd like to sit down and chat with. More than merely "The Last Munchkin" 
Belated Thanks for the memories, Mr. M.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 7, 2018 2:14:43 GMT
Doghouse6you never did say which of the whistles you got from Mr. Maren. 
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Post by jervistetch on Jun 7, 2018 2:34:52 GMT
RIP Jerry. Thank you for your contribution to all of our better memories. Jerry was probably the oldest actor known to more people on Earth than any other. People from age 2 to 102 know him for what he did in 1939. I love this "Drinks on Jerry" story. Drinks on Jerry
Does anyone remember the film UNDER THE RAINBOW? It's a fictional wacky comedy set during the making of TWoO and highlights the extreme misbehavior of the Munchkin actors. Jerry actually appeared in it. I saw it when it came out but it seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. I can't even remember if I liked it or not. UNDER THE RAINBOW |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 7, 2018 2:49:51 GMT
Sounds like Under the Rainbow disappeared for good reasons, jervistetch even the stars hated it ! Fortunately, I missed seeing it. "When Carrie Fisher was a guest on the The Tonight Show (1962), she admitted that this was one of the worst movies she ever starred in." "The picture was a financial disaster at the box-office and Chevy Chase described the film as "one of the worst movies ever made." "Jerry Maren said he regretted making this film, because it was in such poor taste, and nothing remotely like what happened while filming "The Wizard of Oz". " "According to the "Mutant Reviewers" website, "part of the inspiration for 'Under the Rainbow' comes from rumors that the little people did party hard and tear apart the hotel they stayed at during filming of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Those rumors do not seem to be true, but were used as basis of this film."
So it's a bad movie based on an Urban Legend !  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 7, 2018 3:54:44 GMT
Doghouse6 you never did say which of the whistles you got from Mr. Maren. No? As Jed Clampett would say, welllllll doggies! To be perfectly frank, and without becoming embroiled in any furter delay, I relish the opportunity to ketchup to your inquiry of five moths ago, having mustard sufficient recall to do so. Wait, what was the question? Oh, yeah: Exhibit B. Never did learn how to make it produce that little four-note signature heard at the beginning and end of this vintage ad:  When it came to wiener whistling, I was strictly Johnny One-Note. |
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