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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi Folks!</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OK, let's get one thing straight. Mark getting so bent out of shape about Larry thinking "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is overrated that he hauled off and slugged him has nothing to do with his high esteem for the generally brilliant writing and deft comic acting of that highly regarded show. Oh no!! And the fact that Mark has been a successful comedy writer for 35 years, working on numerous TV shows, and has better insights into the subtleties that go into making a great comedy than most of us has nothing to do with why he lunged across the table and wrestled Larry to the ground. No, that's not it at all. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It's really all about the pants. Specifically, Capri pants and the fact that Mary Tyler Moore was inside them. Yes, I'm afraid Mark made a spectacle of himself and brutalized poor Larry over a perceived insult to his adolescent fantasy girl. After 40+ years, he's still hung up on the 60's version of Mary Tyler Moore and how great she looked in her Capri pants. It's really sad when a 50-something year old man can't get past his teenage fantasies. (Which reminds me, if anyone dares to say that Raquel Welch didn't deserve an Oscar for her fur bikini-clad performance in 1,000,000 Years B.C., I'll jump all over them!) </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Gary G. </FONT> </SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">----- Original Message -----</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: "Larry Steller" <mrgrooism@yahoo.com></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: <groop@groo.com></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:59 PM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: [Groop] The Big Fight at the National in NYC</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> By now you probably have hard about ME and I having a bit of a scuffle</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> at The National, so I just want to set the record straight. Well, first</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> of all nobody was arrested, but I was asked to leave the Convention. It</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> was just regular security that escorted me out, not the cops.</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>>From the beginning, I guess Mark and I both kind of got out of hand. We</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> were just talking about various things, Groo stuff and the election and</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Sally Forth and lord knows what else. Someone who's a big fan of his</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> blog brought up the clip from the Dick Van Dyck show that Mark posted</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> recently, and all I said was that I thought the show was over-rated.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Mark thinks it's genius, but really I never found it to be funny at</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> all, especially the stupid Walnuts episode that he was going on about</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ad nauseum!</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Anyway, it got a bit heated, we were both being very sarcastic and I</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> said some things that I probably should regret, about Van Dyck and</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> about his sense of humor in general. I'm sure Mark regrets what HE</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> said, at least he SHOULD, anyway, next thing I knew Mark was taking a</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> swing at me and we both sort of ended up rolling around on the ground.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> I did sort of lose a tooth, but it was loose already. Somehow I came</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> off as the bad guy since Irwin Hasen said I started it, which isn't</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> true at all.</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Anyway, don't believe everything you hear. I'm sure Mark will want to</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> tell his side, but really, it's a free country, my opinion is just as</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> good as his.</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Anyway, even though they kicked me out yesterday I paid for today and</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> will damned well be going. I'm sure Mark will take this opportunity to</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> apologize properly, we'll go from there. Maybe I'll bring him a walnut!</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Sorry for all of the drama! Ignore the media reports. Thanks!</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> -Larry "mrgrooism" Steller, Master Mendicant</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." Edgar Allan Poe</FONT></SPAN>
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