joe the plumber: "almost as good as sammy davis jr"

[Wags]

$tevie wrote:
I read his book "Yes I Can" years ago when I was a teenager. He had an amazing amount of stories to tell. I sort of stopped admiring him when he hugged Richard Nixon.

Life is full of little disappointments



I once shook Nixon's hand, when he was VP. My Pop took me to hear him give the commencement speech some private school near Los Angeles. I was maybe 10 or so. I haven't washed it since! Wish I had a picture of the event, it'd make a great Christmas card.

[Black Landlord]

$tevie wrote:
I read his book "Yes I Can" years ago when I was a teenager. He had an amazing amount of stories to tell. I sort of stopped admiring him when he hugged Richard Nixon.

Was that before or after he kissed Archie Bunker?

[$tevie]

I believe it was after.

[Gutenberg]

Well, OK, but Sammy Davis Jr. hugged everybody.

[Wags]

$tevie wrote:
I believe it was after.

Where's Sammy's other hand?

[Lux Interior]

$tevie wrote:
I read his book "Yes I Can" years ago when I was a teenager.

The name of that book should be, "Yes I Can, If Frank Sinatra Says It's Okay." Because Frank called the shots for all those guys.

[mikeylikesit]

Frank was the $ machine.

[Wags]

Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=$tevie]
I read his book "Yes I Can" years ago when I was a teenager.

The name of that book should be, "Yes I Can, If Frank Sinatra Says It's Okay." Because Frank called the shots for all those guys.
If Frank gave me the OK to makes tons of money, break down the color line, and hop in the sack with the likes of Kim Novak then I guess I'd just have to go along with it, like it or not. :poke:

[Lux Interior]

Wags wrote:
:poke:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/quotes

[vision63]

Sammy was the man. The candyman. I was in the audience at the Flip Wilson Show in 1972. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSNc03pBR8 My mother sister and I. I was 12.

Mr. Bojangles from the same show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W74uTkMXZM