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STFU
Marcel Marceau died - No he didn't! He's just really, really good! - this weekend, and though frankly I couldn't squeeze out an invisible shit over him, the name brought back a bit of childhood horror.
See, a long time ago, back when there were only five and half channels on the TV, back when we had to fake-walk five miles to school through imaginary snowstorms, CBS had an entire primetime show devoted to mime. I know this seems impossible - and you kids have a channel that shows nothing but golf! - but believe you me, The Shields and Yarnell Show (starring Shields and Yarnell) really happened. And how!
Look!
Let's hear it for the United States of America, where we like our mime with a laugh track! (My family had that same wallpaper in our nightmare robot kitchen.)
Anyway, we have Botox, now, so there's no more need for pretend.
R.I.P., Marcel! Someone wake me up when Mummenschanz runs out of toilet paper.
oh how I loved the robot family as a child. the best episode was the one
mummenschanz was on. ah the mid-'70s, when mimes were cool.
OMG!! My parents had the same wallpaper too! I totally forgot until now.
Eerie. I used to love this show though. Laff track and all.