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Marty Allen<br />
Marty’s Top Ten<br />
1. Local playboy’s motto: “I don’t care if<br />
her head is empty, so long as her blouse is<br />
full!”<br />
2. It was so foggy in Scotland, a Scotsman<br />
milked three cows before he realized<br />
he wasn’t playing the<br />
bagpipes!<br />
3. Strip poker is<br />
the one game in<br />
which the more<br />
you lose, the<br />
more you<br />
have to show<br />
for it.<br />
4. I know a<br />
certain lawyer<br />
in Las Vegas<br />
who has been without a<br />
client for so long that he divorced his wife so<br />
he’d have a case.<br />
5. What’s the first thing you notice about a<br />
woman? It depends which was she’s facing!<br />
Hello Dere<br />
6. What if a candle factory burned down?<br />
Do all the people just stand around and sing<br />
“Happy Birthday”?<br />
7. Did you know that a wedding ring is the<br />
world’s smallest handcuff?<br />
8. Hey guys – You want<br />
another good reason to<br />
stay single? You don’t<br />
have explain<br />
why you’re<br />
wearing that<br />
particular<br />
shirt with<br />
those pants.<br />
9. A marriage<br />
license<br />
is like a<br />
hunting permit;<br />
it entitles you to only one dear at a time.<br />
10. Police warning: <strong>The</strong> guy who stole two<br />
cases of prune juice from the supermarket is<br />
still on the loose.<br />
For over the past decade, Marty Allen has performed with his on and off stage<br />
singing partner Karon Kate Blackwell.<br />
My Friend Marty Allen<br />
by Nelson Sardelli<br />
My friend Marty Allen, is unquestionably<br />
a true American show-business icon; an innate<br />
showman, a multi-talented performer,<br />
an American war hero, an author, a kind,<br />
considerate, sincere and well-read man.<br />
Yet with<br />
all of this, he<br />
clearly does<br />
not know the<br />
meaning of the<br />
word octogenarian,<br />
much<br />
less nonagenarian….and<br />
obviously, he<br />
doesn’t want<br />
to be bothered<br />
with their<br />
meaning either.<br />
I just drove<br />
to the Pahrump<br />
Nugget,<br />
some 50 plus miles from Las Vegas, to catch<br />
his show with his co-star Karon Kate Blackwell,<br />
who happens to be his wife, straightwoman<br />
and musical partner. WOW! What a<br />
show!<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir performance enthralled the standing-room-only<br />
audience, composed of dedicated<br />
old fans and pleasantly surprised new<br />
ones. I felt as if I were both.<br />
Marty will be 94 years old this month…<br />
For many decades he has been a powerful<br />
force to be reckoned with in all facets of<br />
the business; A<br />
dancer, singer,<br />
actor, a comedic<br />
genius<br />
and, most of<br />
all - an inspiration.<br />
Marty, along<br />
with me and<br />
a few friends<br />
have for a few<br />
years, enjoyed<br />
brunch together<br />
every Saturday.<br />
It suddenly<br />
dawned on me,<br />
I had almost<br />
become unaware<br />
of what a gift those mornings are. So<br />
comfortable, I feared as if I may have taken<br />
for granted the magnitude of the man.<br />
I am privileged to have the honor to have<br />
Marty Allen as a dear and close friend. I hope<br />
some of his blessings rub off on me.<br />
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