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“The Shrink,” by the Penny Magic Show

By John Q. Sanchez on March 6, 2008


Also known as “Why Do You Think You Are Nuts?”

After this mind-rending show-stopper went around the Web awhile back, determined fans tracked down and unearthed lead singer Penny Pearce, who is said to have a comeback in the works. That’s nuts!


Even more nuts: Penny & company’s unsettling act inspired many remakes and remixes on youtube—including one by FoF pal Miss Understood, starring the Carol Channing Ventriloquist Doll. Click through and see! Read more…

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  • Diet Coke Commercial with Carol Channing & Friends
    3 responses - Posted 02.14.08

    Starring Carol Channing, the Rockettes, Sally Kellerman, Ben Vereen, Telly Savalas, Joe Namath, Bob Hope, John Forsythe, and more!
    And!: In a contemporaneous clip, a brassy anthropomorphic Ms. Pac Man does her best Mama Rose.

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    7 Comments - Posted on 08.27.08

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    11 Comments - Posted on 08.26.08

    We couldn't stay away from the City By the Bay, so we stayed one more day with Kevin who is fabulous! And gay. So gay he makes a rainbow flag seem modest. Being in San Francisco and Las Vegas [MORE]

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    6 Comments - Posted on 08.25.08

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    17 Comments - Posted on 08.21.08

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    6 Comments - Posted on 08.21.08

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    17 Comments - Posted on 08.20.08

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    14 Comments - Posted on 08.18.08

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