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Title: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: bgas on July 03, 2012, 12:39:57 PM Heritage Auctions has some new BBs stuff for sale, one of which is this 1968 note Dennis wrote to Murry:
(http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww302/bgasnow/dennisletter.jpg) Check em out here: http://entertainment.ha.com/common/search_results.php?Ntk=SI_Titles&Ntt=beach%20boys&Nty=1&N=53+793+794+792+4294954789&chkNotSold=0 Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Justin on July 03, 2012, 12:43:32 PM Wouldn't it have been easier if he just sent Murry an email? Seems like a waste of paper.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Ziggy Stardust on July 03, 2012, 12:46:29 PM Wouldn't it have been easier if he just sent Murry an email? Seems like a waste of paper. Yeah Dennis, just Facebook him already! jeez. Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Musketeer on July 03, 2012, 12:49:30 PM I hope he didn't let Charlie Manson get his hands on it.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: ontor pertawst on July 03, 2012, 01:08:26 PM Hmm, I wonder what ever happened to the 16mm Murry shot.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Justin on July 03, 2012, 01:25:54 PM Geez, they really used that stationary for everything didn't they? :angel: ;D
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BLqXi5IFHZM/T_NUx7iKTPI/AAAAAAAAQOI/wmvz7A17Ih4/s512/2.JPG) Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: John Manning on July 03, 2012, 01:29:11 PM Geez, they really used that stationary for everything didn't they? :angel: ;D (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BLqXi5IFHZM/T_NUx7iKTPI/AAAAAAAAQOI/wmvz7A17Ih4/s512/2.JPG) Best post on Smiley, ever! :lol Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Ziggy Stardust on July 03, 2012, 01:29:51 PM Gotta love the PS hahahahahha
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: STE on July 03, 2012, 01:31:27 PM Geez, they really used that stationary for everything didn't they? :angel: ;D (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BLqXi5IFHZM/T_NUx7iKTPI/AAAAAAAAQOI/wmvz7A17Ih4/s512/2.JPG) Ha!! :-D :-D Post of the week!! Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: onkster on July 03, 2012, 01:31:27 PM I like the need to sign your last name when writing to a relative.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Lowbacca on July 03, 2012, 01:34:42 PM I like the need to sign your last name when writing to a relative. Ya, awesome. :lolTitle: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Mikie on July 03, 2012, 01:40:53 PM Audree wrote W's that look like boobs. :-D
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: ontor pertawst on July 03, 2012, 01:47:03 PM (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7496848290_691b37ab75_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Ziggy Stardust on July 03, 2012, 01:52:43 PM (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7496848290_691b37ab75_b.jpg) :lol :lol Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Jukka on July 03, 2012, 02:35:30 PM You know I hate to be a downer, but Murry's response to 1968 letter seems to be dated in 1965. Controlling Brian wasn't enough, he just had to control time... Anyway, this is already the best thread I've ever seen on this board!
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: ontor pertawst on July 03, 2012, 02:45:53 PM You know the second I uploaded, I knew somebody's response would be that I forgot to change the date. I'm a lazy, lazy Murry. I'm flatting.
It would be like Murry to prepare a form response to a future letdown from his family, tho. Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Jason on July 03, 2012, 02:52:25 PM Audree wrote W's that look like boobs. :-D Nah, balls. Or bollocks for the subjects who may be lurking. :) It also looks like Peter Griffin's chin... Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Jukka on July 03, 2012, 02:53:15 PM You know the second I uploaded, I knew somebody's response would be that I forgot to change the date. I'm a lazy, lazy Murry. I'm flatting. It would be like Murry to prepare a form response to a future letdown from his family, tho. So true! In fact, that explains the whole thing, don't you change the date! Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: CenturyDeprived on July 03, 2012, 03:33:12 PM This letter is so revealing into the bizarre psychology of the Wilson family at the time... despite that Dennis was a 23-year old rich, famous (though at the time of dwindling fame), and independent adult/rock star, he still had to write a promissory type note to his dad for borrowing the camera. I’ll bet this was written at Murry’s insistence to Dennis (the Menace). I can’t image Carl having to have written a similar note in these circumstances.
Totally something that might be expected at age 13, but just a bit unthinkable and seemingly a bit demeaning of someone who’s an adult, let alone a famous adult celebrity. Obviously to Murry, Dennis was still just Dennis the screwup kid, and that is probably all he’d ever be (Dennis was always said to have had a complex about not pleasing his dad, and this letter is a bit indicative of that, don’t you guys think?) – still, Dennis was a guy who was months away from composing stuff like Be With Me. I guess if I put it in perspective, it might be like today finding a note that Corey Haim had to write to his parents in order to borrow something in the mid 1990s (which might not seem too weird considering his then-life circumstances), but an early 1968 Dennis wasn’t thought of as quite so unreliable as a 1990s drug addict like Haim, was he? Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Jcc on July 03, 2012, 03:36:41 PM Edited.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: ontor pertawst on July 03, 2012, 03:48:24 PM The Murry letter is just a joke paraphrasing some of his other literary works, not actually him. Dan Rather got fired over it, actually. Something about the kerning.
If someone prints it out and sticks it on ebay, I am gonna slap them SO HARD. Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: onkster on July 03, 2012, 03:52:32 PM Interesting how the "joke" Murry could be as convincing as the real one! Good job there.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: pixletwin on July 03, 2012, 03:54:48 PM OMG people though that PS was real? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: ontor pertawst on July 03, 2012, 03:58:06 PM This is how Clifford Irving got started, I'm sure of it.
(http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreviews11/f_for_fake_/f%20for%20fake%20welles%20criterion%20dvd%20review-sub-sample%20.jpg) Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: The_Holy_Bee on July 03, 2012, 04:04:46 PM This thread - particularly the two (so far) fake entries in the correspondence - is nothing thought of extraordinary. Bravo!
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Wirestone on July 03, 2012, 04:10:48 PM The Murry letter took it to a whole 'nother level.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: PaulTMA on July 03, 2012, 05:26:34 PM I don't know if this is appropriate thread, but I took acid for the first (and presumably last) time a couple of days ago and I've only just remembered I spent ages 'entertaining' some borderline strangers with a syncopating Murry Wilson impression, ah scoob a bab a doo bah dah! I'm 31.
Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: pixletwin on July 03, 2012, 06:12:22 PM I don't know if this is appropriate thread, but I took acid for the first (and presumably last) time a couple of days ago and I've only just remembered I spent ages 'entertaining' some borderline strangers with a syncopating Murry Wilson impression, ah scoob a bab a doo bah dah! I'm 31. :lol :lol :lol Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: Justin on July 03, 2012, 06:45:14 PM I don't know if this is appropriate thread, but I took acid for the first (and presumably last) time a couple of days ago and I've only just remembered I spent ages 'entertaining' some borderline strangers with a syncopating Murry Wilson impression, ah scoob a bab a doo bah dah! I'm 31. Paul, in the name of comedy, please take acid one more time and report back again.* *This comment is made in jest and in no way represents Justin ordering PaulTMA to take acid once again. If he chooses to take acid, it is by his doing and his decision alone and it does not reflect any request or persuasion by Justin. Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: SloopJohnB on July 04, 2012, 12:55:28 AM This letter is so revealing into the bizarre psychology of the Wilson family at the time... despite that Dennis was a 23-year old rich, famous (though at the time of dwindling fame), and independent adult/rock star, he still had to write a promissory type note to his dad for borrowing the camera. I’ll bet this was written at Murry’s insistence to Dennis (the Menace). [...] Totally something that might be expected at age 13, but just a bit unthinkable and seemingly a bit demeaning of someone who’s an adult, let alone a famous adult celebrity. Obviously to Murry, Dennis was still just Dennis the screwup kid, and that is probably all he’d ever be [...] This. It's just... Weird. And I guess Dennis could have bought his dad a new camera in the blink of an eye. Title: Re: Dennis Writes To Murry Post by: send me a picture and i'll tell you on July 04, 2012, 09:32:38 AM I don't know if this is appropriate thread, but I took acid for the first (and presumably last) time a couple of days ago and I've only just remembered I spent ages 'entertaining' some borderline strangers with a syncopating Murry Wilson impression, ah scoob a bab a doo bah dah! I'm 31. (http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9346/28284138460959160286227.jpg) |