Saturday, January 19, 2008

No one Shall Beat his Meat: Farewell to a Butcher


Cancer stricken and 84 years young, a ripe pick slipped off the butchers block as the venerable Sam the Butcher died today in his Brentwood home. By playing a believable love interest to Ann B. Davis, Allan Melvin proved his acting chops and vaulted himself into the ranks of the lesser known 70's TV icons. We could kick ourselves for not taking him, but instead lets take solace in the fact that there are a lot of frail pseudo-celebs to choose from, promising many years of huge death pools to come.

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