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- From: djp@peewee.enet.dec.com (dave parker)
- Subject: Re: Origins of MINISYSTEM...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.124024.25592@e2big.mko.dec.com>
- Sender: djp@peewee (dave parker)
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <c!s1qwr@rpi.edu> <1992Nov14.030808.5068@Princeton.EDU>
- Distribution: alt.fan.howard-stern
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:40:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.030808.5068@Princeton.EDU>, bijans@shade.Princeton.EDU (Bijan Mohammad Salehizadeh) writes:
- |> In article <c!s1qwr@rpi.edu> johnc@porsche.cs.rpi.edu (John Colasante) writes:
- |> >
- |> >When Howard does the commercial for Aiwa's Minisystem, Fred
- |> >and Jackie mimick him in the background by saying "Minisystem"
- |> >in a very funny voice. Lately they seem to be doing this
- |> >in other segments also, leading to a possible long-term
- |> >continous joke like "Bababooey".
- |>
- |> Well, actually, the mini thing originated from a guy who used to be on
- |> the show. A local NY comic named Gina (as in an abreviation for vagina)
- |> Man used to come on with his sidekick Crazy Jerry. Gina man was wierd
- |> and when he said (or howard said and Gina repeated) the word "mini
- |> skirt": Gina would say "mini-skirt" in his funny muffled voice.
- |> So now, whenever Howard does the ad for the Aiwa Mini Max Stereo, the
- |> boys do that. And also when the words mini or many come up in the show.
- |>
- |> -bababijan
- |>
-
- I remember this somewhat differently....
-
- I recall that Howard had this woman come in to the studio and her "thing" was
- to do something she called the 'gina dance. Howard still makes references to
- the 'gina dance occassionally.
-
- Besides this wonderful talent, the woman wasn't the most intelligent creature
- on earth (suprise!) and it sounded like she had a hare lip. If you ever heard
- a person with a hare lip speak, you'd know where the funny pronunciation of
- "mini" came from. You she, this woman wore a mini-skirt when she came in to
- do the 'gina dance!
-
- That's how I remember it.
-
- Dave
-