That's how it works. If it "didn't happen after you were born it doesn't
exist."

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:

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> I'd like to think everyone knew that--but I guess I'll have to settle for
> people realizing there were toys before the TV cartoon!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com>
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 11:20:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Get to know G.I. Joe
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> I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover G.I. Joe existed over twenty
> years before Hasbro remade him as a literal boy-toy. Shoot, the movie "The
> Story of G.I. Joe," starring Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith, came out
> in 1945, a full eighteen years before Hasbro created the "11 1/2 inch
> realistic action figures" "Rocky" and "Ace." Who knew?
>
> ~rave!
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> http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-gijoe-html,0,445585.htmlpage
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