How did they afford to smash all those Styrofoam “straw” hats that Grudgemeyer wore?
Wallboy’s good friend, Bert Easley (of Bert Easley’s Fun Shop) would save defective hats (it might have a little nick out of them) when a new shipment would come in. They couldn’t be sold and he gave them to Wallace for the Grudgemeyer bits. Wallace had this to say about Mr. Grudgemeyer: “I played one [character], Mr. Grudgemeyer. I was imitating the general manager at that time, Mr. Rawls. He used to come in the studio, and one day he caught on and said ‘Very funny!’ He liked it. He was a nice guy and got a big kick out of Grudgemeyer. [In a nasally tone] He sounded like this. You’d walk into his office and before you could open your mouth he’d go ‘NO!’ That’s what Grudgemeyer was like.” Ladmo: “Grudgemeyer was one of my favorite characters. He was on The Ladmo Show. Lot of slapstick humor. A lot of that stuff was, you might say, taken from Laurel and Hardy. They used to do that in their movies. Watching two guys destroy each other’s stuff. We did a lot of Grudgemeyer because it was s
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- We used to be able to use grant funds for t-shirts and hats that students wore while they did their service-learning activities. Why can’t we do that anymore?
- How did they afford to smash all those Styrofoam "straw" hats that Grudgemeyer wore?
- Why are all of those people in the photo wearing red shirts and styrofoam hats?
