MR. T TO THE RESCUE.
Just when I think the world is going to hell in a hand basket something happens to change my mind. To give all of us hope. Maybe mankind isn’t so bad after all. What put me into this philosophical frame of mind? Mr. T. did.
You remember Mr. T. don’t you? He was the hulking thug that used to be in the television series “Punky Brewster.” Nah, I’m joshing – pulling your shwance. It was “The A-Team.” He has more muscles than The Hulk and Don Knotts combined. Mr. T. was even in one of the three thousand Rocky films playing the evil opponent. He kind of disappeared recently but like a case of the herpes he’s baaaaack!
The former television action star decided to shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. T. used to wear enough gold chains to sink an aircraft carrier. “As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate,” he said. Before you call Pat Robertson and claim that T’s change is a miracle and he should be put of for sainthood – there’s a reason for him going public. Turns out that Mr. T, whose real name is Lawrence Tero, is hosting “I Pity the Fool” TV show debuting in October on TV Land. In it he will dispense advice to viewers who are struggling with life’s problems.
Just imagine the life altering advice he can offer: how to break someone’s legs without a baseball bat; eye gouging #101. “I saw some, I call it ‘sorry celebrities.’ They go down to New Orleans and hook up with people to take a photo-op. Was he talking about the President? I said, ‘How disgusting.’ “If you ain’t goin’ down there with a check and a hammer and nails to help people, don’t go down there.” Apparently, T. is a maestro with a hammer, not to mention brass knuckles.
He claims he’s about more than his rough-and-tough image. “Yes, I’m qualified to beat people up, but I am pretty intelligent,” he said. “That’s what throws people off. If you’ve been through something, that gives you authority that you can speak of certain things. That’s why people relate to me. I pull no punches.”
Which is probably why he spent time in a state prison.
Even with his new found wisdom, T. admits that he once thought Dick Nixon was a sexually transmitted disease.
You remember Mr. T. don’t you? He was the hulking thug that used to be in the television series “Punky Brewster.” Nah, I’m joshing – pulling your shwance. It was “The A-Team.” He has more muscles than The Hulk and Don Knotts combined. Mr. T. was even in one of the three thousand Rocky films playing the evil opponent. He kind of disappeared recently but like a case of the herpes he’s baaaaack!
The former television action star decided to shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. T. used to wear enough gold chains to sink an aircraft carrier. “As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate,” he said. Before you call Pat Robertson and claim that T’s change is a miracle and he should be put of for sainthood – there’s a reason for him going public. Turns out that Mr. T, whose real name is Lawrence Tero, is hosting “I Pity the Fool” TV show debuting in October on TV Land. In it he will dispense advice to viewers who are struggling with life’s problems.
Just imagine the life altering advice he can offer: how to break someone’s legs without a baseball bat; eye gouging #101. “I saw some, I call it ‘sorry celebrities.’ They go down to New Orleans and hook up with people to take a photo-op. Was he talking about the President? I said, ‘How disgusting.’ “If you ain’t goin’ down there with a check and a hammer and nails to help people, don’t go down there.” Apparently, T. is a maestro with a hammer, not to mention brass knuckles.
He claims he’s about more than his rough-and-tough image. “Yes, I’m qualified to beat people up, but I am pretty intelligent,” he said. “That’s what throws people off. If you’ve been through something, that gives you authority that you can speak of certain things. That’s why people relate to me. I pull no punches.”
Which is probably why he spent time in a state prison.
Even with his new found wisdom, T. admits that he once thought Dick Nixon was a sexually transmitted disease.
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