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[rahirah]

Bill "Wallace" Thompson passed away on Wednesday. When I was a kid growing up in Phoenix in the 60s and 70s, it was the burning ambition of everyone I knew to go on the Wallace & Ladmo Show and get a Ladmo bag. (Heck, I'm old enough to remember the Toy Cottage, which predated Ladmo Bags.) I never got to go on the show or even to any of their

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[velvetwhip]

They seem like quite a kick. I am so sorry you never got to go see them live... and that now Wallace has passed away. *hugs you*

Gabrielle

[rahirah]

In retrospect I can see that it would have been very difficult for Mom to get us all down to the studio, but at the time, we thought ourselves very hard done by. :D

[ljs]

I loved this post. Thanks, Barb.

[rahirah]

:)

[rbfvid]

It's so sad, when part of your childhood passes away, but it's a beautiful way to honor their memory.
They are fabulous, and aunt Maud is my hero.

[rahirah]

It's amazing how well many of their old skits hold up after all these years!