[AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
Gerry
mesmo at gilanet.com
Wed Nov 22 19:57:47 EST 2006
In the spring of 1968 I was approached by a campaign worker of Dolph's and
asked for some creative ideas re: a radio commercial. I was playing drums in
the Conqueroo at the time and we all started trying to think of something
catchy for the commercial. By the time we got down to the deal the only
music was me playing a high hat behind some fast political rhetoric. He
didn't win that time around. But years later I was in the labor movement and
part of a group that met with Dolph on a regular basis (monthly or so) for
breakfast in the Gov's Mansion.
For a Texas governor I think he was a decent man who honestly tried to
govern with a fair hand...and I think he got away with it. His wife was a
driving force in his life, a beautiful boot tough Texas dame who was as
sharp as they get, "Janie" I believe. Anyway, it was fun and he had decent
relations with labor and our support, and I smile when I hear his name and
think of the fat sausages, fluffy scrambled eggs with herbs and onions
blended in, and perfect biscuits they put together in the Mansion at
breakfast time... End of tale.
"Dolph, Dolph, he's our man
Texas is Briscoeland..."
G
----- Original Message -----
From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
> Wasn't that "Dolph"? He was the last gov my mom worked for. mm
>
> On Nov 20, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Jon Ford wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Micael-- Are you speaking of Doph Briscoe, onetime governor of Texas?
> > As a child,age about 14, I spent a pleasant time recuperating from
> > the notorious Mexican "tourista bug" at his family's desolate ranch in
> > South Texas. This was the only time I ever "went Texas," but I was
> > unfortunately unable to climb aboard any gigantic longhorn steers or
> > rope any broncos as I was sick as a dog the whole week.
> >
> > Jon Ford
> >
> >
> >> From: micael at micaelpriest.com
> >> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the
> >> 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> >> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
> >> Subject: [AGL] Figi House & Casino Royale
> >> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:14:52 -0600
> >>
> >>
> >> FIGI house is at 27th and Whitis, big white colonial...i lived
> >> next door at the Rhea house in 69 ,3 or 4 doors down from the Campus
> >> Guild(Socialist dorm with the constantly running LSD driven Bridge
> >> Game). FIGI's had the toga partys all right. fixt em up with a little
> >> herb from time to time. all ex highschool jocks though and generally
> >> pretty thick. We got in a snowball war withem the one time it snowed
> >> that winter, we whipped their asses, they responded by shooting an
> >> arrow through one of our guys' window upstairs with a note on it
> >> claiming victory. Bill Narum's Dad was a FIGI, his roomate was Dolf
> >> Briscoe, i knew Dolf was a football player but i was a little
> >> mystified about what kinda jock mr. Narum might have been...he was a
> >> fencer. I was a fencer at UT freshman and senior year. still have the
> >> back 3/4ths of my foil.
> >>
> >> As i recall, the first Casino Royale was a send up of Bond
> >> movies...maybe w/ Peter Sellers?
> >>
> >> aidedoo,
> >> micael priest
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>> 3. Re: movie intro, don't go without a quality check (Frances
> >>> Morey)
> >>> 4. Movies (Igor Loving)
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> >>> Message: 1
> >>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:06 -0500
> >>> From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh at shentel.net>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> >>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> >>> Message-ID: <019101c70c60$5761f620$0e606fcc at wayne8wvactdtz>
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> >>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.
> >>>
> >>> wgJ
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Fontaine Maverick To:
> >>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent:
> >>> Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:51 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity toga
> >>> party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
> >>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future
> >>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I
> >>> do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me
> >>> like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was
> >>> what made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock
> >>> value, fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The
> >>> military and fraternities were originally established to teach men
> >>> how to be men however one became "selective" [read: enlist the
> >>> already civilized who don't need such training] and the other a
> >>> model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully
> >>> acting out towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to
> >>> discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and present.
> >>> Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in ascendancy
> >>> in the education and the professions because women seem to have
> >>> better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having s
> >>> uccess in school training for the professions.
> >>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven
> >>> when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for
> >>> having sex. I have no regrets about the former.
> >>> Frances
> >>>
> >>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I don't
> >>> think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It is a
> >>> comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at 92%.
> >>>
> >>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews -
> >>> usually over 100 of them for each movie.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
> >>>
> >>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff
> >>> when you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what
> >>> year something was made, etc.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.imdb.com
> >>>
> >>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the
> >>> Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the
> >>> first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
> >>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Fontaine,
> >>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons
> >>> was raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or
> >>> something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the
> >>> same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible. Frances
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> Message: 2
> >>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:16:11 -0600
> >>> From: "Fontaine Maverick" <fmaverick at austin.rr.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> >>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> >>> Message-ID: <004801c70c62$fe36c8c0$6800a8c0 at NEWFONT>
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> >>>
> >>> I dated one frat guy, and the frat was much like animal house -
> >>> strong non-conformist thread running through the membership- they
> >>> had a house south of campus - an old granite castle-like place. Went
> >>> to one toga party.Don't think it was Fiji, though.
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Johnson To:
> >>> survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s Sent:
> >>> Sunday, November 19, 2006 10:57 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The only frat that had really good toga parties were the Fijis.
> >>>
> >>> wgj
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> >>> Message: 3
> >>> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:31:22 -0800 (PST)
> >>> From: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
> >>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> >>> Message-ID: <779288.871.qm at web34615.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> >>> No, but I did go skinny dipping once.
> >>> Frances
> >>>
> >>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> Oh-my-god, Frances. I bet you have never been to a fraternity
> >>> toga party! ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
> >>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:11 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] movie intro, don't go without a quality check
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've put rotten tomatoes into my favorites file, for future
> >>> reference. I trust what ordinary people say about movies more than I
> >>> do critics or other industry types practicing hype. PF seemed to me
> >>> like the very definition of sacrilege. Antipathy to religion was
> >>> what made it so popular but violence for the sake of violence, shock
> >>> value, fundamental disrespect for an institution offends me. The
> >>> military and fraternities were originally established to teach men
> >>> how to be men however one became "selective" [read: enlist the
> >>> already civilized who don't need such training] and the other a
> >>> model for Animal House [read: drunken druggies disrespectfully
> >>> acting out towards women and society.] Religions were "organized" to
> >>> discourage "sin" whatever that is thought to be, past and present.
> >>> Now no one is teaching males how to be men, women are in ascendancy
> >>> in the education and the professions because women seem to have
> >>> better instincts for applying themselves to learning and having
> >>> success in school training for the professions.
> >>> I used to brag that, without sin, I will go straight to heaven
> >>> when I die since I have never had an abortion nor got paid for
> >>> having sex. I have no regrets about the former.
> >>> Frances
> >>>
> >>> Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> >>> Borat? Not sure why you found PF reprehensible, but I
> >>> don't think Borat is the same type of movie (I haven't seen it) It
> >>> is a comedy, for one thing - but the tomatometer is currently at
> >>> 92%.
> >>> Rotten Tomatoes is an excellent source of movie reviews -
> >>> usually over 100 of them for each movie.
> >>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
> >>> And Internet Movie Data Base is great for looking up stuff when
> >>> you can't remember the name of some actor, or want to know what year
> >>> something was made, etc.
> >>> http://www.imdb.com
> >>> And I just found out that Casino Royale is NOT a remake in the
> >>> Broccoli tradition, though it was once done as a comedy. It is the
> >>> first Bond novel that Broccoli ever wrote.
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Frances Morey
> >>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
> >>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:55 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [AGL] have empathy with the whole wide world
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Fontaine,
> >>> What does the tomatometer register for that B movie Simmons was
> >>> raving about now showing at the Alamo Drafthouse? Borok, or
> >>> something like that, is the name. I don't think I'll like it in the
> >>> same way that I found Pulp Fiction reprehensible. Frances
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> Message: 4
> >>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:17:38 -0600
> >>> From: "Igor Loving" <lovingigor at hotmail.com>
> >>> Subject: [AGL] Movies
> >>> To: austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
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> >>>
> >>> Oh, Oh, Movies. The last one I saw was some Indian thing at Alamo
> >>> Draft House that came with Indian Food, before that was some stupid
> >>> thing about penguinos marching around in the snow. Not much of a
> >>> movie freak and I never ever rent the things. I have a collection of
> >>> movies in boxes that have been gathering dust for years and years
> >>> and my computer has over sixty five movies in memory. Real gems I am
> >>> sure.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Charlie Loving
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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