VLVL2(3): Li'l Buddy

[Dave Monroe]

   "Here it was.  OK, 'What are you sayin', Hector?'
   "'You know what I'm sayín, asshole.'
   "Zoyd couldn't see a thing in his eyes.  'Who you
been talking to?'
   "'Your wife.'
   "Zoyd began stabbing and restabbing his enchiladas
with a fork while Hector waited him out.  'Uh, well
how's she doing?'
   "Hector's eyes were moist, and popping out some. 
'Not too good, li'l buddy.'
   "'Tryin' to tell me what, she's in trouble?'
   "'You catch on fast for an ol' doper, now try this
one, you ever hear of defunding?  Maybe you noticed on
the news, on the Tube, all these stories about
Reaganomics, a-an' cutbacks in the federal budget and
stuff?'" (VL, Ch. 3, p. 26)


"li'l buddy"

Gilligan

The wiry first mate to Skipper Jonas Grumby, though
fiercely loyal, is the quintessential screw-up. He
means well, but is forever breaking radios, tripping
over phone cables, making plates out of explosive
material and passing out radioactive seeds without
reading the package. If there is a way foil a plan,
Gilligan will find it. More often than not, it
involves falling into the lagoon. 

Born in Pennsylvania, Gilligan worked at a gas station
before joining the Navy where he saved the life of the
captain, becoming his "little buddy." In gratitude,
when the Skipper started his own charter business, he
hired Gilligan to be his first mate despite his
incompetence. Gilligan's childlike nature makes him
the perfect errand boy often performing many of the
menial tasks on the island such as riding the
Professor's generator bike, acting as manservant to
Mr. Howell or collecting coconuts for the girls. It
should be noted, some claim Gilligan's first name is
"Willy", though none has been able to prove it.

http://www.tvland.com/shows/gilligans/character1.jhtml

And see as well ...

http://www.gilligansisle.com/gil.html

http://www.bobdenver.com/

Was the Skipper's catchphrase "Little Buddy" a simple
corruption of "Little Bud, eh?" And what about that
episode where everybody ate the "irradiated seeds" and
gained super powers?

http://www.filmvault.com/filmvault/alibi/g/gilligansisland1.html


"defunding"

Main Entry: de·fund 
Pronunciation: (")dE-'f&nd
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1948
: to withdraw funding from

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary


"Reaganomics"

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/reagan.years/whitehouse/reaganomics.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/sullivan/CNN/RWR/ps174/crossfire/reaganomics.html


"a-an'"

E.g. ...

"'I'd sure like anything they got on L. Jamf, a-and on
that Imipolex G.'" 260

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/jamf-l.html

"A white knight, molded out of plastic--a-and wait'll
Slothrop finds out what kind of plastic, boy!" 436

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/plastic.html

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