Re: I’m from Milwaukee so I ought to know

rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Mon May 26 14:13:37 UTC 2025


funny, i thought of L&S (and Lenny & Squiggy) and Happy Days. never know,
Mr P may through some off-chance reference as a goof
though this place was not apparently the inspiration for Arnold's in the
show, the custard is fantastic. as I was an east coast fella, frozen
custard was never around growing up, being a Midwest delicacy. ice cream is
rich; custard is decadently rich

rich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%27s_Frozen_Custard


On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM Michael Lee Bailey via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Hamm’s - the first time I ever had a lot of beer was after finding like 8
> cans of the stuff as a 14 yo while cutting thru a neighbor’s back yard -
> could hardly believe my good fortune
>
> Maybe aftermath of a party?
>
> Their ad was like, “from the land of sky-blue wa-a-ter”
>
> https://youtu.be/W1TA52BfoL4?si=iZ3zoO53JUGP0XgO
>
> Myself and a friend got extravagantly & probably a little exaggeratedly
> drunk in his back yard - being a year older he gave me valuable dating
> advice I still cherish, before we took turns falling over and helping each
> other up. Good times!
>
> (gotta love back yards!)
>
> Pabst - *the* go-to beer in high school (so tasty)unless one wanted a
> 2-liter, in which case Meisterbrau.
>
> Feels funny asking for it now, though.
>
> Not to mention (but I will) Laverne & Shirley
>
> Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!
>
> https://youtu.be/hX5OYb_ByYE?si=kA5TEZ_dcSQbvc-P
>
> Milwaukee Moon
> https://youtu.be/HRQNhggsqtM?si=TkL9rAFFiJRnXqb-
>
> Saved the best for last:
> Laverne and Richie Cunningham, dance contest
>
> https://youtu.be/-d8b46ze6hI?si=cSYIV3Ca3eT4Mhjx
>
> On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM, rich <[richard.romeo at gmail.com](mailto:
> On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM, rich <<a href=)> wrote:
>
> > and let us not forget Pabst (I refuse it call it PBR), first discovered
> in tall-boy form on the back of the Allman Bros Live at the Fillmore East,
> in the hands of the roadies. a relationship was born.
> > My girlfriend's family had several career employees at the Pabst plant
> and remembers cases of the stuff being brought home and to relations homes.
> > of course, hipsters came along and well I will refrain from commenting
> further
> >
> > rich
> >
> > On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM rich < richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hamm's came to mind, too but that came out of St Paul. That's all I
> drank in Madison all those yrs ago. I love bears what can I say
> >>
> >> rich
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM Robert Mahnke < rpmahnke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You’re not far from Kenosha, kid.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from an iPhone; pls xcse typos.
> >>>
> >>>> On May 6, 2025, at 10:15 PM, Michael Lee Bailey via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  https://youtu.be/5w7I5FJBYvI?si=xyLIGsFqz62Wtj4i
> >>>>
> >>>> “It splats … wherever you go”
> >>>>
> >>>> (I can’t be the only one among the ancient ones hearing that
> commercial when it aired who thought of that tinkling joke, can I?)
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyhoo - really looking fwd to this next one.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was born in Milwaukee, but I really don’t remember.
> >>>> They say the ladies are insane there…
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