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And clickbait even about me.
Thankfully there's Snopes to psych out what's true and what isn't.
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It was like nothing else that was ever seen in the world of comedy!
When Perry Block, a previously unknown Philadelphia area comic, entered the New York Bereft Comedy Jam, little was expected of him.
Why he even entered is hard to understand. After all, he is 75-years-old, way, way past the normal age for fledgling standup comics, and his material hardly the stuff of Dave Chappelle, John Mullaney, or even Louis C.K.
But in the opening rounds of the tournament Plucky Perry literally crushed and proceeded to annihilate the competition, earning cheers from the New York audiences and attracting rapt attention from television and movie moguls who saw the potential for a bold new comedy star who transcended age!!!
And as David Letterman appeared to present Perry with first place.....
Snopes Review: That's enough. We rate this story as false. Incredibly false.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Many of us have been told we look like a certain celebrity.
But for one Perry Block, that moment of recognition carried with it a unique and surprising twist.
Perry, an open mic comedian milling around in the club in which he was about to perform, was approached by a younger comic (who isn't?) who came up to him almost breathlessly.
"I just had to ask," the young man fairly well stammered. "Are you ... are you Henry Winkler?"
Now Perry had been told before that he resembled the legendary Fonz but had never before been mistaken for him. But this time he couldn't resist having a bit of fun."
"Yes, I am," Perry said with a smile." Then he gave forth with a 'Heeeyyy," and a two thumbs up in the style of the fictional Fonz from long ago and far away.
"Ah gee," said the young comic. "I'm so sorry to see how old and lousy looking you are these days, Mr. Winkler!"
Snopes Review: We rate this story as substantially true. Not very interesting or exciting, but true.
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Love does not often arrive for one at the later stages of life.
But for 75-year-old Perry Block it seemed poised to appear when he least expected it in a quiet coffee shop in a Philadelphia suburb.
"Excuse me," said the extraordinarily attractive 55-year-old woman sitting nearby to Perry, "but when I saw you I just had to put down my Emily Dickinson. May I sit with you?"
Perry put down his Robert Frost. "Of course you may," he said. "Until now I thought the nicest thing that could happen to me here was a perfect swirl on top of my Cappuccino. I'm Perry."
"My name is Danielle," she said. "Ever since my divorce I've been looking for a very slightly older man with a good sense of humor, and I don't know why but I have a good feeling that might be you."
What was to happen next between these two would-be lovers was not star-crossed but a cross between between the Hallmark Channel and OnlyFans ...
Snopes Review: OMG!!! We rate this story as false. Ridiculously false!!! In fact so ludicrously false that ...
Perry to Snopes: With all due respect, Snopes ... shut the fuck up!
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