[Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason

[Michael Bittner]

Thanks to this thread,  I now can guess the reason why Marlon Brando moved 
to a Pacific island.  To get away from all the RFI here.
Mikw, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Hollander" <n7rk at cox.net>
To: <W9RAN at oneradio.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2019 11:11
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason


> Back in the early 70's, my dad N6UC and I used to go to lunch on Fridays 
> quite often and we would also stop in at Henry Radio in Anaheim. We lived 
> in Orange County, California. One time we were in there, I was out in the 
> front part of the store looking at stuff when my dad grabbed me and said 
> come here and dragged me into the new equipment showroom.  He pointed to 
> this guy hunched over some radio. The guy was really sloppy looking with 
> greasy hair and wearing a dirty white tee shirt with holes in it.
>
> What I said? That's Marlon Brando. Sure it is dad as I laughed and walked 
> back to the front of the store. About 15 minutes later I went back into 
> the show room and I walked over to where he had been sitting and there was 
> a sold tag on a very expensive piece of gear that said "Sold to Marlon 
> Brando." I don't remember what the unit was but it was in the thousands of 
> dollars and this was around 1971 or 1972.
>
> If you could never find him on qrz.com, it was because he spelled his name 
> MARTIN BRANDEAUX FO5GJ. He is still listed under that call.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave N7RK
>
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