Sometimes people try to tell me Mr. T is old irony.
Then I read something like this, and my faith is renewed. THE T IS FOR TOUGH BUT IT IS ALSO FOR TENDERNESS.
Just wait until the part of listener appreciation month when we give away the MR. T BOOKS!
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Thursday, July 13, 2006
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Finding God convinced him to dump the gold? I seem to recall him wearing both a cross and a Star Of David back in the day. If he couldn't find God while covered in religious symbols, how could he expect to do it once he got rid of them?
Still, a very interesting article. But it's impossible to look at the picture of Nancy Reagan planting a kiss on his head and not thinking it's old irony.
Mr. T's Commandments is the best kid's album ever. hopefully he can run dr. phil out of the self-help game. or bodyslam him.
I think it was seeing the Katrina aftermath that convinced him to dump the gold. In an AP article about it, he also says this:
"I saw some, I call it 'sorry celebrities.' They'll go down there and hook up with the people to take a photo-op. I said, 'How disgusting.' If you're not going to go down there with a check and a hammer and a nail to help the people, don't go down there."
and
"Yes, I am qualified to beat people up. But I am pretty intelligent," he said. "That's what throws people off. If you've been through something, that gives you an authority that you can speak on certain things. That's why people relate to me. I pull no punches."
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