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To: Perry Ganz who wrote (18357)2/17/2003 10:43:02 PM
From: Augustus Gloop  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45644
 
<<The Doctor was/is my favorite basketball player ever
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Doctor procto maybe <g>



To: Perry Ganz who wrote (18357)2/17/2003 11:33:39 PM
From: sandintoes  Respond to of 45644
 
At one basketball game we went to, my son started the chant, go "Dr. Chapstick"...do you remember he did that commercial?

All the children joined in, they thought they were hilarious.

Oh well, it is a memory, when I think of Dr. J, I think of Dr. Chapstick.

Title: BONUS PIECE: LAST ROUNDS for the DOCTOR AS JULIUS ERVING SAYS GOODBYE, SEVEN WRITERS REMEMBER A Championship Season
Date: 05/04/1987
Publication: Sports Illustrated
Author: BRUCE NEWMAN

SOMETIME AFTER JULIUS ERVING BECAME DR. J AND BEFORE he became Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable -- probably just prior to those rebellious Dr. ChapStick years in the late '70s, when he became a lip balm spokesman -- he went through a period during which his entire body seemed to be trying to loosen itself from the earth's gravitational pull. He wore his hair in an exotic split-level configuration and often seemed to hover just above the ground on the six-inch platform shoes he wore with an assortment of plaid jackets and brightly colored bow ties -- gravity's own improbable rainbow. ... (600 of 3653 Characters)



To: Perry Ganz who wrote (18357)2/18/2003 1:14:49 PM
From: Robert F. Newton  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45644
 
Perry: Ditto for me..................Ballet on the basketball court. Redefined the word "smooth"

Some of his highlights are over 20 years old and they still are amazing even in this day and age.