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53. I regret they didn't write Pollard in permanently when Denver failed his Army physical and returned

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 02:51 PM

Jan 2017

Hell, if they were smart, they would have spun off Maynard G. Krebs and cousin Jerome into another TV show, but apparently Michael J. Pollard was just to quirky for the writers.

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