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In reply to the discussion: Worst Series Finale of a TV Show [View all]csziggy
(34,189 posts)When each of the men were dealing with their losses. The Bert Campbell does philosophy:
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Burt Campbell: Life plays funny tricks...You see what happens in life is this - something bad happens to you and you say Oh God, look at this bad thing that just happened to me.
Then you figure its over and it will all get good again but then what happens is another bad thing happens and then you say Pffft, that was a surprise. I mean, two bad things in a row but I guess thats it for a while cause I just had my quota of bad.
And then what happens is some awful thing happens to you like everything gets taken away from you and you say Pfft, well, thats it, there is nothing else that can happen - I lost everything. And then life plays its funny trick - you die.
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It doesn't read as funny as the way Richard Mulligan who played Burt performed it, but it still cracks me up. Unfortunately I haven't found just that scene in a video. Here is a really bad copy of that episode: