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   Alexikakos said, 2 months ago

   The story and partial video behind this strip is here:
   
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/9849156/The-Troggs-perform-Wild-Thing-1966.html
   
   The full video is here:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DVJE_bhVU
   
   2 minutes 20 seconds
   
   A very nice tribute, Guy.
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   Doctor Toon said, 2 months ago

   I’m sure we all appreciate seeing Fritzi perform her “wild Thing” tribute
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   blunebottle said, 2 months ago

   Wild Thing, c’mon and hold me tight……..you mooooooove me!
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   Tog said, 2 months ago

   Poor old Reg. sadly missed.
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   AshburnStadium said, 2 months ago

   That song got a lot of Phillies fans’ hopes up throughout the 1993 season – until Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams fell apart in the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
   The Phillies led Game 4 by a 14-9 score and brought in Mitch in the 9th inning. They lost 15-14 in the highest-scoring World Series game ever, even to this day.
   They also brought Wild Thing in to preserve a 6-5 lead in Game 6. He threw that infamous walkoff pitch to Joe Carter, and lost 8-6.
   Had Wild Thing not pitched in those two games, it’s nearly certain that the Phillies would have won the 1993 World Series by a 4-2 margin..
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   LarryW2LJ said, 2 months ago

   @AshburnStadium

   And as I remember, Phillies fans were even more incensed by the fact that Williams didn’t even seem the least bit bothered by the outcomes.
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   jimmyh43105 said, 2 months ago

   Great song!
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   IamJayBluE said, 2 months ago

   Alexikakos, thank you for your enlightenment. my brain wasn’t “open for business”, yet. Kept trying to piece the clues together this a.m., then it all hit me. (Sort of A Beatles’ A Day In the Life moment) all I can say was WOW… Mr. Gilchrist, a fitting tribute, and I find myself joining Nancy and Fritizi in jamming to the defining piece of Mr. Reg Presley and the Troggs’ legacy….
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   Felix The Cat said, 2 months ago

   Good thing Nancy doesn’t know yet what the Wild Thing actually is
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    rickmac1937 said, 2 months ago

    i remember that song from the movie Major League with wild thing Charlie Sheen great movie
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    iangoodson said, 2 months ago

    Never realised that The Troggs had so many fans in the USA. They were rather under-rated in the UK but they were a great band and never pretentious.
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    IamJayBluE said, 2 months ago

    @felix,

    Not necessarily THAT wild thing. The Troggs’ version, as noted here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_(The_Troggs_song)

    compare that article with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_(Tone_L%C5%8Dc_song)
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    clarke3060 said, 2 months ago

    Oh, YES Fritzi……..You are the original wild thangi
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 2 months ago

    Where are Phil and Sluggo?
    Oh, yeah—washing dishes at the mission,
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    wcgreen3 said, 2 months ago

    Girls just love to have FUN!
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