"Sweet" Lou Dunbar,famous Harlem Globetrotter who was visiting the Mayo Civic Center in 2004.
Rochester Magazine:What’s up with the guys on the New York Nationals [the Globetrotters regular opponent]? I mean come on. It seems like one of them gets his pants pulled down in every game, yet they’re always wearing embarrassing underpants.
LD:I don’t know about their underwear. I’m guessing they shop at bad places for their underwear.
RM:I’ve lost a lot of money on those guys over the years.
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LD:That’s like Krusty the Clown in that Simpson’s episode. They ask him why he kept betting on the Washington Generals and he said "They were due, man. They were due."
RM:Can you whistle "Sweet Georgia Brown"? LD: [whistling]. Man, you can never forget that tune. RM: Here’s me [whistling].
LD:Man, that is terrible. Don’t give up your day job. I mean, man, that’s really terrible.
RM:Sorry. I really don’t know how to whistle.
Donny Osmond,who was performing at the Mayo Civic Center in 2005.
RM:Do you accept the judges’ decision that you lost your boxing match with Danny Bonaduce [in a Chicago gym in 1994]? I talked to at least one person who said you won that fight.
DO:Arrrrrrgh!
RM:Are you still racing cars? I saw you win a celebrity Toyota race a few years back.
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DO:Haven’t in a while. Did you know I won that race? Let’s see Bonaduce do that!
RM:Agree or disagree: You like romance novels about pirates.
TW:Disagree.
RM:Really?
TW:What do you mean, ‘Really’?
RM:I just thought you might.
TW:I don’t.
RM:OK, I’m going to give you one of the cheesy psych tests I give people. I’ll tell you what your answers represent later.
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TW:I’m a little scared of this.
RM:Name your favorite animal and give me three words to describe it.
TW:My favorite animal is the Mastiff dog. It’s intimidating, large, and a loner.
RM:Same thing with your favorite color.
TW:Black. It’s neutral. It’s like Johnny Cash—the "Man in Black." It’s a little scary.
RM:You’re in a white room. All alone. No windows or doors. How do you feel?
TW:Comfortable, sleepy, lonely.
RM:OK. The animal is supposed to represent how you feel about yourself. The color is how others perceive you. The white room is supposed to represent your feelings on death.
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TW:Man, that’s pretty good. Those kind of fit.
RM:Kind of? Intimidating, large, a little scary ... It’s probably a stretch, but I guess I can see that.
Wild Bill Bauer,a comedian who headlined at Goonie’s Comedy Club in 2009 (and died in 2012).
RM:Worst golf shot you’ve ever seen?
WBB:It was one of my own. I hooked a ball off the tee on the Burbank Golf Course. This was a great foursome, too. I was playing with Louie Anderson, Jeff Cesario, and Bill Kirchenbauer, who was on "Just The Ten Of Us" and "Coach." I hooked it like 15 yards into a snake pit. I took the lost ball penalty. Louie said, ‘Aren’t you going to get that ball?’
RM:Speaking of Louie Anderson, is it true you once won his car in a poker game?
WBB:Yes. Now how did you find that out?
RM:I do my research.
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WBB:I guess so. That’s a little known fact. Yes, I did. There was about $3,000 in the pot. It was way over everyone’s head. There were a few checks in there, including a bad check for $300 that I had just written. I would never have gone in like that without aces. I would have to have two aces and that’s what I pulled. He had kings.
RM:What kind of car was it?
WBB:It wasn’t new. It was a Cadillac that he had just bought. And I’ll say this about Louie Anderson, he would never welch on a debt. I didn’t want the car, but he made me take it.
Vicki Lawrence,from "The Carol Burnett Show" and "Mama’s Family," who spoke at Power of the Purse in 2011.
RM:Best Vicki Lawrence song ever?
VL:Well, I only have the one.
RM:What? You have a bunch of songs.
VL:I only have one hit. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."
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RM:No. It’s "He Did With Me."
VL:Oh no it’s not!
RM:What? That’s a good song.
VL:No. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was my only hit.
RM:About that. So you killed your brother’s wife and her lover, but nothing ever happened to that Amos boy, Seth?
VL:I guess not. We need a diagram of the song plot. When I heard back in the early ‘80s that they were going to make a movie based on the song I said, this is hysterical, I have to be sure and watch. Because I’m not even sure what happened. I want to see what they think happened.
RM:My coworker didn’t believe you sang that. She thought it was Helen Reddy.
VL:Helen Reddy! That’s not even a good guess.
