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From: rovaan
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Time: 09:10:19 PM
I ran across this story while looking at things related to San Francisco and Foster: “MAKING WHOOPEE Harold Brown rushed past a security guard at the 48- story Transamerica pyramid in San Francisco, calling out "I want to see the man at the top. I've been sent by God!" Followed by the guard, he sprinted to the 29th floor, spat at witnesses and jumped 300 feet down an airshaft. Shouting "whoopee!" all the way down, he landed on a concrete floor at an estimated 100mph, his t-shirt and jeans torn off during the fall. He lay unconscious for two minutes, then woke up and laughed. He had broken his thighs, knees and heels, but suffered no internal injuries. In the ambulance he was heard humming "Camptown Races". http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=009yoJ I had found this story while looking at Stephen Collins Foster, the author of Camptown Races. The end of the song has the word “somebody bet on the bay”. Stephen Foster’s birthday is July 4th, one day after Faye Resnick’s birthday. Faye and Bay rhyme. Faye is connected to the San Francisco Bay. Fuhrman has three Fosters in his murder in Greenwich movie. …. Stephen Foster’s first song, “Oh Susanna” was connected to the California gold rush. Foster is referenced in a memorable exchange between Doc Holiday and a cowboy in the film Tombstone. On a 2000 Episode of Oz, Unit Manager Tim McManus sings the song at the funeral of an African American staff member prompting the African American Warden Leo Glynn to fire him immediately.