-=>While in the White Hart, Steven Horn explained to Fred Runk that<=-
 SH> Fred Runk (1:300/105) wrote to Suzze Tiernan at 15:04 on 24 Oct 1997:
 
 FR> There were several movies, decades ago, featuring a detective
 FR> called "The Thin Man."  I wonder if it was the same character.  I
 FR> also remember a radio detective who was called "The Fat Man."  The
 FR> intro was "he tips the scales at 250 lbs, his fortune DANGER!"  or
 FR> something like that anyway--it was awhile ago.
 SH> The "The Thin Man" movies (or at least the first one) were loosely
 SH> based on  the Hammett story.  I can't help you with "The Fat Man".
Can't remember anything about the series, except that opening scenario.  It
might even have been based on a Hammett character, for all I know--loosely,
very loosely based, that is.
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