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WarnerBro: /* Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business */

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Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business

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	When he started Operation Snowball, Jerry was riding ambulance duty for a volunteer rescue squad in Richmond when he wasn’t doing live television news broadcasts for a local station. He’d later become a radio announcer for WEZS (Easy Listening), while teaching Standard First Aid to Richmond [[Jerkop\|police recruits]] every Tuesday night. I spent more Tuesday nights learning first aid downtown at the Richmond Police Station than I can remember.		When he started Operation Snowball, Jerry was riding ambulance duty for a volunteer rescue squad in Richmond when he wasn’t doing live television news broadcasts for a local station. He’d later become a radio announcer for WEZS (Easy Listening), while teaching Standard First Aid to Richmond [[Jerkop\|police recruits]] every Tuesday night. I spent more Tuesday nights learning first aid downtown at the Richmond Police Station than I can remember.

	Jerry cared about the Mental Health movement in Virginia. He worked for a Mental Health agency headquartered in one of the most beautiful buildings on Monument Avenue. So it was that we’d pull into the parking lot of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg in the early afternoon, rush in to a cafeteria area with a stage, and perform for a half hour to [[Inos\|war vets]] and [[Slow-in-the-minds\|mentally ravaged]] patients whose suffering was only being exacerbated by [[Kick the ~~autistic~~\|abuses they were suffering]] at the hands of their guards.		Jerry cared about the Mental Health movement in Virginia. He worked for a Mental Health agency headquartered in one of the most beautiful buildings on Monument Avenue. So it was that we’d pull into the parking lot of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg in the early afternoon, rush in to a cafeteria area with a stage, and perform for a half hour to [[Inos\|war vets]] and [[Slow-in-the-minds\|mentally ravaged]] patients whose suffering was only being exacerbated by [[Kick the Autistic\|abuses they were suffering]] at the hands of their guards.

	Jerry Harmon was a consummate performer. He wore a black cape à la Count Dracula. His black hair was slicked back. Jerry had studied voice with the great Don Ameche, and copied Ameche's pencil-thin mustache.		Jerry Harmon was a consummate performer. He wore a black cape à la Count Dracula. His black hair was slicked back. Jerry had studied voice with the great Don Ameche, and copied Ameche's pencil-thin mustache.

WarnerBro at 22:52, 19 April 2023

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	'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his [[Saturday Night Special\|previous statements]] on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.		'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his [[Saturday Night Special\|previous statements]] on Jerry, he paints him a significantly more positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.

	Although Cole was unable to find information about Operation Snowball in the Richmond newspapers of the time, Christorians have tracked down articles about the project in papers from various other cities in Virginia.		Although Cole was unable to find information about Operation Snowball in the Richmond newspapers of the time, Christorians have tracked down articles about the project in papers from various other cities in Virginia.

Hurtful Truth Level at 06:54, 19 June 2022

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	==References==		==References==
	*https://www.colesmithey.com/articles/2017/09/operation-snowball-my-first-career-in-show-business.html		*https://www.colesmithey.com/articles/2017/09/operation-snowball-my-first-career-in-show-business.html
			[[Category:Historical Documents]]

Hurtful Truth Level at 06:53, 19 June 2022

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	*[[Saturday Night Special]]		*[[Saturday Night Special]]

	==~~Reference~~==		==References==
	*[https://www.colesmithey.com/articles/2017/09/operation-snowball-my-first-career-in-show-business.html~~\|Source]~~		*https://www.colesmithey.com/articles/2017/09/operation-snowball-my-first-career-in-show-business.html

Larry the Larryhog: Adding source

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Saturday Night Special]]		*[[Saturday Night Special]]

			==Reference==
			*[https://www.colesmithey.com/articles/2017/09/operation-snowball-my-first-career-in-show-business.html\|Source]

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	'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his [[Saturday Night Special\|previous statements]] on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.		'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his [[Saturday Night Special\|previous statements]] on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.

Ivandevon at 00:45, 11 June 2022

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	'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his previous statements on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.		'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his [[Saturday Night Special\|previous statements]] on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.

			Although Cole was unable to find information about Operation Snowball in the Richmond newspapers of the time, Christorians have tracked down articles about the project in papers from various other cities in Virginia.

	==''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''==		==''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''==
	You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.		You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.

	Under its auspices, “King Karnak, Barbie, and Cole” would become a ten-year annual touring magic show across the state of Virginia. The purpose of the act was to provide Christmastime entertainment for the patients at all, or most, of the mental institutions in Virginia; there were a lot mental hospitals in those days. [[Western State Hospital]] in Staunton, Virginia was on the list.		Under its auspices, “King Karnak, Barbie, and Cole” would become a ten-year annual touring magic show across the state of Virginia. The purpose of the act was to provide [[Christmas\|Christmastime]] entertainment for the patients at all, or most, of the mental institutions in Virginia; there were a lot mental hospitals in those days. [[Western State Hospital]] in Staunton, Virginia was on the list.

	Every year we’d kick off the tour with a show at the Towne Theater on Broad Street in Richmond before heading over to the Governor’s office for a photo op with the reigning Governor, who would give his blessing for our two-week tour that followed.		Every year we’d kick off the tour with a show at the Towne Theater on Broad Street in Richmond before heading over to the Governor’s office for a photo op with the reigning Governor, who would give his blessing for our two-week tour that followed.
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	Perhaps.		Perhaps.

	When he started Operation Snowball, Jerry was riding ambulance duty for a volunteer rescue squad in Richmond when he wasn’t doing live television news broadcasts for a local station. He’d later become a radio announcer for WEZS (Easy Listening), while teaching Standard First Aid to Richmond police recruits every Tuesday night. I spent more Tuesday nights learning first aid downtown at the Richmond Police Station than I can remember.		When he started Operation Snowball, Jerry was riding ambulance duty for a volunteer rescue squad in Richmond when he wasn’t doing live television news broadcasts for a local station. He’d later become a radio announcer for WEZS (Easy Listening), while teaching Standard First Aid to Richmond [[Jerkop\|police recruits]] every Tuesday night. I spent more Tuesday nights learning first aid downtown at the Richmond Police Station than I can remember.

	Jerry cared about the Mental Health movement in Virginia. He worked for a Mental Health agency headquartered in one of the most beautiful buildings on Monument Avenue. So it was that we’d pull into the parking lot of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg in the early afternoon, rush in to a cafeteria area with a stage, and perform for a half hour to war vets and mentally ravaged patients whose suffering was only being exacerbated by abuses they were suffering at the hands of their guards.		Jerry cared about the Mental Health movement in Virginia. He worked for a Mental Health agency headquartered in one of the most beautiful buildings on Monument Avenue. So it was that we’d pull into the parking lot of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg in the early afternoon, rush in to a cafeteria area with a stage, and perform for a half hour to [[Inos\|war vets]] and [[Slow-in-the-minds\|mentally ravaged]] patients whose suffering was only being exacerbated by [[Kick the autistic\|abuses they were suffering]] at the hands of their guards.

	Jerry Harmon was a consummate performer. He wore a black cape à la Count Dracula. His black hair was slicked back. Jerry had studied voice with the great Don Ameche, and copied Ameche's pencil-thin mustache.		Jerry Harmon was a consummate performer. He wore a black cape à la Count Dracula. His black hair was slicked back. Jerry had studied voice with the great Don Ameche, and copied Ameche's pencil-thin mustache.
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	To quote Lux Interior of "The Cramps," "I learned all I know by the age of nine."		To quote Lux Interior of "The Cramps," "I learned all I know by the age of nine."

			==See also==
			*[[Saturday Night Special]]

Ivandevon at 00:23, 11 June 2022

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	You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.		You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.

	Under its auspices, “King Karnak, Barbie, and Cole” would become a ten-year annual touring magic show across the state of Virginia. The purpose of the act was to provide Christmastime entertainment for the patients at all, or most, of the mental institutions in Virginia; there were a lot mental hospitals in those days. Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia was on the list.		Under its auspices, “King Karnak, Barbie, and Cole” would become a ten-year annual touring magic show across the state of Virginia. The purpose of the act was to provide Christmastime entertainment for the patients at all, or most, of the mental institutions in Virginia; there were a lot mental hospitals in those days. [[Western State Hospital]] in Staunton, Virginia was on the list.

	Every year we’d kick off the tour with a show at the Towne Theater on Broad Street in Richmond before heading over to the Governor’s office for a photo op with the reigning Governor, who would give his blessing for our two-week tour that followed.		Every year we’d kick off the tour with a show at the Towne Theater on Broad Street in Richmond before heading over to the Governor’s office for a photo op with the reigning Governor, who would give his blessing for our two-week tour that followed.

PsychoNerd054 at 20:15, 17 May 2022

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	'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his previous statements on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.		'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his previous statements on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.

Larry the Larryhog at 01:49, 15 May 2022

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			'''''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''''' is an article written by [[Cole Smithey]] detailing his experience performing as magicians with his stepfather Jerry Harmon and [[Barb]]. What is notable about this article is in comparison to his previous statements on Jerry, he paints him a significantly positive light, calling him a humanitarian and praising his skills as a magician.

	==''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''==		==''Operation Snowball: My First Career in Show Business''==
	You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.		You’d be hard-pressed to track down any information on Google about Jerry Harmon’s Operation Snowball. Sometime in December of 1967, when I was just three-years-old, my stepdad Jerry Harmon launched a touring magic act project called Operation Snowball.