Kookie, Kookie....

Edd "Kookie" Byrnes died yesterday.
When "77 Sunset Strip" happened, in 1959, and I was 11, my cousin Michael Rosenthal was also 11.
He lived in Brooklyn, and my family and I lived in Queens.
Occasionally our families visited each other.
Michael and I always got along great.
That summer, Michael and his family showed up.
I don't remember the occasion, but I vividly remember the reaction by two neighboring female contemporaries.
They spent the entire day convinced that Michael was the spitting image of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes.
And they oogled him accordingly.
All day.
I think it's fair to say that Michael loved the attention.
Maybe he was also slightly embarrassed by it.
I wonder if Michael remembers this.
I know I do.
We have remained Facebook friends, and he'll probably read this.
I hope he lets me know.

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