Debbie Reynolds recalls life in Depression-era El Paso

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Debbie Reynolds hasn't been back to El Paso in nearly 60 years, so her memories of the dusty little town where she was born are sketchy.

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So What El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 3 1 So?
just you El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 5 5 1 Great Recession today caused by Republican cronies and their corporatist party.
So you better listen El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 2 1 1 Trust me those days are right around the corner...
Steve El Paso-Rockport Ingleside, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 4 1 Well written story Doug! It has all the facts a person would be interested in- the addresses where she lived and her school.
Ms D Las Cruces, NM	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 3 1 1 That's right Ms. Reynolds...They do build them tough in El Paso, Texas!
tejano Saint Paul, MN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 2 1 1 So you better listen wrote: Trust me those days are right around the corner... what the hell! am I the only one that lived thru those evil, horrible times, I was born in west texas in 1948 and into the late 1950s we lived like that, pinto beans, flour tortillas, raised chickens, dirt poor.
Mark Tyler, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 1 1 1 2208 Erie = 2208 Murchison now. Just down the street from Sunset High.
NObama El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 1 1 "I remember when it would rain, I'd run out and eat the mud. I thought it was so wonderful. My mother would run out and pull me in." Yuck!!!!

Darth Paso AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 Aug 1, 2010 Debbie Reynolds' gave birth to her daughter, who is Carrie Fisher/"Princess Leia" of Star Wars, so that makes Debbie Reynolds' husband... Darth Vader.
Darth Paso AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Aug 1, 2010 "I told you so, I told you so". I love her.
NineteenRabbit Chapala, Mexico	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 1 There were a hundred thousand people in El Paso in 1951--I doubt it.
Hash El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Aug 1, 2010 I love her on Will and Grace!!!
Kelly El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 Aug 1, 2010 NineteenRabbit wrote: There were a hundred thousand people in El Paso in 1951--I doubt it. You're right - by 1950 there were 130,003. If you don't know what you're commenting on, don't type anything.
Viva “TheseDays” Since: Apr 07 32,572 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 Aug 1, 2010 Born in El Paso, never knew,,,,,,
el paso citizen El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #15 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 2 great story!
ike Farmington, NM	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 1 Much much better story than Kim Kardashian. THis woman is graceful,said it was sad memory. But I didn't sense any regret or prejudice, she said they build'em tough in Ep. I can imagine all the krap that Kim was talking and they paid her to come. Debbie Reynolds has talent.
Get Real El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #17 Aug 1, 2010 Grew up watching Debbie Reynolds movies. She is one of the great ones still left of an era that gave us Elizabeth Taylor, Clark Gable, John Wayne and Richard Burton and an era where the sex in a movie was hinted at but not shown on screen. When Singin' in the Rain came out I begged my parents for dancing lessons but after a few weeks of class it was determined that my talent lay in other areas like plucking the feathers out of the chickens.
TJJackson El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #18 Aug 1, 2010 Judged: 1 ike wrote: Much much better story than Kim Kardashian. THis woman is graceful,said it was sad memory. But I didn't sense any regret or prejudice, she said they build'em tough in Ep. I can imagine all the krap that Kim was talking and they paid her to come. Debbie Reynolds has talent. So true. And Reynolds is a lady with class. Kardashian? Is she famous mostly for being famous? Os is she famous for the size of her butt?
Alp Palm City, FL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #19 Aug 1, 2010 I'm still trying to remember the bar I met her Uncle Harmond.We became good friend over the years,and he was still alive in the early 1970's Across from KROC? on piedras? Was it Jimmys bar?
Bonjour El Paso, TX	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #20 Aug 1, 2010 I love Debbie Reynolds. Amazing what the City has Created! Dirt poor people who new if they get the hell out of El Pisso, They'll make it. PEOPLE OF EL PISSO! LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!
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