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Walnetto - Candy
favorite of Tyrone, a dirty old man (Arte Johnson) with
overcoat and cane which he offered to Gladys Ormphby (Ruth
Buzzi), a frumpy old woman with a hair net seen on segments of
the comedy variety show ROWAN AND MARTIN'S
LAUGH-IN/NBC/1968-73.
Sitting on a park bench, Tyrone asked in
a gruff, gravelly voice "Want a Walnetto?" His reward?: being
smacked over the head with a purse. Tyrone and Gladys also
appeared on the Saturday morning animated cartoon THE NITWITS
in 1977.
TRIVIA NOTE: The Walnetto is a delicious chocolate
covered chewy caramel filled with California walnuts popular since 1920 and sold
5 pieces to the bar in the 1950s and 1960s You can still buy them today from The
Vermont Country Store.
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