Posted By:
Joe Pelaez" we'll be able to challenge the New York gang to a rumble - switch blades and zip guns. If we all polish up our long-lost dance moves, we could outdo the rumble scene in West Side Story."
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1. Zip guns were from the mid forties, before WWII ended.
They were made from a metallic toy gun.
The toy gun was originally intended to shoot off a light balsa wood glider, which it did.
Zip guns were replaced by souvenir weapons that became plentiful when the second world war ended.
Not good for society, and only added to the West Side Story type of problems.
2. West Side story.
I spent over twenty years in show business, and in my very early years I was an extra in the West Side Story movie.
Needless to say, you touched a New York Sharks nerve.
Bring on da Jets, but betta yet, let's dance ova to da Chantilly show turf.
Joe P.