Pat Meets Bob, Dec 8 1945
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Pat meets Bob for the first time! He just got discharged from the marines and he is one beautiful man! Pat and Bob got married in 1955, but it seems like their romance was long in the making.
Hosted by Teri Mandemaker · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 25 episodes
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Intimate, funny, and irresistibly vivid glimpses of 1940's Los Angeles.When a lively 25-year-old woman writes to her beloved uncle- only a few years older and serving overseas during World War II - nothing is off limits. In these real-life letters, she chronicles her days and nights in Los Angeles with charm, wit, flirtation, and a sparkling sense of adventure. Each episode features a letter read aloud revealing a time capsule of love, youth, and the human moments that persist - even in a world at war.
Teri Mandemaker hosts Letters to Uncle Gay, a society show with 25 episodes published.
Pat meets Bob for the first time! He just got discharged from the marines and he is one beautiful man! Pat and Bob got married in 1955, but it seems like their romance was long in the making.
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Winnie's funeral episode. Also included are curious words about moist kisses and keeping one's lips lubricated. Jerry is "peeved" at Pat because Pat going on dates with Jerry's boyfriend
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