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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 16:01:14 EST
From: Will Wheeler
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Gorsky sighting on football pre-game radio program


In article <4ai9te$629@dam.charlesview.com>, franklig@charlesview.com (Greg Franklin) says:

>"Mr. Gorsky" has resurfaced!
[on a radio show]

In previous discussions of this UL, we have been referenced to the Apollo mission logs. I was recently checking them and found this:

[include txt]
One Small Step

Corrected Transcript and Commentary Copyright ) 1995 by Eric M. Jones. All rights reserved

[During November 1995, a clever (and rather risque) story was
widely circulated on the Internet concerning a statement Neil is
supposed to have made during the Apollo 11 EVA. At the suggestion
of several readers, let me state that Neil never said "Good luck,
Mr. Gorsky" at any time during the mission. Indeed, on November
28, 1995, Neil wrote, " I understand that the joke is a year old.
I first heard it in California delivered by (comedian) Buddy
Hackett".]
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