A mistrial was declared in Philadelphia after an eye popping moment during a trial. John Huttick was suing Matthew Brunelli for the loss of his eye during a fight. Huttick tried to break-up a brawl between Brunelli and another bar patron when Huttick says Brunelli stabbed him in the eye with a key protruding between his fingers. In the middle of Huttick's testimony, his glass eye popped out of its socket. Huttick quickly caught the wayward prosthetic as two jurors rose in horror. The judge said it was an unfortunate incident, declared a mistrial and re-scheduled the trail for March.
After reading this story I remembered stories I heard about the actor Peter Falk. He lost one of his eyes due to cancer at age three. As a young man he would cause a stir by secretly taking his glass eye out and sneaking it into someones drink. They would lift their glass and find an eye staring at them. Talk about an eye-stopper.
Back in the early to mid eighties, there was a TV show, Tales of the Gold Monkey. The series took place in the thirties on a Pacific Island. The main character, Jake, had a one-eyed Jack Russell named, Jack. How does this relate to the Huttick story you ask. There was a running joke, in every episode Jack would lose his false eye or have it taken, then find it before the end of the show. Jack's prosthetic eye wasn't just an ordinary glass copy, it was an opal with a sapphire center.
There are lots of people and animals that appear to have eyes that pop out of their heads. The comedian, Marty Feldman, had the biggest eyes I ever saw. I have a puppet named Marty because his eyes pop out. Gene Wilder has eyes that can appear to pop. In the animal world Pugs have eyes that pop out, in some cases, literally pop out of their heads. Can you imagine, watching your beloved Pug pop his eyes out after being frightened. I guess Jack could have been played by a Pug instead of a Jack Russell. Nah, that would be type casting.
There are members of the ape family that have huge eyes that seem to pop out at you. Their eyes take up most of their face. I can close my eyes and see one, I just can't think of the name, it's on the tip of my eye-lash, let me loosen it by blinking a few times. Sorry, it simply won't come to me.
There are many sayings that include the image of popping eyes. A man looks at a woman and his wife responds, "Put your eyes back in your head.", while others describe someone as having their eyes bugged out.
Until next time, keep your eyes firmly in your head or you may lose your way.
After reading this story I remembered stories I heard about the actor Peter Falk. He lost one of his eyes due to cancer at age three. As a young man he would cause a stir by secretly taking his glass eye out and sneaking it into someones drink. They would lift their glass and find an eye staring at them. Talk about an eye-stopper.
Back in the early to mid eighties, there was a TV show, Tales of the Gold Monkey. The series took place in the thirties on a Pacific Island. The main character, Jake, had a one-eyed Jack Russell named, Jack. How does this relate to the Huttick story you ask. There was a running joke, in every episode Jack would lose his false eye or have it taken, then find it before the end of the show. Jack's prosthetic eye wasn't just an ordinary glass copy, it was an opal with a sapphire center.
There are lots of people and animals that appear to have eyes that pop out of their heads. The comedian, Marty Feldman, had the biggest eyes I ever saw. I have a puppet named Marty because his eyes pop out. Gene Wilder has eyes that can appear to pop. In the animal world Pugs have eyes that pop out, in some cases, literally pop out of their heads. Can you imagine, watching your beloved Pug pop his eyes out after being frightened. I guess Jack could have been played by a Pug instead of a Jack Russell. Nah, that would be type casting.
There are members of the ape family that have huge eyes that seem to pop out at you. Their eyes take up most of their face. I can close my eyes and see one, I just can't think of the name, it's on the tip of my eye-lash, let me loosen it by blinking a few times. Sorry, it simply won't come to me.
There are many sayings that include the image of popping eyes. A man looks at a woman and his wife responds, "Put your eyes back in your head.", while others describe someone as having their eyes bugged out.
Until next time, keep your eyes firmly in your head or you may lose your way.
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