[Oasfaa] Blast from the past

Tue Apr 1 17:04:12 CDT 2014

Oh my, I think I’m turning red just reading about this. Of course, you all could be making this up and I wouldn’t know the difference because I don’t remember a thing!

From: Don Buehrer [mailto:dcbuehrer at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 5:00 PM
To: Mc Conahay, Pamela K.
Cc: myrna cross; Larry Hollingsworth; oasfaa at lists.onenet.net
Subject: Re: [Oasfaa] Blast from the past

Pam, I remember that well. All of us were waiting for Larry to become rude, obnoxious and curse, but he never did. Was a true gentleman.
On the other hand, well, guess I'll skip how Hancock behaved. And he wasn't even hypnotised

On Apr 1, 2014, at 4:55 PM, "Mc Conahay, Pamela K." <pmcconahay at ou.edu<mailto:pmcconahay at ou.edu>> wrote:
OK, if Larry is going to name names, you have to know about HIS performance.

He danced (not well)  & played an imaginary guitar as Hank Williams Jr.  BUT the best part was when the hypnotist convinced him that his buttocks had been removed.  He was then directed to sit in a chair on stage, which he kept trying to do just to swoop up as he realized he had nothing to sit on. Don kept asking him why he wouldn't sit down...all Larry would say was "I can't."  (Never did the words butt, hiney, or even posterior pass his lips.)  Finally he was told a woman in the audience had his behind & he just needed to sit in her lap & twist to lock it back on so he did....and was awakened while still in her lap.   Mary Mowdy & I were crying laughing & desperate for it to be over because we were about to wet our pants.

They say you won't do anything under hypnosis that conflicts with your values or personality & I know that's true.  I actually went to see Don White to get hypnotized to lose weight.  I'm still fat and Larry was & still is a gentleman!

Pam McConahay
OU Retiree!
pmcconahay at ou.edu<mailto:pmcconahay at ou.edu>

On Apr 1, 2014, at 3:38 PM, "myrna cross" <myrna.cross at wosc.edu<mailto:myrna.cross at wosc.edu>> wrote:

Larry,
I wasn't at the meeting in 1986 but I think I was at the next show Don did and if I'm not mistaken, you were part of the entertainment!!!  I do remember Cheryl Lyons crying because she thought Floy Parkhill was lying to the hypnotist!!  It was a very good show!!

Myrna Cross
Director, Financial Aid
Western Oklahoma State College
2801 N. Main
Altus, OK  73521
580-477-7712
580-477-7716 fax

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Larry Hollingsworth <LHollingsworth at osla.org<mailto:LHollingsworth at osla.org>> wrote:
Hi All,

I was sorry to see that one of OASFAA’s funniest entertainers recently passed away. You old timers may remember Don White who was a hypnotist. The first time I saw Don was at an OASFAA conference almost 30 years ago. It was the fall of 1986 at the Hilton Inn in OKC. Heck, some of you young whippersnappers were just a gleam in your parents eyes back then.

Anyway, I had been in OASFAA for about six years and was just getting to know some of the OASFAA personalities  – Ed Queeny, Warren Wilson, Rhonda Freeman, Mary Coffey, David Horn, Chuck Pappan, Richard Dean, Dave Barrett, Elton Davis, Archie Gwartney, Don Matthews, Carole Pence and even Pam McConahay just to name a few.

Well, Don was the banquet entertainment, and it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen! If you have ever seen a hypnotist perform, when you know the people involved it makes the show a gazillion times more funny. He had people doing things completely out of their character. But he was a gentleman, nothing morally inappropriate of course. We were laughing ourselves to tears; it was hilarious! Too bad we didn’t have cell phones back then!

We had Don come back once in subsequent years, however that story is for another day.

I’m sure you have some interesting personalities in the association today, but back in the 80’s there were some real corkers! “Hall of Famers” is what we called them.  Someday when I have more time, I’ll have to tell you the story of a presentation by Henry Pace whose topic was “Meeting Unmet Need”. Yes, as they say, those were the days…

Best Regards,

Larry

Larry Hollingsworth
Vice President Loan Management
Oklahoma Student Loan Authority
Telephone: (405) 556-9231<tel:%28405%29%20556-9231>
FAX: (405) 556-9258<tel:%28405%29%20556-9258>
E-mail: lhollingsworth at osla.org<mailto:lhollingsworth at osla.org>

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