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by Linda Holmes
From sharp-eyed tipster who is totally not Mike Pesca comes this gem, spotted among the items for sale at CharityBuzz:
Lunch with part of the cast of Too Close For Comfort is not a hot auction item.
Too Close For Comfort, you may or may not recall, was a sitcom that aired from 1980 to 1986 (which is much longer than I thought it was on), starring the late Ted Knight.
Ted Knight is not coming to lunch, obviously, no matter how much you pay. But the bidding currently stands at $150, and you have to pay for everyone's lunch. Compare this to better-faring items like Daytona with Patrick Dempsey, currently at $4250 as of this writing, or watching the U.S. Open with Andre Agassi, currently at a cool $8000 with three weeks of bidding to go.
Poor Too Close For Comfort.
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categories: Television
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