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Bronze this, Milwaukee!
Barrel Man is practically bronze already in that retro yellow!  
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Tags: bronze fonz, violent femmes, bango, barrel man, bernie brewer, charlotte rae, gene wilder

As Milwaukee prepares to unveil the Bronz Fonz at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, we present some other Brew City bronze-ables.

After all, if we're going to bronze the Fonz, I wonder why we don't give some serious thought to bronzing these Milwaukee notables:

Dick Bacon. Sure, the late tan man is already immortalized on a coffee bag sticker at Alterra, but he was bronze in life, why not in death?

Charlotte Rae. Hey, she was on TV in the '70s and '80s, too. Who didn't love Mrs. Garrett on "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life"?

Bernie Brewer. Alright, maybe it's premature since he's still active, but what about Barrel Man then?

The nice Bango. Anyone who yearns for the day when the NBA seemed like an interesting sport in which not every player appeared to have the same tough guy personality, yearns for the old Bango, so full of vim, so full of gemutlikeit and so adept at spinning that ball on his cloven hoof.

Violent Femmes. They're Milwaukee's real rock stars and if they're encased in bronze, they'd presumably get along. Well, at least they couldn't fight!

Gene Wilder. Let's face it, Wilder is the funniest guy we've given to the world. If we can bronze a "Happy Days" character, certainly there's room for the comedic genius from "Willie Wonka," "Blazing Saddles," Young Frankenstein" and, ahem, "Will & Grace."

OK, who am I forgetting? I'm sure you'll tell me using the talkback feature below.

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DMcH Golda Meir Violent Femmes...right by The Oriental Theatre where they were discoverd ...
jwil1522 I vote for pepperoni canoli
Bronzzaville Yount is bronzed. He's outside Miller Park.
300bowler Here's some I think should be bronzed: Robin Yount Harvey Kuehn Bob Uecker Laverne ...
JKrunken Bronzing Mike Brenner (that Hotcake guy) might be "ironic", but it wouldn't ...


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