DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 11, 2014
-- the NFL teams that are interested in Gallaudet's Adham Talaat
Adham Talaat had a private workout session on the Gallaudet
campus with scouts from different NFL teams watching him.
Who were these NFL teams? Washington, Tennessee, Indianapolis,
Oakland, Arizona, San Diego and Chicago. There was another
team but DeafDigest does not know who it was. NFL draft takes
place on May 8 thru May 10. If he is not drafted, then hopefully
he will be offered a free agent contract.
-- remembering Phyllis Frelich
Great deaf actress Phyllis Frelich just departed us. Many of
us will remember her for her Tony Award winning role in
the "Children of a Lesser God" as well as for her leading
role in the made-for-TV movie "Love is Never Silent." Yet
what was her greatest role? It was in a TV sitcom, Barney
Miller (very popular during the eighties). She played the
role of a prostitute that was arrested and brought to the
police station. Deaf actor Peter Wolf was in that sitcom and
they both made everyone laugh with these communication
misunderstandings because of lack of an interpreter.
Only one cop could fingerspell. Needless to say, it was
Phyllis that paved the way for Marlee Matlin's successful
career as well as for other deaf actors and actresses.
-- hearing aid, no, but expensive engagement ring, yes
A husband and wife, both attorneys, have a deaf daughter.
Their marriage broke up. The husband turned down wife's
request for $12,000 to purchase hearing aids for their
daughter. Yet, he spent $215,000 on an engagement ring
for his new girl friend. It made the wife so angry that
an engagement ring was more important than hearing aids
that she badmouthed his law firm, causing his law business
to go bad. As a result, the judge awarded her less money,
saying the law firm could not afford more money! The
father, however, realized his mistake and decided to buy
her these hearing aids afterwards!
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