{"id":18491,"date":"2017-12-05T09:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T17:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=18491"},"modified":"2017-12-05T09:10:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T17:10:53","slug":"day-1937-large-marge-born-80th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/12\/05\/day-1937-large-marge-born-80th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in 1937, Large Marge was born! It would have been her 80th birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today would have been Large Marge&#8217;s 80th birthday&#8230; if it hadn&#8217;t been for that WRECK!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"653\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15633\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Large-Marge-memoriam.jpg\" alt=\"large-marge-memoriam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Large-Marge-memoriam.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Large-Marge-memoriam-627x640.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\n<p><strong>The woman\u00a0who played Large Marge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0638053\/\">Alice Nunn<\/a>, had a long career as a character actor. Starting in the late 1960s, she appeared in many TV shows and movies including <em>Hazel<\/em>, <em>The Phyllis Diller Show<\/em>, <em>Petticoat Junction<\/em>, <em>The Love Boat<\/em>, <em>Mommie Dearest<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Happy Days<\/em>, <em>Knight Rider<\/em>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0638053\/\">LOTS MORE<\/a>! She&#8217;s best known for playing Large Marge in my 1985 film, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/848396\">Pee-wee&#8217;s Big Adventure<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15632\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Large-marge-in-Wheel-Inn.jpg\" alt=\"large-marge-in-wheel-inn\" \/>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a peek at her\u00a0famous scene, considered one of the scariest in non-horror film history!!\u00a0<em>Watch all of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/848396\">Pee-wee&#8217;s Big Adventure<\/a>\u00a0on Netflix!! 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