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10-19-2012, 12:17 PM
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| Texans! Big Texas caught fire!!!!!!!!
If you've ever been to the State Fair of Texas, you know Big Tex. He caught fire!!!! The video of Big Tex in flames is totally surreal. Big Tex Catches Fire | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth | 
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10-19-2012, 12:20 PM
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Wow. I'll never forget Big Tex! He was my favorite part of the fair.
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10-19-2012, 12:25 PM
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They say he was still talking when he burst into flames. That's got to be a metaphor for something.
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10-19-2012, 12:31 PM
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Wow! Big Tex greeted us from the time I first went to the Fair as a very young child. So sad to hear of his untimely demise  | |
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10-19-2012, 12:43 PM
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Now, what will we meet next to??? My D is coming back from DC for the weekend and the one thing that she wanted to do was go to the fair!! At least the Fletcher's Corny Dog stand is OK.
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10-19-2012, 12:47 PM
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Anyone remember when there was a---yankee -- voice for Big Tex one year? I recall it caused a big ruckus.
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10-19-2012, 12:48 PM
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Oh, no! I loved seeing Tex. When I was in high school, I visited the fair with the Future Homemakers of America club, lol (pretty funny, since I'm about as UNdomestic as you can get). We saw Debbie Reynolds in "Annie, Get Your Gun." I remember thinking how OLD Debbie was. 46!
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10-19-2012, 12:51 PM
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I just saw the pictures on FB. Awful! Poor Tex.
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10-19-2012, 12:54 PM
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Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk.
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Big Tex started out as a Santa in Kerens, Tx. I know I went to the State Fair at least starting in 1955 from family (black and white) photos.
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10-19-2012, 01:37 PM
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Unthinkable to have the State Fair without Big Tex!
And MaineLonghorn, lol, my husband was an usher at that Debbie Reynolds performance. He brought flowers to her onstage and she planted a huge kiss on him! Think he was 16 or 17 at the time and was pretty embarrassed!
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10-19-2012, 01:41 PM
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Wow, fireflyscout, it's a small world! That's really cool.
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10-19-2012, 01:49 PM
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Maybe all the fried foods did him in! jk
Lots of memories and an icon for the fair.
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10-19-2012, 01:59 PM
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Perhaps a result of how hot those Sooners were last Saturday.
After the Longhorns being torched for 63 points, now we lose Big Tex. Hard times for DFW.  | |
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10-19-2012, 02:26 PM
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I live close to the fair but have only been a few times. Big tex was always kind of creepy to me, but its still sad. I heard that they are rebuilding it for bext year. I wonder if it will still look the same..
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