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Who was Frick and Frack?
We always eat our lunch at the bar in our favorite restaurant. It is the best spot for a good view of the front door and customers entering to wait for the hostess to seat them. All kind of characters pass through the vestibule, including us. Occasionally, and amongst ourselves, we make some uncalled for comment, especially, if we see something that tickles our fancy. Watching the restaurant customers took me back a few years to sitting in my grandfathers ‘51 Plymouth in the supermarket parking lot while my grandmother shopped inside. I liked that car. It had a huge back seat that I could bounce around in. I guess I was about 7 years old. Just old enough for my grandfather to ask me all kind of mind- bending questions. Like, what did the supermarket’s name, A&P, stand for? Or, what kind of shirt did the man have on who had passed by the car 5 minutes earlier, and who was now long since out of my scope of vision. Oh, and the killer, name the capitols of the 48 states. On these shopping center parking lot excursions, more often than not, “Pops” would let out a, ”Well, lookie here, there go Frick and Frack.” I was a little puzzled by his remark since he said it on numerous trips, but the people, always in pairs, were never the same. I never asked him why he said it and my curiosity remained for quite some time. Years later, when I’d see two of my friends or a pair of co-workers together, I’d say. “Look, here come Frick and Frack. Sometimes I meant it as endearing, and at other times, not so complimentary. Just exactly who was this duo, “Frick and Frack”? Did they even exist? If they did, I am certain they have long since passed away. So for those of you out there that share my curiosity, here you go. Frick and Frack were, respectively, Werner Groebli and Hans Mauch, Swiss skaters who paired up for a long-running comedy act in the Ice Follies. Their claim to fame was novelty maneuvers that made their names a household word. Frick and Frack were known for skating in Alpine Lederhosen and performing eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle," created by Groebli. His twisting and bending his legs while skating in a spread eagle position created Mauch’s “rubber legs” act. “Frick and Frack” become an English slang term used to refer to two people so closely associated as to be indistinguishable.
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Contributor's Note
JC Calhoun is a Baby Boomer dedicated to providing insight and information on the Baby Boomer generation. He is the owner of the www.groovyboomer.com website.
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