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My reality self felt like a dirty old man who needed to pay to play.
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Michael Rasky, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
Comedian Arte Johnson — best known for playing the dirty old man opposite Ruth Buzzi’s purse-hurling spinster on Laugh-In — is dead.
—Lynette Rice, EW.com, 3 July 2019
Even the hotel’s tart proprietor (Rema Webb) and resident dirty old man (Don Sparks) are required to hook up.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
Her Petruchio, here, tells her not to worry because the sisterhood on stage alongside her – including a show-stealing Hollis Resnik, doubling as club custodian and a dirty old man – has her back.
—Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2017
So, was Hugh Hefner a libertine or a dirty old man?
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2017
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Michael Rasky, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
Comedian Arte Johnson — best known for playing the dirty old man opposite Ruth Buzzi’s purse-hurling spinster on Laugh-In — is dead.
—Lynette Rice, EW.com, 3 July 2019
Even the hotel’s tart proprietor (Rema Webb) and resident dirty old man (Don Sparks) are required to hook up.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
Her Petruchio, here, tells her not to worry because the sisterhood on stage alongside her – including a show-stealing Hollis Resnik, doubling as club custodian and a dirty old man – has her back.
—Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2017
So, was Hugh Hefner a libertine or a dirty old man?
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2017
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“Dirty old man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20old%20man. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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