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Every public school has it's "Fonz" From 1966-1970, "The Fonz" of P.S. 119 in Brooklyn was named Joey Gonzalez. He was a big dumb kid in the three class. That's what they called it in those days. The dumpster for the dumbest kids. I mainly saw him hanging around during recess. Once he came up to me, I had just been released from the hospital. It was June 1968, just before 6th grade graduation, and asked me, out of the blue, " if I was ok?" I still remember my response, "Yeah, Joey I'm ok." And that was it. So, effing cool. Never saw him again, until he stood up during right grade graduation ceremony at Hudde JHS, and shouted "End the fucking war(Vietnam). Mr Tedeschi, our right wing lunatic Vice Principle called the cops and I saw Joey cuffed and removed from the auditorium by … out of state the following month, so I never did find out what became of Joey G. It'll be 52 years next month that the mystery remains unsolved. Wherever you are, Joey G, I hope you're ok. If you happen to read this blog post, send me a Friend request. kk, Mark

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