The two print runs
of the 14th Series Garbage Pail Kids (a/k/a OS14 GPK; Original
Series) release are the same except for their wrappers. The first
print run wrapper has the '25¢ CHEAP' logo
and the second print run wrapper is without the logo. This is the forth
series to inlude the 'Flick It!' section on the reverse card backs completed
by artist Richard Mcguire. With
the GPK franchise in its final run from 1987-1988 and the popularity
waning, product is harder to locate, often raising the price per pack
at certain retailers, increasing the demand for these cards by collectors
years later.
ARTISTS : JOHN POUND, TOM BUNK, JAMES WARHOLA, JAY LYNCH & RICHARD MCGUIRE WRITERS : JAY LYNCH & MARK NEWGARDEN |
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![]() 88 CARD SET : 80 CARDS + 8 VARIATIONS VARIATIONS : 541a, 541b, 548a, 548b, 562a, 562b, 573a, 573b |
![]() DISPLAY BOX 1 VARIATION : CODE 1-490-40-01-08 MAIN ARTWORK : JOHN POUND SIDE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK BOX DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER |
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![]() WRAPPER #1 1 VARIATION : CODE 0-490-21-01-8 w/ '25¢ CHEAP' RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER |
![]() WRAPPER #2 1 VARIATION CODE 0-490-21-02-8 w/ NO STAR RENDERED ARTWORK : TOM BUNK DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER |
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![]() ![]() RETAIL AD POSTER 10 x 14 : CODE 4-490-08-01-8 ARTWORK : JOHN POUND DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER |
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![]() WHOLESALER / DEALER SELL SHEET 8 x 11 SIZE : CODE # 490-14 PROTOTYPE ARTWORK : TOM BUNK? DESIGN : BRAD KAHLHAMER |
![]() DEALER ORDER SHEET 8 x 11 RED SHEET NO CODE : PRODUCT # 490 : OCTOBER 1988 NOTE : ONLY A PROTOTYPE OS14 SELL SHEET KNOWN OS1 BOX ARTWORK : JOHN POUND |
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SHEET CODE 4-490-05-0?-8 |
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24/48 ct. : PRODUCT #490-14
CODE ? : UPC 0-41116-04490-8 |
1. The second GPK
set where the Wrapper character is different from the display
box character; the remaining Garbage Pail Kids releases, OS15
through the unpublished OS16 set, will follow this new production design.
The first set where the box and wrapper colors are not the same; purple
and blue.
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2. The
only set where the entire reverse card back is not the Puzzle
Preview, but also contains the
'FLICK IT!' section with a horizontal presentation. The
Completed Puzzles for the OS14 set are alphabetically sequential
with the OS13 set which contained puzzles 'Q' and 'R'. The puzzles
are 21 pieces and the set has two puzzles much like the OS2, OS3,
OS5, and OS9 through OS13 sets for card characters 541a ROCCO
Socko and 573a Snotwich SANDRA for
puzzle 'T' and 541b Destroyed BOYD and
573b HEDDA Spreader for puzzle 'S'.
This is the first set where the 'a' twin card is one puzzle character
and the 'b' twin card is the other puzzle character.
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3. The
fifth and last Garbage Pail Kids set without the light blue
or the light pink traditional Nameplate.
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4. The nineth set
to contain cards with the GPK Acronym found within the artwork.
The GPK acronym found on the cheerleader's shirt of cards 551a
Rah Rah RONI and 551b Sis
Boom BONNIE, located on the root beer can of cards 557a STU
Brew and 557b Empty KEN and the
'GPK's RULE!' quote found on the school desk near
the character's hand of cards 575a Brain Drain
BRIAN and 575b Pick A WINNIE.
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5. The second
Garbage Pail Kids set to have exactly the same Nomenclature
as another series for the character of OS14 card 558a HANS
Off and for the character of OS13 character card 514b HANS
Off.
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6. The set contains
a product parody poking fun at Topps' own Bazooka gum property.
Besides previous GPK characters like JOE
Blow and Bazooka JOANNE parodying
the Bazooka Joe character mascot for the BAZOOKA
gum comics, cards 563a Potato CHIP and
563b DICK Tater have a character watching
a television news program with a can of cola called Bazooka next to
the TV set.
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7. The GPK
set has two cards with the same Forename for the character of
cards 551b Sis Boom BONNIE and 565a Easter
BONNIE.
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1.
Artist Tom Bunk often creates different artwork renditions for
his Color Roughs; below are a few samples of these original versions
with very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 551a Rah
Rah RONI and 551b Sis Boom BONNIE
in a kneeling position with different colored clothing and 552a Half
WHIT and 552b Lead-Head NED
with two different color-pencil sharpeners and yellow shavings.
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2.
Per John Pound's Notations and references, cards 555a
Alien ED and 555b Phone
HOMER was an original 1st Series piece of artwork where the eyes
were later reworked to match the new eye shape of the later releases.
The piece definitely matches the aesthetic feel of the OS1 set and the
pencil sketch, color rough and final artwork most likely contain notes
of when it was completed. I speculate that the E.T. (film by
Stephen Spielberg) character may have been denied by upper management
and Topps attorneys similar to the Raggedy Ann concept. It's
interesting to note that Mars, Inc., that produces the M&M's
candies, said no to Universal so the candies Elliot ends up using to
lead E.T. out of his room are Reese's Pieces produced by The Hershey
Company; also, Topps was later pressured to change the OS4 name REESE
Pieces. It is peculiar to noate that an E.T.-type character
does show up on the reverse card artwork for the OS1 set.
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3. The character
for cards 556a Mothy MARTHA and 556b Nailed
NATALIE, minus the new shape of the ears, looks to be as close
to the old Cabbage Patch Kids-style of GPK as possible,
including the five fingers and yarn-like hair. This particular piece
of artwork was also an earlier concept held off for a later release
and 'snuck' into the set.
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4. A few Color Rough
pieces by artist Tom Bunk showing different artwork renditions with
very subtle color and clothing variations for cards 542a Jugglin'
JULIAN and 542b Up In The AARON
without the green juggling balls and with a different colored hat and
gloves, for cards 544a Zipped KIP and
544b JACK Tracks with
different colored hair, a fully zipped head (no brain matter) and no
chest zipper and for cards 553a Cold Sore LENORE
and 553b Kissy MISSY with different colored
hair and clothes and without a hair bow or the single tooth.
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5. This OS14 Wrapper
mock-up artwork was rendered for the release by artist Tom Bunk who
created the wrapper artwork for all sixteen Original series sets. This
marks the second release where the wrapper character deviates from the
display box character.
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6. These
Tom Bunk Concept Pieces for cards 546a Modern
MARLISE and 546b Abstract ABBY
were completed in 1988 and reworked through art direction feedback;
the character was changed from a male to a female gender with drastically
changed backgrounds and reduced abstract body parts. The piece was tamed
down quite a bit for the final artwork with a teddy bear added and less
abstraction to the character itself and the background cleaned up.
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7. The OS14 FLICK
IT! section artwork on the reverse card backs emulates a flipbook
was completed by Richard McGuire. The OS14 Would We Lie To You?
comie artwork, a parody of Ripley's Believe It, Or Not, was completed
by artist Tom Bunk while Jay Lynch and Mark Newgarden wrote the gags
for the reverse card backs. The creative force behind GPK listed
on the eight tombstones within the artwork, from top to bottom, left
to right, are Topps employees and freelance artists: 'Arthur' Shorin,
'Jay' Lynch, 'Stan' Hart, 'John' Pound, 'Tom' Bunk, 'Art' Spiegelman,
'Len' Brown and 'Mark' Newgarden; the creators went on to develop two
more sets the OS15 and unpublished OS16 sets.
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8. Pictured below
is one of artist John Pound's Color Rough samples for cards 580a
Burnt-Out BRETT and 480b BURNE
Toast. Since very little thumbnail artwork by Pound have been
available to the public there are very few changes, if any, that can
be found between the tight pencil, color rough and final artwork since
they are photocopied and colored and painted over. Notice the three
GPK ears in the piece and the crossed-eyes.
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9. An Unpublished
OS14 reverse card back section sold on eBay through the Topps Vault,around
22 years after the image was drawn, was purchased by GPK collector
Nate Lucius for cards 565a Easter BONNIE
and 565b Hard-Boiled MEG; this particular
bottom right hand section was not smooth like the other areas and had
paper pasted over it an overlay sheet with changed text cut out
from construction paper and pasted over the original; a last minute
change before publication. Tom Bunk's rough sketch concept image for
removing warts with gasoline; a bib has been added to Berserk KIRK:
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Tom Bunk's final artwork
measuring 10.5 x 7 inches with the original unpublished image for 'removing
warts with gasoline' covered over by the 'removing pimples with a guillotine'
piece; 'The G.P.K. Acne Removal System' text is missing from the image:
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10. In June of 2015,
Topps released their 30th Anniversary set that contained a 'Lost
Alternate Art' subset that included this John Pound artwork piece with
the same naming as the Original Series printed card. The vertical pieced
was switched to a horizontal format and shows the character in more
of a defecated posture and the cracked arm changed to a cracked leg.
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11. A second Unpublished
OS14 reverse card back section was also purchased by GPK collector
Nate Lucius through eBay via the Topps Vault for cards 560a Lappin'
LARRY and 560b Guzzlin' GUY; this
piece was also not smooth to the touch on a smaller scale and had artwork
pasted over it. The published final artwork for 'Mathematical Symbol
For - Vomit!!' and the unpublished piece 'Mathematical Symbol For -
Egg-Salad On Rye!':
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12. The following
Unpublished Piece by James Warhola is rumored to have been intended
for the OS14 set, but was most likely rejected prior to this release.
Artwork in which the higher-ups at Topps found questionable in taste
were held back and often resubmitted in future sets to see if the paintings
could be 'snuck' in for a later release. The last, largest contribution
from Warhola for the for the OS12 set and three pieces for the OS13
set. Only one final artwork image made it into the OS14 and OS16 sets
each and were most likely images held back and re-submitted by the NPD
(new product development) Department. Warhola had this to say about
the piece: "Yes it's one of my rare 'not in the mood' pieces, I
think I was moving out of the city and was rushed, thus the slightly
different style. [The painting] is oils and of course no one else used
oils except me" [April 2016]. The piece does feel 'off' and not
one of Warhola's strongest offerings, but as mentioned, he was moving
out of NYC physically, and possibly, mentally checking out of GPK.
Mark Newgarden, one of the art directors for the set, mentioned no dates
were located of when this piece was planned or completed but "the
sketch notes call for a few of the coils and food splashes, but James
really went overboard here. I'm guessing that 'Yes', it probably sat
around for quite awhile."
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13. For the OS14
GPK Lay-Out of the set, Tom Bunk completed the artwork for the
first half of the set, cards 541-553, James Warhola completed the middle
artwork piece for card 554 and John Pound completed the remaining last
half of the set, cards 555-580.
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ARTIST
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ARTIST
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WRITER
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541a |
ROCCO Socko : V
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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541a |
ROCCO Socko : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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541b |
Destroyed BOYD : V
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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541b |
Destroyed BOYD : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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542a |
Jugglin' JULIAN
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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542b |
Up In The AARON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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543a |
Undersea LEE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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543b |
Sailin' WAYLON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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544a |
Zipped KIP
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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544b |
JACK Tracks
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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545a |
ARTIE Party
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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545b |
Driftin' CLIFTON
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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546a |
Modern MARLISE
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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546b |
Abstract ABBY
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TOM Bunk
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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547a |
Cuckoo CLARK
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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547b |
Bile LYLE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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548a |
WALT To Wall :
V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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548a |
WALT To Wall : V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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548b |
Nailed NOEL :
V
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TOM Bunk
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NA : CHECKLIST
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NA : CHECKLIST
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548b |
Nailed NOEL :
V
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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549a |
SHANNON Cannon
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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549b |
Bomb SHELLY
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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550a |
Violent VIOLA
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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550b |
Sawin' SUSAN
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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551a |
Rah Rah RONI
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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551b |
Sis Boom BONNIE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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552a |
Half WHIT
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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552b |
Lead-Head NED
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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553a |
Cold Sore LENORE
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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553b |
Kissy MISSY
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TOM Bunk
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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554a |
RUFUS Refuse
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JAMES Warhola
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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554b |
Cleaned Up PARKER
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JAMES Warhola
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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555a |
Alien ED
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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555b |
Phone HOMER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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556a |
Mothy MARTHA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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556b |
Nailed NATALIE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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557a |
STU Brew
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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557b |
Empty KEN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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558a |
HANS Off
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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558b |
Numb NATE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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559a |
DWAYNE Stain
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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559b |
Spilled GIL
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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560a |
Lappin' LARRY
: DOG DROOL IN BEER
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JOHN Pound : 14-13
REV.
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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560b |
Guzzlin' GUY
: DOG DROOL
IN BEER
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JOHN Pound : 14-13
REV.
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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561a |
MARSH Room
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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561b |
TODD Stool
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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562a |
Post No BILL : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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562a |
Post No BILL : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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562b |
Bulletin BORIS : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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562b |
Bulletin BORIS : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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563a |
Potato CHIP
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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563b |
DICK Tater
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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564a |
MILLIE Meter
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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564b |
ASA Rule
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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565a |
Easter BONNIE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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565b |
Hard-Boiled MEG
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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566a |
Swarmin' ARMIN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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566b |
Infested LESTER
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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567a |
Doomsday DOM : AMOK
COMPUTER
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JOHN Pound : 14-8
REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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567b |
A-Bomb TOM : AMOK
COMPUTER
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JOHN Pound : 14-8
REV.
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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568a |
Glut TONY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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568b |
PHIL Swill
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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569a |
Cut CURT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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569b |
Electric FANNY
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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570a |
AVA Shaver
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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570b |
HOLLY Hormone
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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571a |
Rubber ROBERT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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571b |
Inside OTTO
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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572a |
Fake JAKE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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572b |
Sham SAM
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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573a |
Snotwich SANDRA :
V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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573a |
Snotwich SANDRA :
V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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573b |
HEDDA Spreader : V
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound : Richard McGuire
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NA : PUZZLE / FLICK IT!
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573b |
HEDDA Spreader : V
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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574a |
Shattered SHELL
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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574b |
Fractured FRANK
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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575a |
Brain Drain BRIAN
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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575b |
Pick A WINNIE
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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576a |
Croaked KAYE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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576b |
Sporty MORTY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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577a |
Sown SONYA
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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577b |
Stitchin' TYNE
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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578a |
Dial-A-TWYLA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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578b |
Phone BELLA
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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579a |
JUDD Cud
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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579b |
Spearmint MINDY
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JOHN Pound
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TOM Bunk : RICHARD McGuire
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JAY Lynch
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580a |
Burnt-Out BRETT
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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580b |
BURNE Toast
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JOHN Pound
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JOHN Pound
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NA : PUZZLE
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ARTIST
BACK |
WRITER
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