Word: yumpin
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Died. El Brendel, 73, cinecomedian born in Philadelphia to Irish and German parents but famed in the early '30s for his bogus Swedish accent, which made "yumpin' yimminy" slang of the day in dozens of yuicy Hollywood roles; of a heart attack; in Hollywood...
...Brien) in his cups. Then come the cattle drive, the big stampede, the solemn walk through the swinging doors, the bang-bang-bang that puts the audience out of its misery. Somewhere along the line this picture even manages to ring in a Swede who says, "By yumpin' yiminy!" In the main role Actor Ladd has achieved a certain originality: he has managed to break the strong, silent typecast he has so long been set in. In The Big Land he plays the weak, silent type. At 5 ft. 7 in. and 145 lbs., Ladd has always sat fairly...
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