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It's a foam latex tongue from the exorcist

that Dick Smith sent to me when I was, I think, 14 or 15

after writing him a note, a fan letter.

And the note said,

Dear, J.J.

Here's a used but clean tongue from the exorcist,

stick some peanut butter on the end.

And put your tongue, which I've never done,

because I just didn't want to,

so I have it in the same box in which he sent it.

This unusual anecdote could only belong to my friend

J.J.

J.J. is famous for many things, including his awesome collection of movie

memorabilia.

So, maybe I shouldn't be surprised that he's

the owner of one of Linda Blair's prop tongues courtesy of legendary

Hollywood makeup artist Dick Smith. It's a relic from a pre-CGI era when the tools of movie magic were things you could hold in your hand.

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