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Winsome crooner Barry Manilow isn't known for his sparkling wit -- and it was proven recently when his mild crack was smashed by the Smithsonian Institution. Nobody f**ks with the Smithsonian Institution! 
OK! magazine reports that by request of the museum, Manilow donated the hyper-hideous jacket he wore for his Copacabana routine. When he was asked about it, he said, "I always knew the jacket would wind up in an institution." The staid Smithsonian was not amused -- and returned the jacket to Barry, saying, "You can't make fun of the Smithsonian." Well!
The jacket's now hanging at the Copacabana Bar at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. Guess the Smithsonian doesn't know a national treasure when it sees one.
11/5/2007 5:48 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Manilow Will Not Be Institutionalized
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Manilow needs to be institutionalized in more ways than one & not just because of that lousy Copacabana outfit he sent to the Smithsonian.
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first....so I guess nobody cares about Barry.
Hey, he's one better than coppercreep
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Barrys ego seems to have gotten bigger than his nose. It is the typical mantra of the elite democrat that lives in a bubble among themselves. Really, what makes him thing that the Smithsonian would want to display a feather jacket that only a homosexual would wear.
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The Smithsonian got their panties in a wad over that joke? LOL They have no sense of humor. At least he didn't fart in their general direction or they may have keeled over. Then TMZ, you could've run a story on how Barry Manilow killed Smithsonian execs.. in a Monty Python, odorous swoop.
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Send him and his damn jacket to the Tropicana Coporation with the rest of the fruits
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Thats ok Barry, the Smithsonian is for boring and ugly people anyway!!!!! Maybe the Wax Museum could make a copy of your now weird face-lifted new look...just a suggestion!
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Barry!
Barry has always appears nicer than Bette Milder when he wears her outfits.
He looks oh so becoming..even with his getting larger with age nose.Love you Barry
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Is there a museum for bad fashion? This is hysterical!
couturecult dot com
or click on my name! for whats truly HOT in fashion!
xo
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Ever heard the phrase "bite your nose off to spite your face?".....Seems very appropriate here
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Tired of it all read the story the museum asked for it he did not volunter it.
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Don't fark with the Smithsonian. It is the epitome of class and decorum, something the aging Elton John wannabe could learn a little about.
He's the modern day Liberace, but without the sense.
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