Blake began working with Dahl after a meeting in 1975 set up by their publisher.

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Blake began his career as a child actor in the "Our Gang" and "Red Ryder" serials.

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Soon Blake began spending nights at her house, shuffling around in a Vikings jersey with his work boots unlaced and a beer can in his fist, and before long he was chainsawing every tree in her back yard and running wild with a rented backhoe.

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