Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:56 pm

Who's a 3rd celebrity with an ironic nickname?

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:00 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:56 pm Who's a 3rd celebrity with an ironic nickname?

Stable Genius Donald J. Trump.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:03 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:04 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:00 pm
Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:56 pm Who's a 3rd celebrity with an ironic nickname?
Stable Genius Donald J. Trump.

Was going to joke that Trump could take this opportunity to assassinate one of his political rivals and hide behind the "rule of three".

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:43 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:48 pm

Bob Einstein, maybe best known as Super Dave Osborne to many folks around our age.

ETA: He's Albert Brooks' brother as well, which I literally just learned.

Which means that his brother is Albert Einstein! (Obvious at this point, but one of my favourite pieces of trivia.

Dave Einstein had an amazing career. His visits with Gilbert Gottfried on the latter's podcasts are comedy gold. The guy was a profane and amazing storyteller.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:14 pm

He'll always be Larry Middleman to me.

(I think the Le Batard show "killed" him a couple of weeks ago, meaning that someone said he was dead when he wasn't and had to pay a fine

Edit: He refused to come on the show anymore because people died after appearing..I knew it was something)

duff · Post by **duff** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:45 pm

I wish I had my Super Dave Osborne t-shirt from elementary school. I believe it said "I think I broke my spleen." He had been shot out of a cannon.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:09 pm

Definitely NSFW.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:44 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:56 pm Who's a 3rd celebrity with an ironic nickname?

Here it is!

The "Captain" of Captain and Tennille.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:49 pm

My favorite paragraph of that story is definitely this:

The duo, who had hits like "Do That To Me One More Time" and "Love Will Keep Us Together," officially split in 2014, but remained good friends. Their other songs included "Muskrat Love," ''Shop Around" and "Do That to Me One More Time."

Emphasis mine. Definitely not a deep bench of bangers if that's happening.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:55 pm

Let he (or she) who has even one sexy, smooth rock “banger” to their name throw the first log on the smouldering fire.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:01 pm

Fair. RIP Captain.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:02 pm

rass wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:55 pm Let he (or she) who has even one sexy, smooth rock “banger” to their name throw the first log on the smouldering fire.

GPJ can fire it up thanks to A Double Snakes.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:24 pm

True love is having the name Daryl Dragon and instead rolling with a cheesy nautical persona while your wife gets all the glory.

Post by **brian** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:31 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:24 pm True love is having the name Daryl Dragon and instead rolling with a cheesy nautical persona while your wife gets all the glory.

Peter, Paul and Mary probably killed any hope we had of "The Dragon and Tennille".

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:15 pm

Okay, one more nugget from my treasure chest of favourite pieces of trivia...

Toni Tennille sang on "The Wall."

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:29 am

I knew he had been around a long time, but I sure didn't know Super Dave was so well respected in comedy circles. So many top level comics tweeting about it yesterday.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:42 pm

Not obscure around here, for sure...

Nordstrom co-President Blake Nordstrom, who treated employees like family, is dead at 58

Back when my GF's daughter was dating one of the Nordstrom kids, I met Blake (and his wife Molly) a few times, including one memorable Nordstrom family Christmas party (Steve Ballmer was there, rocking an epically bad Xmas sweater). Super nice guy, really down to earth. And 58 is way too young.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:44 am

JD Gibbs...oldest son of the football coach. College football player at William and Mary and part of Gibbs Racing.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:28 am

Tough time for celebrity wives
Steve Buscemi's wife and Pat Boone's better half both passed

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 3:47 pm

Mel Stottlemyre....same type of cancer my father had.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mel-stot ... ith-cancer

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:00 am

Carol Channing..97...pretty good run

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:17 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:00 am Carol Channing..97...pretty good run

Back when I was a kid, she was one of those celebrities who were ubiquitous. Talk shows, game shows, variety shows, tours of musicals...

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:30 am

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:17 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:00 am Carol Channing..97...pretty good run
Back when I was a kid, she was one of those celebrities who were ubiquitous. Talk shows, game shows, variety shows, tours of musicals...

I feel like my knowledge of Carol Channing only comes from Ryan Stiles doing an impression of her on every other episode of Whose Line.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:53 am

Reaper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:30 am
Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:17 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:00 am Carol Channing..97...pretty good run
Back when I was a kid, she was one of those celebrities who were ubiquitous. Talk shows, game shows, variety shows, tours of musicals...
I feel like my knowledge of Carol Channing only comes from Ryan Stiles doing an impression of her on every other episode of Whose Line.

2nd...but I have vague memories of game show appearances

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:35 am

The Muppet Show

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:39 am

Hello Dolly.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:45 am

This thread.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:54 am

I missed for a second that TB was responding to stuff Carol Channing had done and thought for a second that Dolly Parton had died and was ready to start yelling at TB about her not belonging in this thread or her death being referred to so blithely.

Sorry that I was ready to go off on you for about 15 seconds, TB.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:17 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:39 am Hello Dolly.

That's her claim to fame. But, as Pruitt said, back in the day she guest starred on variety shows, sitcoms like The Love Boat, and stuff like that a lot. I always found her voice grating.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:40 pm

Poker personality Gavin Smith
https://www.google.com/amp/s/heavy.com/ ... -dead/amp/

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:46 pm

John Bogle...founder of Vanguard and index fund king

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:30 pm

Former Cincinnati Bengals QB Turk Schonert

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2579 ... rding-team

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:56 pm

I had a friend growing up and we passed football a lot. He was a huge bengals fan. He was also left handed. So when he was qb he was boomer. I was schonert.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:41 pm

feeling a bit guilty that I usually cheer for the Bulls....

but strange things you see in the article after Gleason tweeted his condolences

Gleason also noted that the bull Lowe was riding Tuesday will continue in competition during the reminder of the National Western Stock Show.

top 20 in the top league in the world does not pay much

Lowe was ranked 18th in the world. He had been a professional bull rider for seven years and so far, he had earned nearly $10,000 this season

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/bull- ... lowe-dead/

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:36 pm

Firsts saw his stand up in the late 80' early 90's, very funny guy

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... er-aged-57

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:00 pm

Matti Nykanen - Greatest Ski Jumper Ever

Cn't say I'm an aficianado, but always one of the highlights of the Olympics.

Here's him winning his 4th Gold Medal in his native Finnish.

Post by **brian** » Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:59 am

Might be worthy of his own thread, but Albert Finney died. Probably underrated due to not working much in the last 20 years or so, but he was great in everything he was in. Probably the best part of Miller's Crossing, which is saying something given that cast.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:05 am

brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:59 am Might be worthy of his own thread, but Albert Finney died. Probably underrated due to not working much in the last 20 years or so, but he was great in everything he was in. Probably the best part of Miller's Crossing, which is saying something given that cast.

he was good in pretty much everything he did.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:15 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:05 am
brian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:59 am Might be worthy of his own thread, but Albert Finney died. Probably underrated due to not working much in the last 20 years or so, but he was great in everything he was in. Probably the best part of Miller's Crossing, which is saying something given that cast.
he was good in pretty much everything he did.

Under The Volcano is a tough movie to watch, but he was phenomenal in it.