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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 9:25 am
by A_B
She was in charge of the Reese Witherspoon/Kerry Washington show, right?

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 9:34 am
by mister d
That sounds like a very attractive show.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 2:41 pm
by brian
Ken Osmond.

You would know him best as Eddie Haskell from "Leave It To Beaver".

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:03 am
by DaveInSeattle
brian wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 2:41 pm Ken Osmond.

You would know him best as Eddie Haskell from "Leave It To Beaver".
The amazing part from the NY Times obit:
Being typecast was “a death sentence,” he told a radio interviewer in 2008.

“I’m not complaining, because Eddie’s been too good to me, but I found work hard to come by,” he said. “In 1968, I bought my first house, in ’69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a job, so I went out and signed up for the L.A.P.D.”

As an officer on motorcycle patrol, he grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am
by TT2.0
One day someone will post me in this thread

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:17 am
by brian
TT2.0 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am One day someone will post me in this thread
Hey now. Don't think like that.

(You'd definitely get your own thread.)

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:47 am
by The Sybian
brian wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:17 am
TT2.0 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am One day someone will post me in this thread
Hey now. Don't think like that.

(You'd definitely get your own thread.)
Seriously, your own thread, a memorial fantasy sports league and the online poker tourney thread named in your honor. Or you can keep living to supply the world with your comedy, because we need it more than ever.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:43 pm
by TT2.0
The Sybian wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:47 am
brian wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:17 am
TT2.0 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am One day someone will post me in this thread
Hey now. Don't think like that.

(You'd definitely get your own thread.)
Seriously, your own thread, a memorial fantasy sports league and the online poker tourney thread named in your honor. Or you can keep living to supply the world with your comedy, because we need it more than ever.
Don't mind me, just in a dark mood. No new jokes or bits in 3 days, which is a super long drought for me. Longest its ever been is 5 days during quarantine. That was rough.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 1:14 pm
by The Sybian
TT2.0 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 12:43 pm
The Sybian wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:47 am
brian wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:17 am
TT2.0 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 10:15 am One day someone will post me in this thread
Hey now. Don't think like that.

(You'd definitely get your own thread.)
Seriously, your own thread, a memorial fantasy sports league and the online poker tourney thread named in your honor. Or you can keep living to supply the world with your comedy, because we need it more than ever.
Don't mind me, just in a dark mood. No new jokes or bits in 3 days, which is a super long drought for me. Longest its ever been is 5 days during quarantine. That was rough.
Hang in there buddy.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 3:33 pm
by Pruitt
One day at a time.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 9:59 am
by brian

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:11 am
by L-Jam3
brian wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 9:59 am Former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan
Mentioned over in The Last Dance thread, but understandable to miss seeing it.

I looked up and saw that he never won Coach of the Year, even though he had 12 50-win seasons. That seems like an oversight, but maybe his longtime consistent success worked against him. I'm trying to think of another coach or manager with similar success who hadn't won CoY/MoY. I'll defer to the hockey guys, but I can't think of one.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:33 am
by Steve of phpBB
I had thought he died a couple of years ago. I guess that was his wife.

I'm interested to see how the city honors him.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 12:10 pm
by Giff
L-Jam3 wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 10:11 am
brian wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 9:59 am Former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan
Mentioned over in The Last Dance thread, but understandable to miss seeing it.

I looked up and saw that he never won Coach of the Year, even though he had 12 50-win seasons. That seems like an oversight, but maybe his longtime consistent success worked against him. I'm trying to think of another coach or manager with similar success who hadn't won CoY/MoY. I'll defer to the hockey guys, but I can't think of one.
I can think of one who actually won two championships (beating Sloan in both runs).

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:53 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Sloan had 15 straight playoff seasons with the Jazz, missing out on the 16th by a single game. Fourth in NBA wins, only five guys won at least 500 games with a higher win percentage than him (.603). Sixth in playoff wins with 98 (that obviously skews toward recent coaches).

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 8:53 am
by Giff
And 0 championships!!

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:25 am
by mister d
Always funny to see who get tagged with that and who doesn’t.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 11:31 am
by DSafetyGuy
Giff wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 8:53 am And 0 championships!!
Yeah, I looked at his playoff win percentage, too, thinking it had to be pretty good due to multiple long postseason runs. There wasn't really a way to cherry-pick that one without making "coached Utah" a qualifier.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 2:04 pm
by DaveInSeattle
I had never heard of him, but a lot of comedians I follow are mourning his death...


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 2:19 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Richard Herd, a Baffled Boss on ‘Seinfeld,’ Is Dead at 87

George's boss, Mr Wilhelm when he worked at the Yankees.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 3:23 pm
by P.D.X.
DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 2:04 pm I had never heard of him, but a lot of comedians I follow are mourning his death...

I saw him at Harvey's (Portland main club) about a decade ago when a friend of mine was doing warm up for him. Very talented.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:14 pm
by bfj

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:15 am
by Pruitt
Saw the crawl on the news - the fact that he was 64 makes me feel pretty old.

And for those who have never seen it "Gymkata" is one of the best bad movies you will ever see.


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:07 am
by Shirley
Oh man, Gymkata was the first truly awful movie that I immediately loved simply because it was so awful. It seems like that was true for a lot of people. Maybe it was on HBO or some channel like that a lot back in the day? I think the random pommel horse in the middle of the town square might have been my favorite part.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:14 pm
by rass

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:44 pm
by sancarlos
Sad to hear, but this will always be how I remember Reche Caldwell:
Image

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:39 pm
by L-Jam3
Crazy he didn’t see the shooter coming....


















I’ll see myself out.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:52 pm
by govmentchedda
Not really surprised by this one, unfortunately. Met with Reche a few times. I've never seen someone so calm about having to go to prison.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:12 pm
by phxgators
govmentchedda wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:52 pm Not really surprised by this one, unfortunately. Met with Reche a few times. I've never seen someone so calm about having to go to prison.
Yeah, bummed, but not terribly surprised. Heard he'd been having issues. He was a great Gator, sorry to see him go out this way.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:18 pm
by govmentchedda
phxgators wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:12 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:52 pm Not really surprised by this one, unfortunately. Met with Reche a few times. I've never seen someone so calm about having to go to prison.
Yeah, bummed, but not terribly surprised. Heard he'd been having issues. He was a great Gator, sorry to see him go out this way.
He struck me as someone who just didn't give a fuck about much.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:31 am
by phxgators
govmentchedda wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:18 pm
phxgators wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:12 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:52 pm Not really surprised by this one, unfortunately. Met with Reche a few times. I've never seen someone so calm about having to go to prison.
Yeah, bummed, but not terribly surprised. Heard he'd been having issues. He was a great Gator, sorry to see him go out this way.
He struck me as someone who just didn't give a fuck about much.
I remember passing him on campus a couple times, and had a friend that was a Gator Greeter (I think that's what it was called, essentially a tour guide for recruits) and had the same impression.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:37 pm
by The Sybian
phxgators wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:31 am and had a friend that was a Gator Greeter (I think that's what it was called, essentially a tour guide for recruits)
How hot was she?

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:39 pm
by phxgators
The Sybian wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:37 pm
phxgators wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:31 am and had a friend that was a Gator Greeter (I think that's what it was called, essentially a tour guide for recruits)
How hot was she?
Ha, valid question. Not my type.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:55 pm
by Giff
Did she ever go back?

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:58 pm
by The Sybian
Giff wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:55 pm Did she ever go back?
Hilarious. And no, you never go back.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:27 pm
by bfj


Bonnie Pointer. A Pointer Sister. Saw them live in Baltimore when I was a kid.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:37 pm
by Rush2112
Their best song.


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:14 am
by Baloney
Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52991406

Took them a mere 34 yrs to solve

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:21 am
by Steve of phpBB
Baloney wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:14 am Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52991406

Took them a mere 34 yrs to solve
Holy shit.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 1:14 pm
by Pruitt
Steve of phpBB wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:21 am
Baloney wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:14 am Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52991406

Took them a mere 34 yrs to solve
Holy shit.
Wild.

Cops must love the books and TV shows written about them - they certainly make them look more competent than they clearly are.
Stig Engstrom had not initially been a focus for the investigation, the prosecutor said, but when investigators looked into his background they found he was accustomed to using weapons, having been in the army, and was a member of a shooting club.

In his local area he was also part of a circle of critics of Palme's policies and relatives said he had a negative view of the prime minister.

Engstrom also had long running financial problems and a growing problem with alcohol.

However investigators still did not have a "clear picture" of Engstrom's motive for killing Palme, Mr Petersson said.

...

Engstrom was known to have been present at the scene of the murder. He was questioned by police several times but was quickly dismissed as a suspect.

Mr Petersson said witness descriptions of the gunman correlated with Engstrom's appearance and witnesses also contradicted Engstrom's own account of his movements at the scene.

Engstrom lied about the moments after the murder, even claiming he had tried to resuscitate Palme.