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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 8:20 am
by wlu_lax6
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 8:35 am
by The Sybian
Ryan wrote:Watch out, third person who has to do with Chris Berman
I always suspected Berman was behind Palermo's shooting.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 9:52 am
by brian
The Sybian wrote:Ryan wrote:Watch out, third person who has to do with Chris Berman
I always suspected Berman was behind Palermo's shooting.
That made me laugh out loud (literally).
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 8:07 am
by rass
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 11:55 pm
by sancarlos
Hall of Fame pitcher and conservative politician
Jim Bunning
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 9:05 am
by brian
sancarlos wrote:Hall of Fame pitcher and conservative politician
Jim Bunning
Also, one of the only men to ever throw a perfect game.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 10:58 am
by L-Jam3
Pitchers who've thrown a perfect game and at least one additional no-hitter:
Cy Young, Addie Joss, Sandy Koufax, Jim Bunning, Randy Johnson -- All current Hall of Famers.
Roy Halladay -- Certain Hall of Famer not yet eligible
And Mark Beuehrle. Interesting list.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 11:03 am
by A_B
Beurhle was solid for a long time. Could definitely be a good teams number 2.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:29 am
by sancarlos
Jimmy Piersall. Won a couple Gold Gloves and played in a couple All-Star games. Known as a great defensive outfielder. But probably
best known for his highly-publicized mid-career battle with mental illness (at a time when that sort of thing was usually swept under a rug). Book and movie about it while he was still in the majors, called
Fear Strikes Out. Later, a broadcaster for the White Sox (with Harry Caray), notable for his great willingness to criticize his own team.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:49 pm
by Johnny Carwash
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:01 pm
by DaveInSeattle
sancarlos wrote:Jimmy Piersall. Won a couple Gold Gloves and played in a couple All-Star games. Known as a great defensive outfielder. But probably
best known for his highly-publicized mid-career battle with mental illness (at a time when that sort of thing was usually swept under a rug). Book and movie about it while he was still in the majors, called
Fear Strikes Out. Later, a broadcaster for the White Sox (with Harry Caray), notable for his great willingness to criticize his own team.
When I was living in Chicago (93-96), Piersall used to do regular appearances on WSCR radio. He was unintentionally hilarious, and could never remember White Sox player's names (he had a huge mental block about Ron Karkovice, the catcher).
He's also famous for running the bases backwards after his 100th career home run.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:46 am
by Sabo
briandtw and I used to work with her half-brother. I only had a few conversations with him about Glenne Headly, but she was estranged from his side of the family. I forget why.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:14 am
by sancarlos
She was great in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:04 pm
by EnochRoot
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:01 pm
by sancarlos
Aww, that's too bad. He seemed to have a sense of humor about his Batman legacy. Seemed like a good guy.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:26 pm
by Pruitt
Adam West was on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast not long ago and he sounded like a truly happy - and very goofy - man who had all his marbles and who revelled in his memories..
Not a bad way to be in your late 80s!
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 6:30 pm
by Johnnie
Easily one of my favorite movies ever. And the tv show was the reason I liked Batman in the first place. RIP, Mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island.
https://youtu.be/zLXPYQ6bu8Y
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:53 pm
by The Sybian
sancarlos wrote:Aww, that's too bad. He seemed to have a sense of humor about his Batman legacy. Seemed like a good guy.
I've heard him on a couple podcasts, and he seem like a complete nutjob. Not necessarily in a bad way, and he certainly didn't take his role as Batman too seriously, he was just a strange bird. Also read some crazy stories about him and Burt West partying like Bojack Horseman and fucking everything in site. Like Bojack Horseman.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:38 pm
by A_B
I was a kid and we went to a local amusememnt park to see Burt ward. He was raging drunk and incoherent.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:05 pm
by sancarlos
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:46 pm
by The Sybian
A high school friend went to college with Adam West's daughter, who was allegedly ridiculously hot. First day as a freshman, he saw Batman moving her into her dorm.
And thank Google, here is a creepy cameo of West's daughter playing a sexy vixen sexual conquest for Burt Ward in the Adam West movie. Yeah, she was hot alright.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxotpq2TTsQ
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:23 am
by Johnny Carwash
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:46 am
by rass
I saw that last night, and didn't realize those two movies had the same director. Dude was good at building and then releasing a certain tension, I guess.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:51 am
by Johnny Carwash
Yeah, he was an outstanding "popular entertainment" director, and I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment.
Also did the underrated Lean on Me with Morgan Freeman.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:05 am
by bfj
Stephen Furst aka Flounder
"May I have 10,000 marbles please?"
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:05 am
by Pruitt
Poor guy. Imagine going through life fat, drunk and stupid.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:16 am
by howard
Not long before he passed, his attending physician was heard to say, "hey, you fucked up, you trusted us!"
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:03 pm
by wlu_lax6
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:10 pm
by brian
Not taking away from the requisite "sad that he's dead" stuff, but touting his record as USWNT coach as "best in history" seems like it should come with a huge caveat/asterisk considering the US was about one of only three or four countries playing at even a remotely high level during his tenure.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:02 pm
by The Sybian
Wow, was he sick? That reminds me, I need to go back to reading his book on coaching girls.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:08 pm
by A_B
A_B wrote:Beurhle was solid for a long time. Could definitely be a good teams number 2.
Just had his number retired for a Major League Baseball team that's been around for over a century. that'll do, pig.
ETA: may have just been Jersey on the wall not nUmber actually retired.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:13 am
by wlu_lax6
Triple header
Michael Bond--created Paddington Bear
Michael Nyqvist--Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and John Wick (lung cancer)
Anthony Young- Former Mets pitcher (brain tumor)
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:03 am
by Pruitt
wlu_lax6 wrote:Triple header
Michael Bond--created Paddington Bear
From the Guardian -
Bond, who published his first book, A Bear Called Paddington, about the marmalade-loving bear from deepest, darkest Peru, in 1958, died at home after a short illness.
The author, born in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1926, kept writing until his death. His most recent Paddington story, Paddington’s Finest Hour, was published in April.
91 years of age. Not a bad way to go. And a guy who's legacy will live on, and will keep making kids happy for years and years to come.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:30 pm
by Sabo
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:50 pm
by brian
Oh fuck, that sucks. It's an indefensible opinion but I like the Twilight Singers catalog better than the Afghan Whigs and I am an AW fan
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:31 am
by rass
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:00 am
by wlu_lax6
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:26 am
by wlu_lax6
I guess he won't taking any new missions if he chooses to accept them
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/16/entertain ... index.html
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:31 pm
by bfj
He was amazing in Ed Wood.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:53 pm
by Pruitt
bfj wrote:He was amazing in Ed Wood.
Definitely made that movie.
Also fantastic in
Crimes And Misdemeanors