Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 10:19 pm

Based on the time and crossing he got hit at, it’s far more likely he was either headphones or non-sober than trying to get hit on his bike.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:54 pm

Pro Football Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright, 76.

He's a member of four other Halls of Fame, as well as the Cowboys Ring of Honor, 4X All-Pro, 2X Super Bowl Champion, and the 1970s All-Decade team.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:21 am

That Guy actor Nehemiah Persoff, 102

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:37 am

Gary Brown

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:50 pm

Not obscure, but maybe not thread worthy. Gilbert Gottfried.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/gilb ... q7opLj4r-4

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:12 pm

Gilbert Gottfried wrote: If I could cause world peace by taking someone out to lunch, I'd go, 'Well, war isn't that terrible.'

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:52 pm

Never a good sign when you load up Twitter and everyone is posting YouTubes of the same person…

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:24 pm

Gilbert wrote:Rae and Ben Stern (Howard’s parents) are proof that Hitler wasn’t all wrong.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:25 pm

His podcast was often very funny.

Check out the episode with Bob Costas - it is hilarious.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:00 pm

I was watching a Wings “Christmas” episode a few months ago where Helen throws a holiday party. Gilbert Gottfried was playing his typical (annoying) character and busts into the party uninvited. After the faked pleasantries, his character (“Lewis”) busts into the kitchen where Helen is talking with either Joe or his sister:

“Excuse me. Do you have any toothpicks? I’ve had some food stuck in a tooth for a while now and it’s driving me cra…Oh, never mind. It just broke loose.”

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:08 am

Freddy Rincón: Former Colombia captain dies after car crash

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:05 pm

Mike Bossy

Best shot in the game. Guy was a legend.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:38 pm

pruitt2 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:05 pm Mike Bossy

Best shot in the game. Guy was a legend.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:44 pm

Liz Sheridan...Mrs. Seinfeld (and on ALF, white shadow, kojack, and more)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/s ... ry-dead-93

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:53 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:44 pm Liz Sheridan...Mrs. Seinfeld (and on ALF, white shadow, kojack, and more)
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/s ... ry-dead-93

And writer of Dizzy & Jimmy, chronicling her romance with James Dean, before he made it big and each other's first serious relationship.

Liz Sheridan wrote: A long time ago, when I was a young dancer in
New York City, I fell in love with Jimmy Dean
and he fell in love with me.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:40 am

Robert Morse, longtime Broadway actor, most known to us as Bert Cooper from Mad Men.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:24 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:08 am Freddy Rincón: Former Colombia captain dies after car crash

Bummer. Watched his son play for the Timbers a few years back for a brief stint.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:43 am

Robert Morse...Bert Cooper Mad Men (and 2x Tony winner)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:07 am

The Mad Bomber Daryle Lamonica yesterday at 80 certainly deserves a mention. The original "fuck it, Branch or Biletnikoff's gotta be down there somewhere!"

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 2:40 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:07 am The Mad Bomber Daryle Lamonica yesterday at 80 certainly deserves a mention. The original "fuck it, Branch or Biletnikoff's gotta be down there somewhere!"

My father claimed that Lamonica had the strongest arm he'd ever seen.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Apr 30, 2022 3:39 pm

Namoi Judd

Post by **Shirley** » Mon May 02, 2022 12:28 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 3:39 pmNamoi Judd

never chnage

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri May 06, 2022 10:19 pm

Mike Hagerty, best known to most people as Traeger from Friends, but around these parts, probably better known as Bad Billy Pratt.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue May 10, 2022 3:55 pm

The iPod

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue May 10, 2022 4:21 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 3:55 pm The iPod

The iPod Classic contained pretty much the greatest user interface in the history of modern civilization. The scroll wheel is just off the charts in its brilliance.

Post by **brian** » Tue May 10, 2022 10:50 pm

I bought a 1st Gen iPod (which itself would be worth some dough if I still had it) and remember thinking I should buy stock in Apple. Sliding doors.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Wed May 11, 2022 4:50 am

Bob Lanier

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Wed May 11, 2022 7:18 am

ouch :( RIP Buffalo Bob.

man, Lanier probably worthy of a thread for some including my dad who went to college w him. Dad still laments the broken leg and blames/hates Chris Ford to this day for "costing the Bonnies the title" (unsure if really true but I let him ramble)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed May 11, 2022 8:43 am

brian wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 10:50 pm I bought a 1st Gen iPod (which itself would be worth some dough if I still had it) and remember thinking I should buy stock in Apple. Sliding doors.

I recently found my 3rd Gen iPod. I can't believe how heavy it is.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu May 12, 2022 7:10 pm

Gloria Parker, Maestra of the Musical Glasses, Dies at 100

As the title character in his film “Broadway Danny Rose” (1984), Woody Allen is a hapless talent agent known for his stable of weird, hard-to-book novelty acts: a blind xylophone player, a stuttering ventriloquist, a balloon folder — and Gloria Parker, who plays music by rubbing her moistened fingers along the rims of 28 crystal wine glasses.

“She is the Jascha Heifetz of this instrument,” Danny says in one scene, pitching her to the skeptical owner of a summer resort as she plays “The Band Played On.” “It’s incredible. Never took a lesson. This is self-taught. Next year, my hand to God, she’s going to be at Carnegie Hall.”

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 13, 2022 11:08 am

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri May 13, 2022 12:26 pm

John Cherry... Creator of Ernest P. Worrell (The P stands for Powertools)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Cherry_III

Post by **brian** » Fri May 13, 2022 1:23 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 11:08 am

No love for Remo Williams

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri May 13, 2022 2:17 pm

brian wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 1:23 pm No love for Remo Williams

I saw that movie like 800 times on cable in the '80s. I haven't seen it in full since, but I feel like it's underrated?

brian and me having identical movie tastes strikes again.

RIP Fred.

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri May 13, 2022 6:13 pm

brian wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 1:23 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 11:08 am
No love for Remo Williams

My thoughts exactly.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Fri May 13, 2022 10:14 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 2:17 pm
brian wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 1:23 pm No love for Remo Williams
I saw that movie like 800 times on cable in the '80s. I haven't seen it in full since, but I feel like it's underrated?

brian and me having identical movie tastes strikes again.

RIP Fred.

It absolutely is

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat May 14, 2022 4:35 pm

It is not underrated. It is bad. Fun but bad. Appropriately rated.

Post by **brian** » Sat May 14, 2022 6:48 pm

It’s kind of delightfully bad though. We should have did it for a pandemic movie night.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu May 19, 2022 5:03 pm

Vangelis: Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner composer dies at 79

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61514850

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Thu May 19, 2022 8:47 pm

A great old tune...