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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:33 pm
by Pruitt
Diahann Carroll

I vaguely remember her TV series "Julia," but I do remember that she was one of my first little boy crushes. Loved her.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:56 pm
by sancarlos
Pruitt wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:33 pm Diahann Carroll

I vaguely remember her TV series "Julia," but I do remember that she was one of my first little boy crushes. Loved her.
Same

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:58 pm
by Ryan
Whitley Gilbert's mom!

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:02 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Pruitt wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:33 pm Diahann Carroll

I vaguely remember her TV series "Julia," but I do remember that she was one of my first little boy crushes. Loved her.
I have a vague memory of someone in my Elementary School having a 'Julia' lunchbox...

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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:46 am
by Pruitt
[url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/ ... -80}Ginger Baker[/url]

A true eccentric. And one of the great drummers. And watching this clip, it is still amazing that these three guys could make so much sound!


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:58 pm
by brian
Rip Taylor

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:24 pm
by bfj
brian wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:58 pmRip Taylor

RIP Rip. $1.98 Beauty Pagaent was a horrible show.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:00 pm
by Pruitt
A terrible comedian who always made me laugh.


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:07 am
by bfj
Arte Johnson Very interesting, but stupid.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:13 am
by sancarlos
bfj wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:07 am Arte Johnson Very interesting, but stupid.
He died three months ago. Scroll back a couple pages here.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 4:31 pm
by bfj
Well. Fuck.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 4:33 pm
by wlu_lax6
sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2019 11:13 am
bfj wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:07 am Arte Johnson Very interesting, but stupid.
He died three months ago. Scroll back a couple pages here.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:04 pm
by brian

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 1:02 pm
by DSafetyGuy
If someone selected Forster for the "three people to invite to dinner" game, it feels like the meal should be switched to breakfast.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:59 pm
by sancarlos
brian wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 10:04 pm
He was great in Jackie Brown.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:48 pm
by brian
Bill Macy, of Maude and various movies and sitcoms.

Also, learned he's the reason why William H. Macy is credited as William H. Macy (can't have the same name as anyone else in the SAG/AFTRA unions).

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:01 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Hall Of Famer Willie Brown...


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:12 pm
by Pruitt
I love every thing about this picture.

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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:14 pm
by mister d
That looks like the first person view of a shooting.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:15 pm
by govmentchedda
Raid Dead Redemption

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:16 pm
by Pruitt
The old stadium, the chewed up field, Madden, Willie Brown...

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:31 pm
by L-Jam3
I can't make out the stadium. Is that the Coliseum prior to them moving to LA?

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:01 pm
by Pruitt
Looks like the old stadium where the Colts played.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:28 pm
by bfj
Pruitt wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:01 pm Looks like the old stadium where the Colts played.
Yes it does. Especially with the National sign in the background.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:32 pm
by sancarlos
L-Jam3 wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:31 pm I can't make out the stadium. Is that the Coliseum prior to them moving to LA?
The raiders wouldn’t have been wearing whites at home.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:46 pm
by A_B
sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:32 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:31 pm I can't make out the stadium. Is that the Coliseum prior to them moving to LA?
The raiders wouldn’t have been wearing whites at home.
This is still something I think is weird. I think home teams should wear white in all sports.


ETA: to be honest I think teams should wear whatever they want on any day but if we have to have a convention home whites works for me.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:19 am
by wlu_lax6
Ron Fairly, 21 year MLB vet, 3 time world series champ, and Mariners broadcaster.
Only player to represent both Canadian teams in the All-Star Game.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/279 ... ly-dies-81

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:25 am
by Pruitt
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:19 am Ron Fairly, 21 year MLB vet, 3 time world series champ, and Mariners broadcaster.
Only player to represent both Canadian teams in the All-Star Game.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/279 ... ly-dies-81
For some reason he was my favourite Expo back when they were Canada's team.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:30 am
by DaveInSeattle
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:19 am Ron Fairly, 21 year MLB vet, 3 time world series champ, and Mariners broadcaster.
Only player to represent both Canadian teams in the All-Star Game.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/279 ... ly-dies-81
Don't remember him as a player, but on the Mariners broadcasts.

We used to call him 'Fairly Obvious'...

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:23 pm
by sancarlos
DaveInSeattle wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:30 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:19 am Ron Fairly, 21 year MLB vet, 3 time world series champ, and Mariners broadcaster.
Only player to represent both Canadian teams in the All-Star Game.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/279 ... ly-dies-81
Don't remember him as a player, but on the Mariners broadcasts.

We used to call him 'Fairly Obvious'...
That’s funny. Years ago he was on Giants’ broadcasts here. He was horrible, and talked down to his audience.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:35 am
by L-Jam3

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:39 am
by brian
As much as a death of someone that young can not be surprising, I'm not surprised. Drugs and alcohol can simply just destroy some people.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:43 pm
by brian
Rick Ludwin, an executive at NBC who is probably the biggest reason why Seinfeld got more than four episodes (or any at all).

Nice short thread here from Ken Tremendous about him:



ETA: Another nice tribute thread from John Mulaney:


Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:45 am
by wlu_lax6
Raymond Poulidor, 2 x 2nd place Tour De France, 3x 3rd place Tour De France (what happens when you race consistently against Eddy Merckx. 189 career wins including the Vuelta, Dauphine Libere twice, and the Paris-Nice twice.
So famous was his repeated failure to clinch the Tour that the phrase “to do a Poulidor” passed into the French language, synonymous with coming an unlucky second. Despite his Tour de France disappointments, Poulidor is forever ranked among France’s cycling greats and at the same time is seen as a humble hard worker loved by the people who earned every one of his many triumphs.
https://www.velonews.com/2019/11/news/f ... -83_502685

Old cycling race pictures are just cool
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Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:58 am
by A_B
So is cycling one of those rare sports where the older generations would probably be just as good as the current generations, if not better? Seems like given that their tech was worse, but they still had to ride up Alpe d'Huez or whatever else Category 1 climb on shittier roads that they may have had to be in better shape than today's riders.

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:06 am
by govmentchedda
It's an interesting question. The natural advancements over time in bike technology, gear, training, diet, doping, rest, research, etc. have certainly had an effect on the sport. Were the older generation doing more with less, and therefore better bikers?

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:10 am
by A_B
I'll make a new thread

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:46 pm
by DaveInSeattle
wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:45 am
Old cycling race pictures are just cool
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Look at that bike...the brake cables aren't led under the handlebar tape...and the shifters on the downtube!

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:54 pm
by wlu_lax6
DaveInSeattle wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:46 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:45 am
Old cycling race pictures are just cool
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Look at that bike...the brake cables aren't led under the handlebar tape...and the shifters on the downtube!
No Helmet
No Sun Glasses
Wool Jersey that is a bit baggy
Probably a steel bike
Old school capped bottle
Knit gloves
Toe Cages for the pedals

Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:04 pm
by Giff
I want that hat.