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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (2 Viewers)

Gus Williams. šŸ˜¢

Like I said recently in a different thread, he was the unheralded hero of the Sonics ā€˜79 title season.


Grew up watching him play

Probably my all-time favorite Sonic

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Same here.

He's high on my list as well---definitely top 5.
 
Anyone in here an 80s kid and remember Mr Belvedere?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088576/?ref_=nm_flmg_knf_c_4

Uecker's foray into TV Sitcoms.
Loved that show. Wholesome would be how Iā€™d describe it.
He was surprisingly pretty good in that show. Not related to anything, also had a big crush on both his daughter and wife from the show.

Describe the 1980s with one picture:

 
David Lynch

That stings a little. I can't call myself a fan and I'll honestly admit that I don't "get" his films, but I love Blue Velvet and I enjoyed Mulholland Drive the one time I saw it. Maybe I should start by re-watching that one. I know what the plot is about at least. Or maybe jump into Twin Peaks.

Wild At Heart was my favorite. But I was often confused watching his movies too. I think I liked Mullholland Drive but if you asked me to explain it, I'd do better explaining calculus to a gopher.
 
David Lynch

That stings a little. I can't call myself a fan and I'll honestly admit that I don't "get" his films, but I love Blue Velvet and I enjoyed Mulholland Drive the one time I saw it. Maybe I should start by re-watching that one. I know what the plot is about at least. Or maybe jump into Twin Peaks.

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this place has seeped so deeply in to my being that you were the first person i thought of when i heard Lynch died
 
David Lynch

That stings a little. I can't call myself a fan and I'll honestly admit that I don't "get" his films, but I love Blue Velvet and I enjoyed Mulholland Drive the one time I saw it. Maybe I should start by re-watching that one. I know what the plot is about at least. Or maybe jump into Twin Peaks.

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this place has seeped so deeply in to my being that you were the first person i thought of when i heard Lynch died

I was driving into work when I heard the news on Ueck and the first thing that came to my mind was 'rest in peace, bromigo' and you can take that to the bank up in the sky.
 
Iā€™d just started a thread with Ueck as the centerpiece in the Shark Pool (on accident) a few weeks ago. It was called, ā€œRemember when commercials didnā€™t suckā€ or something like that. It was about Uecker and his infamous Miller Lite commercial. It was supposed to be in the FFA, but I didnā€™t re-post it because . . . well . . . who cared?

I probably should have done so.

Youā€™re in the front row now, Ueck. RIP to a comedy and broadcast legend.

 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
Even as a non-Brewers fan, Iā€™ve been doing the MLB Audio through my phone for years. If my own team did not have a game going, Brewers were always my next go-to to listen to Uecker.
 
Back in the 80s my dad threw out his back and was stuck in bed. At some point there was a blooper reel that was narrated by Bob Uecker that came up on his TV. My dad is laying there and gets pain every time he moves, including laughing and he can't find the remote. He's lying there laughing and crying at peak Ueck comedy and finally yells out "Could someone please change the damn channel? I'm dying here!". Simultaneously one of my favorite dad and Uecker memories in one. RIP
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
This one stings. Was really hoping the Brewers could get to a World Series before he passed. RIP to a legend
i was at the crew vs dodgers nlcs game 7 a few years back and got pretty low seats just behind the dodgers dugout and was surrounded by brewers fans i figured we would all stand the entire game and then some guys behind me started yelling at us to sit down brothers i knew right then and there we were sunk you dont go to a game 7 for the chance to go to the world series and tell people to sit down take that to the bank brohans
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
i have vivid memories of my pop and me being in our garage trying to keep whatever pile of crap he or i was driving at the time running with the uke calling games on am radio my dad was a huge brewers fan and had been a huge braves fan before that he never forgave the braves for leaving milwaukee and refused to acknowledge them as a major league team until the day he died he would just call them the minor league team from atlanta anyhow uke on the radio was sort of the soundtrack to my life and the other big uke memory i have was needing to pull over many years later when i was driving up to hayward to chase trout and uke was repeatedly doing an impression of hideo nomo who uke was actually great friends with and it just hit me so hard and funny that i was laughing so hard i had to stop driving becuase i could not breath anyhow this is a loss for the world but america and milwaukee wisconsin in particular take that to the bank in the sky brohans
I sent a text to my mom to let her know Ueck passed. She wrote back and said, "I know. I was going to send it to you, but I didn't want to be the person to break the news. Truly a great man."
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
i have vivid memories of my pop and me being in our garage trying to keep whatever pile of crap he or i was driving at the time running with the uke calling games on am radio my dad was a huge brewers fan and had been a huge braves fan before that he never forgave the braves for leaving milwaukee and refused to acknowledge them as a major league team until the day he died he would just call them the minor league team from atlanta anyhow uke on the radio was sort of the soundtrack to my life and the other big uke memory i have was needing to pull over many years later when i was driving up to hayward to chase trout and uke was repeatedly doing an impression of hideo nomo who uke was actually great friends with and it just hit me so hard and funny that i was laughing so hard i had to stop driving becuase i could not breath anyhow this is a loss for the world but america and milwaukee wisconsin in particular take that to the bank in the sky brohans
I sent a text to my mom to let her know Ueck passed. She wrote back and said, "I know. I was going to send it to you, but I didn't want to be the person to break the news. Truly a great man."
On the other hand, I've never laughed so much because someone died. The memorial service should be awesome. Maybe they will live stream it. There must be more stories.
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
Yeahā€¦this one hits so hard. Growing up in Wisconsin late 70s into 80s loving baseball and the Brewers. Games not on TV much so to follow them meant going to a game or following on radio with his voice.
He was such a huge part of Wisconsin sports and baseball as a whole. Just a crushing loss even at 90. RIP Mr. Baseball
 
I usually don't get too wrapped up in celebrity deaths but when I heard of Ueker's passing today i cried. And then cried some more. And crying as I type this. Been part of my summers forever. He was Milwaukee. He was Brewers baseball. He was family.

Gonna watch his hall of fame speech tonight. And every appearance on Johnny Carson.
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
Yeahā€¦this one hits so hard. Growing up in Wisconsin late 70s into 80s loving baseball and the Brewers. Games not on TV much so to follow them meant going to a game or following on radio with his voice.
He was such a huge part of Wisconsin sports and baseball as a whole. Just a crushing loss even at 90. RIP Mr. Baseball
The TV contract only allowed road games for a long time.
 
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Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.

Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
Yeahā€¦this one hits so hard. Growing up in Wisconsin late 70s into 80s loving baseball and the Brewers. Games not on TV much so to follow them meant going to a game or following on radio with his voice.
He was such a huge part of Wisconsin sports and baseball as a whole. Just a crushing loss even at 90. RIP Mr. Baseball
The TV contract only allowed road games for a long time.
I mean its pre cable days for a while there anywayā€¦or pre- my family having cable. Just would rather hear his call anyway. Baseball seems to lend itself to radio better than other sports to me.
 
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With Lynch, Blue Velvet is top of the list for me. He has a ton of good stuff. I think it works better if you're not trying to figure it all out, it's really about scenes, feels, performances. And for that it was never better than Hopper and Stockwell in Blue Velvet.
 
Uecker made light of his talent as a ballplayer but he was a big leaguer for six seasons in an era when there were 20 teams. He turned out to be a better broadcaster than a player and by all accounts, a better man than a broadcaster.

I grew up in Milwaukee and it was always a treat to hear his familiar voice when I came back home for summertime visits. Earlier today I listened to the radio broadcast of the Brewers' NL Central clincher. He didn't seem quite as quick to pick up line drives but he could still seamlessly work an Usinger's promo between pitches like the pro he was.

He somehow managed to lead the NL in catcher errors and passed balls in 1967 in spite of only appearing in 80 games. Phil Niekro must have been a handful that year because the Braves' primary catcher Joe Torre finished 2nd in passed balls.

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This year when the Brewers lost to the Mets in the playoffs in such gut wrenching fashion it was soooo much worse cause many Brewers fans felt that would be his last game. Many felt he would retire. But this? Never expected it.

It's a shame the Brewers could never win a World Series for him. What always amazed me is how even today's young players loved him. He was such a genuine nice guy.
 
He somehow managed to lead the NL in catcher errors and passed balls in 1967 in spite of only appearing in 80 games. Phil Niekro must have been a handful that year because the Braves' primary catcher Joe Torre finished 2nd in passed balls.
This is one heck of a stat.
 
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It seems stranger in retrospect than it did at the time but the first episode of Twin Peaks was the highest rated TV movie of the 89-90 season with over 36 million live viewers. It was everywhere for a while before the next big thing but for a few glorious months, you could discuss Lynchian symbolism with people from work.

As for the show itself, I think it was much weirder then than it is today. Lynch is inimitable but elements of his style have seeped into modern film and video so the twists and offbeat characters seem more familiar. It was totally unexpected back then, especially when it was coming out of the same box as Cosby and Rosanne.
 
Bob Uecker. https://x.com/Brewers/status/1879918076206231672

I've listened to him on the radio my entire life. To this day I'd choose sitting out in the garage listening to Ueck over watching the games on TV.
Absolutely crushing for any Brewers fan.
We love him. We alsways call obstructed view seats the Uecker Seats.
"I've found the best way to catch a knuckle ball is to let it stop rolling and pick it up"!
 
I think I'll just watch Mulholland Drive this weekend and go from there. I should experience more of David Lynch's body of work, and this seems like a good place to start.

Yeah, great place to start. What's funny is I love Lynch and have seen most of his films but still haven't watched Twin Peaks :eek:. Need to change that.
 
I usually don't get too wrapped up in celebrity deaths but when I heard of Ueker's passing today i cried. And then cried some more. And crying as I type this. Been part of my summers forever. He was Milwaukee. He was Brewers baseball. He was family.

Gonna watch his hall of fame speech tonight. And every appearance on Johnny Carson.
I've never been a big baseball fan,so I first discovered Uecker from his Tonight Show appearances.
I think there were other former players that weren't superstars on Johnny's show as regular guests. But, the only one I can think of is Art Donovan who was on Late Night with Letterman.
 
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I usually don't get too wrapped up in celebrity deaths but when I heard of Ueker's passing today i cried. And then cried some more. And crying as I type this. Been part of my summers forever. He was Milwaukee. He was Brewers baseball. He was family.

Gonna watch his hall of fame speech tonight. And every appearance on Johnny Carson.
I've never been a big baseball fan,so I first discovered Uecker from his Tonight Show appearances.
I think there were other former players that weren't superstars on Johnny's show as regular guests. But, the only one I can think of is Art Donovan who was on Late Night with Letterman.

Uecker on The Tonight Show (1971)

Uecker with Johnny (1984)



bonus: Art Donovan (1924-2013) on Letterman in 1991
 

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