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One of the great names in NBA history. Way ahead of his time in baldness being cool among NBA players.
One of the great names in NBA history. Way ahead of his time in baldness being cool among NBA players.
They say he wasn’t nearly as explosive after his knee surgery after the 1965 season; I probably first saw him a year or two later. So consider this: in his past his prime late Bernard King years, 1966-67 to 1969-70, he averaged 25.4/11.6/4.6, made 4 ASG, his PER was 5th/4th/5th/7th, and he made 1st Team All League 3 times.Elgin Baylor. I remember seeing him play (on TV) but it would have been the last few years of his career, he was starting to wear down as I recall but still a lot fun to watch.
he was horrible at playing "Get the Guests"wikkidpissah said:Wore a great turtleneck, dammit. RIP -The Man With No Name said:
Nice send off from his former co-stars.jamny said:Segal was good in Just Shoot Me.
RIP
This guy's name was a legend in my playground days.The Man With No Name said:
And the fat guys were automatically Billy Paultz, or more affectionately, The Whopper.This guy's name was a legend in my playground days.
If you made a great play, then you won the right to temporarily name yourself after the superstar of your choice -- usually "Magic!" or "Bird!" or "Kareem!" or "Jordan!"
But if you put up an airball or made a bonehead play? Then the other team got to name you after some NBA benchwarmer. Some of the popular names were "Granville Waiters!", "Paul Mokeski!", "Scott Hastings!", and "Manute!"
For my crew it was "Hot Plate Williams!", "Oliver Miller!" or "Tractor Traylor!"And the fat guys were automatically Billy Paultz, or more affectionately, The Whopper.
We were probably a bit older - and fatter.For my crew it was "Hot Plate Williams!", "Oliver Miller!" or "Tractor Traylor!"
I can recall a game between the Bulls and Pistons that had Granville Waiters and his epic receding hairline, and Kelly Tripucka rocking a mullet/perm combo.Anyway, RIP to one of the top-10 NBA hairdos of all time.
Yeah, that dude had an amazing life.Rip **** Hoyt, best known for pushing his son with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair though countless endurance races including marathons and Iron Man triathlons. If you ever watched IM Kona on tv, you know who I'm talking about.
Treat yourself to a stream of Arrested Development. ...Maybe not season 5.Sadly I’ll have to pull a noonan here and say I’m not familiar with her work but she looked amazing for 80.
Glad she got a 2nd act on Arrested Development cuz she was the member of the LoveBoatIronsideWelbyGuestShot/NowIsSheTheOneMarriedToRobertWagner? '70s actress vortex who could actually act. RIP -Jessica Walters :(
For some reason, I can picture Lucille Bluth holding a martini and saying "I’m not familiar with her work but she looked amazing for 80."Sadly I’ll have to pull a noonan here and say I’m not familiar with her work but she looked amazing for 80.
If you spend any time on MeTv, especially the cop shows, she's ubiquitous.Glad she got a 2nd act on Arrested Development cuz she was the member of the LoveBoatIronsideWelbyGuestShot/NowIsSheTheOneMarriedToRobertWagner? '70s actress vortex who could actually act. RIP -
I've never read anything about this, but it seemed the Malory Archer character was a spot on re-casting of her Lucille Bluth character.She also did the voice of Archer's mom - with the character as rendered looking a lot like Jessica Walter.
Clint ended up wishing he really was the man with no name.For her early work, I thought she was great in “Play Misty for Me.” Able to turn from charm to *menace* pretty quickly.
I read an obit of her today that said it was exactly that. The casting call explicitly mentioned that they were going for a Lucille Bluth vibe. Her agent saw it and said to her, if you're interested in the role, let's call them. She was and they did.CletiusMaximus said:I've never read anything about this, but it seemed the Malory Archer character was a spot on re-casting of her Lucille Bluth character.
Earlier than that she was in the movie Grand Prix. Released in 1966 and directed by John Frankenheimer.Don Quixote said:For her early work, I thought she was great in “Play Misty for Me.” Able to turn from charm to *menace* pretty quickly.
Tom Servo said:Houston Tumlin - the child actor from Talladega Nights - took his life. He was 28.
I always laugh a little too much at his scenes in that movie, especially "I threw a bunch of Grandpa Chip’s war medals off the bridge."Tom Servo said:Houston Tumlin - the child actor from Talladega Nights - took his life. He was 28.
Veteran and all around great guy by the sounds of it. Good looking dude, outgoing, jovial - such a shame.
"Lonesome Dove" is one of the finest novels I've ever read.RIP author/screenwriter Larry McMurtry
Also a few various sports personalities over the past few days:
Stan Albeck - former NBA coach
Bobby Brown - ex MLB player and later American League President
Bob Plager - longtime St. Louis Blues defenseman along with his brother Barclay - both had their numbers retired by the Blues
It's been 40 yrs anyway since i boarded a plane without either a Thomas Harris or Larry McMurtry (sooo similar) book for my inflight reading. The Thalia series is so dense with what we are that we almost forget we're in the middle of nowhere without a plan. Plenty other good'ns, but McMurtry's path to heaven need be no better paved than with Lonesome Dove. Novels & miniseries, pure and poignant as dawn sky. RIP -=RIP author/screenwriter Larry McMurtry
By most accounts he was a flaming ####### but, my God, could he write. Lonesome Dove is still the best novel I've ever read. I was shocked when it won the Pulitzer. Not because it wasn't good enough, but because I didn't think books like that could win.RIP author/screenwriter Larry McMurtry
Wow, brings me back to reading in elementary school. 104, that's amazing. May she rest in peace. :(Children’s book author Beverly Cleary - age 104. Had no idea she was still alive
https://twitter.com/harpercollins/status/1375554229729918980?s=10
Thanks, from me and my 1976 **** Weber Powerball.More famous in his later years not necessarily as a bowler, but more for designing balls and coming up with new layouts/ball technology/etc. He was one of the founders of Radical.
And I had no idea who she was (or the books either).Children’s book author Beverly Cleary - age 104. Had no idea she was still alive
https://twitter.com/harpercollins/status/1375554229729918980?s=10
She was a treasure! If you have grandkids get her books for read alouds. I couldn’t get enough of Ramona back in elementary school.And I had no idea who she was (or the books either).
I don't have kids, so that's out. I read English kid's books, mostly Enid Blyton. And Dr. Suess of course.She was a treasure! If you have grandkids get her books for read alouds. I couldn’t get enough of Ramona back in elementary school.
Then just get a couple from the library for yourself. Beezus and Ramona is good. And Henry and ribsy.I don't have kids, so that's out. I read English kid's books, mostly Enid Blyton. And Dr. Suess of course.
Whoa!Children’s book author Beverly Cleary - age 104. Had no idea she was still alive
https://twitter.com/harpercollins/status/1375554229729918980?s=10
Those were staples in my elementary years - and the Wednesday Witch, while I'm strolling down memory lane. They were right up there with Charlotte's Web back in the day.Then just get a couple from the library for yourself. Beezus and Ramona is good. And Henry and ribsy.
Ralph and the Motorcycle was one of my favorites.Then just get a couple from the library for yourself. Beezus and Ramona is good. And Henry and ribsy.
Interesting career. If he doesn't leave Miami for an ill-fated USFL job prospect in 1984, then the whole "The U" phenomenon probably doesn't even happen.Legendary coach Howard Schnellenberger, who started the Miami Hurricanes dynasty, dies
His bio includes recruiting Joe Namath to Alabama, the Dolphin's perfect season, the start of the Hurricanes dynasty and building the FAU football program from scratch. He was 87.
Horseman, Pass By (made in to the movie Hud, but quite different), Leaving Cheyenne & Last Picture Show (i think they're McMurtry's first 3 books) are a series and they're right up your alley thematically, if not genre-wise. Base existentials - broiling fusses over bleak circumstance - told like a story 'round a fire. Read em casually and let em sneak up on you. Lonesome Dove is right there with the big novels - the obvious and obscure, done in grand styleSo Lonesome Dove is a must-read, huh?
RIP to McMurtry and the others today. I always wanted to watch The Last Picture Show. There's an author behind it, and it's apparently him. Interesting.