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Alyssa Milano began her career at age 7, when her babysitter, without notifying Milano's parents, took her to an audition for one of the four principal parts in a national touring company of "Annie."
Milano was one of four selected from more than 1,500 girls.
Link to Part 7
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181114345
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)liked to collect the soiled panties of women he went out with.
ewwww.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)dem4decades
(11,244 posts)sdfernando
(4,897 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,831 posts)Prior to WWII, Eddie Albert (of Green Acres fame) worked for a circus in Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist ... while also photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors for U.S. Army intelligence.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and Welcome to DU!
trixie2
(905 posts)underpants
(182,283 posts)From what I've read he was a real bad ass. He was awarded everything they have short of a Medal of Honor. It was basically a solo mission. He was the first or among the first to get into Berlin in uniform.
The Mary Tyler Moore show was his last shot at becoming a real working actor. He'd tried for some time but couldn't make enough money to support his large family (6 kids or something like that) so he went an bought the style of suit Ted Baxter wore, developed the voice, and nailed the audition.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I loved that show & watched it all the time.
Ted Knight was great as Ted Baxter.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)He had a wee part as a police officer. Watched it the other night!
trixie2
(905 posts)Swift Hixson
(14 posts)I saw that policeman open the door to Norman's cell, and thought 'no way!'. Judge Smails really worked his way up.
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)I was obviously a fan of the show - and I remember when Ted Knight died, at too young an age. In 1986 I visited the USSR with my grandmother's peace group and Western news was unavailable, not even sports news. So when we flew home, there was a Time Magazine on the plane which was of great interest to the group. And it announced Ted Knight's death which I remember as the news that we were all talking about. Nice to hear this about him (Wladyslaw was my maternal grandfather's name) and according to IMDb, he and his wife had 3 kids, a daughter and two sons.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)Eddie Albert's personal assistant for several years and had nothing but admiration for him. He, his wife, and then baby son also show up in my parents' old home movies. He was appearing at a Vegas hotel they were staying at and my dad caught his family lounging by the pool next to my mom and me --age 2 at the time.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)samnsara
(17,572 posts)samnsara
(17,572 posts)LiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Missoula, MT. He came to visit her at her house and she told all of us to stay away and not show up at her door, this was back in 1972. We were all good and stayed home.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)flyingfysh
(1,990 posts)During World War 2, she worked for OSS, which was later replaced by the CIA. Sometimes she worked in Sri Lanka and China.
Submariner
(12,485 posts)Eddie Albert Heimberger was famous for his acting skills but few know of his heroism in WW2.
Eddie in the battle of Tarawa disobeyed his orders to collect reusable supplies from the initial landing and instead rescued over 40 marines who were trapped offshore under heavy machine gun fire.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)GumboYaYa
(5,941 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He died in prison in 2007
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I never knew that.
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)I knew he had a tender side to him-- we just didn't see it that much
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)born during an air raid in Liverpool U.K.
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)Glad he was OK!!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Liverpool was very heavily bombed during WW11. I know, I was born and raised there and was a child during the bombing. Did you know "Ailsa" is the Scottish equivalent of "Elsie"??
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)Poor Ringo had a lot of illnesses growing up-- glad he's doing well
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)U.K. He married a pretty girl named Ailsa, of Scottish descent. She told me her name is the Scottish version of Elsie. Ringo has defied all odds, and lived to a pretty ripe old age. I met him once, at the airport in L'pool. He was with John and George. I got their autographs for my niece. Paul had just received his driver's license, and had been picked up for speeding. I asked John if Paul would be joining them on the flight to London. He said "He's driving. He LIKES paying speeding fines"
ailsagirl
(22,842 posts)As you can tell by my avatar, I am pretty fond of the Beatles-- how lucky I was to have grown up with their marvelous music (which still sounds marvelous and which I listen to every chance I get).
skylucy
(3,734 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)with "Bruce Springsteen's E.Street Band"
Croney
(4,646 posts)on an American Idol fanboard a decade ago and we hung out at a couple of Daughtry concerts.
Clash City Rocker
(3,379 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,379 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)1). Formed Little Steven's Underground Garage, a 24/7 radio station on SiriusXM Channel 21
http://undergroundgarage.com
2). Formed Wicked Cool Records, a label that currently has about 25 artists on the roster, all worth checking out
https://wickedcoolrecords.bandcamp.com
3). Formed "Teach Rock," along with Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, Bono & Bruce Springsteen, "a standards-aligned, arts integration curriculum that uses the history of popular music and culture to help teachers engage students."
https://teachrock.org/about/
4). Supports "Little Kids Rock," which "transforms lives by restoring, expanding, and innovating music education in our schools."
https://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/our-big-fans-old/steven-van-zandt/
trixie2
(905 posts)In Detroit. I used to see her on Fridays. She was teeny tiny. I always pretended to tip my hat. It was awesome.
underpants
(182,283 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)When Andy was making the film 'A Face in the Crowd,' the movie people needed two guitars. One was a cheap-looking one used by his character before he became famous, and a fancier one when he became the successful 'Lonesome Roads,'" Boak says. "The prop master solved the problem by taking a beautiful 1958 Martin D-18, and without consulting anyone, painted it black and gluing sequins on the guitars sound board. On the front of the guitar, the sequins spelled out Momma and Lonesome. Momma was a reference to the name Lonesome Rhodes gave to his guitar.
After the film was completed Griffith was walking by the prop shop , he noticed the painted Martin in its case and "borrowed" it. After taking it home, he proceeded to remove the sequins and sand off the black paint down to the bare wood . This took him nine days to accomplish. In the process he sanded off the logo decal and pickguard. Andy seemed to like the look of the guitar without the pickguard and never replaced it.
He took the guitar to a guitar builder (John D'Angelico!) in New York City's lower east side to have the instrument given a new coat of lacquer and touch up to the wood.
Note: Andy often played other Martin guitars (D - 18's, for sure) with a pickguard.
panader0
(25,816 posts)On my 1939 Martin 0017.
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)How and when did you acquire you Martin?
panader0
(25,816 posts)My buddy's family had three. I got it for $50.
It needed a bit of work. But I played it for years.
I still have it. It looks a lot like the pic here---mahogany and small and sweet.
http://www.folkwaymusic.com/museum/martin-guitars/id.1177/
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,232 posts)odor and therefore allow him to go longer periods without showering. Apparently his coworkers were not convinced.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I guess he didn't like to take daily showers either
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Ashton Kutcher tried it for a while when he was preparing to play Steve in "Jobs". He ended up in the hospital for 2 days.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)for the same reason.
Beringia
(4,314 posts)Apparently it is a thing. She says it improves her health, skin, hair, tastes like mild beer. She has guts. I couldn't do that.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2337771/Sarah-Miles-affair-Olivier-accused-murdering-toyboy--shes-opened-healing-clinic.html
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)mahina
(17,506 posts)That takes the urinal cake.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I could never do that.
Disaffected
(4,508 posts)Therapee.
Swift Hixson
(14 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)who ran the "Gleneagle's Hotel" in Torquay, Devon, U.K.
"Fawlty Towers" co-creator John Cleese described him as "the rudest man I've ever come across in my life."
ekelly
(421 posts)java108
(129 posts)The real Donald Sinclair was not impressed.
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)Sinclair yelled at Terry Gilliam for eating like an American, which he is. Terry was cutting his steak the "wrong" way - fork in left, knife in right, cut off a piece, put down the knife, switch fork to right, shove steak piece in mouth.
I kind of agree with him though the reaction was a little much.
TlalocW
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)it might contain a bomb.
The Pythons did stay briefly at Sinclair's hotel, while filming nearby, but John Cleese decided to stay a little longer because he was fascinated by Sinclair's rudeness.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)also had his own solo band, called "Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul"
He frequently goes by the stage names "Little Steven" or "Miami Steve"
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Little Steven's Underground Garage
http://undergroundgarage.com
JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)A friend saw him this winter at the Cleveland Hard Rock Casino. He had something like 12 people onstage with him proving he doesn't do it for the money.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I'd love to hear him play music sometime.
JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)With Springstein he's just a sideman in a band that doesn't really feature guitars. My buddy was really impressed with the stagecraft.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi.
By 17, he was playing the guitar and the harmonica, emulating Son House and Robert Johnson.
He is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues"
iscooterliberally
(2,849 posts)He showed up at Eric's show at the old Hollywood Sportatorium in the early 80s. It was a great show!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I'd have loved to have seen that show!
If you haven't seen the movie "Cadillac Records" you might want to order it on Netflix
It's about the early days of Chess Records - Muddy Waters' ..Howlin' Wolf..Little Walter..Chuck Berry..Etta James and others.
iscooterliberally
(2,849 posts)Thanks for the tip!
zonkers
(5,865 posts)And Bean was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 50s.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(I guess his political beliefs are different from his father's)
underpants
(182,283 posts)He spent a lot of time considering who to invite. I've read that it was a big deal to be invited to one in Hollywood. He would create an Algonquin roundtable of sorts with particular attention to who sat next to who.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)supported by Tammany Hall
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)He plays keyboards and saxophone. Will avoided going into entertainment initially because he saw the instability of his father's career.
trixie2
(905 posts)Made huge tips. HUGE! Best tips I ever got in my life.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Especially rich people. Granted, I'm a bookkeeper so I can do math in my head, but most of the time people who calculate tips do it to leave as little as possible. If you're rich, what's an extra buck, or 5 or 10 or 20? You'll make a waiter's day with a little extra generosity.
trixie2
(905 posts)We only sold drinks before they, the band, went on so tables would stock up. We were getting $50 bills for tips and $100 bills were not unheard of. We would go upstairs by the lights and wait until they show was over and clean up the tables and get ready for the second show and do it all over again. The Righteous Brothers brought in a very understated and wealthy clientele. Polite audience. Sometimes the "wealthy" would be very rude. Not this crowd. It was a pleasure to work their shows.
java108
(129 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,637 posts)Dont remember who climbed this. Maybe Ed or Doc.
Mister Ed
(5,896 posts)Bobby Fisher, the renowned chess champion (probably the greatest in history).
Raven123
(4,716 posts)Her mother, Judy Garland, and his father, Jack Haley Sr. Were in a famous movie together. She was Dorothy and he was the Tin Man !
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and he was recalled for service during the Korean War.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician.
He played with "The Kids" .a band that enjoyed modest local success.
They changed their name to "Six Gun Method" but the group split up before signing a record deal.
Depp subsequently collaborated with the band "Rock City Angels" and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Rock City Angels debut Geffen Records album,
"Young Man's Blues"
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)I used to see Depp play guitar with The Kids at the Agora Ballroom in Hallandale where they were one of the house bands - I remember they used to always cover that old Monkees song "I'm Not Your Steppin Stone" every show!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)jazz group called "Spellbinder"
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)when he played Woodstock.
fNord
(1,756 posts)I cannot testify to the truth of this, but according to an interview I heard, both Stephen Stills and David Crosby swear this IS true:
At a dinner-ish place in north Hollywood, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin were seated at the bar having a chat about womens lib.....
It wasnt going well.
At one point, Jim said some VERY tawdry shit to Janis that I will not repeat here.....
To which she replied, ok, well, why don't we have a drink on it.
She then ordered a bottle of Southern Comfort and two glasses. She poured one for Jim, and then, instead of pouring one for herself, cracked the bottle across Jims face, not only knocking him off the barstool, but completely out cold.
She then drank the shot she had poured him, paid the tab, and left his unconscious ass flat on the floor
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and Morrison could be a real asshole sometimes
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)She didn't take any crap from anybody!.
underpants
(182,283 posts)Jim split after a semester or maybe two. He answered the door in the nude on Halloween.
Also roommates at Florida State were Burt Reynolds and Lee Corso (ESPN)
dameatball
(7,380 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)He and my Mom went to the same high school in Weatherford, Texas.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)to remember that
lark
(23,006 posts)My grandmother and grandfather used to live in Weatherford in a house that is now over 200 years old. When grandma died, the state bought it and turned it into a historical monument to stone prairie houses. It was such a small town when I was young, just a few hundred people at most. I was shocked to see how it had grown when I went to a family reunion there in Oct.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)But yes, it was a very basic cabin without indoor plumbing. She lived there from age 8 to 15.
underpants
(182,283 posts)Or Discovery. Whichever one has all the Alaska shows.
OnDoutside
(19,908 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)She was married to legendary musician/novelist Richard Farina
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)Texas prison for refusing to be inducted into the army during the Vietnam war. He had been a Stanford University student president and became a leading opponent of the draft.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and entertainment to institutions, jails, prisons, hospitals, juvenile facilities and nursing homes.
She never re-married and died of cancer at age 56.
RealityChik
(382 posts)The movie, When A Man Loves A Woman, starring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia. The story is based on his wife, Frannie overcoming her alcohol addiction.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)btw, Franken's book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" is hilarious!
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)TeamPooka
(24,156 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)You can hear his Canadian accent in the first two Cheech & Chong movies when he says "oout" and "aboout" instead of "out" and "about"
"Up In Smoke" was the first one, and "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" was the second one, I think.
luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)We just don't draw the word OUT into two syllables!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)We Canucks do clip our words, compared to you Yanks and ESPECIALLY to those south of the Mason Dixon line. My theory is that the further north one lives, the briefer the words. Why? I haven't a clue!
I also don't know why Michiganders and western New Yorkers pronounce the word "dollar" (or as we say. dawller) as "dahller".
BTW, I'm fascinated by accents.....
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)Was born into a musical family; his mother an opera singer, his father a concertmaster. He graduated high school at the age of 16 in 1941. He attended CUNY in music while being a conductor at Columbia. While at Columbia he studied physics. He joined the Army in 1943 to work on the Manhattan Project. He planned to study Nuclear Physics after the war. Instead he went to work for Atlantic Records.
He worked as sound engineer and producer, with such people as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Allman Brothers, Bobby Darin, Cher, Charley Mingus, James Gang, Chicago, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Diana Ross and many others. He teamed with Eric Clapton and Duane Allman for Layla. He was credited with many advancements in recording technology.
He passed in 2002.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It was around 3 AM and he was shitfaced drunk at the time.
Elvis called the cops on him, even though they were old friends.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He became a quadriplegic after an auto accident, but he regained partial use of his upper body.
"Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot" is the movie made about him earlier this year - it stars Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Botany
(70,292 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 20, 2018, 07:56 PM - Edit history (1)
... Hayes' son.
FM123
(10,050 posts)(She shared this with the audience when she spoke at the Miami Book Fair)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)in Burbank, CA. in 2003, after being misdiagnosed as having had a heart attack.
He was 54.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)he turned down a chance to perform "Transfusion" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
GReedDiamond
(5,299 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Thanks for that
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He later dropped basketball to concentrate on track (hurdles)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)served two tours during the Vietnam War.
He became a fighter pilot during the Korean War, and was a member of the famed
"Black Sheep Squadron"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)on students.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He emigrated to the United States.
After making a fortune operating restaurants and brothels in Seattle and the mining town Monte Cristo, he returned to Bavaria and got married.
Bavarian officials accused him of emigrating when he was young to avoid fulfilling his military service, so he lost his Bavarian citizenship and returned to the United States.
(Wikipedia)
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)where that came from. Got the idea from grandpa.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)as well as inventing a medical device to help patients with brain injuries after his infant son was hit by a cab.
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)From 2008-2009 and is currently a town councillor
From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian#Religious_satire_and_blasphemy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Jones-Davies
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I recall someone mentioning that in a previous thread on this topic
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)mopinko
(69,809 posts)but she admitted that her height would be a problem.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)hearing that. Fascinating!
wryter2000
(46,016 posts)Glad I read the thread first.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)Luke Askew and Warren Finnerty were all in Easy Rider and Cool Hand Luke together.
AJT
(5,240 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)by his studio, and also invited two local musicians, guitarist Winfield "Scotty" Moore, and upright bass player Bill Black to work something up with Presley for a recording session.
The session, held the evening of July 5, 1954, proved entirely unfruitful until late in the night.
As they were about to abort and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number called "That's All Right."
As Scotty Moore recalled, "All of a sudden, Elvis just started singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and them Bill picked up his bass, and he started acting the fool too, and i started playing with them.
Sam (Phillips) stuck his head out of the control room and said "What are you doing?'
And we said, 'We don't know!'
Sam replied,'Well, back up, try to find a place to start, and do it again."
Phillips quickly began taping.
Three days later, popular Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips played "That's All Right" on his radio show.
Listeners began phoning in, asking who the singer was.
The interest was so great, Phillips played the record repeatedly during the remaining two hours of the show.
And the rest is history!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)The Blue Velvets, then as The Golliwogs.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Born November 22, 1921 - Died October 5, 2004
no_hypocrisy
(45,785 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Before becoming a stand-up comedian, she worked busing tables at an I-HOP and as a bicycle messenger.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 2, 2018, 01:46 AM - Edit history (1)
Jenny, Patty and Paula.
Mick Fleetwood was married to Jenny Boyd.
The song Jennifer Juniper is about Jenny Boyd.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Did Clapton marry Patty Boyd too?
LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)Also Jenny Boyd left Mick Fleetwood for Micks best friend just like Patty did to George.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)Donovan Leach wrote "Jenifer Juniper" for her sister but that wasn't enough to lure her from Mick Fleetwood.
I don't know what those Boyd sisters had...
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Also, he is a cousin of Henry Winkler.
Aristus
(66,096 posts)After his series of cartoon panels and books on the subject of the weird and unusual made him wealthy, he bought a number of cars. But he couldn't drive them because he never learned how.
lancelyons
(988 posts)The Fonz...
I spent a little time around the Fonz... Henry Winkler and the man is SHORT SHORT.. LOL
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Has 3 certified 300 games.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)I went to school with his brother. My cousin married his brother.
He is very religious. At the funeral of my cousin his SIL, he visit the graves of everyone he knew burried there and stopped to say a prayer at each one. About 5 graves.
Response to wasupaloopa (Reply #79)
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COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)countless horror movies was in real life a very gentle, almost courtly man who lived for his famous Art collection. He was a serious, knowledgeable collector who had major works.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)He was no snob. He felt everyone should be able to appreciate an afford art for their home.
https://remodernreview.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/article-the-vincent-price-collection-of-fine-art/
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)The last painting he showed in the video is by an artist Karl Zerbe, which I've collected for 20 years. I've never seen this video nor did I know Zerbe was part of the Price collection. It's nice to learn new things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Zerbe
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Aristus
(66,096 posts)he was the one I loved the most.
His colleagues:
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
Christopher Lee
Peter Cushing
Peter Lorre
Greats, all of them...
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)LunaSea
(2,892 posts)This one's in our collection
?w=240
Dishes from 4 & 5 star restaurants around the world.
https://tinyurl.com/y279qpq2
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)label that says that it could be worth a lot of money.
Price would pick current artists that he felt were good and endorse them to be sold at Sears.
no_hypocrisy
(45,785 posts)A lot of complicated and good recipes. Supposed to be a collector's item.
https://www.amazon.com/Treasury-Great-Recipes-Vincent-Price/dp/B00NHZZGE0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550976007&sr=8-2&keywords=vincent+and+mary+price+cookbook
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)denbot
(9,894 posts)He helped local eastside artists as well.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)private golf club in Dayton, Ohio.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)He grew up close to UD, the Golf course was in Oakwood.
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/arch-interviews-martin-sheen-activism-what-stay-alive/V56zrNjcEVoR9LqGkLD3pM/
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)True Blue American
(17,972 posts)I live close to a Golf course. Meadowbrook. Son graduated from UD.
I wonder if any one here ever heard of Johnny Gilbert? Long time announcer on Jeopardy. He had a show in Dayton.
Local here.
So were Phil Donahue and Erma Bombeck. Neighbors, she often told the story that Phil was carrying a toilet the first time she aw him. Phil was a Newscaster on WHIO, then started his show on WLWD. First guests, Madeline Murry O Hair and the Chaplain of Bourbon Street! That was an exciting show!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)forth the idea that dogs are sometimes telepathic.
happybird
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with my husband's dog and he definitely knew when my husband was coming home. We had suspected it, and it was so cool to get proof.
We tested him for 6 weeks, IIRC (it was about a decade ago), and kept meticulous notes of the time, on both ends. I wasn't working so did the observations. When Waylon would do his anticipation actions (pacing, moving to the bed by the door, alertly watching the door and cocking his head at every sound) I'd write down the time. A few times I saw him wake from a nap just to do his anticipation actions.
My husband was working weird, varied hours, so his patterns were unpredictable. We eliminated tells, stuff like him calling before leaving work and me starting to cook dinner. I think we were able to do pretty good experiment because of his weird schedule.
The cool thing is Waylon was able to tell when my husband was thinking about getting off work- when he was wrapping stuff up at the end of shift and thinking about the drive, thinking about getting home and relaxing. He had a 40 min. commute and Waylon would alert about one hour before he walked in the door.
Even though we had long suspected Waylon was ... something, I don't want to call it "psychic," it was more of a super special and close bond with my husband, we were surprised to find out how very accurate he was.
He was a good boy. We still miss him every day. Was going to add a pic, but my wifi is slow as molasses today.
JustThinking...
(91 posts)...quite a few of my pets over the years were telepathic, it's the most reasonable explanation for a lot of stuff.
I began to suspect that the human use of language, as ineffective as it is, is just a crutch we must use because we are the only ones who AREN'T telepathic.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)are super good about reading human body language.
You knew your husband was coming home and communicated that to your dog without knowing it.
combine that with their strong sense of smell and good hearing and you get what appears to be psychic knowledge.
My cat is almost always literally waiting at the door every day when I come home. I'm fairly certain she hears my walking down the apartment hallway.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)patients who described in detail being abducted by aliens, wrote several books about his work with abductees, including "Passport To the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters."
However, the book he won the Pulitzer Prize for had nothing to do with alien encounters.
It was a book about T.E. Lawrence titled: "A Prince of Our Disorder"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)was titled "Journeys Out of the Body" (1971)
He founded The Monroe Institute in Virginia.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)The marriage only lasted 10 months.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)from May 1939 to January 1940.
During this time, he made friends with actor and labor organizer Will Geer as well as John Steinbeck.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)were once in an amateur band called "Little Boy Blue & the Blue Boys"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It's now in it's 44th season
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)The former member of The Byrds and co-founder of The Flying Burrito Brothers was born Ingram Cecil Connor lll
His father, Cecil "Coon Dog" Commor committed suicide when Gram was 12.
His mother, Avis Shively Connor, was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate
John A. Shively
At one time, Gram Parsons shared a house in France with his friend Keith Richards.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)and he was 47. They didn't marry until she was 18. I always wonder where these girl's parents were. Same goes for Jimmy Page's underaged paramore, Lori Mattix.
underpants
(182,283 posts)And Bill married her daughter?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Bill and his young wife didn't stay married long. I don't know about the son and the mom.
underpants
(182,283 posts)He used the name of a guy he was in the Air Force with because he liked it.
He got in the band mostly because he was older, had money, and could buy equipment
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"The True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones" by Stanley Booth, who also wrote other books about The Stones, including "Keith"
Bill Wyman became the Stones' bass player after their drummer, a guy named Chapman, recommended him.
Wyman later joked that "they didn't like me, they liked the equipment I had"
because at the time, they were so poor that they didn't have money to buy new amps & etc.
Wyman had a very large bass amp, as well as another, very large amp, which they really needed.
Some time after Wyman came aboard, they dumped the drummer, who wasn't very good, and hired Charlie Watts, who was playing drums in another band.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones started out as a slide guitarist, but went on to play multiple instruments, including rhythm and lead guitar, various keyboard instruments, harmonica, sitar, saxophone, and other instruments as well.
Jones died at age 27, supposedly by drowning in his swimming pool.
But there are some who believe he was murdered by the last person who saw him alive, Frank Thorogood, who was doing construction work for Jones.
underpants
(182,283 posts)Can't remember the author's name. It's an exhaustive record of the band well into the 90's.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)That one does sound interesting, though.
underpants
(182,283 posts)Charlie was the preeminent jazz drummer at th time and the owner of a club had one night for rock. The owner was very picky about who was allowed on stage and talked Charlie into playing at his one night a week thing. Charlie, Bill, and Brian were in different sets. Mick and Keith had taken a train to be there. They just were part of the audience. Clapton sang but either wasn't playing guitar yet or didn't even know how yet.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 16, 2018, 06:03 PM - Edit history (1)
in the late 60s. No shit!
edbermac
(15,919 posts)One giant leak for Mankind.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)edbermac
(15,919 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)LeftInTX
(24,560 posts)I say supposedly because he never came out etc. But it is pretty easy to infer. Without reading or seeing the interviews, I don't know how accurate they are. But the "confirmed bachelor" and escorting actresses who were frequently in and out of heterosexual relationships without really being in a relationship with them is a strong inference.
Romero never married and had no children, but made frequent appearances at Hollywood events escorting actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Linda Darnell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan, Jane Wyman and Ginger Rogers; he was almost always described in interviews and articles as a "confirmed bachelor".[11] Romero talked about his homosexuality with author Boze Hadleigh in a series of interviews which were published in 1996 - two years after Romero's death, in Hadleigh's book Hollywood Gays.[12][13]
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)Neil Young and Rick James were roommates in Toronto when Rick went to Canada to avoid the draft.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)where he met bassist Jack Bruce.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)performing on guitar & vocals.
He wrote their number # 1 hit, "To Know Him Is To Love Him"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Concert put on by the Rolling Stones December 6, 1969, three others died in accidental deaths, including two deaths caused by a hit-and-run car accident.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)their musical focus shifted from covering blues songs to writing original material, a decision with which Jones did not agree.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)went on a blind date with future Drug Czar William Bennett. Needless to say, they didn't hit it off real well.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I didn't know William Bennett was from Texas.
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red dog 1
(27,648 posts)the News concert at the Concord Pavilion.
He had attended the event to discuss promoting a benefit concert for the victims of the 1991 Oakland hills firestorm.
Flying in severe weather, with rain and gusty wind, the Bell Jet Ranger flew directly into a high-voltage tower, bursting into flames immediately, killing all aboard.
(Bill Graham did many benefit concerts)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Bassist Bill Wyman.
When the band appeared on the variety show "The Hollywood Palace,"
that week's guest host, Dean Martin, mocked both their hair and their performance.
They shared the bill with trampoline artists and an elephant act.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Their warmup act was Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells
I thought they were great!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Or were there a lot of empty seats?
(Just curious)
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)It was at McCormick Place. I think it sat about 2500
robbob
(3,514 posts)Dean Martin comes off as a real arrogant dick.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)musette_sf
(10,184 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and wrote a book about them titled:
"The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones"
about which which Keith Richards said: "Stanley Booth's book is the only one I can read and say 'Yeah, that's how it was.'"
However, due to lingering contractual issues, Booth made "next to nothing" from his work.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)being pulled into an unguarded table saw at his high school in May 1944.
However, in the movie about Johnny Cash, "Walk the Line," it portrays a scene where Johnny and Jack are both there when the accident happened, which is untrue.
Also not true in the movie is that it shows Jack dying just hours after the accident.
In reality, Jack suffered for more than a week before dying on May 20, 1944, at the age of 15.
True Blue American
(17,972 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It must have been torture for the poor kid..to have to go through that pain for 7 days.
luvallpeeps
(934 posts)for video taping women in the restroom at the restaurant he owned.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)His previous clients, The Beatles, directed the former publicist to the band.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He's 95 and still working (weekly podcast w/live audience)
musette_sf
(10,184 posts)I've had the pleasure of seeing Mort at several events up in Mill Valley. He was my dinner companion at the Milley Awards on the night that Dan Hicks received his award.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)playing guard in basketball.. In track he was a sprinter.
With the baseball team, Sullivan was the catcher and team captain, and he led the team to several championships.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(Keith Richards is worth over $370 million)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)as a child, would accompany his father on tour.
Dion loved country music, especially Hank Williams.
He also was influenced by the blues and doo-wop musicians he heard in bars and on the radio.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)fees plummeted from $10,000 per night to $250 per night.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Although he claimed she was 15. Oddly enough, they stayed married for 13 years. It was actually his second longest marriage.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Just happened to come across this in Wikipedia.
NoPasaran
(17,291 posts)I'm going to be visiting Antietam soon and I'll make a point of tracking down the plaque for Cobb's Brigade (which contained the 16th Georgia, the elder Oliver Hardy's regiment) at the intersection of the Bloody Lane and the Hagerstown Pike and reflect on this odd little bit of history. Don't worry, I'm not a Lost Causer by any means, just a Civil War nut.
nature-lover
(1,452 posts)He drew cartoons for "The Harvard Lampoon." He also authored and illustrated two children's books.
Sneederbunk
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LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)ordered the audience to stand. A friend of mine who was there was comfortably seated on the ground near the stage and didn't get up. Meatloaf interpreted that as an act of defiance and came down off the stage, stood in front of my friend, and berated him. It was an uncomfortable couple of minutes as a standoff ensued. Mr. Loaf finally returned to the stage, and the show went on with my friend still seated.
Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)by publishers before one took a chance on it and published 5,000 copies.
His books have since sold 250 million copies.
He, along with J.K. Rowling and Tom Clancy, are the only authors to ever sell 2 million advance copies of a book.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)NinaNeon
(66 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I like Steven Segal movies, especially "Under Siege" and "Fire Down Below"
RainCaster
(10,691 posts)A friend of mine had a limo service in the 80s and Red was his most favorite customer of all time. Red disclosed this to him on one of their lengthy conversations.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)invited Art Bell to visit him at his Mt. Shasta (CA) home.
(Art Bell was very interested in the Mt. Shasta area)
I think Segal even offered to fly Art Bell up there in Segal's own plane.
This was back in the 1990s.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)but declined to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)at the 1969 free concert at Altamont.
Marty had tried to intervene while a Hell's Angel was beating up a kid.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969 by a Hells Angel named Alan Passaro.
Passaro was charged with murder, but was acquitted on grounds of "self defense."
Hunter, who's nickname was "Murdock," made the mistake of taking out a gun and pointing it at the stage.
His last words before he died were reportedly addressed to Passaro:
"I wasn't going to shoot you!"
Passaro reportedly replied: "Then why did you pull out the gun?"
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)Gimmie Shelter there is a radio interview, I think it is with Sonny Barger, saying the reason for Meredith getting a beating was he put his foot on somebody's scoot. It really pays to be very careful around Hell's Angel's motorcycles.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)If you watch Gimme Shelter closely, you can see Meredith pull out a large handgun, and then a big, fat Hell's Angel starts to stab him.
The Hell's Angels were drinking large amounts of Red Mountain wine that day, and they all were on LSD too, plus, they were sitting on the stage, which was only two feet high.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)Couldn't cook a lick.. Put out a cookbook anyway.
There was ONE recipe in it that she COULD really make:
Beef Jerky
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)As season 4 of The Sopranos was ready to start, he had a contract dispute.
When the season finally started, he gave about 15 of his co-stars checks for
$33,333 each, saying "Thanks for sticking by me!"
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He died way too young (On a trip to Italy with his son, I think)
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)at The Flamingo Club in London.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)even after their manager, Brian Epstein, paid Decca to provide a one-hour audition.
He did, however, later sign many other artists, including The Rolling Stones.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)but they called themselves "The Rollin' Stones"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)wrote (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" at Stax Studios on the Friday before Redding's death.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)in order to force them to write a song together.
The result was "As Tears Go By"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)While on the tour, they made an appearance on a TV variety show guest-hosted by Dean Martin, who openly mocked their appearance and their music.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He was only 26.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Rolling Stones manager Andrew Oldham liked the song, and asked the band to vote on whether to release it or not.
Even though they both wrote it, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reportedly voted NO, while Brian Jones, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts voted YES.
Keith Richards said he was surprised when it was released - only learning of it when the song came on the radio while the band was driving to a gig in Minnesota.
"We didn't even know Andrew had put the fucking thing out," he explained.
dameatball
(7,380 posts)You would think they could have just sat down and hashed things out.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)to remove all the solar panels President Carter had installed on the roof.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)who spent his teenage summers swindling tourists in French towns.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Anita Pallenberg, while in Morocco, Richards pulled her away and took her back to England, where she moved in with him.
She and Richards began a relationship that lasted until 1980, although they never married.
KBlagburn
(567 posts)Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in with just his right hand raised. John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce both were sworn in on books on law. There is no constitutional requirement to be sworn in on the bible or to say the phrase "so help me god" after the oath is administered.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)They would be put through a 24 hour shredder today.
Swift Hixson
(14 posts)...who used the term "affirm" instead of "swear". The Constitution allows "affirm" as an alternative.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Keith Richards wanted to unplug his guitar & leave, but the leader of the Hell's Angels ordered him not to.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Was it because the Stones repeatedly asked Trump to stop using their songs without permission at his campaign rallies?
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)His father was an Academy Award winning cinematographer.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:51 PM - Edit history (3)
After the Hells Angels stabbed an 18-year-old Stones fan named Meredith Hunter to death at the Altamont Free Concert, the band decided to get out of town fast.
They left tour manager Sam Cutler to pay their hotel bill and deal with all the negativity created by Meredith's death at the concert.
Cutler, fearing retribution by the Hell's Angels, went to hide out at Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's ranch north of San Francisco.
However, the Hell's Angels found out where he was and sent a Hell's Angel named "Sweet William" up to Hart's ranch to "fetch" him.
He was eventually taken to a house in San Francisco where the presidents of the various Hells Angels chapters were gathered around a large table.
He asked if he could make a statement and was told to "Shut the fuck up!"
He was then grilled by the Hell's Angels leaders, mostly about the filming of the Altamont event:
They wanted to know who was behind the movie that was to be made about Altamont.
He told them all he knew about it and they eventually let him go.
(Source: "The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones" by Rich Cohn)
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)of The Jefferson Airplane was from Finnish and Russian Jewish background. His father was a career State Department employee, they spent much of their life abroad. Jorma now spends his time running the Fur Piece Ranch, a performance venue and music camp in SE rural Ohio.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Very interesting.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)formed a band called The Triumphs, with Kaukonen on rhythm guitar and Casady on lead.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)then you don't know Jack.
*on a t-shirt*
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"John Henry"
Robeson played John Henry, while Josh White played Blind Lemon Jefferson
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)frogmarch
(12,146 posts)In 1996 Mark Harmon witnessed a fiery automobile crash in the street in front of his home in Brentwood, California. The driver was able to climb from the burning wreckage, but the passenger couldn't. Harmon got a sledgehammer from his garage, broke the windshield and pulled him out of the flaming car. The rescued man had burns on 30% of his body, but he survived.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Some story!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)This is alluded to by his character Gibbs, on NCIS, building boats in his basement. Rather than getting a new trailer for his dressing room on NCIS, he restored a vintage Airstream.
frogmarch
(12,146 posts)I knew he'd been a carpenter and how it connected to Gibbs building a boat in his basement, but I didn't know about the Airstream. That's really something!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He walked off in a salary dispute during the 1973-74 season, and he also walked off during Season Three, citing "health reasons"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)was accidentally created when brothers Ray and Dave Davies got into a fight, and one of them cut the other's amp cord.
Keith Richards eventually was able to create a similar sound in The Rolling Stones hit "Satisfaction" after someone in the studio went out and bought a "distortion box" from a music store nearby.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)But the band instead went with Ron Wood.
[Clapton later was reported to have said "I'm a much better guitarist that Ron Wood"]
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)replaced for the Yardbirds, Jimmy Page was considered but was busy with session work. Jimmy recommended Jeff Beck.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I still have their great "Stonedhenge" album.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)*Most notes per minute
1944-2013
Some confuse him with Albert Lee. I saw him (Albert) with Clapton and Muddy Waters back about 1980.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)is now 51, and has one child, a son.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Fairport Convention, died at age 31 after falling down some stairs.
She had fallen before, many times, and one time hit her head on concrete.
She did have a drinking problem.
She also had as good a voice as anyone I've ever heard.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)has said he supported "comprehensive tax reform" but he's opposed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on income over $10 million to 70 percent, saying it was "punitive" and contrary to the American Dream.
(Wikipedia)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Elvis called the cops.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)of an R&B club, backing touring musicians including B.B. King & Etta James.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He died in 1977 at age 83.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He was a talented pianist.
As a young boy, he gained jobs playing piano to earn money for the Marx family.
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)One of the reasons for his Italian accent was that it was his favorite to do out of the many accents he would use when crossing through different ethnic neighborhoods in New York City on his way to piano lessons as a kid. He did the accents to keep from getting beaten up as an outsider.
TlalocW
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I think he lived longer than any of his brothers.
He died August 19, 1977 at age 88.
(He died 3 days after Elvis died)
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)He changed it to Arthur in 1911 because he liked how it sounded, not because of Hitler.
He also played the harp incorrectly as he was self-taught, and he tried to learn the correct way, but his teachers were too fascinated with the way he played to want to correct him.
TlalocW
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Sinatra.
solara
(3,832 posts)He said they invited him because out of all of the wits who were Members in good standing of the Round Table, he was the only one who actually listened.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)two murders.
In 1968, he was tried for the murder-for-hire of Sam Degelia, Jr.
Harrelson was paid $2,000 for the murder of Degalia, a grain dealer and father of four who was killed in McAllen Texas.
His first trial ended with a deadlocked jury.
He was retried in 1973, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
After being paroled 5 years later in 1978, he and his then-wife, Jo Ann, were implicated in the murder of Judge John H. Wood.
Harrelson was tried and convicted of Judge Wood's murder, and sentenced to two life terms.
He claimed at trial that he didn't kill Judge Wood, but merely took credit for it so he could claim a large payment from drug dealer Jamiel Chiagra, who allegedly hired Harrelson to kill Judge Wood.
happybird
(4,516 posts)I saw Woody Harrelson at a Dead show at RFK. The floor was general admission, people milling about everywhere, and he hung out for a few minutes near where my friends and I were.
Thought you might like that.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It's not his fault his father was OC (organized crime)
I thought he was great in "No Country For Old Men" as well as "Prairie Home Companion"
happybird
(4,516 posts)and usually enjoy his movies. Haven't seen No Country for Old Men yet. It's been on my Netflix list for ages, but keeps getting passed over for newer releases. It looks intense.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Nominated for eight Academy Awards
Won four, including Best Picture.
Coen Brothers won two Oscars (for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Javier Bardem won for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
I highly recommend it!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)line-up" in May, 1963, because manager Andrew Oldham "felt he did not fit the band's image."
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)giving her Jagger and Richards' "As Tears Go By" to record.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)at South Georgia Island while on the Quest Expedition. He was 48.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)along with Frank Wild. Wild was the "right hand man" of Shackleton, following him on four expeditions.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)When Shackleton told the Endurance crew on Elephant Island that he was taking 5 volunteers to sail on one of the lifeboats in an attempt to reach South Georgia, Wild wanted to go with him.
But Shackleton told Wild he needed him to stay on Elephant Island and oversee the 24 men who were to stay behind.
Wild was the only one Shackleton trusted to be in charge of the men on Elephant Island.
In 2011, Wild's ashes were interred next to Shackleton's grave on South Georgia.
Wikipedia has a lengthy article on Shackleton.
There's a great photo of him from 1922 there, standing next to a friendly seagull.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)$100 worth of makeup.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)back to Petty's house to get his guitar, and he invited Petty to come jam with him, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan at Dylan's basement studio in LA.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Jennifer82
(4 posts)Jayne Mansfield, Matt Skiba and Balls Mahoney are all members of the Church Of Satan.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(Heart attack)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)She dyed her hair blonde.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)with daughter Mariska Hargitay.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I know his father, Vernon, had blonde hair.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He thought that he might have been partly responsible for his twin brother being still-born.
The twin was "born" about 25 minutes before Elvis was born.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)His natural hair color was "very light brown"
Source: "Elvis Presley" by Bobbi Ann Mason (PEN/Hemingway Award-winner)
However, his father, Vernon, was a natural blonde..
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)blonde and very light brown. I've seen pictures of him as a small child and his hair looks blonde. So was I, and it darkened a little as I got older. Of course, now it's turning gray. The point is he died his hair black.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I've been meaning to check out photos of him as a child.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)His 1st film, "Love Me Tender" was in black & white, but all the later ones were in color.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)won an Academy Award in 2008 for Best Original Song ["Falling Slowly"] in the film "Once"
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)And one of my favorite acceptance speeches
Nice little interview with Glen Hansard. He's really doesn't consider himself an actor.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He took the melody from "Wabash Cannonball"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Dylan performed solo during the first half, accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica.
In the second half, backed by "The Hawks," he played electrically amplified music.
The contrast provoked many fans, who jeered and "slow handclapped"
One angry fan yelled out:
"Woody Guthrie would turn over in his grave"
(He might have, except he wasn't dead yet, Woody Guthrie died the following year)
pamela
(3,469 posts)That was a million dollar question on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and my husband could not believe I knew that. Alas, I was not the contestant.
I never knew that!
(I wonder what Shitler drinks on Air Force One?)
pertello
(55 posts)By the case load.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Aspartame just doesn't cut it.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)through Elvis's front gate at Graceland, Elvis told the guard at the gate to call Memphis P.D. and have them arrest Jerry Lee Lewis.
(Lewis's dad had to bail him out a few hours later)
Hassler
(3,326 posts)Dave in VA
(2,034 posts)Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggart (yes that Jimmy Swaggart) were cousins.
GeoWilliam750
(2,519 posts)Peter Graves was his brother.
BHDem53
(1,059 posts)Zsa Zsa 9, Magda 6 and Eva 5.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Last edited Sat Feb 23, 2019, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)
and asked Johnny, who loved animals but hated cats,
(with the cat in her lap) "Would you like to pet my pussy?"
Johnny Carson replied:
"Sure, if you put down that damn cat!"
BHDem53
(1,059 posts)I've seen a clip of Jane Fonda talking to Johnny about it.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I also remember Jane Fonda talking about it on The Tonight Show
JANE FONDA (To Johnny)
"My son says he saw Zsa Zsa Gabor on your show, and my son said that...etc."
I used to watch it religiously, every night it was on.
I also loved to watch the re-runs when we had the satellite dish.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)early career was a radio sportscaster on an am radio station in Kansas City, Mo. He was born in St. Joseph, Mo.
BHDem53
(1,059 posts)were close friends. Mr. Peters gave the eulogy at Mr. Pecks funeral.
Capt. America
(2,477 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,210 posts)The theater was maybe half full and it was clear the owner lost money. Johnny took his check and gave the owner a partial refund so he wouldn't take a loss on the show.
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,581 posts)He was a pioneer of helicopter news coverage and covered the famed white Bronco low speed chase. He's also now a transgender.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)He has 3 certified 300 games
japple
(9,773 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I think Thomas Jefferson invented a chair that swivelled around on ball bearings.
world wide wally
(21,719 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,785 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)has webbed feet.
ChazInAz
(2,536 posts)Boris Karloff was half Indian and half English.
At one time he and fellow thriller actor Christopher Lee were next-door neighbors in London.
This may have been concerning to other neighbors.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:26 AM - Edit history (1)
It happened during the siege of Bilbao in 1937. He also spoke fluent German.
Wolf
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)Her mother was a German opera singer.
diverdownjt
(699 posts)We both liked the same girl at the same time....she won.........
She wrote a musical score for a 12 piece orchestra that played the one and only
production of 82nd street Park...a Godspell like musical that she was the star of.
I ran the stage production and lights, and the main spot light during the show.
We all knew she would be famous someday, talent like that can't be kept down.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)You were vying for the same girl, LOL, I love it!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)three years of hard labor.
Some of his neighbors wrote letters of recommendation to the court, and he was released after eight months.
While he was in prison, Elvis & his mother, Gladys, moved in with relatives.
Gladys wanted to keep the family together, so she & Elvis visited Vernon as often as possible, which entailed a 5 hour bus ride to & from where Vernon was being held.
Prisoners were allowed conjugal visits once a month, so while Gladys was with Vernon on those occasions, Elvis played with the other kids.
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)HARD TIMES
(...some of the first Freedom Riders who were busted in 1961 in Jackson MS were sent to Parchman as well)
http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/32/elvis-presley-the-early-years
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Vernon and his brother-in-law both got caught trying to alter that $4 check.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)but plays a right handed drum kit.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)is a natural lefty, but strings his guitar backwards with the high E on top.
His father (RIP) was the drummer for Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)worked in the White House for the Ford and Carter administrations. She worked in the Office of Management and Budget and wrote Nuclear fiscal policy. She earned her MBA while working there.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)When he recorded "Love Me tender" it took 28 takes.
When he recorded "That's All Right" it took 32 takes.
BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)built and flew his own airplane.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I liked him.
I think he died fairly young.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
java108
(129 posts)He was born to be funky.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I seriously doubt that the musician, George Clinton, was actually born in an outhouse.
But if you can prove me wrong....
java108
(129 posts)[link:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/23/george-clinton-born-lavatory-funk|
I've seen him claim this in several interviews.
Edit- there's a chance the tale is apocryphal, but George is the one who makes it himself.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Sounds plausible.
java108
(129 posts)Were both born on September 14, 1949.
Swift Hixson
(14 posts)He wrote "Incense and Peppermints" as an instrumental (and with a different title). The record company made the band add lyrics and change the name. He wrote the solo he played on "Sweet Home Alabama" as revenge.
java108
(129 posts)Even though Peter Green named the band after him and Mick Fleetwood, he was reluctant to give up the job security he had in the Bluesbreakers, and didn't join the band until a bit later.
MuseRider
(34,060 posts)Not only was I thrilled to have played with him, I was in the orchestra, meeting and shaking his hand was really cool. The oddest thing was that the only thing I could think of was how very soft the skin of his hands were.
sdfernando
(4,897 posts)Danny Garcia has 6 toes on his right foot
panader0
(25,816 posts)in Sonoita Az. Back then the Sonoita Merchantile was about the only thing in Sonoita.
Two gas pumps, a bit of food and feed, and a six stool bar on the side. Me and my buddy were the only ones there besides the bartender. His mom owned the place.
We were laughing it up, and in walks Lee Marvin. This is in the middle of nowhere,
between Tucson and Nogales. He was drunk and loud and wanted to play pool.
But first he went out to his convertible Mustang and brought in a couple of cassettes
to listen to. He took his Zippo lighter out and placed it on the pool table and pronounced
that it was out of level. We had a few games and a few beers and he took off, leaving
his cassettes. I was a bit concerned, but was almost as drunk as he was, so I didn't
try to drive.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I just wonder what kind of music Lee Marvin liked.
Was he making a movie nearby?
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)which was brought by his former live-in girlfriend, Michele Triola. who later changed her name to Marvin.
In 1979, Marvin was ordered to pay her $104,000 for "rehabilitation purposes," but the court denied her community property claim for one-half of the $3.6 million which Marvin had earned during their six years of co-habitation.
Lee Marvin is one of my favorite actors of all time.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I believe Lee Marvin died in Tucson.
I was just a young drunk bricklayer and he was just a regular guy.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)is some of the most beautiful country. High Chaparral indeed.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Villanova students pelted him with eggs in Philadelphia.
In Vancouver, the crowd rioted after the end of the show, destroying the stage.
A Detroit newspaper suggested that "the trouble with going to see Elvis Presley is that you're liable to get killed!"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Elvis finally said, "if you guys are gonna' just stare at me, I guess I'll go to bed!"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)For example, he couldn't tune his TV set and would call his father at 3 AM to come in and tune it for him.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He also performed his stand-up comedy act for over 35 years in nightclubs around the world.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)[That's roughly 1/100th of what Paul McCartney is worth]
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
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It's a great book!
Johnny Depp's got a good reading voice.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He used to take the white mouse, which he named Gladys, to school with him in his pocket.
He'd feed Gladys from his own dinner & supper.
His mother soon had both Gladys and the cat put down...she didn't like animals.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)calguy
(5,224 posts)When Joe Montana played in his last game as a Forty Niner, and orchestrated his last drive resulting in a touchdown pass, who was the receiver who caught that pass?
Answer: Amp Lee
jg10003
(974 posts)While serving as a naval officer in the pacific during WWII, Nixon played poker with other officers when off duty. By the end of the war he had won $8000 from those poker games. That's over $111,000 in todays money.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Him being a good poker player doesn't surprise me.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Two years later, the site reported that his fortune "has been slashed in half" to $200 million.
Forbes Magazine estimated his net worth was down to $48 million because of lawsuits, legal troubles and divorce from his now ex-wife Amber Heard.
I like the guy and think he's a very good actor [I especially liked him in "Ed Wood"]
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)The "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" was named after him, in which a character disappears from a show with no explanation.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Until he made a deal with a very large classmate.
He told him he'd do his homework for him if the guy would just walk him home every day.
It worked.
The big guy beat the crap out of the bully & his friends.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Nominated for four Academy Awards, he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as psychologist Sean Maguire in "Good Will Hunting"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)respiratory problems, and went to a clinic to have the problem examined.
He suffered a heart attack and died in the waiting room.
He was 47.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)ever, (at The Marquee Club on July 12, 1962), featured Mick Avery on drums, not Tony Chapman, as most people think.
According to Wikipedia, even Avery himself said "I think Tony Chapman did the gig at The Marquee..I didn't."
Keith Richards is sure that it was Mick Avery, not Tony Chapman, who played drums that night at The Marquee Club.
They were called "The Rolling Stone" then.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)while still in high school.
The band went through a series of lead vocalists, including Rod Stewart.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)without band co-founder Ian Stewart's hard work.
Stewart rented out the rehearsal space, made sure everybody came, arranged for bookings and more.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)At 97, he's one of the oldest celebrities on Twitter.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)he wanted to be an "actress."
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Dennis Rodman and Socal31 went on a wild night that I still can't believe.
I like to think something I said contributed to saving the world from the brink of Nuclear war.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)between 1952 and 1958, including two number one hits.
He was born Marion Walter Jacobs and died at age 37.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"perhaps the most influential bluesman of all time"
Among others, he greatly influenced Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones.
He had a serious drinking problem, and oftentimes his wife would have to whisper song lyrics into his ear, even at recording sessions.
He wrote many great songs, including:
- "Big Boss Man"
- "Bright Lights, Big City"
and "Baby What You Want me To Do"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)After an injury ended his college football career, he decided to become a professional actor.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Kerrville, Texas, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals, more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from animal euthanasia.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)never met professionally or privately before working On Golden Pond.
samnsara
(17,572 posts)...as 13 yr olds the two of them would take loaded rifles and ride their horses into the hills for days at a time hunting and camping. So that GOOFY Beaver portrayed on TV was nothing like the confident, adventurous, self reliant teen Mather's actually was.
KPN
(15,587 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)imo, he may actually be either the AntiChrist or the Devil Incarnate
TlalocW
(15,359 posts)Cooper would come over to Groucho's place late at night and watch movies with him until Groucho fell asleep (he was an insomniac). Groucho would also take some of his old acting buddies to his concerts, including George Burns who said that what Alice was doing was essentially vaudeville. Burns mentioned a part in Cooper's concert where he was guillotined (comparing it to magicians he knew back in the day). That makes me believe that they were going to the concerts where the magic effects were designed by James Randi, who also played the executioner that chopped off Alice's head.
TlalocW
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The Wikipedia article on him doesn't mention the allegation that he was once charged with trying to solicit oral sex from a young boy in a telephone conversation that, apparently unknown to Randi, had been recorded.
Randi had several "explanations" for the taped phone call with the boy:
1) That he made the tape himself
2) That the police "asked" him to make it
3) That the tape was made by his enemies to blackmail him.
You can hear the audio tape by doing a Google search & clicking on the
www.truthwiki.org article on him "James Randi Zwinge - aka "Amazing Randi"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)he "had subjected her to years of psychological torment and sabotaged her career by forbidding her to perform.
He surrounded the house with barbed wire & guard dogs, and confiscated her shoes to keep her from leaving."
(Wikipedia)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)starting in April of this year; but the tour has been cancelled because Mick Jagger has an undisclosed serious medical condition and has been advised by his doctors not to go on tour.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and was named executive vice-president after the 2015 season.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)is also a screenwriter, musician, author, painter, and photographer.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Initially a slide guitarist, Jones went on to play rhythm and lead guitar, upright bass, sitar, dulcimer, piano, mellotron, marimba, harmonica, recorder, saxophone, drums, and numerous other musical instruments.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)who was captured by Iraqi forces, and later rescued from an Iraqi hospital by U.S. troops and celebrated as a hero by the media.
Flynt said he would never show any of the photos, calling Lynch a "good kid."
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)by U.S. Special Forces was the first successful rescue of an American POW since World War ll, and the first ever of a woman.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)who never referred to himself as a "beat poet" turned 100 a few weeks ago.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I used to go to City Lights Bookstore often, and he was usually at the counter.
I clearly remember buying "Trout Fishing in America" there, and he took my money.
I loved that place.
There were little nooks & cranies all over where you could just sit & read books all day.
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)I bought a copy of The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder there.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and visit a place called "The Schlock Shop"?
Or, did you ever go to The Coffee Gallery on Upper Grant?
They had live music..Anybody could play - you just had to sign up & wait your turn.
(I loved that place too!)
Mendocino
(7,431 posts)My brother lives near Pleasanton.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)When he was 12, His mother, Avis, married Robert Parsons, who adopted him and his younger sister..they took his surname.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(Keith Richards' net worth is more than $370 million)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)made $160 million, $825 million in todays dollars.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)has been with the band since 1976.
(He's an awesome guitar player)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Anita Pallenberg from 1967 to 1980.
The couple had three children.
She earlier had been involved with Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and he took him on tour with him when Marlon was 7.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Charlie Watts as their drummer, but couldn't afford him.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He won a Grammy twice.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Keith Richards got so angry, he smashed his guitar on the table.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)head injury which required cranial surgery.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)In 1981 Jimmy Carter granted Yarrow a presidential pardon for the crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yarrow
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)After reading about him in Michael Lewis' book "Moneyball," Boston Red Sox owner John Henry hired him as a baseball consultant.
During his time with the Red Sox, Bill James received four World Series rings
(2004, 2007, 2013 & 2018)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)named Callie Lewis...The marriage ended quickly.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)on March 30, 1914
He was a mentor to many up-and-coming blues musicians who moved to Chicago, including Muddy Waters.
In an attempt to capitalize on Wiliamson's fame, musician-song writer Aleck "Rice" Miller began recording and performing as Sonny Boy Willamson in the early 1940s.
Later, to distinguish the two, John Lee Williamson came to be known as Sonny Boy Williamson l
Sonny Boy Williamson ll (Aleck Miller) wrote a song called "If I Hadn't Been High," which was recorded by Emory "Detroit Junior" Willams Jr. and the lyrics are currently unavailable.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)making him the only U.S. President in modern history not to be a millionaire.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"The Last Time" (1965)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)funeral were drummer Charlie Watts and bass player Bill Wyman.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)get him to come to Los Angeles and be a guest on The Tonight Show.
Benny Hill always declined, citing not wanting to travel the great distance to California.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)where he had a 90 minute bus ride to & from school, which he hated.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)hair even in his '90s.
sdfernando
(4,897 posts)If you are male and want to know if you will lose your hair...take a look at your Uncles from your Mother's side. This is a pretty good indicator but not 100%.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)out of their seat to dance, and there was mayhem in the place, so Bill Graham told the Grateful Dead "don't play so excited"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)everybody a red apple.
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a huge amount of LSD, Dead lyricist Robert Hunter freaked out (as did others) but somehow safely made it back to Jerry Garcia's Larkspur, CA home, and was then "watched over" by a Hell's Angel named "Terry the Tramp"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(It's probably somewhere around $150 million)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)and was the team enforcer.
Wolf
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1953 Pontiac Hearse, eventually made it to L.A., and he looked all over for his friend Stephen Stills, who was getting a band together, but couldn't find him after a week of looking.
He decided to head up to San Francisco but got into a traffic jam while still in L.A.
While stopped, he heard someone yell "Neil, is that you?"
He looked out the window and saw Stephen Stills.
He got out of the car & they both hugged each other, right there on Sunset Blvd...with horns honking all over the place.
The rest is history.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)hated it when an opposing batter bunted toward him.
He often threw the ball at the batter's head instead of to the first baseman.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)children...His first two daughters also died of the disease.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for thread red dog.
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red dog 1
(27,648 posts)edbermac
(15,919 posts)Bonus: He was a co-presenter with Candice Bergen at the 1974 Oscars for the Best Sound award.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)for possession of marijuana and was deported back to Canada.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)redstateblues
(10,565 posts)He has 3 certified 300 games
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)He turned it down.
Wolf
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)to call her, which he did.
(Cary Grant had taken LSD under medical supervision)
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)Not a deep gravel like George C. Scott. My dad said he sounded like Mickey Mouse. Also, Patton couldn't talk without swearing.
Wolf
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)decided to move from San Francisco to Cazadero, in western Sonoma County, thinking he would do better in school there.
But he hated the long, daily bus ride to & from school in Sebastopol, so, one day, he stole his mother's car and got into big trouble.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)about $30 million...He's 63.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)BTW, "Married with Children" was Fox's first sit-com
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)The cook would often give them free hamburgers & french fries.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)It's called "Way Out West"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)and he served a tour in Iraq.
Not Heidi
(1,203 posts)when he choked on a peach pit. Rather than trying to take it out, she shoved it down his throat.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Wow!
Welcome to DU!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)suffering from Hunnington's disease.
Woody was a big influence on Dylan.
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)an animated film where he played Jaune Tom, a dead on mouser. Judy Garland also played Mewsette, the romantic interest. It was her only animated film.
Wolf
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)which is less than half of what Keith Richards is worth.....Go figure!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)depending on which source you use.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Best Original Song.
(He's been nominated for an Academy Award 20 tines)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"The Three Nightingales"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)aquamarina
(1,865 posts)public beheading in France.
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/last-public-execution-guillotine-1939/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Weidmann
Bradshaw3
(7,455 posts)Fourth great grandfather was Cornelius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Olyphant
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red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)She invited her school friends to join her in the tree-house, while the Secret Service kept watch.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,549 posts)Just one of many causes he devoted himself to after leaving the White House.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)advisers.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)the White House in January 1977.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)he obtained a copy of it and played it for friends who visited him at his Colorado home.
(Other attendees reported that he had a bottle of "Old Crow" that he used to "spice up" the ice tea he was drinking during the speech)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Amy in a public school not far from the White House.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(Source: Thom Hartmann)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)DBoon
(22,288 posts)Jon Stewart is a huge canine fan and has three rescued Pits named Shamsky, Champ, and Monkey. He has worked with the non-profit shelter, Animal Haven, where he adopted his three-legged pup, Champ. While hosting The Daily Show, staff members were allowed to bring their dogs to work. Dogs are allowed at my work, Stewart has said. Because people are, you know, meaner.
https://barkpost.com/life/celebrities-love-pit-bulls/
Bayard
(21,806 posts)That made news because a bunch of kids shot him with paint balls. He was terrified and technicolored.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Bayard
(21,806 posts)madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)There were 300 guests.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)They must have invited every Jewish person in Northern Minnesota along with half the town!
DBoon
(22,288 posts)pandr32
(11,447 posts)Botany
(70,292 posts)n/t
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)J.D. Tippit 20 minutes before Tippit was killed.
Also, multiple witnesses to the Tippit killing described the killer as a "stocky" man.
Oswald could not in any way ever be described as "stocky"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)"Breaking Bad" The Movie!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Her kidnapper was convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 431 years to life.
His wife, Nancy, received a sentence of 36 years to life.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)radio talk show host Stephanie Miller's father.
(Her mother is still alive)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)including one about the JFK Assn, where he agrees with the ridiculous "single bullet theory"
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Billy Aldrich.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)LakeArenal
(28,729 posts)But Nicks says Joe Walsh is the one that got away.
Patty Boyd Harrison had two sisters Jenny and Paula. Eric Clapton dated them all.
The song Jennifer Juniper is about Jenny Boyd.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(His father's name was Fred Sanford)
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)he was considered one of the dirtiest comedians who ever gave live performances. He told sex stuff that couldn't ever be mentioned on TV.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)I used to have an old Redd Foxx comedy album. (I bought it used)
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)in the U.S.A in 1960, titled Magnificent Seven a great western , 2hr, 8min, great actors...
Here is a link to the 1960 western ..... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/
Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn.. If you haven't seen this, it is on video somewhere, (perhaps at the library, or Netflix) Wonderful Movie, great theme music. (first record I ever bought..still have it somewhere)
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten at the time her estranged husband murdered her, later married Stratten's younger sister Louise.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)Mendocino
(7,431 posts)was a lefty. He did anti-war concerts, played "longhair hippie" music with The Byrds and did AIDS benefits.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)He's 83 now.
New Breed Leader
(614 posts)a couple of them almost fatal.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)New Breed Leader
(614 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)jayfish
(10,035 posts)a founding member of Quiet Riot before joining Ozzy Osbourne.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)sweet guy who never punched anyone in his entire life.
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of 500 mcg each, so he took the whole pill, 1500 mcg, 2 hours before a concert.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)plane Holly had chartered to fly from Clear lake, Iowa to their next gig, he jokingly told Jennings "Well, I hope your 'ol bus freezes up!"
Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your 'ol plane crashes!"
jayfish
(10,035 posts)is an astrophysicist.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)DBoon
(22,288 posts)got his PhD at Cornell
red dog 1
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(27,648 posts)his role in the HBO series "Barry"
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(27,648 posts)He stuck to liquor, and especially liked Southern Comfort.
He died at age 27 of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
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(27,648 posts)racing yacht to attend United Nations climate summits in the USA.
(Greta doesn't fly anywhere)
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(27,648 posts)Also, she's now the highest paid actress in the world.
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(27,648 posts)while in high school.
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(27,648 posts)He was 52.
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(27,648 posts)isolation tank, and dolphin researcher.
"Altered States" (1980) and "The Day of the Dolphin" (1973)
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(27,648 posts)but after only a few days of shooting, Francis Ford Coppola replaced him with Martin Sheen.
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(27,648 posts)hotel room, culminating in him punching a mirror - was filmed on Martin Sheen's 36th birthday when he was heavily intoxicated.
The mirror that he broke was not a prop and caused his hand to bleed profusely, but he insisted on continuing the scene, despite director Francis Ford Coppola's concerns.
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(27,648 posts)"Apocalypse Now"..but McQueen didn't want to leave America for 17 weeks, so he turned it down.
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(27,648 posts)"Apocalypse Now" were:
- Al Pacino
- Clint Eastwood
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Keith Carradine
- Nick Nolte
- Frederick Forrest
DFW
(54,057 posts)Adrian was a soft-spoken, well-read intellectual (and my friend).
He was NOTHING like the Robin Williams portrayal of him in the movie.
He was also a Republican, and it was far too late to talk him out of it.
Besides, he was three times as smart as I was.
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(27,648 posts)Buddy was a sweet, gentle, genius who never ever threw a punch at anyone.
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(27,648 posts)Johnny Cash, the Everly Brothers, Glen Campbell, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Costello, Hoyt Axton, Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, Townes Van Zandt, and others.
He played behind Ricky Nelson on the "Ozzie & Harriet Show" and formed the band backing Elvis Presley when Elvis re-started his career in Las Vegas in 1969 (He played with Elvis until 1977)
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(27,648 posts)The 1st song was "Hey Schoolgirl"..and it got some airplay, especially in the New York area.
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)for not being creative enough. He won 32 Oscars.
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