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Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2015

Benjamin Grimm Jan 01 2015 06:47 AM

If you write “umop apisdn” it will spell “upside down” when viewed upside down.

Edgy MD Jan 01 2015 03:02 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Monica Evans and Carol Shelley played the Pigeon sisters in the entire first run of The Odd Couple on Broadway (opposite three Oscars and three Felices), reprised the roles in the film, and then continued in the roles in the first season of the TV show.

d'Kong76 Jan 01 2015 03:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Had no idea they were in the play, until 2015.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2015 09:59 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The Katzenjammer Kids, a comic strip that originated in 1897, is still in syndication with new strips. It's the only comic feature that's been running longer than Gasoline Alley. The Katzenjammer Kids

Edgy MD Jan 09 2015 08:42 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 wrote: Had no idea they were in the play, until 2015. I just realized, or had forgotten, their names are Gwendolyn and Cecily, a reference to the Gwendolen and Cecily who are the female romantic interest characters in The Importance of Being Earnest. Tom Stoppard also put a Gwendolen and Cecily in his play Travesties, which is full of Earnest references.

d'Kong76 Jan 10 2015 09:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Commander William T. Riker of Star Trek fame is married to Laura Spencer of General Hospital fame.

Ceetar Jan 10 2015 09:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Woodstock wasn't a character in Peanuts until the last 60s.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 11 2015 08:19 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I'm pretty sure there were unnamed birds in the early comics, but he didn't get his name until after the music festival.

Ceetar Jan 12 2015 07:09 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Mets – Willets Point wrote: I'm pretty sure there were unnamed birds in the early comics, but he didn't get his name until after the music festival. yeah, Wiki says birds were always around but recurringly Woodstock showed up in the late 60s and didn't get his name until after that. (And switched genders)

RealityChuck Jan 14 2015 07:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The theme song for the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio and TV show is called "Journey of the Sorcerer." By the Eagles. [youtube]ywKilWkX4jA[/youtube] [youtube]7rOMGIbY-9s[/youtube] (Skip to 1:12)

TheOldMole Jan 25 2015 10:31 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Doc Severinsen wrote the music for the nudist-themed cult film, Nudes on the Moon.

TheOldMole Feb 09 2015 08:24 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

700666007 is a beastly palindromic prime number.

d'Kong76 Feb 19 2015 12:29 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I did not know until just now that Carol Burnett is still working. She is appearing at the Westchester County Center this spring and tix are $60-$130! She'll be 82 years young in April. Inspiring.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 19 2015 01:11 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

She's made a few appearances on Hawaii Five-0 recently too.

d'Kong76 Feb 19 2015 01:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Wow, didn't know that either. I've never watched that show, I figured it was going to be short lived but what do I know.

TheOldMole Feb 22 2015 10:04 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Elaine May once worked as a private eye.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 22 2015 06:58 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 wrote: Wow, didn't know that either. I've never watched that show, I figured it was going to be short lived but what do I know. That's the thing with CBS shows, isn't it? It's like, you hear about a new show there, and it sounds either retread-procedural half-terrible or whole-kit-and-caboodle Chuck Lorre-ble. Then you look up five years later, and it's 100 episodes. A surplus of hospital rooms and nursing-home lounges with lost remote controls, maybe?

Edgy MD Mar 01 2015 04:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Debbie Harry tells a story. Before she was famous, she was on her way home from a club one rainy night in New York. “It was two or three in the morning and I couldn’t find a cab. A car kept coming round and offering me a ride, so I accepted. Once in the car I noticed there were no door handles on the inside, which made me wary. I don’t know how, but I managed to put my hand through the window and open the door from the outside.” The driver swerved to try to stop her escaping, but that gave her the momentum to throw herself out of the moving car. She thought no more of it until years later, when she saw the driver on the news. It was Ted Bundy, the serial killer who eventually confessed to murdering at least 30 women. “I always say my instincts saved me.”

Edgy MD Mar 04 2015 07:38 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

This alien communications officer in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home has lips that are decidedly not sealed.: [fimg=700]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-9-32-52-pm.png[/fimg]

dgwphotography Mar 05 2015 04:44 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

This alien communications officer in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home has lips that are decidedly not sealed.: [fimg=700]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-04-at-9-32-52-pm.png[/fimg] Wow - I did not know that. She was also the singing telegram girl in Clue [youtube]MRSTpj2Z5cU[/youtube] (her scene is at 1:20)

cooby Mar 09 2015 04:36 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The guy with the sitar sang Black Betty a few years later.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQ9i-ym5HA

MFS62 Mar 19 2015 06:20 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The movie musical Finian's Rainbow, with Fred Astaire and Petula Clark, was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Later

Mets – Willets Point Mar 24 2015 12:39 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 25 2015 07:40 AM

"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" by Air Supply, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, and pretty much all of Meat Loaf's Bat Out of the Hell songs are the creations of the same songwriter/producer, Jim Steinman. Listening to them makes it quite obvious, but I hadn't known it was the same guy behind them all. Steinman must have a deep fondness for over-the-top dramatics.

Edgy MD Mar 24 2015 12:48 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

And a talent for really long phrases. One signature Steinman song you're leaving out, but you'll say, "oh, yeah, sure" as soon as I mention it: Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." That's him on the back cover of Bat Out of Hell.

Frayed Knot Mar 24 2015 02:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Jim Steinman -- Hewlett High School, Class of 1965

Mets – Willets Point Mar 24 2015 02:35 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Edgy MD wrote: One signature Steinman song you're leaving out, but you'll say, "oh, yeah, sure" as soon as I mention it: Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now." Not familiar with this song. After listening to "Chinese Food" yesterday, I'm not sure I'm ready to listen to a song that you've mentioned.

Edgy MD Mar 24 2015 06:23 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I'm not recommending, as I wasn't recommending "Chinese Food" (you fools, you took the bait!), but it's far superior to those. It's pretty much as slick and bland and palatably inconsequential as your standard Celine.

dgwphotography Mar 31 2015 05:35 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

There's a strange, yellow character eating power pellets down the street from me... https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2225959 ... /data=!1e3

Mets – Willets Point Apr 02 2015 01:17 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

A whole lot of shit I never knew about Max Headroom.

Frayed Knot Apr 04 2015 12:34 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Several things I didn't know about actor George Kennedy a) Still alive (90) b) went to Chaminade HS on Long Island c) had a uncredited early role in 'Spartacus' as one of those crying out "I am Spartacus"

Mets – Willets Point Apr 04 2015 05:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

If you haven't read that Max Headroom article yet, at least watch the video where he interviews Sting and starts audibly yawning when Sting gets all too precious.

Edgy MD Apr 04 2015 11:50 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Maureen O'Hara is also still bringing it at 95.

d'Kong76 May 01 2015 02:03 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

CJ Ramone twice turned down a Metallica bass playing job because his son is autistic and he chose to stay home and be with him and his family full time.

cooby May 05 2015 06:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Serious question: do dogs have whiskers?

Edgy MD May 05 2015 06:42 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 May 05 2015 07:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Ashie62 May 05 2015 07:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 wrote: CJ Ramone twice turned down a Metallica bass playing job because his son is autistic and he chose to stay home and be with him and his family full time. C.J.. is now 49 and works in visual artiistic media for the most part. He continues to work with foundations that fund research for autism, a condition his son Liam has.

MFS62 May 07 2015 08:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

From an article in Yahoo Business Insider about James Franco. "It is estimated that about one in eight Americans has worked for MacDonald's at some point in their lives" http://finance.yahoo.com/news/james-fra ... 37526.html Later

d'Kong76 May 07 2015 01:11 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I was going to say I don't know anyone who has worked at McDonald's but that's not true. My friend's brother has managed a busy suburban one for like the last two decades. Not an as easy a job as some people might think. He jokes he should have become a correctional officer and then he'd have mandatory retirement after twenty years and a state pension.

Mets – Willets Point May 07 2015 02:43 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

See, I would imagine working in a McDonald's would be challenging. Any job where you have to constantly deal with the public is hard. And since people want "fast food," there would be constant pressure to make sure your not the one slowing things down.

d'Kong76 May 07 2015 07:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

All true and them some. The employee turnover rate is huge and generally young and some undependable. You have to deal (in most cases) with an independent owner/boss and also run the place with some of the strictest franchise rules in the business. Phone calls at 3 in the morning for a dozen things that one can imagine. Garbage, landscaping, parking lot maintenance...

d'Kong76 May 11 2015 09:03 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

If you have a stink bug in your sink, pick it up with a tissue and flush it. Do not try to drown it with a shower of hot water.

Edgy MD May 11 2015 08:43 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Jack Daniel's has an apostrophe. [fimg=350:mw8ievrl]http://fontmeme.com/images/Jack-Daniels-Label.jpg[/fimg:mw8ievrl]

Fman99 May 12 2015 01:47 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

J. Geils was not the lead singer of the J. Geils Band.

themetfairy Jun 06 2015 08:40 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Albert Camus' first novel was A Happy Death, which was a precursor to The Stranger but its manuscript was discovered by his family after his death in 1960.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2015 07:09 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Actress Carey Mulligan is married to signer/musician Marcus Mumford.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2015 08:44 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Another Camus note: Albert Camus, Arthur Conan-Doyle, and Vladimir Nabokov were all goalkeepers.

d'Kong76 Jun 12 2015 12:11 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The album cover photograph was taken at Osterley Park, west London, on 28 October 1973 by photographer Clive Arrowsmith. Ed: I'm going to guess that guy is British. It depicts Paul, Linda and Denny plus six other well-known people dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight. They are Michael Parkinson, chat-show host and journalist; Kenny Lynch, actor, comedian and singer; James Coburn, actor; Clement Freud, columnist, gourmet and raconteur; Christopher Lee, actor; and John Conteh, a boxer who later became World Light-Heavyweight champion.

Fman99 Jun 12 2015 08:46 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

They made 88 episodes of a TV show called Weird Science, based on the John Hughes film.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 13 2015 03:38 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Paul McCartney was in some other band before he was in Wings.

MFS62 Jun 13 2015 07:24 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The CPF has a "quick reply" button? I just noticed it today. Later

d'Kong76 Jun 14 2015 07:40 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I noticed that last night... if you click on it it auto-posts, "Fire Terry Collins!" C'mon Ash... that was funny!! No idea how that button appeared, I'm afraid to click on it.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2015 07:52 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

This is a Quick Reply. It doesn't seem any quicker than a regular reply. It just doesn't offer the text formatting options.

d'Kong76 Jun 14 2015 07:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Did You or Edguardo do some phpBB update recently? I really don't recall seeing that button until last night sometime.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2015 11:00 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Edgy MD Jun 15 2015 01:48 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I think I get that. I'm not sure. Young Warren Zevon learned music under the tutelage of Igor Stravinsky.

MFS62 Jun 16 2015 06:25 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Audrey Puente, who occasionally does the weather on Good Day New York, is the daughter of bandleader Tito Puente. Later

MFS62 Jun 18 2015 06:52 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Trader Joe's and Aldi's are owned by the same (Aldi) family. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 18 2015 08:17 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

MFS62 wrote: Trader Joe's and Aldi's are owned by the same (Aldi) family. Later [Cliff Claven]Same family but not not same company. Aldi is actually two separate companies that operate independently of one anther, owing to a falling out between the founding Albrecht brothers over whether they should sell cigarettes or not. While one branch operates Aldi in the US, the other owns and operates Trader Joe's.[/Claven]

d'Kong76 Jun 18 2015 10:57 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Gullet is another word for esophagus.

cooby Jun 18 2015 12:05 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Down the esophagus doesn't have the same ring to it

MFS62 Jun 18 2015 12:38 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I think there was a lefty pitcher named Don Esophagus. Later

d'Kong76 Jun 18 2015 01:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

cooby wrote: Down the esophagus doesn't have the same ring to it Funny, I guess down the ol' hatch was what I was brought up on. This is why I suck at Scrabble. (well, one reason)

MFS62 Jun 28 2015 01:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Many, but not all, of the casting directors in Hollywood are members of the Teamsters Union. No heavy lifting, but I'm guessing that Hollywood studios are closed, union-only, shops. So to be on them, you must have a union membership, even to cast an actor for a movie. Or you're going to have a visit from Tom Hagen. Later

RealityChuck Aug 07 2015 07:38 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Ed Porray is the only player in the history of Major League Baseball whose birthplace was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... ed01.shtml Alas, he was born too early to play for the Marlins or Rays.

Mets – Willets Point Aug 07 2015 08:17 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Or even more appropriately, the Mariners.

Edgy MD Aug 07 2015 02:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Two music facts I learned today during a long lunch to visit the doctor: > "Lost in the Supermarket," despite being a Mick Jones lead vocal, had a lyric written entirely by Joe Strummer about his own childhood. It's like John Lennon giving "Strawberry Fields" to Paul. Almost unthinkable. > "Bette Davis Eyes" was recorded full band, one take, no overdubs.

MFS62 Aug 07 2015 08:34 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Edgy MD wrote: > "Bette Davis Eyes" was recorded full band, one take, no overdubs. THAT impressed me. Later

dgwphotography Aug 09 2015 06:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The theme from Taxi is titled Angela, and was written and recorded by Jazz musician Robert James

d'Kong76 Aug 09 2015 08:29 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I liked that show, in spite of Tony Danza. Never knew that either.

Frayed Knot Sep 06 2015 08:04 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Jake LaMotta is still living at age 94

d'Kong76 Sep 09 2015 12:53 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Erin Moran (Joanie) of Happy Days fame is broke and homeless. Reading that made me very sad, considering how well off some of the other cast members are.

dgwphotography Sep 09 2015 02:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 wrote: Erin Moran (Joanie) of Happy Days fame is broke and homeless. Reading that made me very sad, considering how well off some of the other cast members are. I just read an article about this that was written a few years ago. Scott Baio comes across as a complete dick.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 09 2015 02:54 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

dgwphotography wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Erin Moran (Joanie) of Happy Days fame is broke and homeless. Reading that made me very sad, considering how well off some of the other cast members are. I just read an article about this that was written a few years ago. Scott Baio comes across as a complete dick. I went looking for Joanie news and found only that Ralph Malph has still got it. [url]http://www.moderntimesmagazine.com/page19/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most.php

Ashie62 Sep 09 2015 04:03 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Watched a 37 year old Joe Louis get destroyed by Rocky Marciano in 8 at MSG in 1951.

dgwphotography Sep 09 2015 04:41 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Erin Moran (Joanie) of Happy Days fame is broke and homeless. Reading that made me very sad, considering how well off some of the other cast members are. I just read an article about this that was written a few years ago. Scott Baio comes across as a complete dick. I went looking for Joanie news and found only that Ralph Malph has still got it. [url]http://www.moderntimesmagazine.com/page19/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most.php That was pretty cool... This is what I was referencing: http://pagesix.com/2012/10/17/fonzie-re ... rin-moran/ Earlier this week, Baio said he hadn’t kept up with Moran, and seemed less than interested in the “Joanie Loves Chachi” actress’ plight. “I don’t know what her situation is,” Baio told Fox411.com. “I have a job to do, I have a wife and child to take care of. So I don’t pay attention to things that I don’t know anything about. I’ve got my own situation to deal with.”

Edgy MD Sep 09 2015 09:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Things I didn't know, but felt comfortable assuming: Scott Baio is not an awesome person. Things I didn't know at all: The last two verses of "Mack the Knife" make reference to actress Lotte Lenya, wife of the song's composer, Kurt Weill.

Ashie62 Sep 10 2015 07:16 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Erin Moran (Joanie) of Happy Days fame is broke and homeless. Reading that made me very sad, considering how well off some of the other cast members are. I just read an article about this that was written a few years ago. Scott Baio comes across as a complete dick. I went looking for Joanie news and found only that Ralph Malph has still got it. [url]http://www.moderntimesmagazine.com/page19/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most/150907-Arts-Reel-Real-Donnie-Most.php That was pretty cool... This is what I was referencing: http://pagesix.com/2012/10/17/fonzie-re ... rin-moran/ Earlier this week, Baio said he hadn’t kept up with Moran, and seemed less than interested in the “Joanie Loves Chachi” actress’ plight. “I don’t know what her situation is,” Baio told Fox411.com. “I have a job to do, I have a wife and child to take care of. So I don’t pay attention to things that I don’t know anything about. I’ve got my own situation to deal with.” Erin Moran has had a substance abuse issue for many years. If Erin's own mother threw her out of the family trailer for partying why should Scott Baio want to bring this chaos into his families life? To Henry Winkler, get her to rehab first or most other offered gains will be in vain. Step One Erin.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 10 2015 07:32 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

She's a co-worker from decades ago. Do we even know that they were ever friends? We shouldn't necessarily conflate the actors with the characters they played.

sharpie Sep 10 2015 08:21 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Things I didn't know at all: The last two verses of "Mack the Knife" make reference to actress Lotte Lenya, wife of the song's composer, Kurt Weill. Well, yes and no. In the '50's there was a revival of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya reprising her role from the original Berlin production. Not sure how it happened but her name made it into the song via that production and Bobby Darin sung that verse. The way the song ends in a more faithful translation of Bertolt Brecht: And the ghastly fire in Soho, Seven children at a go- In the crowd stands Mack the knife, but He’s not asked and doesn’t know. And the child bride in her nightie, Whose assailant’s still at large Violated in her slumbers- Mackie how much did you charge? That makes Mack the Knife into an arsonist and rapist and not the swingin' ladies man portrayed in the Bobby Darin version.

Edgy MD Sep 11 2015 09:39 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I guess I always figured that whichever version of a song Ralph Malph sings must be the definitive one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2015 10:12 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Donny back when he was cool. [youtube:3bo5r2x3]yzj5YDViAWU[/youtube:3bo5r2x3]

Edgy MD Sep 13 2015 08:14 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Jawn Bawn Jovi was in Scandal. "Love's Got a Line on You" as I knew it: [youtube:44xmkyoo]x9zaHWQSyA8[/youtube:44xmkyoo] Original version of "Love's Got a Line on You," all Bon Jovified: [youtube:44xmkyoo]Qzl_bUasVIo[/youtube:44xmkyoo] You know for a minor figure, Patty Smyth being able to claim (1) JBJ was originally her sideman, (2) she turned down the chance to replace David Lee Roth in Van Halen, and (3) she's somehow managed to stay married to John McEnroe for 18 years... is some kind of legacy. That's three giant-but-freaky figures to be associated with.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2015 04:58 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I'm atrying the nycfc game in my stadium. Starting for the visiting San Jose earthquakes none other than Marvell Wynne II. Yup.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 25 2015 08:06 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Mookie Wilson and Ed Lynch were college teammates.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 25 2015 08:16 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Yeah that's right. And how about this-- the guy who plays tbe frat jock Rod in BREAKING AWAY is the same guy who plays coked-up businessman Ellis in DIE HARD. How about that, Boobie?

Edgy MD Sep 25 2015 09:05 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

That makes sense. I'm more surprised that Mookie is apparently the only man of color on the 1976 USC baseball team.

d'Kong76 Sep 26 2015 10:25 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Just got a tweet that the champagne is on ice in Cincy. What I didn't know until NOW!!! was that it's customary for the home team to procure the bubbly for such occasions.

Mets – Willets Point Sep 26 2015 02:09 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

d'Kong76 wrote: Just got a tweet that the champagne is on ice in Cincy. What I didn't know until NOW!!! was that it's customary for the home team to procure the bubbly for such occasions. Fascinating. I wonder if by some quirk of scheduling, a non-contending team has ever had to host more than one opposing team's clinching celebration.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2015 08:50 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

In the 1920's, the Reds had a pitcher named Johnny Couch. My all-time Reds team: [list:2q6ta0n2]Pitcher: Johnny Couch Catcher: Johnny Bench First Base: Johnny Sofa Second Base: Johnny Futon Third Base: Johnny Divan Shortstop: Johnny Chair Left Field: Johnny Recliner Center Field: Johnny Stool Right Field: Johnny Loveseat[/list:u:2q6ta0n2]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 28 2015 02:01 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I don't mean to piss on your list, but if you're not going with Juan Ottoman in center, Grimmy, you're nuckin' futs.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 28 2015 02:05 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Hey! Stop pissing on my list!

seawolf17 Sep 28 2015 04:00 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I mean really, just a sample of Johnny Stool's play in center and you realize he's crap.

d'Kong76 Sep 28 2015 04:07 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Ballgirl: Juanita Silla

Mets – Willets Point Sep 28 2015 04:20 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Canadian pinch-hit specialist: Johnny Chesterfield.

Edgy MD Sep 28 2015 04:44 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

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John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 29 2015 06:48 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

lololllollolol

Fman99 Sep 30 2015 11:31 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The banjo in the Neil Young song "Old Man" was played by James Taylor.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 30 2015 12:12 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Edgy MD wrote: My friends wonder why I'm posting all the time—what can I say? I won't justify the time I fritter away My wife tells me I need help, but I know that I'm right... so right Where else would I go to talk about the Papelbon fight? When they insist that I'm being remiss I tell them this That I'm furious with LWFS I let my foul language fly, then I tell them why BECAUSE HIS PISS! His piss is on my list BECAUSE HIS PISS! His piss is on my list Because his piss is my list — and it's leading to strife! BECAUSE HIS PISS! His piss is on my list BECAUSE HIS PISS! His piss is such a dis! His piss has gone amiss — and it's scaring my wife! [belated very, very slow clap]

d'Kong76 Oct 01 2015 10:53 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Niagara Falls State Park is the state's oldest state park.

RealityChuck Oct 06 2015 12:46 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I just read about the story of Walla Tonka, the baseball player who played out the season under a death sentence (literally). On July 13, 1899, Walla Tonka, a 24-year-old full-blooded Choctaw aboriginal and outstanding baseball player from Eagle County in the Indian Territories, is executed at the Alikchi courthouse in the Choctaw nation. Considered a “five-star” player and a star on his tribe’s touring team, Tonka (also known as William Goings) is allowed to tour the country with the team while under sentence of death. Convicted in the summer of 1897 of murdering his uncle Lampson Young, Tonka is sentenced to death by a tribal judge ... the judge’s August execution date “greatly perturbs” the local sporting crowd, coming as it does in the middle of the baseball season. Yielding to public sentiment, the judge delays the date of Tonka’s execution until the end of the season ... Tonka’s sentence is postponed until April 1898, and then again until February 1899 ... having given his word to return for his execution, he is allowed to play in both home and road games The execution did not go well: On the morning of July 13, Tonka comes alone to the place of his execution ... led to an open casket with a quilt in front of it, his shirt is removed and a target is painted over his heart. According to reports, Sheriff Watson takes four paces back and shoots, and misses, hitting Tonka in the abdomen. Tonka withers in pain for up to an hour (some reports say he was shot three more times and still lived) ... water is then poured down his throat in an attempt to hasten death by strangulation.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2015 01:01 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Sounds like even Rasputin went easier than this Tonka guy.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2015 03:18 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

I did not know that China Grove is the name of a town. Thanks Songs Named After Cities thread!

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2015 03:30 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

It's down around San Antone

Rockin' Doc Oct 07 2015 07:28 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

When my daughter was attending UNC-Charlotte, I noticed their was an exit off I-85 for China Grove. I always thought of the Doobie Brothers song whenever I saw the exit sign.

RealityChuck Oct 08 2015 09:34 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Twenty-six episodes of Gilligan's Island were directed by Jack Arnold, best known for his horror/SF films like The Creature from the Black Lagoon (hmmn. Crossover material?), It Came from Outer Space, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and Tarantula.

d'Kong76 Oct 08 2015 10:37 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Mets – Willets Point wrote: I did not know that China Grove is the name of a town. Thanks Songs Named After Cities thread! I was gonna post that yesterday and then forgot...

MFS62 Oct 08 2015 07:06 PM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Raymond Burr was gay. (Seen in a "10 things you didn't know about ..." story on Yahoo.) Later

Edgy MD Dec 30 2015 09:06 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

The cash register in "Yellow Submarine" is the same one in "Money" by Pink Floyd.

d'Kong76 Dec 31 2015 10:50 AM Re: Things You Didn't Know Until You Learned About Them in 2

Rounding out the year, I now know what a hijab is.