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John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Ashie62 Dec 08 2016 03:13 PM

Like many I heard it from Howard Cosell on MNF and listened to Beatle songs for a week on WNEW while crying.

cooby Dec 08 2016 03:17 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I was at my uncle's funeral when I heard

Mets Guy in Michigan Dec 08 2016 03:45 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Was getting dressed for school, listening to WBAB, when I heard. It's hard to believe that he was just 40.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2016 03:47 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I seem to also remember getting ready for school. Did the news break in the morning? I think my mother told me about it.

Edgy MD Dec 08 2016 03:48 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

It broke late in the evening, but many of us kids were in bed and didn't get it until the morning.

Centerfield Dec 08 2016 04:19 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Ashie62 wrote: Like many I heard it from Howard Cosell on MNF and listened to Beatle songs for a week on WNEW while crying. I've heard many stories like this. I know it was a different time, but I still have trouble picturing this and it's hard for me to relate. I don't think there is any celebrity death that would cause me to cry. And I think that would hold true at any time in my life. I feel like I kinda missed out on the generation that felt that attached to the music and stars of that time.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2016 04:23 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Centerfield wrote: I don't think there is any celebrity death that would cause me to cry. My neither. I think I came close when Gil Hodges died, but I was only eight years old.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 08 2016 04:48 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I awoke to it. Half-sleeping but aware my clock-radio alarm had been playing all Beatles songs, then my sister came in the room hysterical. She has passed away too now

Zvon Dec 08 2016 05:01 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I was building a model, the Millennium Falcon, and I was rigging it with interior lights (not part of the kit). This was going to be a gift for my girlfriends' son for Christmas(8 yrs old or so). Had the game on and heard Cosell. I was just shocked. I wasn't in denial but it took a week for me to process the fact that some shitfacementalcasepunk (excuse the lack of PC'ness) shot him in the back. Just the fact that he died by violence was enough. But to be shot dead on the streets on NYC.... I wanted to cry, certainly felt like it, but nothing would come. A week later I was with my g/f listening to Double Fantasy and the song Beautiful Boy came on. I thought about Sean (God, how old was he then? 5?6?), and suddenly started bawling like a baby in my g/f's arms. May have lasted five minutes, maybe longer. It felt like forever. But afterwards I felt better, much better. But John was still gone. :( PS: The Falcon came out awesome and the kid loved it. OE: Over the following few weeks and into 1981 I drew this and a series of Lennon portraits. This version has been messed with in paint shop pro to get that backdrop. [fimg=500:h40gp5ok]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LVr7pJA5QLqvkpdVDEf9icSk-k0-ZWfMCz5lzNKN0o85b5Z1fGM5YZ6F2Uwz0lFVV-y2iwqocoLXzk4wvXa-cOWfsCBwmwPEg06anHjfzgZCX0R9mVWX0ArSUu0bF6KlzzGGIEcred6PGlUbU7cgtbpYTw6EtJAKYqAP165u2ThQKnaFDrig-qhESm69ef59X_Z2BnYGGoS3ItVY35-ifKE5pnBEmsdoLxUJPVIlmun-9Jx0MI42PrWkbgfNH9NQZSRxcaMBjhoHac_wFXafv7WGZOLogsJKqnWwIPq3oC2QRJRgoQ9cXCfvgMV2py99Hb6enn7315Annc4t8_7GYwFml-H-c64bQZfnuilSSZL9fvq5OCOzpFgay1lTdtNKNhck-IsUTafRpLhAp3D-CS8rSAbkU0Gf5CTtu46Xpls8ORS1MQ_SBFW767qN7usn6OOhCfzVmBIcvJ6QdQ3D4FODkT2NpnCWtJRXOp4xW2NUZRumCkSjOxYUbNcHDG-Dd-5Gq6DT0x_VPUbL8dc4FOyx5MWPvlkkKJwFz6Obq5NZKkvE8NEeeJQi3iWDDFtmwpG4R_ETsTO86aiYucOxJ6tTceIEsULT72obZGxl7PcLJ7Lqn7oH_g=w997-h1144-no[/fimg:h40gp5ok]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 08 2016 05:10 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

One thing I'd vaguely known but forgotten till just recently: That Lennon was assassinated was essentially a coin-flip by Chapman who also very much wanted to kill Todd Rundgren. He was as obsessed with TR if not more than JL; they found a bunch of Todd Rundgren stuff in his hotel room. Incidentally Lennon and Rundgren were somewhat adversaries, trading barbs in the press (I forget the details) although TR was quite obviously a big fan.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 08 2016 05:14 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Zvon wrote: I was building a model, the Millennium Falcon, and I was rigging it with interior lights (not part of the kit). This was going to be a gift for my girlfriends' son for Christmas(8 yrs old or so). Had the game on and heard Cosell. I was just shocked. I wasn't in denial but it took a week for me to process the fact that some shitfacementalcasepunk (excuse the lack of PC'ness) shot him in the back. Just the fact that he died by violence was enough. But to be shot dead on the streets on NYC.... I wanted to cry, certainly felt like it, but nothing would come. A week later I was with my g/f listening to Double Fantasy and the song Beautiful Boy came on. I thought about Sean (God, how old was he then? 5?6?), and suddenly started bawling like a baby in my g/f's arms. May have lasted five minutes, maybe longer. It felt like forever. But afterwards I felt better, much better. But John was still gone. :( PS: The Falcon came out awesome and the kid loved it. OE: Over the following few weeks and into 1981 I drew this and a series of Lennon portraits. This version has been messed with in paint shop pro to get that backdrop. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LVr7pJA5QLqvkpdVDEf9icSk-k0-ZWfMCz5lzNKN0o85b5Z1fGM5YZ6F2Uwz0lFVV-y2iwqocoLXzk4wvXa-cOWfsCBwmwPEg06anHjfzgZCX0R9mVWX0ArSUu0bF6KlzzGGIEcred6PGlUbU7cgtbpYTw6EtJAKYqAP165u2ThQKnaFDrig-qhESm69ef59X_Z2BnYGGoS3ItVY35-ifKE5pnBEmsdoLxUJPVIlmun-9Jx0MI42PrWkbgfNH9NQZSRxcaMBjhoHac_wFXafv7WGZOLogsJKqnWwIPq3oC2QRJRgoQ9cXCfvgMV2py99Hb6enn7315Annc4t8_7GYwFml-H-c64bQZfnuilSSZL9fvq5OCOzpFgay1lTdtNKNhck-IsUTafRpLhAp3D-CS8rSAbkU0Gf5CTtu46Xpls8ORS1MQ_SBFW767qN7usn6OOhCfzVmBIcvJ6QdQ3D4FODkT2NpnCWtJRXOp4xW2NUZRumCkSjOxYUbNcHDG-Dd-5Gq6DT0x_VPUbL8dc4FOyx5MWPvlkkKJwFz6Obq5NZKkvE8NEeeJQi3iWDDFtmwpG4R_ETsTO86aiYucOxJ6tTceIEsULT72obZGxl7PcLJ7Lqn7oH_g=w997-h1144-no[/fimg] What a story, man. Beautiful portrait.

Centerfield Dec 08 2016 05:21 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Zvon wrote: I was building a model, the Millennium Falcon, and I was rigging it with interior lights (not part of the kit). This was going to be a gift for my girlfriends' son for Christmas(8 yrs old or so). Had the game on and heard Cosell. I was just shocked. I wasn't in denial but it took a week for me to process the fact that some shitfacementalcasepunk (excuse the lack of PC'ness) shot him in the back. Just the fact that he died by violence was enough. But to be shot dead on the streets on NYC.... I wanted to cry, certainly felt like it, but nothing would come. A week later I was with my g/f listening to Double Fantasy and the song Beautiful Boy came on. I thought about Sean (God, how old was he then? 5?6?), and suddenly started bawling like a baby in my g/f's arms. May have lasted five minutes, maybe longer. It felt like forever. But afterwards I felt better, much better. But John was still gone. :( PS: The Falcon came out awesome and the kid loved it. OE: Over the following few weeks and into 1981 I drew this and a series of Lennon portraits. This version has been messed with in paint shop pro to get that backdrop. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LVr7pJA5QLqvkpdVDEf9icSk-k0-ZWfMCz5lzNKN0o85b5Z1fGM5YZ6F2Uwz0lFVV-y2iwqocoLXzk4wvXa-cOWfsCBwmwPEg06anHjfzgZCX0R9mVWX0ArSUu0bF6KlzzGGIEcred6PGlUbU7cgtbpYTw6EtJAKYqAP165u2ThQKnaFDrig-qhESm69ef59X_Z2BnYGGoS3ItVY35-ifKE5pnBEmsdoLxUJPVIlmun-9Jx0MI42PrWkbgfNH9NQZSRxcaMBjhoHac_wFXafv7WGZOLogsJKqnWwIPq3oC2QRJRgoQ9cXCfvgMV2py99Hb6enn7315Annc4t8_7GYwFml-H-c64bQZfnuilSSZL9fvq5OCOzpFgay1lTdtNKNhck-IsUTafRpLhAp3D-CS8rSAbkU0Gf5CTtu46Xpls8ORS1MQ_SBFW767qN7usn6OOhCfzVmBIcvJ6QdQ3D4FODkT2NpnCWtJRXOp4xW2NUZRumCkSjOxYUbNcHDG-Dd-5Gq6DT0x_VPUbL8dc4FOyx5MWPvlkkKJwFz6Obq5NZKkvE8NEeeJQi3iWDDFtmwpG4R_ETsTO86aiYucOxJ6tTceIEsULT72obZGxl7PcLJ7Lqn7oH_g=w997-h1144-no[/fimg] See, this? This is what I'm talking about. Wow, what a story. Yeah, hearing Beautiful Boy and thinking about the murder are tough.

cooby Dec 08 2016 05:35 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: One thing I'd vaguely known but forgotten till just recently: That Lennon was assassinated was essentially a coin-flip by Chapman who also very much wanted to kill Todd Rundgren. He was as obsessed with TR if not more than JL; they found a bunch of Todd Rundgren stuff in his hotel room. Incidentally Lennon and Rundgren were somewhat adversaries, trading barbs in the press (I forget the details) although TR was quite obviously a big fan. :(

sharpie Dec 08 2016 05:44 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I wrote this before but... On December 8, 1980 I was in Los Angeles working on a show. I had to go pick up a guy at the airport and turned on the radio, which was tuned to a San Francisco station (since I lived there). First I heard that the Giants had traded Bob Knepper to the Astros for Enos Cabell. I'm thinking of who got the better end of that deal (Astros) when news came on about John Lennon. I kept trying to tune that station in since the signal was so weak. Finally, I remembered that this would be on every station and heard the announcement that he was in fact dead (original news that he had been shot) when it happened. The guy ended I went to pick up ended up missing his stupid plane. No death of a celebrity has hit me nearly as hard -- this coming on the heels of Reagan being elected a month before it felt like all idealism was gone. My father ended up passing on the 20th anniversary of Lennon's death, which was the same day the Supreme Court ruled on Bush v. Gore. Shitty day.

themetfairy Dec 08 2016 05:44 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Before going to sleep on the 8th I had heard reports of the shooting on the eleven o'clock news. When I woke up on the 9th Imagine was playing on the radio and Don Imus confirmed the news that John Lennon had been killed the previous night.

cooby Dec 08 2016 05:50 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Centerfield wrote: I was building a model, the Millennium Falcon, and I was rigging it with interior lights (not part of the kit). This was going to be a gift for my girlfriends' son for Christmas(8 yrs old or so). Had the game on and heard Cosell. I was just shocked. I wasn't in denial but it took a week for me to process the fact that some shitfacementalcasepunk (excuse the lack of PC'ness) shot him in the back. Just the fact that he died by violence was enough. But to be shot dead on the streets on NYC.... I wanted to cry, certainly felt like it, but nothing would come. A week later I was with my g/f listening to Double Fantasy and the song Beautiful Boy came on. I thought about Sean (God, how old was he then? 5?6?), and suddenly started bawling like a baby in my g/f's arms. May have lasted five minutes, maybe longer. It felt like forever. But afterwards I felt better, much better. But John was still gone. :( PS: The Falcon came out awesome and the kid loved it. OE: Over the following few weeks and into 1981 I drew this and a series of Lennon portraits. This version has been messed with in paint shop pro to get that backdrop. [fimg=500]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LVr7pJA5QLqvkpdVDEf9icSk-k0-ZWfMCz5lzNKN0o85b5Z1fGM5YZ6F2Uwz0lFVV-y2iwqocoLXzk4wvXa-cOWfsCBwmwPEg06anHjfzgZCX0R9mVWX0ArSUu0bF6KlzzGGIEcred6PGlUbU7cgtbpYTw6EtJAKYqAP165u2ThQKnaFDrig-qhESm69ef59X_Z2BnYGGoS3ItVY35-ifKE5pnBEmsdoLxUJPVIlmun-9Jx0MI42PrWkbgfNH9NQZSRxcaMBjhoHac_wFXafv7WGZOLogsJKqnWwIPq3oC2QRJRgoQ9cXCfvgMV2py99Hb6enn7315Annc4t8_7GYwFml-H-c64bQZfnuilSSZL9fvq5OCOzpFgay1lTdtNKNhck-IsUTafRpLhAp3D-CS8rSAbkU0Gf5CTtu46Xpls8ORS1MQ_SBFW767qN7usn6OOhCfzVmBIcvJ6QdQ3D4FODkT2NpnCWtJRXOp4xW2NUZRumCkSjOxYUbNcHDG-Dd-5Gq6DT0x_VPUbL8dc4FOyx5MWPvlkkKJwFz6Obq5NZKkvE8NEeeJQi3iWDDFtmwpG4R_ETsTO86aiYucOxJ6tTceIEsULT72obZGxl7PcLJ7Lqn7oH_g=w997-h1144-no[/fimg] See, this? This is what I'm talking about. Wow, what a story. Yeah, hearing Beautiful Boy and thinking about the murder are tough. This is a wonderful job! And Beautiful Boy is such a great song. A perfect song to sing to any little boy

Vic Sage Dec 08 2016 06:06 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 08 2016 06:11 PM

Ashie62 wrote: Like many I heard it from Howard Cosell on MNF and listened to Beatle songs for a week on WNEW while crying. This. I was in college at the time, watching the game when i heard the announcement, annoyed i had to get that sort of news delivered by Howard Cosell in his irritatingly nasal and arrogant twang. We turned off the tv and just listened to the radio all night and got drunk. Angry drunk. sad drunk. As dawn came up, we considered hopping the LIRR into the city to join the candlelight vigil outside the Dakota. But we were too smashed to get across the athletic fields to the train station, passing out somewhere along the way. Which was just as well.

Edgy MD Dec 08 2016 06:07 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: One thing I'd vaguely known but forgotten till just recently: That Lennon was assassinated was essentially a coin-flip by Chapman who also very much wanted to kill Todd Rundgren. He was as obsessed with TR if not more than JL; they found a bunch of Todd Rundgren stuff in his hotel room. Incidentally Lennon and Rundgren were somewhat adversaries, trading barbs in the press (I forget the details) although TR was quite obviously a big fan. Todd was linked to May Pang, wasn't he? A quick search leads me to find this letter Lennon supposedly wrote, clearly in response to something from Rundgren. AN OPENED LETTUCE TO SODD RUNTLESTUNTLE (from dr winston o'boogie) Couldn't resist adding a few "islands of truth" of my own, in answer to Turd Runtgreen's howl of hate (pain.) Dear Todd, I like you, and some of your work, including "I Saw The Light", which is not unlike "There's A Place" (Beatles), melody wise. 1) I have never claimed to be a revolutionary. But I am allowed to sing about anything I want! Right? 2) I never hit a waitress in the Troubador, I did act like an ***, I was too drunk. So shoot me! 3) I guess we're all looking for attention Rodd, do you really think I don't know how to get it, without "revolution?" I could dye my hair green and pink for a start! 4) I don't represent anyone but my SELF. It sounds like I represented something to you, or you wouldn't be so violent towards me. (Your dad perhaps?) 5) Yes Dodd, violence comes in mysterious ways it's wonders to perform, including verbal. But you'd know that kind of mind game, wouldn't you? Of course you would. 6) So the Nazz use to do "like heavy rock" then SUDDENLY a "light pretty ballad". How original! 7) Which gets me to the Beatles, "who had no other style than being the Beatles"!! That covers a lot of style man, including your own, TO DATE... Yes Godd, the one thing those Beatles did was to affect PEOPLES' MINDS. Maybe you need another fix? Somebody played me your rock and roll ***** song, but I never noticed anything. i think that the real reason you're mad at me is cause I didn't know who you were at the Rainbow (L.A.) Remember that time you came in with Wolfman Jack? When I found out later, I was cursing cause I wanted to tell you how good you were. (I'd heard you on the radio.) Anyway, However much you hurt me darling; I'll always love you, J. L. 30th Sept. 1974 The LA scene of the early seventies must have been wonderful and and awful at the same time.

Chad Ochoseis Dec 08 2016 06:10 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 08 2016 06:16 PM

It was a half day from school; I was in 11th grade and had just turned 16. I had hung out and drank a few beers with some friends that afternoon. It was only the second time in my life I'd ever been drunk. It was also Jim Morrison's birthday, and I was listening to the Doors on the old WNEW "10 Best at 10" show (remember that?) that night, and fell asleep right before they made the 11PM announcement. Because 110-pound non-drinker who'd had three beers that afternoon. So I didn't find out until the next morning when I saw the "JOHN LENNON SHOT HERE" headline in the Daily News. And PS - why the hell would John Lennon need to write an open letter to Todd Rundgren? That's like Jay Bruce logging on here to remind us that he's better at baseball than we are, no matter how much we say he sucks.

Zvon Dec 08 2016 06:11 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I haven't even been able to get through this yet. :( Sean wrote this in memory of his dad. [youtube:3nsna8wm]rhN7_NzdpGU[/youtube:3nsna8wm]

Mets Guy in Michigan Dec 08 2016 06:20 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 09 2016 02:15 AM

This is a wonderful job! And Beautiful Boy is such a great song. A perfect song to sing to any little boy It is a beautiful song, and so sad now. The lines "I can hardly wait to see you come of age. But I guess we'll both just have to be patient" is heartbreaking.

cooby Dec 08 2016 06:26 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

My favorite line is 'It's a long row to hoe' because I'm constantly delighted that someone as cool as John Lennon would actually say that :)

Edgy MD Dec 08 2016 06:32 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Chad Ochoseis wrote: And PS - why the hell would John Lennon need to write an open letter to Todd Rundgren? That's like Jay Bruce logging on here to remind us that he's better at baseball than we are, no matter how much we say he sucks. Lennon loved stuff like this. If there's anything that delight him as much as bitchiness, it was being bitchy in pun-laden, absurdist, Carrollesque prose. The tone is in his doodles, too. Amazing that he says, "So shoot me." I wonder if Chapman read this letter.

Zvon Dec 08 2016 07:10 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: This is a wonderful job! And Beautiful Boy is such a great song. A perfect song to sing to any little boy It is a beautiful song, and so sad now. The lines "I can hardly wait to see you come of age. But I guess we'll both just have to be patient" he heartbreaking. And at the end when he says "Goodnight Sean, see you in the morning, bright and early." It still gets me.

Frayed Knot Dec 08 2016 08:23 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Vic Sage wrote: I was in college at the time, watching the game when i heard the announcement, annoyed i had to get that sort of news delivered by Howard Cosell in his irritatingly nasal and arrogant twang. Cosell of course went on to dine out on that one for years, reasoning that his support of 'liberal causes' (Ali, Curt Flood) gave him a special connection to America's youth and therefore he was the perfect instrument to deliver the news of Lennon's death.

Edgy MD Dec 08 2016 09:24 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Back to the Lennon/Rundgren smackdown, I'm impressed that Lennon knew who Nazz was.

Ashie62 Dec 08 2016 11:02 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

In tv audio asides on you tube during the commercial break, Cosell questioned if he should be the one to break this. Gifford encouraged Howard. I believe John and Howard had been friends. I got up, left my dorm, cried and got drunk 11 pm.

Frayed Knot Dec 08 2016 11:35 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Ashie62 wrote: I believe John and Howard had been friends. Well ... acquaintances is probably a better word for it. John had showed up in the MNF booth a few years earlier (I forget the circumstances that led to it) and joshed around with the boys for a few minutes. Legend had it that Howard later arranged a meeting with John because he was launching a variety show at the time* and had the wild idea that THAT would be the time and place for a Beatles reunion. He was punching above his weight class with that one and John simply politely blew him off and that was that. Howard went on to claim, in one of his books, that John left that meeting and decided to kill some time at an art gallery where he happened to bump into Yoko from whom he was estranged at the time. That chance meeting, acc to Howard, was the impetus for them getting back together where they remained for the remainder of his life. The more familiar story is that John & Yoko re-met backstage at an Elton John show which would make Howard's version at best wildly optimistic, and at worst full of shit. The Original 'Saturday Night Live!'

Edgy MD Dec 09 2016 02:12 AM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

At a Monday Night Football game in LA a few years earlier, ABC cameras caught a shot of John Lennon in the crowd. With an arm around him and explaining the game to him was, surprisingly, Ronald Reagan. Cosell leaned over to Frank Gifford and said, "This is gonna be a great halftime, Gifford. I'll do the Beatle and you do the future president." [youtube:vya6s8pt]KVD601uqD8s[/youtube:vya6s8pt]

Fman99 Dec 09 2016 03:40 AM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I was 7, I can recall my parents finding out about it on their AM radio the following morning and telling me about it at the breakfast table. I knew him mainly from the cartoons, which were in syndication when I was that age.

Rockin' Doc Dec 09 2016 04:28 AM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

I have thought and thought on this and I have no recollection of where I was and what I was doing when I learned of Lennon's death. I know I was in my junior year of college and likely getting ready for final exams, prior to starting Christmas break. I can't recall if I learned of it while watching MNF (very possible) or if I heard it elsewhere.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 09 2016 06:21 AM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Rockin' Doc wrote: I have thought and thought on this and I have no recollection of where I was and what I was doing when I learned of Lennon's death. I know I was in my junior year of college and likely getting ready for final exams, prior to starting Christmas break. I can't recall if I learned of it while watching MNF (very possible) or if I heard it elsewhere. Me neither. I remember where I was when men walked on the moon the first time, 9/11, Trump' election win, when the Mets got Piazza from the Marlins just to name a few historical moments, but not Lennon's assasination. I remember going to the Knicks game the day after Lennon was shot (they played the Bullets, I sat about 4th or 5th row on the floor, right behind one of the baskets, have no idea who won or lost that game or who did what), and Lennon was all anyone was talking about the day after.

Edgy MD Dec 09 2016 01:25 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Knicks 107, Bullets 104. Ray Williams poured in 42!

batmagadanleadoff Dec 09 2016 02:39 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Edgy MD wrote: Knicks 107, Bullets 104. Ray Williams poured in 42! That looks like an actual newspaper box score.

Edgy MD Dec 09 2016 02:44 PM Re: John Lennon day 36 years today 12/8/80

Scanned in, with somebody (probably a chronic gambler) having inked in the third-quarter total.