Richard Kimball

Carol Burnett had great dancers, who did several numbers every week. The dancers union worked out a deal that gave them rehearsal fees every time they were used in reruns, which is why they cut them out of the repackaged versions that were sold for reruns. It also marked the end (for the most part) of variety shows that did big dance numbers. I don't remember what they were called, but on the old Jackie Gleason show, they had the June Taylor Dancers.

Happy Days was actually a spin off of American Graffiti, they just never admitted it. Lucas made American Graffiti, they got Ron Howard and some people to roughly approximate the other characters, did an episode of "Love, American Style," then ripped off American Graffiti. I've always suspected it was probably so they wouldn't have to pay Lucas royalties, but if you look at the first year, roller skating waitresses, cars hitting the strip, Winkler playing the John Milner character, yeah, it was American Graffiti. BTW, Carol Wayne ended up dead in Mexico, supposedly by drowning. She was probably murdered. Very suspicious circumstances.

Had the same car blue '67. Dittos for loving it, but the Volkswagen Beetle tried to murder people like it was Christine. After about two years, the heat exchanger would develop holes and pump pure carbon monoxide into the passenger compartment. Fuel line ran directly over the air cooled engine and would rot from heat and drip gasoline onto the block, causing a fire, if you didn't change that. Hood latches on the front trunk never worked, and the only thing between you and the other car in a collision was the gas tank. Ever been in one of those on the highway when an eighteen wheeler passed going the other direction? Grip the seat with your butt cheeks and get a death grip on the steering wheel, cause you were shifting about eighteen inches to the side. And we loved that car that tried to murder us. Probably explains some of my early dating relationships.

Remember the warm up band? They kept getting pissed cause everyone was ignoring them waiting for Linda. When they closed, the lead singer said, "We'd like to thank y'all for being such assholes." Ronstadt was the real deal. No lip syncing at her concerts, damn good back up musicians (I think they were her studio musicians,) and she could belt them out where they sounded as good live as they did on the albums. She also showed up sober and ready to give a full performance. Armadillo concerts were notorious for starting hours late (supposedly start at 9 P and band comes out after midnight) and for the band to be too wasted to perform. Worst one was Maria Muldaur. Came out after midnight, did four songs and left, and I think she lip synced. A lot of the bands from that era saw their careers crash when they went on the road, cause the same studio musicians did backup for all of them and they just pretended to play instruments. The studios played with the vocals to smooth out the voices, and when they got out on the road without all the studio cleanup, they couldn't replicate what came out of the studio.

Confession. I was skeptical of the story because previously they just said they had surveillance video. If they stopped him, checked his driver's license and got the plates, it's pretty conclusive. I also had trouble believing he could be that stupid. Then I remembered: Hugh Grant went for this: When he was dating this: There are some things I'll never understand.

Troof. That show is the patron saint of "TV series that did not age well," which could be it's own thread.

Didn't watch. Did they do anything to honor Stan Lee? His characters have been responsible for about 50% of all movie profits over the last ten years.

182 men laid down their lives when they could have run. They faced an absurdly greater number of men on the other side, and fought until they were all massacred. It meets my standard as a great example of heroic fortitude.

Deserving's got nothing to do with it.

Off season sucks.

Yeah, time changes things. The Armadillo concert was 74. This youtube video is 76, so about the same era. She sang this song, and made eye contact with me when she sang the line, "if you want me to beg, I'll fall down on my knees." Thought I was gonna die. She was wearing jeans, not the miniskirt, though.

I'm gonna make y'all jealous. Got to see her live at Armadillo World Headquarters. It was right after Don't Cry Now came out and before Heart Like a Wheel, so she wasn't a superstar yet. There was a big crowd, but not the crazy crowds she drew later. Got there early and parked at the front of the stage about five feet from her microphone stand. She was every bit as beautiful as she was in the photos.

Lots of injuries. Bet some of these guys got called in to play from the couch or the loading dock.

I think mine's delayed, too. That tip drill play would have resulted in a five minute delay for review in the NFL.

These games are fun. Play quality is not horrible, the announcers understand that the game is the show, and there aren't a bunch of game stoppages. Also like them requiring 2 pt conversion.

Girl Scout cookies aren't that good.

They're saying he got a rub and tug, but a few things bother me on the story, the biggest being they make some statements, blow it into an international sex trafficking ring, and Kraft apparently was in Massachusetts when all this stuff in Florida went down. They didn't catch him on the table with his pants down like Moe Green. All I'm saying is this story is too much like the last fifty "big stories" that have come out. Outrageous story followed by three minutes of hate, followed by revelation of things that mean the original story was wildly inaccurate, followed by press burying the story to move on to the next outrageous thing. There are more actual facts revealed in an episode of Supernatural than in a modern media story.

Not sure I buy this story. Lots of memes, jokes, innuendo about sex slavery and insults, but few facts. Palm Beach County is incredibly corrupt. This story seems too much like an internet meme.

Take off your shoes before logging into xhamster. It's not complicated.

They weren't hiring musicians. They were hiring relatively clean cut non-threatening actors to play musicians. Stills looked like a doper. The Monkees would have been less successful with him than with the group they selected, cause he always looked like the guy who might pull a knife on you in a parking lot. The twelve and thirteen year olds they were targeting wanted bubble gum music, not protest songs. Read some interesting stuff on the Monkees. They were a big part of the Ventura Canyon scene, but the studio kept it under wraps to keep their image clean. During their brief run, they had a lot more success than the "serious" musicians, many of whom would hang out with them off camera. Manson was a hanger on all over the place, and played in several bands. No surprise he'd show up at an open audition. People may have dissed the Monkees, but Screen Gems wasn't out to make art, they were out to make money, and when Don Kirschner was handling them, they were outselling the Beatles. They harmonized pretty well, and quite a few of their songs still get air play.

Streep's a decent actress, but people talk about her like she doesn't need to use Febreeze after she goes to the bathroom. She's a pretty good actress that's propped up and hyped by the media machine far more than her talent suggests she should be. After That 70s Show, he was a very hot item. When most of his projects bombed, his star faded. Anyway, when the thread talks about overrated, doesn't necessarily mean they're bad, just not as good as advertised. I'd put most actors/actresses in the overrated category, cause they're usually reading lines written by someone else, and special effects, makeup and editing makes them seem smarter, stronger and better looking than in real life. It can get pretty cringy to listen to an actor interviewing when they don't have a script. Yeah, I know most people on this board didn't like That 70s Show, but the first few seasons had some great lines.

Meryl Streep George Clooney Ashton Kutcher Kristen Stewart

So many good songs posted here. Could spend a solid month listening. Here are a few of mine, with thoughts: Wasn't a huge Loretta Lynn fan, but her songs were real, which is why a lot of modern country falls short, IMHO. They're singing about a life they didn't really live. First concert I remember going to was a Buck Owens concert with my dad There have been a lot of great versions of Orange Blossom Special, but my favorite has always been Don Rich's version. There's no improvisation, it's just the cleanest version I've ever heard. Time seems to pass so fast now. Seems crazy that Wagon Wheel was put out fifteen years ago.

You're right. Advantage Cheeseweasel.