winning time: the rise of the lakers dynasty. hbo in march.

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Jason Clarke. Terrific actor. He’s had a steady movie career. Probably best known for playing Tommy Caffee on the Showtime series Brotherhood. 

To me his most memorable thing is Zero Dark Thirty. LOL every time I see him in anything all I can see/hear is "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW BIN LADEN!!!!????"

[Js1 85,412]

52 minutes ago, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

Is this worth watching?

No we obviously all hate it

[66BUFF 2,564]

On 3/28/2022 at 4:00 PM, Deej said:

Don't ever sell Reed Rothchild short. 

Reed Rothchild's stiff biceps do a slapping

good job with Becky Barnett's supple ass . . 

[Deej 76,830]

On 3/30/2022 at 9:46 AM, C-Man said:

I got MJ, Aykroyd and Tatum O'Neal -- who is the other black guy and the chick on the right?

Aykroyd? I thought that was Jm J Bullock. haha.

[C-Man 27,230]

2 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

To me his most memorable thing is Zero Dark Thirty. LOL every time I see him in anything all I can see/hear is "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW BIN LADEN!!!!????"

Zero Dark Thirty is one of those movies I can't not stop down to watch if I flip by and see that it's on. Should've won Best Picture that year. It's phenomenal.

Winning Time is so freakin' good. It's so good it has me rooting for the Los Angeles Fucking Laters for chrissakes!

Edited March 31, 2022 by C-Man

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3 hours ago, C-Man said:

Winning Time is so freakin' good. It's so good it has me rooting for the Los Angeles Fucking Laters for chrissakes!

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5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

i was always think of zero dark thirty first. 

This.

[66BUFF 2,564]

On 3/30/2022 at 9:01 AM, Don Johnson said:

 

Ackroyd shows up in odd places.  I remember the 1st time I saw the We are the World video and was wondering why he is in the studio with all of the popular artists of the day.

[Deej 76,830]

1 hour ago, 66BUFF said:

Ackroyd shows up in odd places.  I remember the 1st time I saw the We are the World video and was wondering why he is in the studio with all of the popular artists of the day.

Because Michael Jackson obviously was enchanted by his boyish charms.

[Zepol87 9,188]

Finally caught up and it's amazing!!  That's all I got

Edited March 31, 2022 by Zepol87

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On 3/30/2022 at 9:51 AM, Js1 said:

Margo Kidder and...Marlon Jackson? Or is it Randy? 

The Confederate army hat really tied the wardrobe together 

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8 hours ago, C-Man said:

Zero Dark Thirty is one of those movies I can't not stop down to watch if I flip by and see that it's on. Should've won Best Picture that year. It's phenomenal.

Winning Time is so freakin' good. It's so good it has me rooting for the Los Angeles Fucking Laters for chrissakes!

i never watch movies, yet iirc i somehow saw three of the best picture nominees that year- django unchained, zero dark thirty, and argo. here are my reviews of each movie:

django- awesome 

zero dark thirty- awesome

argo- unbelievably boring, zero desire to watch a second time

guess which one won beat picture?

[66BUFF 2,564]

12 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i never watch movies, yet iirc i somehow saw three of the best picture nominees that year- django unchained, zero dark thirty, and argo. here are my reviews of each movie:

django- awesome 

zero dark thirty- awesome

argo- unbelievably boring, zero desire to watch a second time

guess which one won beat picture?

Argo fuck yourself

[C-Man 27,230]

13 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i never watch movies, yet iirc i somehow saw three of the best picture nominees that year- django unchained, zero dark thirty, and argo. here are my reviews of each movie:

django- awesome 

zero dark thirty- awesome

argo- unbelievably boring, zero desire to watch a second time

guess which one won beat picture?

I liked Argo a lot. Have seen it several times since seeing it in the theater. But as you said Zero Dark Thirty and Django are better movies.

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16 hours ago, 66BUFF said:

Ackroyd shows up in odd places.  I remember the 1st time I saw the We are the World video and was wondering why he is in the studio with all of the popular artists of the day.

"Totally by accident. My father and I were interviewing business managers in LA and we walked into this office of a talent manager, and realized we were in the wrong place. I was looking for a money manager, not a talent manager. I had managed myself at that time and always have. But he said, so long as you are here, would you like to come and join this "We are the World" thing.

I thought how do I fit in here? Well, we did sell a few million records with the Blues Brothers and in my other persona I am a musician, so I showed up and was a part of it but it was totally by accident."

Read More: The Story Of How Dan Aykroyd Ended Up In The ‘We Are The World’ Video Has A NH Connection | https://shark1053.com/the-story-of-how-dan-aykroyd-ended-up-in-the-we-are-the-world-video-has-a-nh-connection/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

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14 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

argo- unbelievably boring, zero desire to watch a second time

Guess you had to be there and understand WTF was going on.

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

15 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i never watch movies, yet iirc i somehow saw three of the best picture nominees that year- django unchained, zero dark thirty, and argo. here are my reviews of each movie:

django- awesome 

zero dark thirty- awesome

argo- unbelievably boring, zero desire to watch a second time

guess which one won beat picture?

Agree that Zero Dark Thirty is awesome.

Django was fantastic, but I find it one of the least re-watchable Tarantino films (Hateful Eight being the least re-watchable for me).

Disagree strongly on Argo. It was a great piece of popular filmmaking, it just shouldn't have won Best Picture. Zero Dark Thirty should have.

 

[SizzleChest 8,284]

Went down a Youtube rabbit hole and found Magic's first regular season game with the Lakers.  

The game was fine, especially Kareem's long skyhook at the buzzer for the winner, but the local Alabama commercials in this were quite the throwback.  And then in the 4th quarter, there was this bit of magnificence.

I give you Bungles the Clown.

 

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2 hours ago, SizzleChest said:

I give you Bungles the Clown.

You weren't kidding.  Holy shit.

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Also, does every state have a Capitol Chevrolet?

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5 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

Agree that Zero Dark Thirty is awesome.

Django was fantastic, but I find it one of the least re-watchable Tarantino films (Hateful Eight being the least re-watchable for me).

Disagree strongly on Argo. It was a great piece of popular filmmaking, it just shouldn't have won Best Picture. Zero Dark Thirty should have.

 

I had no issue with Argo winning Best Picture that year.  I would have been equally satisfied with Zero Dark Thirty.

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On 3/31/2022 at 9:34 AM, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

Is this worth watching?

yes and I hate the fucking Lakers

[Michael Knight 12,988]

On 3/31/2022 at 9:34 AM, 4doorsMoreWhores said:

Is this worth watching?

yes and I hate the fucking Lakers

[huge 3,793]

What he said.

[huge 3,793]

Twice

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14 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Also, does every state have a Capitol Chevrolet?

Only the states with capitols.

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17 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

You weren't kidding.  Holy shit.

[Deej 76,830]

I loved the 80s Lakers. They played beautiful basketball. Once Showtime was over, I went back to hating them, even moreso once they got Kobe. 

Edited April 2, 2022 by Deej

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4 hours ago, Deej said:

I loved the 80s Lakers. They played beautiful basketball. Once Showtime was over, I went back to hating them, even moreso once they got Kobe. 

I am similar except I hated them during the Showtime Era, hated them after the Showtime Era, hated them during the Shaq and Kobe Era, hated them during the Kobe and Gasol Era and hate them now during the Lebron Era.  

[TrashMaster G 17,563]

"You'll feel it when you're getting fisted."

🤣

[Deej 76,830]

Kareem drinking the shitty frozen concentrate orange juice. Lulz. 

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Just now, Deej said:

Kareem drinking the shitty frozen concentrate orange juice. Lulz. 

and didn't say a fucking word.

[WBT 20,616]

That was some world-class leering by Reilly when the Laker Girls were showing him the routine in the forum club.

[Deej 76,830]

"I'm fisting you, Pat. You'll feel it when you're getting fisted."

"Oh, I'm feeling it already "

Fantastic. 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Deej

[Js1 85,412]

“Oh my god, it’s swinging” 

[Eskimohorn 5,635]

Not a big fan of the butterfly at the end. But a big fan at various characters struggling with meaning and happiness.

[billfromlaketravis 11,516]

Drifting into the greatness category. Terrific show. 

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On 4/1/2022 at 11:10 PM, Michael Knight said:

yes and I hate the fucking Lakers

I have gotten a lot of people turned on to this show, and all of them hate the Lakers.  

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1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Drifting into the greatness category. Terrific show. 

After watching the promo for upcoming weeks, yeah.  It already felt like a top-tier series, but damn.   

[Deej 76,830]

"Your weasel is gonna want to see this."

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

Wow. Great episode. This show gets better and better.

One side note is that while I knew that Paula Abdul was a Laker Girl, I had no idea she was in the very first group.

(Looking on the Wikipedias, I don't think she was technically the "first" Laker Girl, as it stated in the show... it does say she was in the first group that was selected from a pool of like 700 girls, and within a year she was the head choreographer.) 

[Js1 85,412]

2 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

Wow. Great episode. This show gets better and better.

One side note is that while I knew that Paula Abdul was a Laker Girl, I had no idea she was in the very first group.

(Looking on the Wikipedias, I don't think she was technically the "first" Laker Girl, as it stated in the show... it does say she was in the first group that was selected from a pool of like 700 girls, and within a year she was the head choreographer.) 

I had no idea either.  More liberties taken with the show that don't take away from the story, just fudging the timeline a bit 

[C-Man 27,230]

Wow. Great episode. This show gets better and better.
One side note is that while I knew that Paula Abdul was a Laker Girl, I had no idea she was in the very first group.
(Looking on the Wikipedias, I don't think she was technically the "first" Laker Girl, as it stated in the show... it does say she was in the first group that was selected from a pool of like 700 girls, and within a year she was the head choreographer.) 

I love this show but it does play a little loose with actual events. For instance, in the season opener vs the Clippers Kareem told Jack McKinney that the game would slow down in the fourth and he’d get his 30 points and 10 rebounds. He then hits the game-winning shot and McKinney looks at the stat sheet and is like, I’ll be damned — he had 30 and 10 just like he said he would. In reality, he had 29 and 10.

#derka’ed

(Again, great show. I never knew about the McKinney story and his tragic bike accident. I’ve read the Prologue for Showtime and it’s about Jeff Pearlman and his meeting McKinney to get stories for the book and McKinney is just not all there. Sad.)

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Spoiler

The Spencer Haywood self-circumcision story was unexpected.

 

Edited April 4, 2022 by SizzleChest

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On 4/2/2022 at 11:57 AM, Deej said:

I loved the 80s Lakers. They played beautiful basketball. Once Showtime was over, I went back to hating them, even moreso once they got Kobe. 

Same... I really started hating the Lakers when it was evident the league was trying slant the Western Division in the 90's towards them for TV ratings.  It all came to a head one season  when the league went all out and ousted the Spurs in the playoffs with officiating that not even some Laker kool aid drinkers in the media could defend. Really since then I've cared less about the NBA.  Everyone wants to talk about how pro sports is rigged and some of the evidence is there to support conspricy theories in each pro league.   With  the NBA it's in your face.  

 

[NOMAAA 1,696]

hey yo whatup avon?

[Bama Llama 1,450]

This series nails 1979 as well as Once Upon A Time In Hollywood nailed 1969.  Bravo!  And John C. Reilly for actor of the decade.

Check It Out!

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

4 hours ago, NOMAAA said:

hey yo whatup avon?

LOL as soon as he showed up, I was like, "AVON!"

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

BTW, don't know if it's been discussed here yet, but the guy playing Kareem is a super interesting dude.

His name is Solomon Hughes....he's 6'11" and played college basketball for Cal-Berkley. He earned both his undergrad and Masters from Cal. He also has a PhD from the University of Georgia in Higher Education.

His main job before landing this acting gig (his first) was as a guest lecturer on higher education at Stanford.  He was also a Harlem Globtrotter for a while.

I mean... could they have found a more perfect person to play Kareem?

[WBT 20,616]

I continue to really like the show.  I agree about the guy playing Kareem.  His sky hook looks pretty good too.

The girl playing Jeanie Buss is really good too.