Celebrity Deaths
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Just screwy Ai I guess. Now that i think about, I've seen death announcements before that were old already. Guess this is the future.
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Am I the only one who ever reads the byline and date of a news article or death notice or obituary?
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It shouldn't be necessary if news was reported timely. Imagine turning on the evening news and they are reporting on old news
And I have seen that happen a few times but there is usually a large strip of words at the bottom of the screen saying "previously recorded" or some other warning to be aware this is not current.
Quote: darkozQuote: GenoDRPhQuote: rxwineQuote: avianrandyI was thinking he died March of this year for some reasonQuote: rxwineGeorge Foreman
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Just screwy Ai I guess. Now that i think about, I've seen death announcements before that were old already. Guess this is the future.
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Am I the only one who ever reads the byline and date of a news article or death notice or obituary?
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It shouldn't be necessary if news was reported timely. Imagine turning on the evening news and they are reporting on old news
And I have seen that happen a few times but there is usually a large strip of words at the bottom of the screen saying "previously recorded" or some other warning to be aware this is not current.
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Yeah, I'm not used to it either. I really don't check dates, unless I'm specifically looking for something archived. (algorithm say, he was reading about death, show him more deaths <-----theory.)
I would use an anonymous type browser or setting where it doesn't monitor one's interest but I sometimes find it useful even with all the unwanted topics and related ads.
Quote: ThatDonGuyThe Confederates' armies used different battle flags. The Armies of Northern Virginia and Tennessee used the one most people recognize; however, the Army of the Trans-Mississippi (the troops that fought in, for example, Texas) switched the red and blue.
I once was going to suggest that southerners replace the ANV flag with one that reversed the colors as their "flag of southern pride" before discovering that it was the flag of the ATM.
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Good argument. Okay, I'll give you the 13.
Quote: billryanSometimes it isn't easy to tell when an article was written or posted. I was reading a political article about trump when there were hyperlinks to other stories. I clicked on one that spoke about an unpleasant incident I hadn't heard about. After reading the link, I wanted confirmation so I googled the article, and only then did I see the article was from 2021.
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You can read the date on the top of the article. Any article worth reading has the date on top.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: billryanSometimes it isn't easy to tell when an article was written or posted. I was reading a political article about trump when there were hyperlinks to other stories. I clicked on one that spoke about an unpleasant incident I hadn't heard about. After reading the link, I wanted confirmation so I googled the article, and only then did I see the article was from 2021.
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You can read the date on the top of the article. Any article worth reading has the date on top.
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Nothing I hate more than reading an article and then finding it was written in 2009.
I encourage people to take a few moments to confirm the dates, and include them if possible.
Quote: DieterIt is surprisingly easy to overlook an obituary that doesn't warrant front page headline publication.
I encourage people to take a few moments to confirm the dates, and include them if possible.
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Here's an example: Kenneth Colley, the actor who played Admiral Piett i the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi died 6-30-2025. I noted his death here on that date. My local newspaper, The Boston Globe, just published that news in today's paper, 7-21-2025.
Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
The actor died while on a family trip, a source confirms to PEOPLE
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Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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The movie confused test audiences, as they wanted to know if this was the future. Lucas preferred to leave the time and place unnamed, but supposedly conceded to the designation of 'long-ago and faraway'.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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The movie confused test audiences, as they wanted to know if this was the future. Lucas preferred to leave the time and place unnamed, but supposedly conceded to the designation of 'long-ago and faraway'.
Quote: rxwineQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineThis just in:
Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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I think they explain the setting before the title appears at the beginning of the feature presentation.
Quote: DieterQuote: rxwineQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineThis just in:
Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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I think they explain the setting before the title appears at the beginning of the feature presentation.
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I saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
Quote: EvenBobI saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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This post provides insight into EB's intellectual dwarfism regarding movie making. Star Wars was a true breakthrough in special effects (FX). My father's whole career in Hollywood was in manufacturing FX for almost all of the major studios and this movie showed how primitive all previous attempts were. George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic changed and expanded the FX field forever. When I saw the movie, I could not believe the absolute "reality" of what was produced on the screen.
EB's tunnel vision is blatant here.
Perhaps DarkOz might want to comment also.
tuttigym
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineThis just in:
Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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I think they explain the setting before the title appears at the beginning of the feature presentation.
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I saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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To me it was something you saw because everyone saw it. That kind of thing does not exist in our society today, but back then yeah. My mother took my brother and me to see it at an old-school, big downtown theater. I was about 8 and didn't really get what was going on. She took us because her sister said how we just had to see it.
It was harder to tune out pop-culture back then.
Quote: tuttigymQuote: EvenBobI saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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This post provides insight into EB's intellectual dwarfism regarding movie making. Star Wars was a true breakthrough in special effects (FX). My father's whole career in Hollywood was in manufacturing FX for almost all of the major studios and this movie showed how primitive all previous attempts were. George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic changed and expanded the FX field forever. When I saw the movie, I could not believe the absolute "reality" of what was produced on the screen.
EB's tunnel vision is blatant here.
Perhaps DarkOz might want to comment also.
tuttigym
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Yes star wars changed VFX forever.
I don't know that it would not have happened anyway as Spielberg was simultaneously working on Close encounters and only released a few months later.
Also computers would probably have ushered in the modern age of VFX as well. But star wars was a game changer.
It should be noted a recent screening of the original original print of Star wars was just done a month or so ago since people were clamoring to see it due to all the current versions being reworked by Lucas. The consensus was he was correct in blocking the original from distribution. Lots of effects were cheated and not noticeable then but look silly now. Computer dashboards that look like cardboard with blinking light cutouts etc. The effects groundbreaking then look tired and cheap now.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-1977-screening-version-review-1236291808/
So perhaps EB was just too jaded to be excited by cardboard cutout lights
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I saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards,
I think I was 12 when it came out and I was not a fan. I don't enjoy sci-fi.
Quote: tuttigymQuote: EvenBobI saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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This post provides insight into EB's intellectual dwarfism regarding movie making. Star Wars was a true breakthrough in special effects (FX). My father's whole career in Hollywood was in manufacturing FX for almost all of the major studios and this movie showed how primitive all previous attempts were. George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic changed and expanded the FX field forever. When I saw the movie, I could not believe the absolute "reality" of what was produced on the screen.
EB's tunnel vision is blatant here.
Perhaps DarkOz might want to comment also.
tuttigym
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Note: Bolding in quoted post was added by this moderator.
3 day suspension for personal insult.
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To me it was something you saw because everyone saw it. That kind of thing does not exist in our society today, but back then yeah. My mother took my brother and me to see it at an old-school, big downtown theater. I was about 8 and didn't really get what was going on. She took us because her sister said how we just had to see it.
It was harder to tune out pop-culture back then.
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I also miss that common culture. I was maybe 10 then Star Wars was the thing and I liked it, but I had already seen every Star Trek episode so many times my lips moved when I was watching it. So space-based sci-fi was already very familiar.
Quote: tuttigymQuote: EvenBobI saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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This post provides insight into EB's intellectual dwarfism regarding movie making. Star Wars was a true breakthrough in special effects (FX). My father's whole career in Hollywood was in manufacturing FX for almost all of the major studios and this movie showed how primitive all previous attempts were. George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic changed and expanded the FX field forever. When I saw the movie, I could not believe the absolute "reality" of what was produced on the screen.
EB's tunnel vision is blatant here.
Perhaps DarkOz might want to comment also.
tuttigym
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Special effects in movies do not impress me, never will. I look for quality of acting and there wasn't any in Star Wars. Zero zilch nada. It was a kid's movie with little talking robots with cute names and swords that had lights in them. Whistles and bells in a movie never do it for me. The old time stage actors loved to do costume dramas because they didn't have to do much acting because the costumes did all the acting. It's the same way in movies, the doodads and whistles and bells and special effects do all the acting, the actors just stand in front of a green screen and act bored and nobody notices.
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I feel a Cosby Show trivia challenge coming soon, in Warner's honor.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: tuttigymQuote: EvenBobI saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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This post provides insight into EB's intellectual dwarfism regarding movie making. Star Wars was a true breakthrough in special effects (FX). My father's whole career in Hollywood was in manufacturing FX for almost all of the major studios and this movie showed how primitive all previous attempts were. George Lucas and his Industrial Light and Magic changed and expanded the FX field forever. When I saw the movie, I could not believe the absolute "reality" of what was produced on the screen.
EB's tunnel vision is blatant here.
Perhaps DarkOz might want to comment also.
tuttigym
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Special effects in movies do not impress me, never will. I look for quality of acting and there wasn't any in Star Wars. Zero zilch nada. It was a kid's movie with little talking robots with cute names and swords that had lights in them. Whistles and bells in a movie never do it for me. The old time stage actors loved to do costume dramas because they didn't have to do much acting because the costumes did all the acting. It's the same way in movies, the doodads and whistles and bells and special effects do all the acting, the actors just stand in front of a green screen and act bored and nobody notices.
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Star Wars launched to concept of movie franchise, captivated audiences for generations, made household names out of actors with somewhat modest profiles and made George Lucas filthy rich with a net wealth north of $5 billion.
Imagine how much more successful the movie would have been if Bob liked it...
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Star Wars launched to concept of movie franchise, captivated audiences for generations, made household names out of actors with somewhat modest profiles and made George Lucas filthy rich with a net wealth north of $5 billion.
Imagine how much more successful the movie would have been if Bob liked it...
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There was an earlier movie franchise
Liking it because it is popular is perfectly legitimate. It's validating when other people like the same things you like. Everybody knows about Coke, so why do they still advertise it? It's a reward for the people who already consume the product; you see images of happy, attractive, popular people who also drink it and you feel like you're one of them. Likewise when I see a movie and then I see long lines for it, hear people raving about it, fan clubs and aftermarket, I feel like I made a great choice in seeing it.
That's one form of validation. On the other side you have the "road less traveled" picks, when you're a fan of some obscure movie or author or other art, you feel like you're a member of a rarefied elite and that's enjoyable too.
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To me it was something you saw because everyone saw it. That kind of thing does not exist in our society today, but back then yeah. My mother took my brother and me to see it at an old-school, big downtown theater. I was about 8 and didn't really get what was going on. She took us because her sister said how we just had to see it.
It was harder to tune out pop-culture back then.
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I also miss that common culture. I was maybe 10 then Star Wars was the thing and I liked it, but I had already seen every Star Trek episode so many times my lips moved when I was watching it. So space-based sci-fi was already very familiar.
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I don't know if I will miss it, but it will not come back. "Return of the Jedi" opened in late summer, IIRC. What I do remember is it was at the movie house for like six months. This place had 4 screens and that was one of the biggest, around. So 25% of your screens for a full six months! Today it would be one of 15 screens and gone in about a month at that.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineThis just in:
Obi-Wan Kenobi 57,
died in the in the year 0 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin).
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I think that may have happened a long time ago.
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On a planet far far away?
I always thought the Star Wars saga was based in the future.
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I think they explain the setting before the title appears at the beginning of the feature presentation.
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I saw the original Star Wars in the movie theater, thought absolutely nothing about it afterwards, still wonder what all the Sturm and Drang is about it. Now Indiana Jones, I saw the first movie three or four times in a movie theater it was so good. I thought Star Wars was really boring. But in those days when I had the bar in Santa Barbara I got free movie tickets from the guy who ran the promotions for all the movie theaters in Santa Barbara because he was a customer of mine. He would pay me for drinks with movie passes. I had so many that I would give them to the street bums sometimes just to make them go away. He would buy a $2 drink and give me three movie passes which were worth way more than $2. He didn't care they didn't cost him anything.
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I knew it! You’re a Trekkie…
That was a short retirement.
Quote: rxwineOzzy Osbourne. 76
That was a short retirement.
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I hated Ozzy and all he stood for when I was in high school. In college, I jammed with a reggae band that covered his music a few times. It was different, and I came away with a better appreciation for the music. I still don't know if he was a madman or a great entertainer.
RIP to a great showman.
Quote: rxwineOzzy Osbourne. 76
That was a short retirement.
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I'm 76. But I don't quite have the drug problem good old Ozzy had. I don't know how he made it into his '70s.
Quote: JohnzimboOdds that EB liked Ozzy???????
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Never heard him or saw him sing anywhere on any device. All I ever heard about was he was a druggie.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: JohnzimboOdds that EB liked Ozzy???????
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Never heard him or saw him sing anywhere on any device. All I ever heard about was he was a druggie.
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Biting the head off a live bat on stage in Des Moines and needing a rabies shot afterward may have been the greatest contribution to his fame.
Someone in the audience threw it to him and he said he thought it was a toy. I believe that because I've touched a live bat and it does have a supple feel to it, like rubber, and may play dead when grabbed by a predator.
He did do drugs as a young man but given his occupation and era, it would have been more remarkable if he hadn't.
Quote: rxwineOzzy Osbourne. 76
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That's a heavy one for me. You wouldn't think a math nerd like me would like Ozzy, but I listed to a tape of Ozzy's music all the time in high school on a Walkman. I also recall spending all night decoding wording in some kind of hieroglyphics on the Speak of the Devil album. To be honest, I should give Black Sabbath and Randy Rhodes much of the credit for the music. The music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: rxwineOzzy Osbourne. 76
That was a short retirement.
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I'm 76. But I don't quite have the drug problem good old Ozzy had. I don't know how he made it into his '70s.
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He's said he doesn't know how he made it this long either. I've never heard him talk where his brain didn't seem damaged already. Either that or he was on drugs during the interview..
Quote: WizardQuote: rxwineOzzy Osbourne. 76
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That's a heavy one for me. You wouldn't think a math nerd like me would like Ozzy, but I listed to a tape of Ozzy's music all the time in high school on a Walkman. I also recall spending all night decoding wording in some kind of hieroglyphics on the Speak of the Devil album. To be honest, I should give Black Sabbath and Randy Rhodes much of the credit for the music. The music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
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I've known a lot of metalheads and it surprised me but they are not really dark in character. The culture seems to have more of a "Death, where is your sting?" vibe to it. That's the opposite of scary.
Quote: WizardThe music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
That may be the most surprising thing that I have ever read on this site.
Although I believe we are the same age, I don't think I would know a single song of his.
Quote: DRichQuote: WizardThe music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
That may be the most surprising thing that I have ever read on this site.
Although I believe we are the same age, I don't think I would know a single song of his.
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I ignored Black Sabbath in that entire genre of music, has no appeal to me at all. I'm a Frank Sinatra and classical music fan and what's funny is Frank Sinatra loved classical music. He had hundreds of record albums and even taught himself how to conduct an orchestra.
crazy train...going off the walls on a crazy trainQuote: DRichQuote: WizardThe music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
That may be the most surprising thing that I have ever read on this site.
Although I believe we are the same age, I don't think I would know a single song of his.
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichQuote: WizardThe music took me to a dark place that I liked and still enjoy from time to time.
That may be the most surprising thing that I have ever read on this site.
Although I believe we are the same age, I don't think I would know a single song of his.
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I ignored Black Sabbath in that entire genre of music, has no appeal to me at all. I'm a Frank Sinatra and classical music fan and what's funny is Frank Sinatra loved classical music. He had hundreds of record albums and even taught himself how to conduct an orchestra.
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My understanding is that there is considerable respect for classical music within the metal community. Not just Yngwie Malmsteen or the Metallica symphony concerts, but other forms of classical music as well.
Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBob
I ignored Black Sabbath in that entire genre of music, has no appeal to me at all. I'm a Frank Sinatra and classical music fan and what's funny is Frank Sinatra loved classical music. He had hundreds of record albums and even taught himself how to conduct an orchestra.
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My understanding is that there is considerable respect for classical music within the metal community. Not just Yngwie Malmsteen or the Metallica symphony concerts, but other forms of classical music as well.
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Oh yes, and not just metal either. A lot of rock in general is structurally the same as classical music but with percussion and instruments that are only recently invented. I listen to both and hear one in the other all the time. Respighi may have invented the syncopated rock beat in the early 20th century in Pines of Rome.
Quote: AutomaticMonkeyQuote: DieterQuote: EvenBob
I ignored Black Sabbath in that entire genre of music, has no appeal to me at all. I'm a Frank Sinatra and classical music fan and what's funny is Frank Sinatra loved classical music. He had hundreds of record albums and even taught himself how to conduct an orchestra.
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My understanding is that there is considerable respect for classical music within the metal community. Not just Yngwie Malmsteen or the Metallica symphony concerts, but other forms of classical music as well.
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Oh yes, and not just metal either. A lot of rock in general is structurally the same as classical music but with percussion and instruments that are only recently invented. I listen to both and hear one in the other all the time. Respighi may have invented the syncopated rock beat in the early 20th century in Pines of Rome.
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The history of music is more fascinating than any other kind of history because of the extremely intelligent people involved. The Invention and perfection of musical instruments, the writing of music, the composition of music, only geniuses are involved in this.
Even the guys in Spinal Tap knew cross-genre appreciation was real.
For the curious skeptics, Yngwie Malmsteen playing Black Star with the Air on a G String prelude is informative. (Listen to the audience reaction.)
- Name the five Cosby children.
- In which season was actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Claire, pregnant?
- Which character has dyslexia?
- How many years apart in age are the actresses who play Claire and daughter Sondra?
- What was the spinoff of the Cosby Show?
- What new character was added to the Cosby family in season 6?
- What was the name of Denise’s husband?
- What is Cliff’s occupation?
- What is Claire’s occupation?
- Which of the Cosby children get into trouble for getting their ear pierced?
- The Cosby’s had a funeral for whose pet and what kind?
- What celebrity do Denise and Theo meet as a result of a car accident with him/her?
- What was Cockroach’s real name?
- Where did Theo and Vanessa lose Rudy?
- Clair won second place in a contest for what?
Quote: WizardAs promised, here is my Cosby Show trivia challenge, in honor of Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
- Name the five Cosby children.
- In which season was actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Claire, pregnant?
- Which character has dyslexia?
- How many years apart in age are the actresses who play Claire and daughter Sondra?
- What was the spinoff of the Cosby Show?
- What new character was added to the Cosby family in season 6?
- What was the name of Denise’s husband?
- What is Cliff’s occupation?
- What is Claire’s occupation?
- Which of the Cosby children get into trouble for getting their ear pierced?
- The Cosby’s had a funeral for whose pet and what kind?
- What celebrity do Denise and Theo meet as a result of a car accident with him/her?
- What was Cockroach’s real name?
- Where did Theo and Vanessa lose Rudy?
- Clair won second place in a contest for what?
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14: In a poker game?
TRIVIA: Few stations wanted the spinoff in syndication, but Cosby said they could not buy TCS unless they took the spinoff.
Quote: WizardAs promised, here is my Cosby Show trivia challenge, in honor of Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
- Name the five Cosby children.
- In which season was actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Claire, pregnant?
- Which character has dyslexia?
- How many years apart in age are the actresses who play Claire and daughter Sondra?
- What was the spinoff of the Cosby Show?
- What new character was added to the Cosby family in season 6?
- What was the name of Denise’s husband?
- What is Cliff’s occupation?
- What is Claire’s occupation?
- Which of the Cosby children get into trouble for getting their ear pierced?
- The Cosby’s had a funeral for whose pet and what kind?
- What celebrity do Denise and Theo meet as a result of a car accident with him/her?
- What was Cockroach’s real name?
- Where did Theo and Vanessa lose Rudy?
- Clair won second place in a contest for what?
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1. Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, Rudy
3. Theo
5. A Different World (on black'ish, Dre suggested to his wife that they watch this show, but starting with season 2, when it started showing what an HBCU was really like)
6. Olivia, played by Raven-Symone
7. Eldin
8. Doctor
9. Lawyer
11. Rudy's goldfish
12. Stevie Wonder
Here are some more:
1. What universities did Sondra, Denise, and Theo attend?
2. Vanessa went to what city to see a concert - and what happened to her when she got there?
3. Cliff and Claire squared off against each other in a tournament in what card game?
4. In the final episode, there is a running gag about Cliff fixing the doorbell. The final scene has it playing which song?
5. What fact in the pilot ended up being retconned?
6. The show usually has a different opening credits each season. What two were used in two seasons (bonus credit for knowing why)?
7. What character was added to the household in season 7?
