Celebrity Deaths
August 3rd, 2025 at 7:29:30 PM
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Quote: rxwineLoni Anderson.
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She seemed to peak during the WKRP run, from 1978 to 1982. That would have made me 13 to 17. Yep. Despite her name being tossed around a lot by my peers, I was never attracted to her much. Much like Ginger from Gilligan's Island, she was too gorgeous to the point of being unapproachable to a math nerd like me. No, Jan was more my speed.
RIP anyway.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
August 5th, 2025 at 6:50:38 AM
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Don't know much about the show, but these lines
Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me
are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me
are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 5th, 2025 at 6:51:27 AM
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Magic Mike.
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OR MAYBE NOT?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM5_OA-zwIa/
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 5th, 2025 at 7:48:17 AM
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wkrp was a classic show for sureQuote: MDawgDon't know much about the show, but these lines
Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me
are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
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I remember one episode in particular the station manager decided to give away turkeys for thanksgiving. However,the station did a live remote and dropped LIVE turkeys in a parking lot from.a helicopter
You can imagine horror and chaos that ensued. I think their was even a t shirt sold commemorating this event.thestation Manager who was clueless exclaimed I could have swore turkeys knew how to fly.aybe someone could find this clip on YouTube for you. The news reporter for the station was priceless with his commentary live at the remote
August 5th, 2025 at 8:03:23 AM
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Yes I've been skimming through YouTube videos and a LOT of episodes are posted on there. I feel like I know the show somewhat now.
I found one, where Herb leaves his wife and the rest want to convince him to go back to her (partly so that they won't have to take turns hosting him at their apartments), so they play like the bachelor's life isn't all it is cracked up to be (Les isn't joking actually, but the others are).
The gang is in Johnny's apartment, and Herb is asking everyone what they do for fun. He's clearly expecting to hear wild stories. Venus says he sits at home and watches a lot of TV, but sometimes when he's feeling really crazy, he goes out and picks up a...chili dog. Then Herb turns to Les.
HERB: "What do you do, Les?"
LES: "I read."
HERB: "What do you read?"
LES: "Well, my favorite author is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry."
HERB (nonplussed) "Yeah, he's good."
Season 1, Episode 15
Never Leave Me, Lucille
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742646/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCV-zjEKC7M
I found one, where Herb leaves his wife and the rest want to convince him to go back to her (partly so that they won't have to take turns hosting him at their apartments), so they play like the bachelor's life isn't all it is cracked up to be (Les isn't joking actually, but the others are).
The gang is in Johnny's apartment, and Herb is asking everyone what they do for fun. He's clearly expecting to hear wild stories. Venus says he sits at home and watches a lot of TV, but sometimes when he's feeling really crazy, he goes out and picks up a...chili dog. Then Herb turns to Les.
HERB: "What do you do, Les?"
LES: "I read."
HERB: "What do you read?"
LES: "Well, my favorite author is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry."
HERB (nonplussed) "Yeah, he's good."
Season 1, Episode 15
Never Leave Me, Lucille
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742646/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCV-zjEKC7M
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I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 5th, 2025 at 8:35:08 AM
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Quote: avianrandywkrp was a classic show for sureQuote: MDawgDon't know much about the show, but these lines
Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me
are awesome and might be what my over hundred or so exes (there was a good period when many overlapped) are thinking about me?
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I remember one episode in particular the station manager decided to give away turkeys for thanksgiving. However,the station did a live remote and dropped LIVE turkeys in a parking lot from.a helicopter
You can imagine horror and chaos that ensued. I think their was even a t shirt sold commemorating this event.thestation Manager who was clueless exclaimed I could have swore turkeys knew how to fly.aybe someone could find this clip on YouTube for you. The news reporter for the station was priceless with his commentary live at the remote
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WKRP was a dumbed-down rip-off of the movie FM. I enjoyed it, but the source material was so much better. I know people claim the two ideas occurred separately, but I've never believed that.
RIP Ms. Anderson
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August 5th, 2025 at 9:13:57 AM
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FM (1978) has an IMDb rating of 6.3 I usually don't bother with movies rated under 7 unless I am interested in the genre, and IMDb doesn't usually get it wrong (for example, Goodfellas, 8.7 , Godfather II, 9.0).
It is also a musical, which personally, I have a hard time with musicals.
Skimming through WKRP episodes, parts were brilliant, other parts tiring. But if you're trying to say that a movie that was only rated as 6.3 is better than the WKRP episodes I have watched, No.
It is also a musical, which personally, I have a hard time with musicals.
Skimming through WKRP episodes, parts were brilliant, other parts tiring. But if you're trying to say that a movie that was only rated as 6.3 is better than the WKRP episodes I have watched, No.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 5th, 2025 at 9:50:50 AM
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Quote: MDawgFM (1978) has an IMDb rating of 6.3 I usually don't bother with movies rated under 7 unless I am interested in the genre, and IMDb doesn't usually get it wrong (for example, Goodfellas, 8.7 , Godfather II, 9.0).
It is also a musical, which personally, I have a hard time with musicals.
Skimming through WKRP episodes, parts were brilliant, other parts tiring. But if you're trying to say that a movie that was only rated as 6.3 is better than the WKRP episodes I have watched, No.
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It's not a musical. The story revolves around a music format at a radio station. It's a drama. It's mostly a light-hearted comedy that takes a violent turn at the end. It was a cult classic in the 80s, often playing midnight double features with Vanishing Point. I think there was an issue with the music rights, so it isn't widely available on streaming.
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August 8th, 2025 at 1:00:43 PM
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August 12th, 2025 at 11:46:06 AM
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https://www.aol.com/danielle-spencer-whats-happening-child-172028487.html
A celebrity for a few moments, enough to warrant an article of her death.
She was the precocious kid on What's Happening which was a TV series based off of the film Cooley High if I remember correctly.
A celebrity for a few moments, enough to warrant an article of her death.
She was the precocious kid on What's Happening which was a TV series based off of the film Cooley High if I remember correctly.
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 12th, 2025 at 5:01:42 PM
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I watched What's Happening on a regular basis as a kid. Pretty cool that she wound up being a doctor of veterinary medicine.
I noticed later in life that Henry Mancini wrote the theme song!
I noticed later in life that Henry Mancini wrote the theme song!
August 12th, 2025 at 8:15:32 PM
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We just lost Danielle Louise Spencer. She was one month and one day younger than me. What's Happenin!! was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Fun show. Good chemistry between the cast. Not as heavy as Good Times, although I liked that one too.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
August 12th, 2025 at 11:01:43 PM
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Never watched the show, but this shows that she went on to make something of herself after acting jobs faded:
She went on to become a veterinarian and advocate for animals. She attended the University of California, Davis, and UCLA, and got a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tuskegee University in 1993.
She went on to become a veterinarian and advocate for animals. She attended the University of California, Davis, and UCLA, and got a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tuskegee University in 1993.
I tell you it’s wonderful to be here, man. I don’t give a damn who wins or loses. It’s just wonderful to be here with you people.
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August 13th, 2025 at 4:36:28 AM
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I went to school with Haywood Nelson, although he missed quite a bit of it. I didn't like his character or the show itself, so I barely remember this actress. It sounds like she lived a full life. RIP
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 19th, 2025 at 1:35:36 PM
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Terence Stamp died on Sunday
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August 19th, 2025 at 2:01:14 PM
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Quote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 19th, 2025 at 2:03:33 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
August 19th, 2025 at 2:27:31 PM
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Quote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 19th, 2025 at 2:37:59 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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Among many other roles, he played General Zod in the Superman movies of the 70’s & 80’s opposite Christopher Reeve as Superman.
I want to start wearing a T-shirt that reads, “Don’t feel sorry for me. I’m an AP!”
August 19th, 2025 at 2:59:23 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 19th, 2025 at 3:01:21 PM
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Quote: camaplQuote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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Among many other roles, he played General Zod in the Superman movies of the 70’s & 80’s opposite Christopher Reeve as Superman.
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He also played the Chancellor who gets removed in Star Wars: Episode I, for which the AP story didn't even bother to give the character's name (it's Valorum).
August 19th, 2025 at 4:42:36 PM
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Quote: darkoz
If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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I have not seen any of the Superman or other comic book movies. I did see the original Star Wars in 1978 but haven't seen any of the newer ones.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 19th, 2025 at 4:42:38 PM
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Quote: darkoz
If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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I have not seen any of the Superman or other comic book movies. I did see the original Star Wars in 1978 but haven't seen any of the newer ones.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 19th, 2025 at 5:27:35 PM
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Quote: DRichQuote: darkoz
If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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I have not seen any of the Superman or other comic book movies. I did see the original Star Wars in 1978 but haven't seen any of the newer ones.
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Well everyone has their tastes.
But being a thread about deaths of celebrities, you should expect the dead mentioned will have been featured in big tent-pole films from time to time.
And you are missing out on so many good films
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 20th, 2025 at 4:02:41 AM
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Quote: darkozQuote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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It wasn't a meteor, it was an atomic device Superman himself hurled into space so it would not blow up in Paris.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others
August 20th, 2025 at 10:39:03 AM
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Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: darkozQuote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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It wasn't a meteor, it was an atomic device Superman himself hurled into space so it would not blow up in Paris.
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Yeah that's right.
I was probably thinking of Gamera released by the meteor crashing into his rocket prison and flying back to earth in his sequel.
Same difference aside from the irony.
For Whom the bus tolls; The bus tolls for thee
August 20th, 2025 at 3:42:54 PM
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Judge Frank Caprio
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 21st, 2025 at 7:47:09 AM
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I was going to post this, but figured nobody would know who he was. One of his sons is dating Paula Abdul, or at least he was as of a year or two ago.
August 21st, 2025 at 8:22:37 AM
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Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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I was going to post this, but figured nobody would know who he was. One of his sons is dating Paula Abdul, or at least he was as of a year or two ago.
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He had a sort of online following. Lots of courtroom videos.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 21st, 2025 at 1:40:08 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: darkozQuote: DRichQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichQuote: darkozTerence Stamp died on Sunday
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Never heard of him.
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KNEEEEEL before Zod!!!
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I have no idea what that means.
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If you have seen Superman from 1978 and it's sequel you have seen Terence Stamp as the main bad guy. The leader of the Kryptonians who is encased in a glass frame and sent hurtling through space until a meteor breaks him and his two cohorts free to wreak havoc in part two.
If you have seen the Star Wars prequels he played the benevolent leader who is overthrown by the machinations of the Sith Lord.
He had a long film career as strong manly characters but even played against type as a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
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It wasn't a meteor, it was an atomic device Superman himself hurled into space so it would not blow up in Paris.
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Originally the nuclear missiles from Superman I were supposed to release Zod and his henchpeople, but that ending was changed so they had to cook up the nuclear bomb at the top of the Eiffel Tower scenario. There's a great website on how the terrorist plan in the beginning of Superman II makes no sense: what are the terrorists doing AT THE TOP of the tower?!
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August 21st, 2025 at 1:56:16 PM
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The guy has super-breath and super-hearing, but what doesn't make sense is the terrorist being at the top. It's best to suspend disbelief when watching a superhero movie.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 21st, 2025 at 7:14:27 PM
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Quote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 21st, 2025 at 7:33:19 PM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
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Speaking strictly for myself, 90 is well beyond my best-before date.
At this point, 64 would be amazing. Even that would have some questionably leaking condiment bottles in the back cupboard.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 22nd, 2025 at 12:52:35 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
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Well, he was 88 and was serving on the bench as recently as 2 years, well after his cancer diagnosis.I;d say he had some life left, cancer notwithstanding.
August 23rd, 2025 at 7:33:54 AM
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Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
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Speaking strictly for myself, 90 is well beyond my best-before date.
At this point, 64 would be amazing. Even that would have some questionably leaking condiment bottles in the back cupboard.
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64 would be amazing because of your health or because you think 64 is old. If you get to 64 you realize it isn't old, it's not even retirement age yet. I'm 76 and I don't consider that being all that old. I have a feeling 80 is going to be different.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 23rd, 2025 at 8:42:12 AM
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
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Speaking strictly for myself, 90 is well beyond my best-before date.
At this point, 64 would be amazing. Even that would have some questionably leaking condiment bottles in the back cupboard.
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64 would be amazing because of your health or because you think 64 is old. If you get to 64 you realize it isn't old, it's not even retirement age yet. I'm 76 and I don't consider that being all that old. I have a feeling 80 is going to be different.
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 23rd, 2025 at 11:05:52 AM
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Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: DieterJudge Frank Caprio
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There's a weird video out there from a couple days ago of him at 90, laying in a hospital bed asking his fans to pray for his recovery. For what, so he can live to be 91? We all have an expiration date, 90 seems like a pretty good one.
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Speaking strictly for myself, 90 is well beyond my best-before date.
At this point, 64 would be amazing. Even that would have some questionably leaking condiment bottles in the back cupboard.
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64 would be amazing because of your health or because you think 64 is old. If you get to 64 you realize it isn't old, it's not even retirement age yet. I'm 76 and I don't consider that being all that old. I have a feeling 80 is going to be different.
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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Medical science doubles its knowledge every 2.5 months now. Google it. This means if you can live another 5 to 10 years you can live another 25.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 23rd, 2025 at 11:16:21 AM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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Medical science doubles its knowledge every 2.5 months now. Google it. This means if you can live another 5 to 10 years you can live another 25.
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I'm not entirely sure of the correlation between medical science and life expectancy, but surgery was performed with the techniques common 10 years ago, not 10 years in the future.
(Yes, it happened 2 years ago, but the surgical team deliberately employed an older technique than the most modern science allowed for.)
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 23rd, 2025 at 11:45:59 AM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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I was in my md thirties when I had my heart attack, fortunately it was a small one. I am 59 and physically I feel like I assume a 79 year old would feel. Mentally I feel as good as I did at 25.
You can't know everything, but you can know anything.
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:06:19 PM
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Quote: DieterQuote: EvenBobQuote: Dieter
I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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Medical science doubles its knowledge every 2.5 months now. Google it. This means if you can live another 5 to 10 years you can live another 25.
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I'm not entirely sure of the correlation between medical science and life expectancy, but surgery was performed with the techniques common 10 years ago, not 10 years in the future.
(Yes, it happened 2 years ago, but the surgical team deliberately employed an older technique than the most modern science allowed for.)
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I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and we talked about this. He said medical science is getting new knowledge at an unprecedented rate and it takes a long time for it to catch up in your doctor's office but he said he learns and hears about new procedures all the time and that in two years he expects some of the things he's doing now to be looked at as the Dark Ages. That's how fast things are moving. From 1900 to 1950 medical knowledge doubled. From 1990 to 2007 it doubled. From 2007 to 2010 it doubled, now it's doubling every 2.5 months. Total human knowledge is doubling every 12 months. Medical knowledge is doubling so much faster because it's the most researched area on the planet. By the time my children are my age we won't recognize medicine anymore. And that's only 25 years away.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:39:11 PM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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I was in my md thirties when I had my heart attack, fortunately it was a small one. I am 59 and physically I feel like I assume a 79 year old would feel. Mentally I feel as good as I did at 25.
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Yeah, but you take care of yourself by eating right and exercising regularly. (:P)
If I'm to try to extend my expiration, I probably need to lose another 75 pounds, and my heart just isn't in it. I like having filling dinners too much.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:45:38 PM
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I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and we talked about this. He said medical science is getting new knowledge at an unprecedented rate and it takes a long time for it to catch up in your doctor's office but he said he learns and hears about new procedures all the time and that in two years he expects some of the things he's doing now to be looked at as the Dark Ages. That's how fast things are moving. From 1900 to 1950 medical knowledge doubled. From 1990 to 2007 it doubled. From 2007 to 2010 it doubled, now it's doubling every 2.5 months. Total human knowledge is doubling every 12 months. Medical knowledge is doubling so much faster because it's the most researched area on the planet. By the time my children are my age we won't recognize medicine anymore. And that's only 25 years away.
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The idea of "medical science" concerns me. Science is amoral, bordering on the sociopathic, and I say this having done it for a living. The scientific method alone has no argument with the Tuskegee experiments or the deeds of Josef Mengele. Science must be moderated by the humanities- such as philosophy, religion, aesthetics, civics- to be a constructive rather than destructive force in human society.
No one goes to a doctor to be an object of scientific study. They go to relieve and prevent their suffering. Medicine needs to be treated like an art first, Science can produce the tools of art, like the knowledge of pigments, binders, substrates etc. provided tools for the classical artists, but they did not make one an artist.
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:49:45 PM
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I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and we talked about this. He said medical science is getting new knowledge at an unprecedented rate and it takes a long time for it to catch up in your doctor's office but he said he learns and hears about new procedures all the time and that in two years he expects some of the things he's doing now to be looked at as the Dark Ages. That's how fast things are moving. From 1900 to 1950 medical knowledge doubled. From 1990 to 2007 it doubled. From 2007 to 2010 it doubled, now it's doubling every 2.5 months. Total human knowledge is doubling every 12 months. Medical knowledge is doubling so much faster because it's the most researched area on the planet. By the time my children are my age we won't recognize medicine anymore. And that's only 25 years away.
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The idea of "medical science" concerns me. Science is amoral, bordering on the sociopathic, and I say this having done it for a living. The scientific method alone has no argument with the Tuskegee experiments or the deeds of Josef Mengele. Science must be moderated by the humanities- such as philosophy, religion, aesthetics, civics- to be a constructive rather than destructive force in human society.
No one goes to a doctor to be an object of scientific study. They go to relieve and prevent their suffering. Medicine needs to be treated like an art first, Science can produce the tools of art, like the knowledge of pigments, binders, substrates etc. provided tools for the classical artists, but they did not make one an artist.
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Personally, I'm content being treated by a craftsman rather than an artist. I don't usually need the guy painting a picture of a house on canvas, the guy doing a good job of repainting the siding will be fine.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 23rd, 2025 at 12:59:09 PM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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I was in my md thirties when I had my heart attack, fortunately it was a small one. I am 59 and physically I feel like I assume a 79 year old would feel. Mentally I feel as good as I did at 25.
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Yeah, but you take care of yourself by eating right and exercising regularly. (:P)
If I'm to try to extend my expiration, I probably need to lose another 75 pounds, and my heart just isn't in it. I like having filling dinners too much.
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I eat a lot too. But exercise fixes everything. If you can eat until you can't eat any more, then eat some more, you can do the same with exercise. It makes you feel like you are rising from a grave to take deadly vengeance on the ailments that tormented you.
August 23rd, 2025 at 1:12:17 PM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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I was in my md thirties when I had my heart attack, fortunately it was a small one. I am 59 and physically I feel like I assume a 79 year old would feel. Mentally I feel as good as I did at 25.
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Yeah, but you take care of yourself by eating right and exercising regularly. (:P)
If I'm to try to extend my expiration, I probably need to lose another 75 pounds, and my heart just isn't in it. I like having filling dinners too much.
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I eat a lot too. But exercise fixes everything. If you can eat until you can't eat any more, then eat some more, you can do the same with exercise. It makes you feel like you are rising from a grave to take deadly vengeance on the ailments that tormented you.
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Hey, I'm just glad I've finally started to cut myself off before I have to let my belt out a notch.
May the cards fall in your favor.
August 23rd, 2025 at 1:31:18 PM
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I'm feeling pretty good for the (terrible) shape I'm in, but that would be 19 years beyond a triple bypass ("3x CABG") surgery. That's about the average survival expectancy, and I'm not feeling special enough about myself to think I'll significantly outperform the math.
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I was in my md thirties when I had my heart attack, fortunately it was a small one. I am 59 and physically I feel like I assume a 79 year old would feel. Mentally I feel as good as I did at 25.
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Yeah, but you take care of yourself by eating right and exercising regularly. (:P)
If I'm to try to extend my expiration, I probably need to lose another 75 pounds, and my heart just isn't in it. I like having filling dinners too much.
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I eat a lot too. But exercise fixes everything. If you can eat until you can't eat any more, then eat some more, you can do the same with exercise. It makes you feel like you are rising from a grave to take deadly vengeance on the ailments that tormented you.
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Hey, I'm just glad I've finally started to cut myself off before I have to let my belt out a notch.
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When I was 40 I was 100 lb overweight, runs in my family. My mother was very overweight. I lost all of it, in less than a year I was close to my ideal weight which was around 175. I put some back on 15 20 25 lb here and there in the last 35 years but now that I'm 76 I'm on a Jihad to get to my normal weight and keep it there which is only about 15 lb away. I don't want to lecture but you probably don't know what you're doing to yourself if you're 75 lb overweight. You don't feel it if you're in your 40s but you're literally killing yourself slowly. And it will pick up once you get to 50. One of the biggest things that morbid obesity does is it promotes inflammation and inflammation we now know causes a myriad of problems including heart disease and cancer. You can do it, you can lose the weight and change your life because you're still young enough but you don't want to do it yet because you don't see the incentive. I had a friend years ago who smoked four packs a day and said he couldn't quit, he tried and tried he just couldn't do it. At at age 56 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and he quit smoking that day. Didn't matter 6 months later he was dead. Point is, he found the incentive to quit. There are a bajillion types of foods out there that you can be eating beside the ones that are keeping you at 75 lb overweight. I'm an expert at this, I know what I'm talking about. I eat under a thousand calories a day now and I am never hungry. Food is a poor reason to check out early. One thing getting rid of morbid obesity does is it makes you think clearer. I had no idea this was true until I actually did it and my doctor at the time said oh yeah, morbid obesity causes you to walk around in a fog and you don't even know it. You don't know you're mentally functioning at your best until the weight is gone. There is no better feeling in the world than going from wearing a pair of 56 waist jeans to getting up in the morning and putting on a pair of 34s. To say it's a lifesaver would be trite.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
August 23rd, 2025 at 2:53:19 PM
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Don Adams, star of Get Smart and the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo, one of the first educational cartoons.
He died earlier this month but the family kept it quiet.
Rest in Peace. Get Smart was a family tradition.
He died earlier this month but the family kept it quiet.
Rest in Peace. Get Smart was a family tradition.
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 23rd, 2025 at 3:17:35 PM
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News must travel slow in Arizona.
Don Adams died in 2005
Don Adams died in 2005
August 23rd, 2025 at 3:26:31 PM
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Quote: TankoNews must travel slow in Arizona.
Don Adams died in 2005
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You are correct. I'm not sure if I was listening to an old broadcast or if the DJ was mistaken, but he did indeed die in 2005..
The older I get, the better I recall things that never happened
August 23rd, 2025 at 4:53:59 PM
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Quote: billryanQuote: TankoNews must travel slow in Arizona.
Don Adams died in 2005
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You are correct. I'm not sure if I was listening to an old broadcast or if the DJ was mistaken, but he did indeed die in 2005..
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Oh no, did you hear this? The Martians just landed in New Jersey!
