80s Pro Wrestling Legend Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea Dies<br>Chuck Mangione, RIP

80s Pro Wrestling Legend Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea Dies
Chuck Mangione, RIP

Trump tributed him as a "great friend" and "MAGA all the way."

Apparently he died of a heart attack. He was 71.

President Donald Trump has joined the masses mourning the loss of WWE legend Hulk Hogan.
Trump, who had a strong relationship with Hogan for years, which included the wrestling great speaking at the Republican National Convention last year, wrote a tribute on Truth Social for the "Hulkster."
"We lost a great friend today, the "Hulkster." Hulk Hogan was MAGA all the way -- Strong, tough, smart, but with the biggest heart," Trump wrote. "He gave an absolutely electric speech at the Republican National Convention, that was one of the highlights of the entire week. He entertained fans from all over the World, and the cultural impact he had was massive.
"To his wife, Sky, and family, we give our warmest best wishes and love. Hulk Hogan will be greatly missed!"

As many are commenting, a lot of GenX pop culture icons are dying. (As I sadly mentioned, the deaths of 70s pop icons are due to really start ramping up.)

Terry Bollea's greatest victory came not over The Undertaker or the Iron Sheik or even Jake "The Snake" Roberts but over the grotesque Venture Defamation startup Gawker.

Gawker published a revenge-porn sex tape of Bollea's, and the Hulkster -- backed by manager/trainer Peter "The Tech Avenger" Thiel -- pile-drived Gawker into actual bankruptcy.

Bollea's star had diminished considerably by 2012, when blog-era media giant Gawker published a brief clip from a stealthily recorded sex tape of Hogan and Heather Clem, then-wife of Bollea's then-best friend, radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. The clip was featured in a post by former Gawker editor in chief AJ Daulerio, a meditation on celebrity sex tapes. Just days after the sex tape's publication, Hogan sued for emotional distress and invasion of privacy. For its part, Gawker defended its inclusion of the clip by arguing that the footage was newsworthy, considering Hogan's celebrity status and past comments on his sex life.
In March 2016, a Florida jury found in favor of Hogan, awarding him $115 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. The verdict ultimately bankrupted Gawker, hastening an end to digital media's freewheeling blog era. (The website was revived in 2021 under owner Bryan Goldberg, but shuttered again just two years later.)
Perhaps more shocking than the verdict itself, however, was the revelation of who paid for the lawsuit in the first place: Two months after the smoke cleared, Forbes reported that tech billionaire Peter Thiel had been bankrolling Bollea. The former Paypal Mafia member spent roughly $10 million on the lawsuit, apparently with the aim of destroying Gawker, as revenge for outing him as gay in a 2007 post.

Hulk Hogan was, I have it on good faith, a Real American.

Am I wrong in thinking that's actually a Todd Rundgren song? (NOPE! Close though -- it's Rick Derringer. I mean, the names are close.)

Terry spoke at the RNC in 2024.

I liked this half-ironic, half-serious tribute on Always Sunny:

Late 70s jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist Chuck Mangione has also died at age 84.

"Good innings," as the Brits and Aussies say.

Posted by: Ace at 04:19 PM

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1 I was hoping to see him pile drive Barry from the ropes.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 04:21 PM (/U5Yz)

2 1st

Posted by: GF at July 24, 2025 04:21 PM (iVUs+)

3 st

Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:21 PM (TN0g+)

4 RIP

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 24, 2025 04:21 PM (aGVkf)

5 We will always have Keef

Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:21 PM (MMp6W)

6 I saw him from not very far away at the Trump rally at MSG last year. I thought he looked good for his age.

I enjoyed watching him when I was a kid and was glad to have him on the MAGA team as an adult.

Posted by: Iasonas at July 24, 2025 04:22 PM (gUzGB)

7 2 1st
Posted by: GF

Ha! Not this time bucko.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 04:22 PM (/U5Yz)

8 Allow me to nerd out for a minute but Hogan revolutionized wrestling not once, but twice.

His rise with the WWF established it as a mainstream entertainment company, but his heel turn in WCW ushered in a new era of more reality based stuff that's around today.

Pretty impressive for a dude who basically had the same look since he was like 25.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 24, 2025 04:22 PM (KbCG3)

9 To me "Hulk" was a 1-trick pony of a wrestler...until he was revealed as the 3rd member of the NWO. When THAT went down, my appreciation for him went up immensely.

Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (TN0g+)

10 When he squinted his eyes with his fingers he looked like a chinaman.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (xWxaX)

11
He was another celeb I never followed.

RIP, as I would say of anyone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (HL/Ld)

12 Oh dear!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (XV/Pl)

13 He found God, lost his way and found his way back.
Rest in Peace, may the Lord hold you in the palm of his hand, Terry Bollea.

Posted by: Inogame at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (53oGX)

14 Fun Fact - the song is a recycle. Originally wrote for the US Express. Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:23 PM (ciJ04)

15 The world is actively trying to cancel all of what was part of my '80s.
Ozzy, the Hulkster...

Who's next...they already took PeeWee.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 24, 2025 04:24 PM (R2gO3)

16 OT, but...

I'm begging you to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDHgHTho7gs

A trailer for a "new" War of the Worlds.

It was made in...2020.

It might be the worst trailer I've ever seen. It's hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

17 Were Chuck Mangione and Spyro Gyra different people?

Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:26 PM (MMp6W)

18 I'm definitely a Gen-Xer, but never really got into the pro wrestling scene. I preferred "real" sports like football and basketball. Now, I realize that they were all just entertainment, and that "rasslin'" may have been more real than anything else in the sports entertainment genre.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 24, 2025 04:26 PM (bNf8H)

19 Covid vaccines were first available in 2020... There were predictions that there'd be a spike in deaths about 5 years after, caused by the damage the vaccines did to people's bodies.

Ozzy, then Terry...
Maybe it's nothing.
Maybe it's not nothing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2025 04:26 PM (O7YUW)

20 "He was another celeb I never followed."

The only wrestlers I ever heard of are Tor Johnson and Kola Kwariani. RIP Hulk.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (VUviF)

21 RIP Thunderlips.

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (5IFb9)

22 Ozzy and the Hulkster were larger than life. Mangione and Warner RIP. The next larger than life person to pass will probably be Bruce Willis who is rapidly losing his battle. Go with God

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (8UsV6)

23 15 The world is actively trying to cancel all of what was part of my '80s.
Ozzy, the Hulkster...

Who's next...they already took PeeWee.
Posted by: Gunslinger

ABBA ?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (/U5Yz)

24 I thought Hulk Hogan did a credible job as governor of Minnesota...

...or was it Michigan?

Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (poXs5)

25 Hulk may be gone but Thunderlips lives forever.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (bNf8H)

26 RIP Hulkster

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (N1DT3)

27 To me "Hulk" was a 1-trick pony of a wrestler.

That was a Vince McMahon thing. In his AWA days against Bockwinkel he could move around and do some holds. Whenever he went to Japan he'd wrestle a bit. I'd never call him a great worker - but he could do some stuff. He was athletic - especially for his size. Steroids obviously helped a lot.

Surprised the guy made it to 71. Wrestling and Steroids are not good for your health.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (ciJ04)

28 Late 70s jazz trumpeter Chuck Mangione has also died

——

Mangione’s Bellavia is a fantastic bit of music. He named it after his grandmother.

https://youtu.be/bz2JEI6HU3Y

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (MG/ac)

29 >>>RIP Thunderlips.
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge

oh my goodness how did I forget he was Thunderlips (The Ultimate Male)?!

That's the only thing I really know him from. (Also not a wrestling guy.)

Posted by: ace at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (KRtlO)

30 Didn't really watch WWE. Only thing I remember is the Sheepherders, who did some weird arm swinging thing.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (XvL8K)

31 24 I thought Hulk Hogan did a credible job as governor of Minnesota...

...or was it Michigan?
Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (poXs5)

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You're thinking of Brett The Hitman Hart who was governor of North Dakota.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

32 Vaya Con Dios Brother

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (NtVYv)

33 I thought Hulk Hogan did a credible job as governor of Minnesota...

...or was it Michigan?
Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (poXs5)

It was Minnesota, and it was Jesse Ventura.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (N1DT3)

34 And it wasn't an incredible job.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:29 PM (N1DT3)

35 A couple of years ago bodycam footage was released from the time the police had to arrest Hogan's son for DUI. I watched the video and was impressed with how calm, understanding, and cordial he was with the police. He didn't try to get any special favors. He seemed genuinely concerned for his son.

I was very impressed by Hogan's behavior in the video.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:29 PM (lIio7)

36 Body slammed Andre the Giant.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 24, 2025 04:29 PM (Vvm2m)

37 I met Hulk Hogan completely by chance at a hotel lobby near the Buffalo International Airport back in the late ‘80s. He seemed like a nice gentleman.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at July 24, 2025 04:29 PM (Vjy1G)

38 A man who dies without a theme song is not a man.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 24, 2025 04:29 PM (KRtlO)

39 You're thinking of Brett The Hitman Hart who was governor of North Dakota.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (GBKbO)

Premier or Alberta.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 24, 2025 04:30 PM (Vvm2m)

40 >>You're thinking of Brett The Hitman Hart who was governor of North Dakota.
___
Or Jesse Ventura who was governor of Minnesota.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 24, 2025 04:30 PM (bNf8H)

41 I thought Hulk Hogan did a credible job as governor of Minnesota...

...or was it Michigan?
Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (poXs5)

Minnesota had the guy from Predator with the hat. Two Governors in one monster action movie.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (8avO+)

42
Trump literally murdered all these people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (HZi96)

43 If you're heart's already enlarged from 'roids, I can't imagine the Pfizer heart enlargement shot would help things much.

Oh well, doesn't matter.

Hulk always said G-d created those 24in. pythons, anyway, and now they're coming down on the angels in heaven, brother.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (c3YMA)

44 I'm going to rip off my T-shirt in his honor, brutha.

Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (47/pr)

45 Minnesota had the guy from Predator with the hat.

Jesse Ventura. The man was so busy he literally didn't have time to bleed.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (ciJ04)

46 42
Trump literally murdered all these people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (HZi96)

========

TO DISTRACT FROM EPSTEIN!

WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCES!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (GBKbO)

47 I met Hulk Hogan completely by chance at a hotel lobby near the Buffalo International Airport back in the late ‘80s. He seemed like a nice gentleman.
----------

I met Rick Steiner, Kevin Sullivan, and Mike Rotunda at the Dulles Airport back when they were a heel contingent. They were very polite, until Sullivan blinded me with a chair-shot.

Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

48 I thought Chuck Mangione played flugelhorn rather than trumpet. I had that one album with that one song on it.

I'm sure The James Monroe or Doof will correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:32 PM (poXs5)

49 It was Minnesota, and it was Jesse Ventura.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (N1DT3)

Jesse Ventura is asshoe.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 24, 2025 04:32 PM (g8Ew8)

50 47 I met Hulk Hogan completely by chance at a hotel lobby near the Buffalo International Airport back in the late ‘80s. He seemed like a nice gentleman.
----------

I met Rick Steiner, Kevin Sullivan, and Mike Rotunda at the Dulles Airport back when they were a heel contingent. They were very polite, until Sullivan blinded me with a chair-shot.
Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

Fun fact:

Kevin Sullivan booked his own divorce essentially by creating a storyline that saw his real-life wife start getting romantic with his in-ring competitor.

A guy by the name of Chris Benoit.

Who would later go on to marry the woman and kill her.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 24, 2025 04:33 PM (KbCG3)

51 Loved Wrestling as a kid, especially the old time Wrestlers like Haystack Calhoun, Bob Backlund, Bruno Samartino and the rest.

I recently built out the new headquarters for the WWE in Stamford.

Throughout the building, they have life sized statues of all of the Wrestling Greats, they are incredible.

It really gives you and good understanding of how big these guys were and an appreciation of how athletic these guys are to be flying off the top rope or hoisting some behemoth up to the top rope for an atomic suplex.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2025 04:33 PM (XV/Pl)

52 @48 yup Magione played the flugelhorn. He originally played trumpet but gave it up.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2025 04:33 PM (8UsV6)

53 Flugelhorn made me think of Dan Fogelberg. I wonder what ever happened to him.

Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (poXs5)

54 > I thought Chuck Mangione played flugelhorn rather than trumpet.

He's playing the flugelhorn in the video posted above. He also played trumpet and piano.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (lIio7)

55 I thought Hulk Hogan did a credible job as governor of Minnesota...

...or was it Michigan?

Posted by: muldoon at July 24, 2025 04:27 PM (poXs5)

It was Minnesota, and it was Jesse Ventura.

Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:28 PM (N1DT3)

Posted by: My cousin married a Bushwackers at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (Vc4lG)

56 muldoon,

I've heard it both ways.

but a quick search shows that you're right.

Posted by: ace at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (KRtlO)

57 OT, but...

I'm begging you to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDHgHTho7gs

A trailer for a "new" War of the Worlds.

It was made in...2020.

It might be the worst trailer I've ever seen. It's hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

I love the tagline: "IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK".

Wow, because I already thought the movie looked really bad.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (N1DT3)

58 F*ckity

Posted by: My cousin married a Bushwackers at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (Vc4lG)

59 > Flugelhorn made me think of Dan Fogelberg. I wonder what ever happened to him.

He died in 2007. Prostate cancer.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (lIio7)

60 Dan Fogelberg has been dead for about 20 years.

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (CNl8/)

61 Ventura is an idiot but he was good in Predator

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (8UsV6)

62 Todd did collaborate with Rick Derringer. I think they were neighbors.

Posted by: spongeworthy at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (CDWlY)

63 Rick Derringer and Todd Rundgren worked together on a lot of albums. They were also friends and neighbors.

Posted by: Floridacracker at July 24, 2025 04:35 PM (4qnde)

64 i'm still here beetches

Posted by: Jm J. Bullock at July 24, 2025 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

65 Doubt LA has an Olympics. Chuck Mangione was their last chance.

Posted by: Eromero at July 24, 2025 04:36 PM (jgmnb)

66 Did you ever stop and think that this would be an every day bit of info in a common news item.
tape of Hogan and Heather Clem, then-wife of Bollea's then-best friend, radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge.
Followed by something like this.
The former Paypal Mafia member spent roughly $10 million on the lawsuit, apparently with the aim of destroying Gawker, as revenge for outing him as gay

Gotta say modern times has taken me bg surprise, it has.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 24, 2025 04:36 PM (RE0lB)

67 >>63 Rick Derringer and Todd Rundgren worked together on a lot of albums. They were also friends and neighbors.

huh!

They probably bonded over having similar names.

Posted by: ace at July 24, 2025 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

68 The only person to make the New World Order not just awesome, but he made it just…too…sweeeeeeeet!

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 24, 2025 04:36 PM (PC5DH)

69 Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor.

Negative. In his younger days, he picked a fight at a Waffle House in Memphis. I am not making this up and you can find this yourself. Randy Savage was every bit as out of control in real life as you saw on screen.

So the dumb ass picks the fight in the Waffle House, and the other guy pulls a knife. So Savage grabs ... a butter knife. And proceeds to getting his ass carved up.

Then, when Memphis Police show up, he wants to fight them. So they put the dogs on him. And he gets his ass chewed up after being cut up.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:37 PM (ciJ04)

70
He also destroyed Gawker. He should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this alone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:37 PM (HZi96)

71 Hulk always said G-d created those 24in. pythons, anyway, and now they're coming down on the angels in heaven, brother.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:31 PM (c3YMA)

I read that in the hulkster's voice.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:37 PM (N1DT3)

72 Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor.

Posted by: My cousin married a Bushwackers at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (Vc4lG)

I'd love to see him and Rick Flair in a debate.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (N1DT3)

73

>>A trailer for a "new" War of the Worlds.

I'll have you know that I have a Laserdisc copy of the original War of The Worlds.

It's pretty much the best edition and transfer I've seen and I've seen it projected in a.... CINEMA!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (XV/Pl)

74 During the trial of Judas Priest for "causing" an attempted suicide, Denis Leary asked "does that mean I can sue Dan Fogelberg for turning me into a pussy in the 70s?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (8UsV6)

75 He also destroyed Gawker. He should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this alone.
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I read that in Gilbert Gottfried's voice.

Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (TN0g+)

76 I was always a Rowdy Roddy Piper guy, myself. But he's been gone awhile now. Jimmy Snuka said he gave him permanent brain damage when he cracked that coconut on his head.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (c3YMA)

77 Pardon my poor memory, but isn't this the guy who sued the widow of a guy who put one line in a book that Hogan sued over and got all the proceeds of the book from the widow?

Posted by: tjpruett at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (T7m9r)

78 The Gawker story was true? So that's why he sued for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, instead of defamation?

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (VUviF)

79 And another thing:

Park Chan-Wook, director of JSA, Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Thirst, Decision to Leave, Lady Vengeance, and...I'm a Cyborg and that's Alright (I haven't seen that one) has a new movie coming out.

No Other Choice:

https://is.gd/fGxEQF

I'm excite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (GBKbO)

80 I wonder if the Hulkster will go face or heel on Saint Peter.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (PC5DH)

81 A some point we have to consider what kind of world we will leave for Keith Richards.

It's sobering.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (jc0TO)

82 "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum." -- 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Posted by: SMOD at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (RHGPo)

83 Wasn't Mangione a running joke on King of the Hill?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (1tQZO)

84 73 I'll have you know that I have a Laserdisc copy of the original War of The Worlds.

It's pretty much the best edition and transfer I've seen and I've seen it projected in a.... CINEMA!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (XV/Pl)

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*Norman Rockwell man at a union meeting painting*

Laserdisc looks like shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

85 I believe the next governor of Minnesota will be the Iron Sheikh.

The choice of Methodists, commies and Somalis.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (wBaIH)

86 OT, but...

I'm begging you to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDHgHTho7gs

A trailer for a "new" War of the Worlds.

It was made in...2020.

It might be the worst trailer I've ever seen. It's hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

Nothing says excitement more than yelling repeatedly at a computer screen or cellphone.

Those Martian bastards are upping your roaming charges to another planet!!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (iJfKG)

87 78 The Gawker story was true? So that's why he sued for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, instead of defamation?
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (VUviF)

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Well, they didn't invent the video.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

88 He also destroyed Gawker. He should get the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this alone.
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I read that in Gilbert Gottfried's voice.
Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 04:38 PM (TN0g+)

And now I did too and almost choked from holding in my guffaw at work.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (N1DT3)

89
Then, when Memphis Police show up, he wants to fight them. So they put the dogs on him. And he gets his ass chewed up after being cut up.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:37 PM (ciJ04)

__________

Wanted his hash browns chunked and they brought them capped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (HZi96)

90 Just waiting for the Left to start dancing on the graves of the dead, as usual. If Hulk Hogan was MAGA, they'll think up every imaginable way to disrespect, dishonor and defame his memory.

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 04:41 PM (pMi6S)

91 If one wants to hear great stuff beyond the fluff of "Feels So Good" check out "Hill Where the Lord Hides", "Legend of the One Eyed Sailor", and "Children of Sanchez".

If you want to listen to Chuck's other big hit, look up "Give it All You Got."

Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2025 04:41 PM (47/pr)

92 Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor.

Posted by: My cousin married a Bushwackers at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (Vc4lG)

I'd love to see him and Rick Flair in a debate.

"Wooooo!!"

"YEAH!!!"

"WOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

"YEAHHHHH!!!!!

etc, etc.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 24, 2025 04:41 PM (/y8xj)

93 @84

>>Laserdisc looks like shit.

Actually, Laserdisc viewed on a Sony HDTV CRT looks absolutely amazeballz.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 24, 2025 04:41 PM (XV/Pl)

94 I was always a Rowdy Roddy Piper guy, myself.

It was all "fake" - but still hard. A rough life. I never understood how they could work out, travel five days a week, and still eat right on the road. Again, steroids had to help. And muscle relaxers - which is how some of them die.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (ciJ04)

95 Randy Savage as I recall was a minor league baseball player for a while. Roids made him a wrestler

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (8UsV6)

96 > The Gawker story was true?

They published a sex tape Hogan said he wasn't aware was being filmed.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (lIio7)

97 87 Kinda sucks to get sued for reporting the truth. Maybe Gawker should have asked for a bench trial instead of a jury.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (VUviF)

98 Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor.

Posted by: My cousin married a Bushwackers at July 24, 2025 04:34 PM (Vc4lG)

I'd love to see him and Rick Flair in a debate.

"Wooooo!!"

"YEAH!!!"

"WOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

"YEAHHHHH!!!!!

etc, etc.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 24, 2025 04:41 PM (/y8xj)

Oddbob gets it.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (N1DT3)

99 Of course, Snuka used that coconut brain damage story to evade conviction on a murder he almost definitely did, so i guess Piper did him a real favor, in the end.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:43 PM (c3YMA)

100 His rise with the WWF established it as a mainstream entertainment company, but his heel turn in WCW ushered in a new era of more reality based stuff that's around today.
---
The NWO and also the NWO Wolfpack was some of the most entertaining wrestling storylines.

Guess who wrote the NWO Wolfpack theme song--which is a solid, slapping banger:
Jimmy Hart

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2025 04:43 PM (1tQZO)

101 It might be the worst trailer I've ever seen. It's hilarious.

Honestly, the part that annoyed me the most was the repeated use of "data" with a singular verb "is."

Posted by: Oddbob at July 24, 2025 04:43 PM (/y8xj)

102 It’s been a tough week for us Gen Xers.
First Ozzy, now Hulk Hogan.

Posted by: Jmel at July 24, 2025 04:44 PM (bVhJi)

103 Best episode of Hulk Hogan's TV show is when he was taking a shower and he told his fat bitch of a now ex-wife to get there and shave his back for him.

Which she did.

Posted by: Jerry and Jack Brisco, World Champions at July 24, 2025 04:44 PM (G3G8A)

104 Oddbob gets it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:42 PM (N1DT3)

Maybe also toss in "Hey FREAKSHOW! You're going nowhere. I've got you for 3 minutes of PLAYTIME"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

105 Wanted his hash browns chunked and they brought them capped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:40 PM (HZi96)

By all accounts - no. An off shift cook came in to announce he just got engaged. And Savage took offense that his food was getting delayed as everyone patted the cook on the back.

Savage was a special fellow. Special as in folks like him need that kind of business, so they can find something to do instead of going to jail or getting shot.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:45 PM (ciJ04)

106 Michael Franks wrote the soundtrack of the first intimate encounters of the older Gen Xers. I can't remember who we listened to later on when we had girlfriends.

Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (MMp6W)

107 That was Jesse ventura

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (TEi+a)

108 And another thing:

Park Chan-Wook, director of JSA, Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Thirst, Decision to Leave, Lady Vengeance, and...I'm a Cyborg and that's Alright (I haven't seen that one) has a new movie coming out.

No Other Choice:

https://is.gd/fGxEQF

I'm excite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM (GBKbO)

Speaking of the Wookster-

After seeing Lady Vengeance again about a month ago,

I now regard it as a superior movie to Oldboy.

Maybe his best movie.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (iJfKG)

109 BatBoy sues Enquirer for infliction of emotional distress; hasn't been able to scream wide-eyed at all, since he first saw his photo splashed all over their front page.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (VUviF)

110 > Wasn't Mangione a running joke on King of the Hill?

There are frequent Mangione appearances, and his "Feels so good" flugelhorn notes get played a lot.

Mangione knocks out an insufferable wiener anger management class teacher in one episode for spelling his name wrong on the diploma.

Mangione also appears in an episode where Dale is brought in to kill rats at the Mega Lo Mart. It turns out Mangione is secretly living in the store after he signs a contract that requires him to be at every Mega Lo Mart opening, and they open hundreds of stores per year.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:47 PM (lIio7)

111 108 Speaking of the Wookster-

After seeing Lady Vengeance again about a month ago,

I now regard it as a superior movie to Oldboy.

Maybe his best movie.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (iJfKG)

=======

I haven't seen Lady Vengeance in forever. That trilogy is just really hard to track down in the US.

I bought the 4K of Oldboy from England a couple of years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (GBKbO)

112 That was Jesse ventura

They're dug in tighter than an Alabama Tick.

I liked Jesse back in the day.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (ciJ04)

113 Wasn't Mangione a running joke on King of the Hill?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I think it ended with him haunting the Mega-Lo-Mart, Phantom of the Opera-style.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (4DY5T)

114 >>>They probably bonded over having similar names.

"Pretty cool, eh? I'll bet some bloggers will confuse us!"

"Hootchie-coo! LMAO!"

Posted by: spongeworthy at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (CDWlY)

115 Larger than life.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (wVcYX)

116 I have come to sign laws and kick ass and I'm all out of laws.

Posted by: Governor Roddy Piper at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (jc0TO)

117 So, over the last few days, I've pissed off someone on X.

I don't do much on X, but I do let Bleeding Fool repost my reviews when they ask.

Right now, they're going through my Godzilla movies.

This caught the attention of someone who now responds to each of these posts wondering how gay I am.

Ignoring him for a few days, I decided to just check out his profile Who is this guy? And what do I find? A series of posts where he says the exact same thing about Hulk Hogan being a worthless piece of MAGA shit.

So...a leftist who...doesn't like my opinion of Godzilla movies thinks it's a good thing for him to attack me for being...gay because I...don't like Godzilla movies enough.

It's just...fascinating...Mostly how the mute button works.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

118 Flugelhornist !

Posted by: Hare lip at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (63Dwl)

119 I haven't seen Lady Vengeance in forever. That trilogy is just really hard to track down in the US.

I bought the 4K of Oldboy from England a couple of years ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:48 PM (GBKbO)

I believe LV's still on Shudder if you have that orrr
want to sign up for a trial viewing dealio.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (iJfKG)

120 Michael Franks wrote the soundtrack of the first intimate encounters of the older Gen Xers. I can't remember who we listened to later on when we had girlfriends.
Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (MMp6W

Wait, wut? I didn't know older Gen Xers rolled like that.

*gives side-eye to the Horde*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (c3YMA)

121 Both Chuck Mangione and Hulk Hogan were on "The Simpsons."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (JvZF+)

122 I can't remember the name of the guy. He was a sniper, I think and his wife wrote about him. Maybe Chris something?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (TEi+a)

123 mourning the loss of WWE legend Hulk Hogan.

Heard a caller on the radio point out that both Hulk and Ozzie are in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (VM1VU)

124 > I think it ended with him haunting the Mega-Lo-Mart, Phantom of the Opera-style.

Yep. It's a great episode. "Megalo Dale" S07e10.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (lIio7)

125 BatBoy sues Enquirer for infliction of emotional distress; hasn't been able to scream wide-eyed at all, since he first saw his photo splashed all over their front page.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24,
2025 04:46 PM (VUviF)

I believe BatBoy was a Weekly World News feature.

I liked the Story about the Russians drilling into Hell. It supposedly quoted a Vatican representative for confirmation.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (8avO+)

126 That was Jesse ventura
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (TEi+a)

Who ain't got time to bleed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (wVcYX)

127 If one wants to hear great stuff beyond the fluff of "Feels So Good" check out "Hill Where the Lord Hides", "Legend of the One Eyed Sailor", and "Children of Sanchez".

If you want to listen to Chuck's other big hit, look up "Give it All You Got."
Posted by: Minuteman at July 24, 2025

***
I have this idea that he recorded for A & M Records, Herb Alpert's outfit. True?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (omVj0)

128 I'm not a fan a '70s/'80s jazz-pop, but that's no shade on Chuck Mangione-- just my musical preference. I concede that he was a top-notch trumpeter, even if I didn't like his entire genre.

Early-mid '60s jazz pop --I'm OK with that.Vince Guaraldi, Herb Alpert, Martin Denny -- that's cool.

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation — his arrangements were in retrospect genius, managing to be but simple and catchy at the same time, with pitch-perfect sound clarity as well. He had a talent for taking previously boring or dreary songs, and making them suddenly hip and upbeat -- in particular "What Now My Love" and "A Taste of Honey," which he transformed from suicide dirges to snappy dance hits.

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (pMi6S)

129 Who ain't got time to bleed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (wVcYX)

He did have time to duck, though.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:52 PM (N1DT3)

130 "I've pissed off someone on X."

That's the only place I haven't pissed anyone off yet. They love me long time.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:52 PM (VUviF)

131 mourning the loss of WWE legend Hulk Hogan.

Heard a caller on the radio point out that both Hulk and Ozzie are in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Posted by: t-bird at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (VM1VU)

Like Trump. It's a trifecta!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 24, 2025 04:53 PM (wVcYX)

132 It's just...fascinating...Mostly how the mute button works.

Your taste in movies sucks. Prometheus ? Really ?

But I never thought you were gay.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:53 PM (ciJ04)

133 77 Pardon my poor memory, but isn't this the guy who sued the widow of a guy who put one line in a book that Hogan sued over and got all the proceeds of the book from the widow?
Posted by: tjpruett at July 24, 2025 04:39 PM

That was Jesse Ventura. I believe it was Chris Kyle's estate that was sued.

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 24, 2025 04:53 PM (rbKZ6)

134 128 I'm not a fan a '70s/'80s jazz-pop, but that's no shade on Chuck Mangione-- just my musical preference. I concede that he was a top-notch trumpeter, even if I didn't like his entire genre.

Early-mid '60s jazz pop --I'm OK with that.Vince Guaraldi, Herb Alpert, Martin Denny -- that's cool.

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation — his arrangements were in retrospect genius, managing to be but simple and catchy at the same time, with pitch-perfect sound clarity as well. He had a talent for taking previously boring or dreary songs, and making them suddenly hip and upbeat -- in particular "What Now My Love" and "A Taste of Honey," which he transformed from suicide dirges to snappy dance hits.
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 04:51 PM (pMi6S)

...and not to mention, Herb Alpert had one of the most famous album covers ever. Check out 'Whipped Cream and Other Delights' for confirmation.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM (0CU3H)

135 RIP Brother.

Randy Savage and Andre the Giant are waiting for their rematch at that big mat in the sky.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM (lCHt6)

136
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

__________

Aren't you supposed to be a glowie too?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM (HZi96)

137 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

__________

Aren't you supposed to be a glowie too?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM

and he has a hump.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)

138 136
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

__________

Aren't you supposed to be a glowie too?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM (HZi96)

======

Only here, and only when I prioritize other policy goals other than pure deficit reduction in budget bills.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (GBKbO)

139 Worldwide Starlink outage. Aliens? Russians?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (pydbk)

140 'I liked the Story about the Russians drilling into Hell.'

Imma dig that one out! I got all the back issues in the basement.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (VUviF)

141 Michael Franks wrote the soundtrack of the first intimate encounters of the older Gen Xers. I can't remember who we listened to later on when we had girlfriends.
Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:46 PM (MMp6W

"Popsicle Toes"?

Really???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=OUghAJZ07nM&list=RDOUghAJZ07nM&start_ra

dio=1

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (iJfKG)

142 Early-mid '60s jazz pop --I'm OK with that.Vince Guaraldi, Herb Alpert, Martin Denny -- that's cool.

--------

Stan Getz. Even by the standards of entertainers, that guy was a vile, animalistic sonofabitch. If he couldn't play a mean saxophone, he'd have been clapped in an iron mask and locked up in a mountain fastness.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (c3YMA)

143 Now the Rule of 3 has been fulfilled: Ozzy, Hulk, and Chuck Mangione

Posted by: kallisto at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (PNiSZ)

144 Mangione - he did the instrumental? That one tune about 1977 they ran into the dirt on the radio correct? Sounds like theme song? Usually paired with the theme from SWAT or something like that?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (BWpBM)

145 Apropos of nothing, FedEx sucks donkey balls in my area.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (jc0TO)

146 "But I never thought you were gay."

And everybody knows you like Godzilla movies just fine.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (VUviF)

147 I met Hulk Hogan completely by chance at a hotel lobby near the Buffalo International Airport back in the late ‘80s. He seemed like a nice gentleman.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta

Funny, I shared a ride with Terry Bradshaw from the Kona airport to the hotel. Also a very nice guy, and smaller than I expected.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (Vfq+S)

148 146 "But I never thought you were gay."

And everybody knows you like Godzilla movies just fine.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (VUviF)

=====

Some people take movies too seriously, ya know?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

149 I still love to listen to Earth Wind and Fire, the crusaders, tower of power...

Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (MMp6W)

150 Worldwide Starlink outage. Aliens? Russians?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (pydbk)

Russian Aliens

https://tinyurl.com/mryhzehr

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (N1DT3)

151 147 Funny, I shared a ride with Terry Bradshaw from the Kona airport to the hotel. Also a very nice guy, and smaller than I expected.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (Vfq+S)

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Terry Bradshaw?! The Terry Bradshaw?!

The star of John Frankenheimer's Black Sunday?!

That Terry Bradshaw?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

152 Now the Rule of 3 has been fulfilled: Ozzy, Hulk, and Chuck Mangione
Posted by: kallisto at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM

Hulk starts the new 3. Malcolm Jamal-Warner drowned first.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)

153 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation.

Recommend watching the doc on the L.A. session musicians The Wrecking Crew. Those guys played on everything. Herb Alpert has a part to play in it. They were the Tijuana Brass, and none of them were from TJ.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (MZ+PY)

154 'Some people take movies too seriously, ya know?'

Yeah, I get that all the time.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (VUviF)

155 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation — his arrangements were in retrospect genius, managing to be but simple and catchy at the same time, with pitch-perfect sound clarity as well. He had a talent for taking previously boring or dreary songs, and making them suddenly hip and upbeat -- in particular "What Now My Love" and "A Taste of Honey," which he transformed from suicide dirges to snappy dance hits.
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025

***
Yesss! His version of "Town Without Pity" is dynamite, and "Treasure of San Miguel" on the same album deserves to be used as a theme song or movie soundtrack.

The first album I ever bought was Whipped Cream and Other Delights\, with "A Taste of Honey" on it . . . and a slow but hot version of "Love Potion No. 9." Strippers all along Bourbon Street used it for their dance/pole music for years; maybe still do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (omVj0)

156
Check out 'Whipped Cream and Other Delights' for confirmation.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 24, 2025 04:54 PM (0CU3H)

__________

"Sorry we can't play the album cover for you."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 04:58 PM (HZi96)

157 Recommend watching the doc on the L.A. session musicians The Wrecking Crew.

Glen Campbell. Greatest Guitar Player Pick Style I think ever. And I do not think it is close.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 04:58 PM (ciJ04)

158 157 Recommended.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:59 PM (VUviF)

159 The NWO and also the NWO Wolfpack was some of the most entertaining wrestling storylines.

Guess who wrote the NWO Wolfpack theme song--which is a solid, slapping banger:
Jimmy Hart
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2025 04:43 PM (1tQZO)

The Wrestling Wars during the 90s had some really funny story lines that COULD not be done today.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 24, 2025 04:59 PM (5NVPs)

160 LOL, Trump tours the Taj Mahal new Fed Building.

Wearing a hard hat.

Pulls out the report of the cost over-run and hands it to Powell, what's this shit all about?

"Do you expect any more cost over-runs?"
"I'd generally fire a project manager with cost over-runs."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2025 04:59 PM (1tQZO)

161 This is not something. I mean, really, it is completely fake

Han Solo P.I

youtu.be/rYntjR4-pY4?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2025 05:00 PM (D7oie)

162 'I liked the Story about the Russians drilling into Hell.'

Imma dig that one out! I got all the back issues in the basement.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 04:55 PM (VUviF)
---
They dug to greedy and too deep.

Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2025 05:00 PM (krQz2)

163 It is dusty here. Real dusty. Fuck.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 24, 2025 05:01 PM (XvL05)

164 "Do you expect any more cost over-runs?"
"I'd generally fire a project manager with cost over-runs."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 24, 2025 04:59 PM (1tQZO)

LOL.. It was hilarious.. Powell looked like the little weasel he is...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:01 PM (VE6XX)

165 153 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation.

Recommend watching the doc on the L.A. session musicians The Wrecking Crew. Those guys played on everything. Herb Alpert has a part to play in it. They were the Tijuana Brass, and none of them were from TJ.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM

I loved that documentary. "Mr. A and Mr. M" is also a great documentary about A&M Records, which was started by Herb Alpert.

Another great documentary is "Echo in the Canyon"

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 24, 2025 05:02 PM (rbKZ6)

166 People are really upset over Hulk Hogan dying, eh, okay. I feel bad for his family. I feel even less about that kid from the Cosby show, I never watched it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:02 PM (dfIr7)

167 [The first album I ever ~~bought~~ looked at under the covers with a flashlight was Whipped Cream and Other Delights
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 05:02 PM (pMi6S)

168 This is not something. I mean, really, it is completely fake

Han Solo P.I

youtu.be/rYntjR4-pY4?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2025 05:00 PM (D7oie)

Now they need a Magnum Theme set to John Williams

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:02 PM (8avO+)

169 How bad does a movie have to be even a trailer can't save it?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at July 24, 2025 05:02 PM (tT6L1)

170 I drove by a house today that had a sign on lawn:
RIP Ozzy, see you on the Other Side

Posted by: kallisto at July 24, 2025 05:03 PM (LC+jj)

171 Herb Alpert was great, I very much liked his Latin-infused jazz stuff.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:03 PM (dfIr7)

172 That chic on the Herb Alpert cover ? I hope she married well. She was fine.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:03 PM (ciJ04)

173 53 Flugelhorn made me think of Dan Fogelberg. I wonder what ever happened to him.

Muldoon,
Dan Folgeberg died several years ago. I was very sad. I got to hear his acoustic concert in 1986, and he was terrific.
Fun fact: the opening of "Same Auld Lang Syne" is modeled on "The 1812 Overture."

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 24, 2025 05:04 PM (USyCi)

174 149 I still love to listen to Earth Wind and Fire, the crusaders, tower of power...
Posted by: oglebay at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM

EW&F and ToP are two of my favorites. I think I have every album that EW&F released.

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 24, 2025 05:04 PM (rbKZ6)

175 They dug to greedy and too deep.
Posted by: Axeman at July 24, 2025 05:00 PM (krQz2)

They sent a mike down and heard the screams of the damned.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:04 PM (8avO+)

176
Herb Alpert was great, I very much liked his Latin-infused jazz stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:03 PM (dfIr7)

_________

Is great.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 05:04 PM (HZi96)

177 Yes; Chuck Mangione was with A & M Records from 1975 to '81-'82.

A & M had a solid track record. (The "A" stood for Alpert; he and Jerry Moss, the "M," formed the company.). They recorded acts like the Carpenters, Mangione, the Captain and Tennille, Hoyt Axton, Stealers Wheel, and Billy Preston. Later, Sting, the Police, the Go-Gos, and Joe Jackson ("Steppin' Out").

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (omVj0)

178 “The Strange But Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon” by Dave McGowan is an absolute must read, if you’ve any interest whatsoever in the 1960s music.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (DSQyT)

179 'The Kola Super Deep Borehole reached a maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) in 1989.'

Not Hell, but you can feel it from there. I encourage the Russians to revive the project, and to use nuclear explosives. Because Science.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VUviF)

180 Fun fact: the opening of "Same Auld Lang Syne" is modeled on "The 1812 Overture."
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 24, 2025 05:04 PM (USyCi)

Is that a Christmas song ? If it is what I'm thinking of I never knew who sang it..

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)

181 Herb Alpert was great, I very much liked his Latin-infused jazz stuff.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:03 PM (dfIr7)
_________

Is great.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025

***
Wiki says he's ninety years old now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (omVj0)

182 Herb Alpert was great, I very much liked his Latin-infused jazz stuff.

They were very tight. Wasn't my style, exactly, but good grief - you only had to listen to hear how tight they were. In the good way. Everything on cue. On beat. Really good players.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (ciJ04)

183 Chuck Mangione too? I saw him in a small venue concert in the late 70's, only about 200 in the audience, he was an incredible musician.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (uWKK8)

184 38 Special was also on A&M

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (CNl8/)

185 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation.

Recommend watching the doc on the L.A. session musicians The Wrecking Crew. Those guys played on everything. Herb Alpert has a part to play in it. They were the Tijuana Brass, and none of them were from TJ.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 24, 2025 04:57 PM (MZ+PY)
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Alpert is the only musician to score a #1 hit as a vocalist and an instrumental ("Rise.").

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (ZOv7s)

186
Not Hell, but you can feel it from there. I encourage the Russians to revive the project, and to use nuclear explosives. Because Science.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VUviF)

_________

Admit it. You just want to set off a nuke.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (HZi96)

187 How bad does a movie have to be even a trailer can't save it?
Posted by: blake

"In a world where awful premises are greenlighted. . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (cYBz/)

188 179 'The Kola Super Deep Borehole reached a maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) in 1989.'

That would be a helluva name for a girlfriend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:06 PM (uWKK8)

189 178 “The Strange But Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon” by Dave McGowan is an absolute must read, if you’ve any interest whatsoever in the 1960s music.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM

You would love "Echo in the Canyon" if you haven't seen it yet.

Posted by: Moonbeam at July 24, 2025 05:07 PM (rbKZ6)

190 Macho Man Randy Savage would have made a good Governor

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper would have made a great Governor, but only if he was wearing sunglasses!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 24, 2025 05:07 PM (tGVts)

191 Is that a Christmas song ? If it is what I'm thinking of I never knew who sang it..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)
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It gets played over the holidays, but it's not a Christmas song per se. Dan Fogelberg said it was based on a true story.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:08 PM (ZOv7s)

192 ---
It gets played over the holidays, but it's not a Christmas song per se. Dan Fogelberg said it was based on a true story.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:08 PM (ZOv7s)

I really like it...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:08 PM (VE6XX)

193 Jeff Dunetz from 'The Lid' blog also just passed away.
The man could turn a wicked phrase.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 24, 2025 05:08 PM (Ft5W9)

194 Hulk Hogan was, I have it on good faith, a Real American.

I'll be the judge of that.

Posted by: Sean Hannity at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (M0V4/)

195 So...a leftist who...doesn't like my opinion of Godzilla movies thinks it's a good thing for him to attack me for being...gay because I...don't like Godzilla movies enough.

It's just...fascinating...Mostly how the mute button works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

Scoggdog!!!

well because that's who anyone who's super annoying is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (uWKK8)

196 Is great.

Yeah he's still alive but I don't think he's doing much recording or performing any more

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (dfIr7)

197 Boning your best friends wife is pretty low.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

198 When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.

Posted by: Mike Damone at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (wVcYX)

199 I have to admit I watched WWF back in the day. I knew it was fixed, (pre-determined) but it was funny as well. Cracked me up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)

200 178 “The Strange But Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon” by Dave McGowan is an absolute must read, if you’ve any interest whatsoever in the 1960s music.

I have not read that book but saw the YouTube documentary about Laurel Canyon in those days.
A 1960s into the 70s hippie-folkie paradise.

Reminds me of the set my aunt fell in with during the mid 70s.

Posted by: kallisto at July 24, 2025 05:10 PM (qWNvd)

201 [The first album I ever bought looked at under the covers with a flashlight was Whipped Cream and Other Delights
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025

***
That was Nancy Sinatra's Sugartown!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:10 PM (omVj0)

202 Not Hell, but you can feel it from there. I encourage the Russians to revive the project, and to use nuclear explosives. Because Science.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VUviF)

The first one I bought was headlined "Space Probe Records the Voice of God" and the picture was of ISEE-3 which I was helping with data analysis for. I don't recall anything in the story

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (8avO+)

203 THIS IS SOMETHING
THIS IS SOMETHING1

White House Presidential Actions
https://tinyurl.com/mr3ptdur

ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe. The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the previous administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded. The overwhelming majority of these individuals are addicted to drugs, have a mental health condition, or both.[ . . . ] The Federal Government and the States have spent tens of billions of dollars on failed programs that address homelessness but not its root causes, leaving other citizens vulnerable to public safety threats.

Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order. Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens. My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (D7oie)

204 Herb double-tracked the horns, in the same way vocals were. He had a garage based studio at first. It gave the brass a very full, rich sound.

I think it was “safe” music to play in mixed company as well. No vocsls, no controversial lyrics suggesting drug abuse, cannibalism, diddling little boys &c. So OK for professional settings and background music. Brilliant, really.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (DSQyT)

205 Jeff Dunetz from 'The Lid' blog also just passed away.

Yid with Lid? I used to check by there regularly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (dfIr7)

206 153 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass deserve a second re-appreciation.

I think Tom Homan should Play TJB's "Tijuana Taxi" when they deport illegals across the border.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (IifOV)

207 I really like it...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:08 PM (VE6XX)
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Fogelberg had some good songs back in the day, though he was also very much of the 1970s Alan Alda type.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (ZOv7s)

208 Israeli foreign minister: we recognize France as a Palestinian state.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (1m82a)

209 So...a leftist who...doesn't like my opinion of Godzilla movies thinks it's a good thing for him to attack me for being...gay because I...don't like Godzilla movies enough.

It's just...fascinating...Mostly how the mute button works.

I never even knew you liked Godzilla movies - and don't really have an opinion on them myself. Still don't think you're gay.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (ciJ04)

210 "Admit it. You just want to set off a nuke."

Doesn't everybody? Atmospheric testing used to be a tourist draw in Nevada.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (3kTgY)

211 19 Covid vaccines were first available in 2020... There were predictions that there'd be a spike in deaths about 5 years after, caused by the damage the vaccines did to people's bodies.

Ozzy, then Terry...
Maybe it's nothing.
Maybe it's not nothing.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 24, 2025 04:26 PM (O7YUW)

This is something different that we've known is coming for a while. All the big stars of the 60's and 70's are getting into their 80's and 90's. Times running out, and they're going to be dropping like flies from now on.

And it's very noticeable because the new star creation pathway ground to a halt around 2000, and the old stars have just been hanging around, hogging the spotlight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (uWKK8)

212 Republicans [b ]Move To Form Their Own Jan 6 Committee

I had a movement myself this morning.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (/U5Yz)

213 1 Is that a Christmas song ? If it is what I'm thinking of I never knew who sang it..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)
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It gets played over the holidays, but it's not a Christmas song per se. Dan Fogelberg said it was based on a true story.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025

***
"Same Auld Lang Syne" takes place at Christmas, but that's the only Christmas-y thing about it. Weird song for me. When it came out, I pictured the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 as the woman in it. Years later, after our divorce, I lived some elements of the song with her.

Weird days indeed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (omVj0)

214
It was made in...2020.

It might be the worst trailer I've ever seen. It's hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

================

Made in 2020 and just coming out now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (HL/Ld)

215 Herb Alpert is why I learned to play trumpet. Also, 24 other drummers in the band wasn't giving me much room for solos.

Posted by: fd at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (vFG9F)

216 Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:09 PM (uWKK

No, they aren't. Man of many handles has repeitive themes and ways of expressing himself -including his use of swear words- and his comments about his former life in life that make his posts pretty unmistakable.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (2GCMq)

217 A little unknown bit of Herb Albert triva.
Albert was born of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
He didn't have a drop of Latin blood except he was born in East LA....

Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (VPPG8)

218 I have to admit I watched WWF back in the day. I knew it was fixed, (pre-determined) but it was funny as well. Cracked me up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
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I find the pro-wrestling subculture fascinating. Lots of stories behind the stories and there's interesting overlap among carnie folk.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (4S2yc)

219 >>>Heard a caller on the radio point out that both Hulk and Ozzie are in the WWE Hall of Fame.

they also both had a reality show focusing on their home lives on a music network in the 2000s

Hogan's was a disaster for his family, though

Posted by: brak at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (jGJov)

220
I remember as a kid my grandpa catching me looking a little too long at his TJB album cover for "Whipped Cream and Other Delights". Wow she was HOT.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (IifOV)

221 216-Meant "life" not "life in life"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (2GCMq)

222 I never even knew you liked Godzilla movies - and don't really have an opinion on them myself. Still don't think you're gay.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (ciJ04)

In fact liking Godzilla is one of the straightest things he does!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (uWKK8)

223 I still love to listen to Earth Wind and Fire, the crusaders, tower of power...
Posted by: oglebay

There is a video on YouTube of Earth Wind and Fire performing with Chicago, in some suburb of Chicago. They do a lot of "best of " tunes from both bands. A little short of two hours.

It is the guys leftover, and was only made a few years ago. That show had an tremendous amount of energy, really, really good.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (vcOmj)

224 "Admit it. You just want to set off a nuke."

Doesn't everybody? Atmospheric testing used to be a tourist draw in Nevada.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (3kTgY)

They blow up good. Real good.

Posted by: Robert Oppenheimer at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (wVcYX)

225 Wait, are we debating if TJM is gay?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (zZu0s)

226 Herb double-tracked the horns, in the same way vocals were. He had a garage based studio at first. It gave the brass a very full, rich sound.

I think it was “safe” music to play in mixed company as well. No vocsls, no controversial lyrics suggesting drug abuse, cannibalism, diddling little boys &c. So OK for professional settings and background music. Brilliant, really.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025

***
His first two TJB albums sounded tinny, the garage-band sound for sure. With his third, that was when the rich full sound came in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (omVj0)

227 " ISEE-3 which I was helping with data analysis for."

You guys have the coolest jobs!

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (3kTgY)

228 I enjoyed Godzilla Zero. There is room in the story for a 0.5. Or even a Godzilla -1, where he terrorizes the natives before he gets atomic.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (jc0TO)

229 Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock at Wrestlemania 18

https://tinyurl.com/4d4arcyz

probably the two most charismatic pro wrestlers of all time

Posted by: brak at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (jGJov)

230 Posted by: Kindltot at July 24, 2025 05:11 PM (D7oie)

I think the 274k figure is low.
Skid Row in LA is probably a quarter of that figure

Posted by: kallisto at July 24, 2025 05:15 PM (qWNvd)

231 The first one I bought was headlined "Space Probe Records the Voice of God" and the picture was of ISEE-3
———

There’s a woo-woo conspiracy theory, the very first or early generation night-vision devices also inadvertently pick up ghosts or spirit entities. I’ve no special knowledge on this, just that some folks believe this, or something along those lines.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 05:15 PM (DSQyT)

232 Wow she was HOT.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (IifOV)

Grandpa Barone thought bubble: so little Frank isn't gay. *satisfied nod*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:15 PM (zZu0s)

233
A little unknown bit of Herb Albert triva.
Albert was born of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
He didn't have a drop of Latin blood except he was born in East LA....
Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (VPPG

________

Oh, great. Next you'll be telling me Buffy St. Marie is an Italian girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM (HZi96)

234 Fogelberg had some good songs back in the day, though he was also very much of the 1970s Alan Alda type.

Folgerberg, for me, is in that group with Gordon Lightfoot. When they hit it, they were very, very good. But they're heavy songs. Not something you want to listen to all night. Unless its your last night.

Same with Harry Chapin.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM (ciJ04)

235 Rowdy” Roddy Piper

RI 9 5171! Good seats still available at the Olympic auditorium!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM (eWmxW)

236 Wait, are we debating if TJM is gay?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM

He's not gay. He's flamboyant.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM (jc0TO)

237 I have a slew of Alpert's TJB album cuts on the flash drive in my car, all titled with "TJB_" at the start so they play together in sequence. Fun driving.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (omVj0)

238 I will be sorry when the Monty Python crowd all die. Yes, Yes, I know they're British and some folks here dislike Brits, but they did some really funny, clever stuff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (2GCMq)

239 NO RECESS APPOINTMENTS: The House is now on "AUGUST RECESS" until September 2 - ending session early to avoid vote on bill to Release Epstein Files.

41 DAYS OFF...

The Senate will take a 39-DAY RECESS starting August 1, even though 262 Trump nominees and 50 Federal Judge positions remain unfilled.

There will be NO Recess Appointments.

Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (/U5Yz)

240 Oh, great. Next you'll be telling me Buffy St. Marie is an Italian girl.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And Cher is a half-breed Cherokee Armenian gypsy!

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (pMi6S)

241 "He didn't have a drop of Latin blood except he was born in East LA....
Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic"

That's all it takes, really.

Posted by: Cheech at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (vFG9F)

242 I'll add my best wishes to the Hulksters soul too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (xcxpd)

243 The greatest thing that Hulk Hogan ever did in his life was to kick off the bizarre sex tape scandal that ended up completely destroying Gawker.

It's hard to explain how hilariously weird that entire incident was, from start to finish. And Gawker got destroyed by being themselves, and richly deserved what happened to them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (uWKK8)

244 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (2GCMq)

You're slipping.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (ciJ04)

245
He's not gay. He's flamboyant.
Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM (jc0TO)

_________

He just happens to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Broadway tunes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (HZi96)

246 A little unknown bit of Herb Albert triva.
Albert was born of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
He didn't have a drop of Latin blood except he was born in East LA....
Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (VPPG

Dammit! I'm still not going to put a Ukrainian flag in my Facebook page. You'd think you assholes would have given up bybnow!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:18 PM (zZu0s)

247 Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM

Of course.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:18 PM (jc0TO)

248 Oh wow, I just remembered I have a genuine lobby poster for "Crack in the World" (1965). The Russians can use the script as a template to guide their research.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:18 PM (3kTgY)

249 Rowdy” Roddy Piper

RI 9 5171! Good seats still available at the Olympic auditorium!
--------

Friday Night! In Da' Omni!

Posted by: Zombie Dusty Rhodes at July 24, 2025 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

250 He's not gay. He's flamboyant.
Posted by: toby928 a

Has he ever been observed wearing crocs or loafers?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (/U5Yz)

251 Maybe Boyle Heights for Alpert birthplace? Would make sense as Jewish immigrant offspring. For a long time now that area is very Mexican, but was (I think) the first large concentrated Jewish community in LA. Big Jewish cemetery there. And great street tacos! (though it's been a while - by now the area could be Somali or Cambodian or Nigerian)

Posted by: rhomboid at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (1m82a)

252 People are really upset over Hulk Hogan dying, eh, okay. I feel bad for his family. I feel even less about that kid from the Cosby show, I never watched it. Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

People like the Hulkster round out world, make it fun, and give everybody, but you it seems, a reason to be for something. Your loss. And with that I am going to go dig up some videos of Hogan getting smacked over the with a folding chair, and to celebrate a life well lived I plan on ripping my T-shirt wide open, Hulkster style.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (XvL05)

253 And Cher is a half-breed Cherokee Armenian gypsy!

If we're talking great album covers ? That one is right up there. That woman, in her prime, was hawt. And hawt for at least a couple decades.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (ciJ04)

254 "Same Auld Lang Syne" takes place at Christmas, but that's the only Christmas-y thing about it. Weird song for me. When it came out, I pictured the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 as the woman in it. Years later, after our divorce, I lived some elements of the song with her.

Weird days indeed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (omVj0)
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It pairs well with Harry Chapin's "Taxi," which is also about old lovers running into each other.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (ZOv7s)

255 I also liked Chuck Mangione, sorry to say one of his hits was featured in the shit Doctor Strange movie.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (xcxpd)

256 Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.
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Why?

Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (TN0g+)

257 "Admit it. You just want to set off a nuke."

Doesn't everybody? Atmospheric testing used to be a tourist draw in Nevada.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:12 PM (3kTgY)

They blow up good. Real good.
Posted by: Robert Oppenheimer at July 24, 2025 05:14 PM (wVcYX)

John Wayne's Ghengis Kahn movie was on location near there and got a lot of fallout. Lots of the cast and crew got cancer eventually, possibly not coincidentally. Agnes Moorhead was one of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (8avO+)

258 Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:17 PM (ciJ04)

No; Im not . Just chose not to engage at any length.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 24, 2025 05:20 PM (2GCMq)

259 He's not gay. He's flamboyant.
Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:16 PM by now!

*nods* and fake.

And lame.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:20 PM (zZu0s)

260 256 Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.
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Why?
Posted by: Crusader at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (TN0g+)

Why indeed

Posted by: It's me donna at July 24, 2025 05:20 PM (VE6XX)

261 Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.
--------

Why?
Posted by: Crusader

Because they hate you.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:20 PM (/U5Yz)

262 You who was not Indian(dot)? Korla Pandit.

youtu.be/uChjf1Zmqkw

Posted by: fd at July 24, 2025 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

263 "the Voice of God"

Imma guess they meant the cosmic background radiation.

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:21 PM (3kTgY)

264 Johnson and Thune will convene-and-adjourn every 4 or 5 days to block Trump from making any recess appointments.

One day, maybe, people will understand the GOP. Maybe.

Posted by: Long Memory at July 24, 2025 05:21 PM (ciJ04)

265 Dammit! I'm still not going to put a Ukrainian flag in my Facebook page. You'd think you assholes would have given up bybnow!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 24, 2025 05:18 PM (zZu0s)

It would have been the USSR's hammer and sickle when he was born.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:21 PM (8avO+)

266 True story:

A girl i knew growing up has a father who was an Australian Aborigine, and a mother who was a Maltese gypsy.

Try fitting in to high school ethnic-based social cliques with THAT ancestry.

Her solution? Wear blue eye-shadow, a tube top and a mini skirt, and pretend to be Mexican, then join the Sureño gang. Fit right in.

Posted by: zombie at July 24, 2025 05:22 PM (pMi6S)

267 Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order.
Posted by: Kindltot
___________

The ADA and Rehab Act have been interpreted to require treatment in the least restrictive setting, so going to need the SC to change their Olmstead opinion. That's why a lot of inpatient facilities have closed, and we now have group homes of five or ten out in the neighborhoods. And halfway houses.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 24, 2025 05:22 PM (XvL8K)

268 nood

Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:22 PM (3kTgY)

269 “Fogleberg had some good songs”

I dunno … that one tune caused my testicles to retract completely into abdomen.

Took several hours of AC-DC at a not inconsiderable volume to effect a permanent repair

Posted by: Common Tater at July 24, 2025 05:22 PM (DSQyT)

270

"the Voice of God"

_______

That's me!

Posted by: John Facenda at July 24, 2025 05:22 PM (HZi96)

271 We need one Senator to issue a quorum call on the days the Senate is fake in session.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:23 PM (jc0TO)

272 I highly recommend the documentary on Herb Albert. He was a very smart businessman as well as fantastic musician.
whom I always assumed was Latin because OF The Tijuana Brass who were 100% Latin. Albert was a Bone Fide cool dude in his own right..

Posted by: Capatin Fantsatic at July 24, 2025 05:23 PM (VPPG8)

273 254 "Same Auld Lang Syne" takes place at Christmas, but that's the only Christmas-y thing about it. Weird song for me. When it came out, I pictured the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 as the woman in it. Years later, after our divorce, I lived some elements of the song with her.

Weird days indeed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 24, 2025 05:13 PM (omVj0)

Fogelberg said that "same old lang syne" was a true story, for him. In high school he and a girl were madly in love with each other and swore to marry each other. Then after high school he left town and got lost in his music career, she stayed home and married someone else. He was back to see his family at a Christmas break, and they ran into each other by chance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:24 PM (uWKK8)

274 "the Voice of God"

Imma guess they meant the cosmic background radiation.
Posted by: Hacked gp's Feed Off The Bird at July 24, 2025 05:21 PM (3kTgY)

You apparently haven't experienced the 'Weekly World News"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:24 PM (8avO+)

275 New Sky Dance!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 24, 2025 05:24 PM (iJfKG)

276 271 We need one Senator to issue a quorum call on the days the Senate is fake in session.
Posted by: toby928

Rand Paul seems to have no life and is an instigator.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:25 PM (/U5Yz)

277 People like the Hulkster round out world, make it fun, and give everybody, but you it seems, a reason to be for something. Your loss. And with that I am going to go dig up some videos of Hogan getting smacked over the with a folding chair, and to celebrate a life well lived I plan on ripping my T-shirt wide open, Hulkster style.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 24, 2025 05:19 PM (XvL05)

Encountered him once or twice at the local 24 hour Fitness back in the day. His son was with him dressed in Mini-Hulk regalia. Nice guy..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 24, 2025 05:25 PM (88IMd)

278 The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the previous administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded.

How could they possibly get a number like that with precision down to the last digit?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 24, 2025 05:25 PM (/y8xj)

279 I will be sorry when the Monty Python crowd all die.

Yeah they cannot be long for this world. John Cleese already looks like the Crypt Keeper. I figure the next ten years is going to be a pretty grim period for our youths

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:26 PM (dfIr7)

280 Any day the Congress is in fake session do all the staff positions have to be there? Security, secretaries etc.

Posted by: toby928 at July 24, 2025 05:27 PM (jc0TO)

281 The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the previous administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded.

How could they possibly get a number like that with precision down to the last digit?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 24, 2025 05:25 PM (/y8xj)

Government counting doesn't grok sig-figs. Its accuracy might well be 0.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:27 PM (8avO+)

282 I will be sorry when the Monty Python crowd all die.

Yeah they cannot be long for this world. John Cleese already looks like the Crypt Keeper. I figure the next ten years is going to be a pretty grim period for our youths
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:26 PM (dfIr7)

They already broke the set some time ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:28 PM (8avO+)

283 There seems to be a small, angry group of wrestling fans that really went out of their way to call Hulk Hogan a liar at every opportunity.

No idea what he did to offend them, but the whole thing is theater anyway, such a weird thing to get worked up over

Posted by: Maroon at July 24, 2025 05:28 PM (kIUyK)

284 279 I will be sorry when the Monty Python crowd all die.

Yeah they cannot be long for this world. John Cleese already looks like the Crypt Keeper. I figure the next ten years is going to be a pretty grim period for our youths
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:26 PM (dfIr7)

I saw a recent interview with Terry Gilliam where he was very coherent, which surprised me because I'd seen a report that he was suffering from dementia now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 24, 2025 05:28 PM (uWKK8)

285 We need one Senator to issue a quorum call on the days the Senate is fake in session.
Posted by: toby928

Rand Paul seems to have no life and is an instigator.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 24, 2025 05:25 PM (/U5Yz)

and he doesn't want to go home.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 24, 2025 05:28 PM (8avO+)

286 Some people take movies too seriously, ya know?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 24, 2025 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

I feel seen...and accused

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 24, 2025 05:29 PM (xcxpd)

287 When I lived in South Phily back in the 80's, there was a gym that the WWF guys would go to when in town (which seemed to be twice a month back then.) The gym was highly rated by the juicer community, and other medications were for sale there as well. Or so we were told. :shrugs:

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at July 24, 2025 05:29 PM (phEsr)

288 Eric Idle is woke AF, for what it's worth. Cleese is there too, except for the tranny issue. He backs JK Rowing.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at July 24, 2025 05:31 PM (phEsr)

289
I enjoyed Godzilla Zero.

I'm waiting for the cane sugar Godzilla.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 24, 2025 05:31 PM (63Dwl)

290 OH yeah all the Pythons were and are super leftist, its not surprising. Very funny lads though. A lot of talent, and generally they didn't let their stupid leftist stuff damage their work.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 24, 2025 05:36 PM (dfIr7)

291 I posted an announcement about this on Reddit, and immediately it was assaulted by folks screaming "He said the N-word!". I tried to argue that if every one of us was wired 24/7, we'd all be "famous" for something we said that was deemed to be offensive to someone else.

To just rewind a few decades in time... A wonderful dream.

Posted by: OneSoberVet at July 24, 2025 05:40 PM (c7LS4)

292 i remember reading at the time of the Gawker trial that the jury asked if they could sentence Daulerio to picking up trash along the side of the highway! Nick Denton (Gawker's owner) easily one of the worst people on the face of the earth.

Posted by: DenverGregg at July 24, 2025 05:50 PM (M4O8G)

293 Mangione was busy in the early 70s.

youtube.com/watch?v=1mLdUFw4Xfc

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2025 05:52 PM (pyBzP)

294 One of these days I'd like to wake up and not see Ozzy Osbourne has died. Or Hulk Hogan has died.

No. One of these days I'd like the headline to read Hillary Clinton's name.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 24, 2025 06:13 PM (eYAt4)

295 278 The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the previous administration — 274,224 — was the highest ever recorded.

How could they possibly get a number like that with precision down to the last digit?
Posted by: Oddbob
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They skipped using the decimal point.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 24, 2025 06:14 PM (pyBzP)

296 "I was always a Rowdy Roddy Piper guy, myself."
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Yeah. Hot Rod was my guy, too. That Piper's Pit episode with Snuka was, well, something else.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 24, 2025 06:22 PM (eYAt4)

297 Wrestlemania 18 with The Hulk and The Rock is THE height of wrestling showmanship.

Spoiler alert .....

Hulk 'lost' the match.
But he win the show BIGLY.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 24, 2025 06:57 PM (FCPbW)

298 It's tough coming to terms with these guys that I grew up with dying left and right. Gene Hackman, Ozzy, Hulk, James Earl Jones, Carl Weathers, on and on and on. It's a depressing reminder that time comes for us all, and what we have here on Earth is precious and shouldn't be wasted.

PS. When Clint Eastwood goes, I'm taking a week off to mourn.

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 24, 2025 07:13 PM (xP8uf)

299 Had the chance to meet Chuck Mangione back around 1977 at the airport in Albany, New York when he sat down next to me, my wife and newborn son. He was a pleasure to talk to and even asked my wife if he could hold my son and try to rock him to sleep which my wife allowed. He crooned a melody, rocking my son, but my son was being a pain that morning and wanted his Mama back. He was such a gentleman about it, and his passing has saddened us all.

Posted by: Moshe Ben Avram at July 25, 2025 07:21 AM (yW7Qk)

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