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ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:29 pm
LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:47 am Meatloaf- 74
Two words. Always two words.
So his real name was Marvin Lee Aday (although he later changed his first name to Michael), so his nickname started out as M.L. but apparently his high school football coach expanded it to "Meat Loaf" presumably due to Mr. Aday's girth.
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:29 pm
LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:47 am Meatloaf- 74
Two words. Always two words.
So his real name was Marvin Lee Aday (although he later changed his first name to Michael), so his nickname started out as M.L. but apparently his high school football coach expanded it to "Meat Loaf" presumably due to Mr. Aday's girth.
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
And Hildegarde.
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squarekara wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:34 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:29 pm
Two words. Always two words.
So his real name was Marvin Lee Aday (although he later changed his first name to Michael), so his nickname started out as M.L. but apparently his high school football coach expanded it to "Meat Loaf" presumably due to Mr. Aday's girth.
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
And Hildegarde.
Charlemagne.
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This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:29 pm
LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:47 am Meatloaf- 74
Two words. Always two words.
So his real name was Marvin Lee Aday (although he later changed his first name to Michael), so his nickname started out as M.L. but apparently his high school football coach expanded it to "Meat Loaf" presumably due to Mr. Aday's girth.
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
I saw this on Facebook yesterday, and it does pan out as true ... If you remember the I Love Lucy episode where they're in Paris, and the four of them are sitting in a cafe watching women pass by dressed in haute couture outfits ... one of those models was Georgia Holt, who is Cher's mother.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:49 pm
squarekara wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:34 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:09 pm
So his real name was Marvin Lee Aday (although he later changed his first name to Michael), so his nickname started out as M.L. but apparently his high school football coach expanded it to "Meat Loaf" presumably due to Mr. Aday's girth.
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
And Hildegarde.
Charlemagne.
Jesus.
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ParrotRob wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:20 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:49 pm
squarekara wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:34 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:06 pm
Yeah there are a couple of variations on that theme, but they're all essentially the same. But the one thing that's never changed is that it's always been two words. I guess he was a little too early for the one word name trend to have really taken off?
Well, there was Cher.
And Hildegarde.
Charlemagne.
Jesus.
King Tut. (I’m guessing his first name isn’t King)
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triviawayne wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:01 pm
ParrotRob wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:20 pm
opusthepenguin wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:49 pm
squarekara wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:34 pm
This Is Kirk! wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:19 pm
Well, there was Cher.
And Hildegarde.
Charlemagne.
Jesus.
King Tut. (I’m guessing his first name isn’t King)
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John Rendell, owner of Christian the lion, has died of covid, aged 76. Purchased as a cub from a department store, Christian famously lived in London for a year until being released into the wild in Kenya. Video of Christian and Rendell reuniting a year later went viral in 2008, showing the lion bounding up to his former ownenr and hugging him.
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Peter Robbins, best known as the voice of Charlie Brown in the 1960s Peanuts specials. After he aged out of that role he had little success and eventually was institutionalized after being convicted of stalking and harassment. He committed suicide. Age 65.
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Howard Hesseman, best known for playing Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati, has died at 81.
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Session piano/keyboard player Hargus "Pig" Robbins has died at age 84.
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Merle Glickman, on January 21 was a doll collector. Was on both Jeopardy! versions, the $20,000 Pyramid(won $20,000), The Challengers and Millionaire in June 2003.
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Ivoryface86 wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:48 pm Merle Glickman, on January 21 was a doll collector. Was on both Jeopardy! versions, the $20,000 Pyramid(won $20,000), The Challengers and Millionaire in June 2003.
She's not in the Archive, apparently.
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Unlikely to be a clue on J!, but some readers may be interested in this appreciation piece of Bamber Gascoigne, who has just died. He was the original host of University Challenge in the UK, which is based on Quiz Bowl.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... -gascoigne
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CailinGaoilge wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:26 pm Unlikely to be a clue on J!, but some readers may be interested in this appreciation piece of Bamber Gascoigne, who has just died. He was the original host of University Challenge in the UK, which is based on Quiz Bowl.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... -gascoigne
An absolute legend. He will be sorely missed.
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New York Post : P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative.
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Gary Brooker, founder and lead singer of Procol Harum:

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Sally Kellerman, MASH star and cabaret singer, dies at 84

Although it's not mentioned in the article, I'll take this opportunity to mention that Kellerman also appeared in an absolutely charming George Roy Hill film, A Little Romance (1979). Yes, she had a supporting role in the movie, but so did Sir Laurence Olivier. The movie has several things going for it including, but not limited to:

• An Oscar-winning score by Georges Delerue, who makes excellent use of Vivaldi's work
• An Oscar-nominated screenplay by Allan Burns, a six-time Emmy winner known for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Get Smart, and The Bullwinkle Show
• The film debut of 13-year-old Diane Lane, who Olivier reportedly called "the next Grace Kelly"
• Based on the novel E=mc2 Mon Amour, the movie is about two smart people—and how often do we ever see that on screen?

Highly recommended.
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