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Comedian Louie Anderson--68
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squarekara wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:34 am Comedian Louie Anderson--68
There's a J! connection here.

On one of my flights to LA for a taping, I paid some extra $ and upgraded myself to first class. In the seat in front of me on the plane was Louie Anderson. He was wearing one of those velour-looking tracksuits; very comfortable for flying, but not a pretty sight.

As I exited the terminal in search of (I think) a rental-car shuttle, I saw him standing on the curb, chain smoking as he waited for his ride.

I'm sort of astonished that he was only 68. He looked about 68 on that flight, and that was in 2003.
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Louie Anderson had wonderful late-in-life success as Zach Galifiniakis's "mother" on the show Baskets. One of the great performances of recent years. I also was a big fan of Meat Loaf's way with those great Jim Steinman songs (not to mention Eddie in Rocky Horror!) A sad day in my house.
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My biggest exposure to Louie Anderson was not from his stand-up act or even his Feud hosting days, which came when I was in college and had little time for enjoying game shows, but, somehow, from his animated series on Fox. Why would I have watched this? I would have been a teenager when it aired. I don't even remember particularly liking it. But it was there.
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LucarioSnooperVixey wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:47 am Meatloaf- 74
Two words. Always two words.
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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.
Just saw this - right before I would have posted the exact same thing!
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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.
One of my J! life goals is to ring in on a clue about that particular singer and respond, "Who is Loaf?"
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Actor Hardy Kruger. Flight Of The Phoenix, Barry Lyndon, Hatari!, A Bridge Too Far, and others.

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mas3cf wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:57 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.
One of my J! life goals is to ring in on a clue about that particular singer and respond, "Who is Loaf?"
Or better yet, "What's Loaf?"
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Famous country broadcaster Ralph Emery died on January 15:

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Pitchfork: Thierry Mugler, Designer Behind Iconic David Bowie and Beyoncé Looks, Dies at 73.
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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.
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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.
I read somewhere that his dad's personal nickname for him was Meat because he was a ruddy baby. Years later, he stepped on his coach's foot by accident, and the guy said "Get offa me, you meat loaf" or something to that effect. Personally, I'd've gone with Chuck Roast, but my son was on the pink side.
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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?
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