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glatt · 05-07-2012, 12:54 PM

This just took me on a journey looking up all those guys. I remembered that both Shearer and Guest were on SNL. But I thought it was before Spinal Tap, not after. I guess I wasn't aware of Spinal Tap until years later on video.

And one bizarre thing I learned was that Christopher Guest (who is married to Jamie Lee Curtis) is a freaking Baron. But because he and Jamie Lee Curtis couldn't have kids and adopted them instead, his kids won't inherit the title. It will go to his brother when he dies.

And apparently he's a bit of a prick.

infinite monkey · 05-07-2012, 01:04 PM

Really? The ever-funny Guest is a Baron, and a prick to boot?

He and Jamie have been married for like, ever.

infinite monkey · 05-07-2012, 01:07 PM

Harlan Pepper: I used to be able to name every nut that there was. And it used to drive my mother crazy, because she used to say, "Harlan Pepper, if you don't stop naming nuts," and the joke was that we lived in Pine Nut, and I think that's what put it in my mind at that point. So she would hear me in the other room, and she'd just start yelling. I'd say, "Peanut. Hazelnut. Cashew nut. Macadamia nut." That was the one that would send her into going crazy. She'd say, "Would you stop naming nuts!" And Hubert used to be able to make the sound, he couldn't talk, but he'd go "rrrawr rrawr" and that sounded like Macadamia nut. Pine nut, which is a nut, but it's also the name of a town. Pistachio nut. Red pistachio nut. Natural, all natural white pistachio nut.

infinite monkey · 05-08-2012, 10:37 AM

Rest in peace, Maurice Sendak.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08...-83/?hpt=hp_t3

infinite monkey · 05-17-2012, 12:50 PM

Donna Summer dead at 63. Fuck cancer.

Thanks for She Works Hard For the Money, Donna, it was an anthem for many of us 80s girls.

Already knows, she's seen her bad times
Already knows, these are the good times
She'll never sell out, she never will
Not for a dollar bill
She works haaaaard (for the money)

DanaC · 05-17-2012, 12:59 PM

God Damn that's no age.

Gravdigr · 05-17-2012, 02:58 PM

Yeah, I hated, HATED disco, but I was kinda bummed when I read Donna Summer died.

infinite monkey · 05-17-2012, 03:07 PM

We ALL hated disco, after junior high.

But I like that old stuff now.

Cyber Wolf · 05-17-2012, 03:26 PM

Speaking of disco(-era) music, Chuck Brown left us yesterday.

Gravdigr · 05-17-2012, 03:53 PM

Bass player for Booker T. & The MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn died a few days ago also.

DanaC · 05-17-2012, 04:18 PM

Chuck Brown? No way. that makes me sad.

monster · 05-17-2012, 05:50 PM

And nobody had her on their celeb death list! UT, you missed one!

Gravdigr · 05-28-2012, 11:38 AM

Johnny Tapia, boxing champ five times over, found dead.

This guy was The Underdog From Hell. Watched him fight, albeit on tv, several times.

Dude had a sad life.

ETA: YahooSports article.

Gravdigr · 05-30-2012, 05:16 PM

Guitar legend Doc Watson died yesterday.

glatt · 05-30-2012, 08:27 PM

His musical accomplishments are cool and all, but I want to know how a blind man wired his house himself. How do you tell the black wire from the white wire?

05-07-2012, 01:07 PM	#63
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Harlan Pepper: I used to be able to name every nut that there was. And it used to drive my mother crazy, because she used to say, "Harlan Pepper, if you don't stop naming nuts," and the joke was that we lived in Pine Nut, and I think that's what put it in my mind at that point. So she would hear me in the other room, and she'd just start yelling. I'd say, "Peanut. Hazelnut. Cashew nut. Macadamia nut." That was the one that would send her into going crazy. She'd say, "Would you stop naming nuts!" And Hubert used to be able to make the sound, he couldn't talk, but he'd go "rrrawr rrawr" and that sounded like Macadamia nut. Pine nut, which is a nut, but it's also the name of a town. Pistachio nut. Red pistachio nut. Natural, all natural white pistachio nut. Attached Images

05-17-2012, 02:58 PM	#67
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Yeah, I hated, HATED disco, but I was kinda bummed when I read Donna Summer died. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2012, 03:26 PM	#69
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Speaking of disco(-era) music, Chuck Brown left us yesterday. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

05-17-2012, 03:53 PM	#70
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Bass player for Booker T. & The MGs, Donald "Duck" Dunn died a few days ago also. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2012, 05:50 PM	#72
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	And nobody had her on their celeb death list! UT, you missed one! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-07-2012, 12:54 PM	#61
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This just took me on a journey looking up all those guys. I remembered that both Shearer and Guest were on SNL. But I thought it was before Spinal Tap, not after. I guess I wasn't aware of Spinal Tap until years later on video. And one bizarre thing I learned was that Christopher Guest (who is married to Jamie Lee Curtis) is a freaking Baron. But because he and Jamie Lee Curtis couldn't have kids and adopted them instead, his kids won't inherit the title. It will go to his brother when he dies. And apparently he's a bit of a prick.

05-07-2012, 01:04 PM	#62
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Really? The ever-funny Guest is a Baron, and a prick to boot? He and Jamie have been married for like, ever.

05-08-2012, 10:37 AM	#64
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Rest in peace, Maurice Sendak. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08...-83/?hpt=hp_t3

05-17-2012, 12:50 PM	#65
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Donna Summer dead at 63. Fuck cancer. Thanks for She Works Hard For the Money, Donna, it was an anthem for many of us 80s girls. Already knows, she's seen her bad times Already knows, these are the good times She'll never sell out, she never will Not for a dollar bill She works haaaaard (for the money)

05-17-2012, 03:07 PM	#68
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	We ALL hated disco, after junior high. But I like that old stuff now.

05-28-2012, 11:38 AM	#73
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Johnny Tapia, boxing champ five times over, found dead. This guy was The Underdog From Hell. Watched him fight, albeit on tv, several times. Dude had a sad life. ETA: YahooSports article. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off. Last edited by Gravdigr; 05-28-2012 at 11:47 AM.

05-30-2012, 05:16 PM	#74
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Guitar legend Doc Watson died yesterday. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-30-2012, 08:27 PM	#75
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	His musical accomplishments are cool and all, but I want to know how a blind man wired his house himself. How do you tell the black wire from the white wire?

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