louis nye!!

Sorry, still angry.

Sometimes, well, most times, I'm glad I missed the 70s and was barely aware of most of the 80s

Just makes me want to go buy a box of Wheaties.

2
Yeah. My palate is still dirty.

Lord, I'd forgotten about what Darryl Dawkins did before his Gorilla Dunkies.

Why not remain angry in the last thread, but happy in this one? :)

2 How can anybody be angry at Louis Nye?

Oh... you're still angry about that...

I've never seen an episode of Fantasy Island. Now you've got me stuck wanting to see how this one turns out!

I watched an episode of Fantasy Island a few years ago for the first time since I little and found it completely bizarre. There's a lot of sinister undertones and weird stuff going on.

3 Here's what you missed in the '70's. I smile quite a lot remembering that era.

Year League Record Finish/Rank Manager
1979 NL West 79-83 (.488) 3 Tommy Lasorda
1978 NL West 95-67 (.586) NL 1 Tommy Lasorda
1977 NL West 98-64 (.605) NL 1 Tommy Lasorda
1976 NL West 92-70 (.568) 2 Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda
1975 NL West 88-74 (.543) 2 Walter Alston
1974 NL West 102-60 (.630) NL 1 Walter Alston
1973 NL West 95-66 (.590) 2 Walter Alston
1972 NL West 85-70 (.548) 2 Walter Alston
1971 NL West 89-73 (.549) 2 Walter Alston
1970 NL West 87-74 (.540) 2 Walter Alston

I thought I remembered the memorex tag line being 'is it real or is it memorex' as opposed to 'is it live...........'

When ever I see Ricardo I think corinthian leather.

Dennis James!

11 - I was speaking more generally (mainly the hair, and the clothes), but yes, it was probably a good time to be a Dodger fan.

This was the first of Maureen McCormick's six appearances on Fantasy Island:

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0566572/filmoseries#tt0077008

Louis Nye is not involved in her story:

http://tinyurl.com/33vg4k

See update above.

14. The hair and clothes of the '90's do not hold up at all either, and there has been a ton of ugly, "fashionable" clothes in this decade as well, take non-pleated cordory trousers for instance.

Ricardo will forever be branded into my brain as the man who killed Spock.

2
Let it go Bob, quit living in the past.

Ricardo will forever be branded into my brain as the man who killed Spock

Kahn was on the juice.

Or should I say, "KAHHHNNN!!!"

Marcia Brady! Wow was she hot. Up until now, I was unaware of this Fantasy Island. Midgets were big back then huh?

Man, what's taking so long with Kuroda?!?!

18 , 19 , 20 I attended the same college as Ricardo's son, Victor. Victor was in my freshman Spanish class - and of course, he spoke Spanish flawlessly. The teacher, a 40'sh lady, adored Ricardo Montalban, and was thrilled his son was in her class. Victor became her pet pupil. I, on the otherhand, did not have the "edge" of being bi-lingual, and barely passed the class. Back then, I thought how unfair it was that a person could get an A for doing something that he had been taught to do since the day he was born. Now, I prefer to remember how polite and gracious Victor was to that teacher and to the rest of us in that class.

22 Japanese deliveries are often unorthodox and contain hesitations.

The Friday night lineup was sweet when I was a kid. It was ice cream night...

-Dukes of Hazzard at 8:00
-Love Boat at 9:00
-Fantasy Island at 10:00 (i'd have to sneak out of my room and watch from the stairs to watch that, along with ba ba blacksheep)

25
I remember it well. I think I usually fell asleep during FI.

25 - My memories put Love Boat and Fantasy Island on Saturdays.

25 : I could have sworn that Love Boat and Fantasy Island were Saturday nigt shows. I recall Friday being The Incredible Hulk followed by the Dukes.

Yes, I have drunk deep of life.

Love Boat aired on Saturdays from September 1977 to June 1986. Fridays from June 1986-September 1986.

Fantasy Island was on Saturdays from January 1978 to August 1979, Fridays from August 1979-October 1979, Saturdays from October 1979-August 1984.

But Dukes of Hazzard was always Fridays.

But I bet it was great ice cream :)

By the way, Josh, the "Wow" clip that you can find with my "Update" link above features Ken Berry.

I deleted 31 because I felt it had danger of being misinterpreted negatively.

I watched none of these shows, except Incredible Hunk once in a while. And I rarely got ice cream. I still managed to have a happy childhood.

I did not watch any of those shows. But I was in my 20s so I didn't do a lot of TV watching on Fridays and Saturdays.

18
OK, not angry. I had a nice sandwich at lunch.

35 I'm still angry because my work computer won't show whatever videos are posted in the new post. In fact I wasn't angry before but now I am.

The new style of creamery ice cream will be responsible for my early demise. I can still remember listing to George Allen talk about being in great shape but saying he had to have his ice cream everynight. Then he died.

Now he sits on my shoulder and watches while I make my bowl everynight. I'm not sure if he approves or not.

36
Well, I'm a bit angry because my iPod Nano has taken to freezing up intermittently for no good reason. I like to have a really long playlist (over 1000 songs) and play it straight through over several days.

And I can't do that.

There my anger has been directed somewhere else.

37
George Allen would disapprove of your method of having the Dodgers become good again. He'd tell you to trade all those prospects. "The future is now!"

Bring back Jack Pardee and Billy Kilmer!

Laugh and be happy!
http://tinyurl.com/yry6se

35 - Mutton, lettuce and tomato?

32 I would have never noticed 31 was missing but you mentioned it and now my mind is running wild with what was there.

39
Will I did lobby quite hard for MCAB but he probably would not have been old enough for GA.

My Ipod always freezes after about 300 songs when I try that.

41
Turkey, avocado, and cheddar.

Yeah, if anyone loved PVL it was George Allen

Glendon Rusch to the Padres.

Don't take this wrong Bob, but I have a hard time picturing you listening to music. Is your Ipod loaded with non-fiction audio books:)

I can't tell what Bob was mad about in the previous thread. The fact that St. Louis newspapers, TV, and radio don't get along? That the Mitchell report now exists in a library catalog? That UCLA is interviewing a Harbaugh? That Stanford was referred to as the Cardinals? That the volleyball final will be on at an inconvenient time? That TV listings are always given according to EST? That someone shot the last Grizzly in California? That he lost his Audubon membership? That Tulare isn't paying him for his promotion of their county on DT? That the San Diego Union-Tribune likes stories about tuna? Or that some people think the world should be perfect, based on their standards?

Hmm. I'm banking on the EST thing. That and the plight of the grizzlies.

My iPod Shuffle typically has Wait, Wait and This American Life on it. You can see me strolling the streets of Pasadena, listening to my favorite NPR shows.

Jack LaLanne. Man, does that bring back memories... I remember watching him when I was a kid. Bally's ate his gyms, if I remember right.

12 - you're close. It was, "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bkt8Dwzl6Sg

The Maxell guy who had his hair blowing through "Ride of the Valkyries" was way cool, though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DP89iMe0BY

Thanks for changing the link for P-E (Diamond) blog to the changed URL. It was driving me nuts.

40 I thought for sure that was going to be this:

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/LaughAndBeHappyRandyNewman.shtml

47 - danke.

Sigh, Tuvan Throat Singers are so fast forgotten.

48
I have listened to a grand total of one book ever on an iPod and it was John Hodgman's "Areas of My Expertise" and that was because it was free.

50 If I had an iPod, it would have the same things as yours. Maybe I should just steal yours.

50 Of course the problem is that while listening to Wait, Wait, you'd be walking down the street laughing hysterically every few minutes, which would scare away the Chinese neighbors trying to offer you dim sum.

I knew the guy who produced the LaLanne show around 80/81. Jack didn't pay well, the guy lived in my apartment building. At the time the whole building was filled with actors/set designers/musicians all from the midwest. By 1985 they had all gone home and started families. Tough business.

53 That works just as well!

52 - Sidebar updates can often take six months. You got lucky :)

56 When I was commuting from Altadena to Culver City -- over an hour each way -- I listened to a lot of audiobooks. The Time Traveler's Wife and The Kite Runner both worked well on audio. Absurdistan, not so much.

Then I moved to the south bay, and now, I listen to:

- music
- The This American Life podcast
- The Savage Love podcast

34 I was out chasing girls on Friday and Saturday. Marty, no doubt, was treating his girls to some of the finest dining in SoCal.

62 Where did you work in Culver City?

63
Marty was head banging at Madame Wongs

64 Did, and still, and right at this moment, at the enormous company located in triangle bounded by Washington Blvd., Culver Blvd., and Overland Ave.

51 I would love to be a valkyrie. That would be so romantic. Seriously. As long as I was pretty. That's the thing, we always assume women in poetry and song are pretty. Who says?

I'll vouch for Bob, he at the very least acknowledged the Guess Who over a bevy of other Canadian bands.

29 A classic case of old school scouting versus sabermatics.

The dude can hit okay? Trust me.

Gosh I swear it was all a Friday night lineup but I guess not..!! But hey I was like 6 in '77. And the Ice Cream was great. Me and my sister would stir it and stir it long enought to where it became ice cream soup...Ice Cream (and Pizza) is still my main eating downfall if thats what you want to call it. I can quit most other foods if needed.

66 50 years ago you could have taken the trolley to work!!

65 Even better, the Hong Kong Cafe across the alley.

I'm looking at possible birthday presents for my soon to be 11-year old nephew.

I think it's time for him to get his first sextant.

72 Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

70 Tell me about it. I'd love to take the trolley. Instead, I'm stuck in traffic every morning as I play everybody's least-favorite game, "What's Sepulveda Like Today?"

Sounds like slot car age to me.

By the way, My So Called Life was a huge hit for my world-weary 13 yr old niece.

75 - Glad to hear it.

73 Rimshot!

75 Big Adventures of Pete and Pete fan right here!

74 Humma- I too work in said triangle. Shoot me an email! bigcpa@gmail.com

67 - have you ever seen a Wagnerian soprano? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to meet one in a dark alley.

Allegedly true story (and if it's not, it should be) about a woman a friend of mine works with occasionally. She was 60-ish (the friend) at the time this story happened, a former prima ballerina who danced in the Royal Company back in the day. She happened to be in a parking garage when some punk tried to rob her. She completely turned the tables on him by simply asserting an air of supreme self-confidence and got him to give up his knife and leave, without her purse. Apparently she's quite the force of nature.

75 - "world weary" and "13-year-old" are two phrases that should never, ever go together.

80
Looney Tunes taught me that female opera singers are fat, and have long braids underneath their viking hats.

Sounds like hearsay.

58

That is hilarious because I do laugh out loud while I am walking. I always wonder if the people in cars think I am weird. Of course, I am the type of person that will laugh out loud while reading a book or while watching a movie alone.

78
Great show. Now you are making me think of the great Nickelodeon shows like Salute Your Shorts and Canada's finest, Are You Afraid of the Dark.

Actually, I'll be in Europe for my nephew's birthday, so he will get something from the Deutches Museum Gift Shop.

They have a lot of cool gifts. But a sextant would cost me 104 Euros.

I don't love my nephew that much.

84
Do you ever roll on the floor laughing while reading a book or while watching a movie alone?

79 Said email, sent.

81 I disagree, so long as the world-weariness is an affectation and not a sign of serious mental illness. It's an affectation that I would encourage every teenager to go through, because it helps one learn when world-weariness is justified and when it is not. It goes hand-in-hand with being thirteen.

87

I don't think my alone laughing has forced me to roll on the ground. But I do laugh at myself for laughing while walking on the side walk, and then I enter the endless cycle of laughter (first at Wait, Wait, and then at myself, and then back to Wait, Wait)

82 Looney Tunes operas are the best! "I'm going to kill the rabbit" -- to the tune of Ride of the Vulkyres, of course. And who can ever forget The Rabbit of Seville? Beverly Sills on the Muppets performing "Pigelleto" is pretty good as well.

Too many memories from my childhood here. I remember that Ron Cey commercial -- even the jingle -- because he was my favorite player.

They just don't make trashy television like they did in the 80s.

79 bigcpa's the one with the orange hair.

74 I did the Westchester to West L.A. run for a while, and I can't remember Sepulveda ever being anything but trouble.

Beat the 405, though.

I must try this Wait, Wait.

85 I suspected we had similar tastes trainwreck. Those shows are great. Add Count Duckula, Doug, and Hey Dude as well.

91 Right now I'm the one with orange hair and crutches.

91 Lately, I've received Special Permission from work to be here at 10 am instead of 9am. The Special Permission shaves 15 minutes off my commute, simply because there are many fewer cars on the road.

OK, I didn't really receive Special Permission. I just stopped showing up on time, and everybody is saying, "He has a brand-new kid. Leave him alone."

88
Plus if we didn't have world weary teen agers and angst where would all the good music come from? Happy people do not make good music.

The Twins just signed Mike Lamb to play 3B.

What a slow newsday...

I laugh at books all the time, whether reading them alone or with my kids. These are not the Lincoln assassination books, nor those authored by Ken Noe, mind you.

96 You're forgetting the Osmonds.

93
I had totally forgotten about Count Duckula, that show was great.

My friends and I sometimes still singing "Banging on a Trash Can" to annoy one another.

Chris Evert and Greg Norman announced that they're engaged.

I didn't even know that either person was divorced.

* still sing

Favorite TV Shows as a child:
Sheriff John's Lunch Brigade
Engineer Bill
Highway Patrol
Space Patrol
The Lone Ranger
Wonderful World of Disney - especially the Spin & Marty episodes

94 Sorry to hear that. Industrial accident?

(Is it proper to joke about anothers injury?)

I used to live in West LA on Sepulveda. Also Westchester. Also Culver City. I could have waved at all you people driving by, had I known you then.

97
Nice pickup, but he's better as a role player then a starting 3rd. Maybe they can pick up Ensberg and reenact the old Astro platoon.

[103} Highway Patrol was so cool (maybe even better than Sea Hunt). Broderick Crawford was the man.

96
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YbGSDkvh8B0

103

The Fall Guy
SWAT
The ATeam

86 - especially when you can get one on eBay for under $50:

http://tinyurl.com/2nskpb

108 Everytime someone posts a youtube clip my anger level rises a notch.

111 Wilbert Robinson's current color: purple

107 "Whenever the laws of any state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action. It may be called the State Police, State Troopers, Militia, the Rangers... or the Highway Patrol. These are the stories of the men whose training, skill and courage have enforced and preserved our state laws."

109 Is there a decent action series on network TV these days?