70s quiz: what were the following persons famous for?
Tom
I'm looking through my American Annuals from the 70s. See if you can identify
the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
Idi Amin Dada
Giulio Andretti
Abraham Beame
Carl Bernstein
William Peter Blatty
Heinrich Boll
Arthur Bremer
Bulent Ecevit
Chou En-Lai
Steve Cauthen
John B. Connally
Archibald Cox
Morarji Desai
Thomas Eagleton
John Ehrlichman
Harold S. Geneen
Gerhard Gesell
Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
Gary Gilmore
Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Clifford Irving
Howard Jarvis
Jim Jones
Billie Jean King
Guy LaFleur
George Meany
Robert Pirsig
Elliot Richardson
Leo Ryan
Mark Spitz
Ken Stabler
Nguyen Van Thieu
Robert Edward Turner
Cicely Tyson
Steven Weed
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> I'm looking through my American Annuals from the 70s. See if you can
identify
> the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
>
> Giulio Andretti - Well I'm gonna say a race driver but I know that's not
right.
> Abraham Beame - Who??
> Carl Bernstein - He is Bob Woodward's buddy.
> William Peter Blatty - Wrote The Excorsist
> Heinrich Boll - Some German dude.
> Arthur Bremer - Shot Gov. George Wallace.
> Bulent Ecevit - This is a trick one here. Nobody names their kid Bulent.
"Can Bulent come out to play??"
> Chou En-Lai - Leader of the Gang Of 4 in China. That is a W.A.G.
> Steve Cauthen - Youngest horse jockey to win the Kentucky Derby
> John B. Connally - Big John. Former Gov. of Texas. O & he also took 'the
magic bullet.'
> Archibald Cox - A member of Nixon's administration.
> Morarji Desai
> Thomas Eagleton - I've heard of this name.
> John Ehrlichman - See Cox
> Harold S. Geneen - No idee.
> Gerhard Gesell - Boy a lot of germans here.
> Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo - A mobster.
> Gary Gilmore - First murderer executed in 77 after the Supreme Court said
it was ok to do it. In Utah.
> Valery Giscard D'Estaing - Now the french.
> Clifford Irving - Wrote an unauthorized biography on Howard Hughes.
> Howard Jarvis - Prop 13 in calif author. Rolled back taxes there. Also
he's the one waiting in the cab in the movie Airplane.
> Jim Jones - Leader of idiots in Guyana. He somehow got 900 people to kill
themselves for him. Idiots!!!!!
> Billie Jean King - Tennis player who won the battle of the sexes in the
Dome against an old man. Bobby Riggs. :-)
> Guy LaFleur - Ain't he a hockey player??
> George Meany - Former Presidential candidate.
> Robert Pirsig - Huh??
> Elliot Richardson -
> Leo Ryan - He was a california congressman killed by jim jones henchmen.
> Mark Spitz - won 7 gold medals in the 72 munich olympics for swimmin.
> Ken Stabler - Former Houston Oiler quarterback. A.K.A. The Snake.
> Nguyen Van Thieu - Ping Pong champion of the world.
> Robert Edward Turner - Ted??
> Cicely Tyson - Kizzy.
> Steven Weed -
That was a good one there Tom. A lot of then thoI have never heard of. And
the Cox one I think I got wrong but I do know he was involved in Watergate.
Was he the one that Nixon fired?? In order to take the rap.
Billy
Kelly
Kelly
> I'm looking through my American Annuals from the 70s. See if you can
identify
> the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
>
> Idi Amin Dada - was a dictator of an African country whose name escapes
me. Wasn't this also a charater in a Saturday Night Live skit?
> Giulio Andretti - Mario's dad???
> Abraham Beame - former mayor of NYC
> Carl Bernstein - Washington Post reporter. Broke the Watergate story.
> William Peter Blatty
> Heinrich Boll
> Arthur Bremer
> Bulent Ecevit
> Chou En-Lai
> Steve Cauthen
> John B. Connally
> Archibald Cox
> Morarji Desai
> Thomas Eagleton
> John Ehrlichman - For some reason I think he is a nazi war criminal
> Harold S. Geneen
> Gerhard Gesell
> Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
> Gary Gilmore - serial killer from Utah I think.
> Valery Giscard D'Estaing
> Clifford Irving
> Howard Jarvis
> Jim Jones- Dont drink the Cool-aid! I dont remember the cult, but there
was a mass suicide in Guyana
> Billie Jean King - female tennis star
> Guy LaFleur
> George Meany
> Robert Pirsig
> Elliot Richardson
> Leo Ryan
> Mark Spitz - olympic swimmer
> Ken Stabler
> Nguyen Van Thieu
> Robert Edward Turner
> Cicely Tyson - a performer.
Kelly
Billy,
You kicked ass compared to me. Well done!
Kelly
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>
> Billy,
>
> You kicked ass compared to me. Well done!
>
> Kelly
>
>
Awww shucks!!! You did allright now. It was just kinda hard. Soon enough I'm
gonna come up with one of these myself.
Billy
TweetyThyme
> Steven Weed-Patty Hearst's fiancee at the time of her kidnapping
= Mandy =
NJROB65
the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
Idi Amin Dada- dictator of Uganda, overthrown in 1979. Currently in exile in
Saudi Arabia,I believe.
Giulio Andretti- leader of The Red Brigade terroists?
Abraham Beame- Mayor of New York during its financial nadir, recently passed
away.
Carl Bernstein- Reporter from The Washington Post. He, along with Bob
Woodward, broke the "Watergate" story. Portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the
movie "All The President's Men".
William Peter Blatty- no idea.
Heinrich Boll- ditto.
Arthur Bremer- Former janitor who attempted to assassinate presidential
contender George Wallace(D-Ala.) in Laurel, Maryland., after apparently
stalking him for about a month The movie Taxi Driver is loosely based on his
exploits.
Bulent Ecevit- no idea.
Chou En-Lai- Chinese politician, Chairman Mao's right hand man. Is mentioned
in the Bily Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire".
Steve Cauthen- Jockey, who rode Affirmed to the prestigious Triple Crown in
1978. Later moved to England.
John B. Connally- Former Texas governor, who was wounded in J.F.K.'s
assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas. I think he ran in the Democratic
primaries for president in 1976. Later switched to the Repulican Party, and
spent a bundloe of money in a futile attempt tobe the Repulican standard bearer
in the 1980 elections. Declared bankruptcy in the 1990's, is now deceased.
Archibald Cox- Watergate special prosecutor, fired in 1973 in the infamous
"Saturday Night Massacre".
Morarji Desai- no idea.
Thomas Eagleton- Former Democratic Senator from Missouri, who was picked by
Presidential nominee George McGovern(South Dakota) to be his Vice Presidential
nominee. A newspaper story leaked the information that Eagleton had undergone
electroshock treatment, a.k.a ECT, for depression as a college student, about
25 years earlier. He subsequently resigned his nomination, and was replaced by
Sargent Shriver.
John Ehrlichman- one of the "President's Men", who headed the Commitee to
Reelect the President(CREEP), found guilty of several Watergate related
offenses, serrved time in prison.
Harold S. Geneen- No idea.
Gerhard Gesell- No idea.
Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo- Mobster, IIRC he was shot at a New York City
restaraunt, and landed face first in a plate of spaghetti.
Gary Gilmore- Convicted murderer. Executed by firing squad in Utah in 1977,
the first use of capital punishment in the US since 1967, A book and made for
televison movie "The Executioner's Song" were about him.
Valery Giscard D'Estaing- The Prsident of France form 1974-981.
Clifford Irving- sounds familiar, a novelist?
Howard Jarvis- Designer of the Jarvis heart.
Jim Jones- cult leader, relocated, with his follwers, to the jungles of Guyana.
In 1978, he and about(a little under) 1000 followers committed suicide, most
by drinking cyanide laced Kool-Aid.
Billie Jean King- Women's tennis player. Beat an ancient Bobby Riggs in a "A
Battl of the Sexes" match from the Houston Astrodome in 1973 or 74.
Guy LaFleur- Montreal Canadien Right Wing(position, not political view) Hall
of Famer. Help propelled the Canadiens to four straight Stanley Cup titles
from 1976 to 1979. The 1976-77 tram, with a recoed of 60 wins 8 losses and 12
ties (132 points) is regarded by many hockey historians as one of the three
best teams of all time. A couple of years ago he appeared in a Molson's Golden
commercial with the Mackenzie brothers (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas).
George Meany- labor leader, head of the AFL-CIO
Robert Pirsig- Don't know.
Elliot Richardson- Attorney general during the Nixon Administration. Resigned
in 1973 after refusing to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Leo Ryan- Democratic Cogressmen from California. Went to Guyana on a fact
finding mission follwing complaints from several of his constituents about
treatment of their family members by Jom Jones and his(Jnes) People's Temple
members. The People's Temple had been based in San francisco before relocating
to Guyana. Was killed by People's Temple members as he boarded a plane back to
America.
Mark Spitz- US swimmer who won seven medals in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Ken Stabler- Left handed starting quaterback for the Oakland Raiders. Lead the
Raiders to a Super Bowl XI victory over the Minnesota Vikings in 1977.
Nguyen Van Thieu- General and President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975,
fless to Taiwan less than a week before the fall of Saigon.
Robert Edward Turner- Don't know.
Cicely Tyson- actress. Is best knwn for appearing in Roots(1977), and The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman(1974)
Steven Weed- Don't know.
The Wanderer
> Idi Amin Dada
Ugandan dictator and cannibal
> Giulio Andretti
Mario's brother
> Abraham Beame
Former mayor of N.Y.
> Carl Bernstein
Part of Woodward-Bernstein team from Washington Post that exposed Watergate
cover-up
> William Peter Blatty
Writer of The Exorcist
> Heinrich Boll
I dont know but he's got some set
> Arthur Bremer
Shot George Corley Wallace
> Bulent Ecevit
Is this spelled backwards?
> Chou En-Lai
Former Chinese official under Mao Tse-Tung (now ZeDong why in the hell do
the Chinese keep changing the spelling of their names i.e. Peiping,
Peishing, Peking Bei-Jing)
> Steve Cauthen
A Jockey, I believe that the horse he was riding won the Kentucky
Derby-Secretariat?
> John B. Connally
Former Governor of Texas who was in the same car as, and wounded during the
C.I.A./Mafia Execution of President John F. Kennedy. For years after the
execution always maintained that there was a plot and that he did not
believe the government's story (as did L.B.J.), later in what some people
said was a pay-off he was appointed to the President's cabinet and just
prior to appointment was saying that he'd rethought the whole thing and
believed he was mistaken.
> Archibald Cox
Special Prosecutor in Watergate case. Appointed after the Saturday Night
Massacre when the first special prosecutor was fired for investigating
Richard Nixon's complicity TOO aggresively.
> Morarji Desai
Fucked if I know.
> Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern's V.P. candidate who, it was found out, had undergone
electro-shock therapy for depression. This in the eyes of many made him
unstable and unsuitable for office.
> John Ehrlichman
A co-conspirator in the Watergate Break-in and cover-up. I believe he was
Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff (or was that hHaldeman?)
> Harold S. Geneen
Who?
> Gerhard Gesell
What?
> Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
Joey Gallo, subject of a song written by Bob Dylan from President Street in
Brooklyn N.Y. A mobster/ soldier in the Bonanno/ Genovese (I think) family
from the Red Hook /Park Slope
areas. Joey for awhile was the darling of New York's literati until he
finally shot inside of Umberto's Clam House on the corner of Mulberry &
Hester street in front of his family. True to who he was he chased the
killer outside finally being shot some more and dying outside. He was famous
among mobwatchers for making inter-racial alliances inside the joint and
being an equal opportunity emploer on the outside thereby making a lot of
enemies inside the all sicilian (racist) "mustache pete" or old world Mafia.
He and his brothers claimed to have been the "barbershop quartet" that
whacked Albert Anastasia. Wait a minut I just broke the Law of Omerta, dont
shoot!
> Gary Gilmore
Was small time killer and murderer in Utah where he shot a gas station
attendant in the back of the head. When he was found guilty, and sentenced
to death there were automatic appeals. He sued to be allowed to be executed
at the earliest possible moment. (Which I thought was a brilliant legal
strategy: He sues to be executed ergo he must be crazy, ergo he's unfit to
be executed, ergo he gets life in prison. BUT, he was sincere.) He was
eventually executed and his eyes were donated to the Eye Bank. They made his
story into a movie.
> Valery Giscard D'Estaing
Past President of France.
> Clifford Irving
Scam artist who offered up Hitler's Diary for sale, and was involved in an
autobiography of Howard Hughes. Both were frauds.
> Howard Jarvis
Wasn't he an actor on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman?
> Jim Jones
Charismatic leader of the People's Temple, a very racially diverse church
based in the teaching that Jesus would have been a socialist. He was the
leader of this cult which set up a large paranoid "farm" in Guyana that was
supposed to be a collective politico-religious means of supporting
themselves and their religion. When reports filtered back to the states that
they were forced to give up their passorts, and abused, Ca. Representative
Leo Ryan went to do a fact finding mission. When he was about to leave his
plane was ambushed by a security team from the People's Temple and killed by
high powered rifle along with the rest of his group. The security team upon
return to the farm, under orders from Jim Jones prepared grape Kool Aid
laced with cyanide. It was then given, as some doomsday device to the
workers/ parishioners. Those who wouldn't drink the poison voluntarily were
forced at gunpoint. It was given even to infants. The news showed shocking
pictures of over 400 poisoned corpses dotting the land scape around the mess
hall.
> Billie Jean King
Whooped ass in tennis in the early '70s before coming out of the closet.
> Guy LaFleur
Where?
> George Meany
President of the AFL-CIO in early '70s.
> Robert Pirsig
?
> Elliot Richardson
Former Attorney General of the U.S.
> Leo Ryan
Just missed the Kool Aid, but caught the bullet.
> Mark Spitz
Won 5 Gold Medal in swimming (only losing on one) at the '72 Munich
Olympics.
> Ken Stabler
Somebody I dont know.
> Nguyen Van Thieu
Former President of the Republic Of South Viet Nam.
> Robert Edward Turner
Ted's father?
> Cicely Tyson
The young (at the time) black actress who played the starring pole in The
Autobigraphy of Miss Jane Pittman. This part required her to age 80
years(?). An AMAZING job was done on her make-up. She was also in the
original Broadway Cast of HAIR.
> Steven Weed
Patty Hearst's live-in boyfriend, pot connection, ane a teacher in her
college on the night she was captured by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
They beat up Steve Weed and took Patty hostage until Cinque (Donald David
DeFreeze) and her soon to be lover/rapist/tormentor Willie Wolf "brainwashed
her into becoming Sister Tania and participating in bankrobberies.
Interesting note: when DeFreeze's body was returned for family burial after
the massive shhotout and fire that purportedly wiped out the S.L.A.. it was
returned with the head and hands removed. This further fueled speculation
that that Cinque was an agent provocateur, let out of prison to form this
group, so that the Bay Area's radical community could be totally
discredited. There had ben many such suggestions previously but the return
of "a body" in that condition, with only the goverment's word for it's
identity made many people believe that he was secretly in hiding being kept
safe by the government after a job well done. There was really a lot going
on in that case that you younger guys dont know about.
>
>--
Buddy
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writes:
>Idi Amin Dada--Ugandan dictator
>Giulio Andretti--
>Abraham Beame--Recently deceased former mayor of NYC
>Carl Bernstein--Broke Watergate with Woodard
>William Peter Blatty--Author of the Exorcist
>Heinrich Boll--
>Arthur Bremer--he tried to kill someone didn't he?
>Bulent Ecevit--
>Chou En-Lai--Premier of China
>Steve Cauthen--Youngest Jockey to win triple crown
>John B. Connally--Govebor of Texas, got shot with JFK, also switched parties
>Archibald Cox--Watergate prosecutor
>Morarji Desai--
>Thomas Eagleton--Former McGovern Running mate who was canned for previous
Pstchological issues
>John Ehrlichman--Watergate principal
>Harold S. Geneen--
>Gerhard Gesell--
>Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo--Mobster
>Gary Gilmore--Firing Squad victim in Utah
>Valery Giscard D'Estaing--
>Clifford Irving--Author
>Howard Jarvis--
>Jim Jones--People's Temple, Kool-Aid deaths, and the murder of Leo Ryan
>Billie Jean King--Great tennis player, beat Bobby Riggs, first major athlete
to be out of the closet, Sister of Randy Moffat
>Guy LaFleur--Hockey Player (canadiens and Rangers)
>George Meany--Labor Leader
>Robert Pirsig--
>Elliot Richardson--Another Watergate guy?
>Leo Ryan--See Jim Jones above
>Mark Spitz--Tons of medals won 7 in 72 in swimming
>Ken Stabler--The Snake, Oakland Raiders and University of Alabama
>Nguyen Van Thieu--
>Robert Edward Turner--
>Cicely Tyson--Actress played many historically based African American Women
>Steven Weed--Patti Hearts's boyfriend
>
Dixon Hayes
thanks!
>Idi Amin Dada
Violent emperor-for-life of Uganda; "Three I's, two D's and one gun!" (as
Richard Pryor once put it)
>Giulio Andretti
I'll guess he was a member of the racing family...
>Abraham Beame
Mayor of New York
>Carl Bernstein
Journalist who, with Bob Woodward, helped expose Watergate in the Washington
Post; Carl was played in "All the President's Men" by Dustin Hoffman and in
"Heartburn" by Jack Nicholson
>William Peter Blatty
One-time "You Bet Your Life" contestant who wrote "The Exorcist"
>Arthur Bremer
Man who shot Alabama governor George Wallace, who was running for president and
making a campaign stop in Maryland
>John B. Connally
Texas Governor, had been shot same time as JFK but survived
>Archibald Cox
special prosecutor in the Watergate case, subject of the Saturday Night
Massacre (when Nixon wanted him fired)
>Thomas Eagleton
McGovern's 1972 running mate (one of them)
>John Ehrlichman
Nixon aide, up to his eyebrows in Watergate (embarrassed to not remember who he
was in the Nixon cabinet)
>Gerhard Gesell
Don't remember what he did in the '70s but he heard Oliver North's trial in the
1980s
>Gary Gilmore
Murderer who was executed
>Clifford Irving
author of "The Autobiography of Howard Hughes" (the real one that is)
>Howard Jarvis
Man who organized the Proposition 13 anti-tax movement in California
>Jim Jones
leader of the cult in Guyana who killed themselves in 1978
>Billie Jean King
beat Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, much to the sexist
Riggs' surprise
>George Meany
labor leader, president of the AFL-CIO
>Mark Spitz
Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer
>Ken Stabler
Legendary University of Alabama quarterback from the 1960s who was drafted to
play for the Oakland Raiders, where he stayed until he went to the Oilers in
1979
>Cicely Tyson
actress who played the title role in the groundbreaking TV movie, "The
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"
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>
> I'm looking through my American Annuals from the 70s. See if you can
identify
> the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
>
> Idi Amin Dada - Ugandan dictator who practiced cannabalism
> Giulio Andretti
> Abraham Beame
> Carl Bernstein - part of the Woodward and Bernstein team that broke the
Watergate story
> William Peter Blatty - author of The Exorcist
> Heinrich Boll
> Arthur Bremer
> Bulent Ecevit
> Chou En-Lai
> Steve Cauthen - Young (16 yr old) jockey who broke Eddie Shoemaker's
records
> John B. Connally - Gov or Texas who kept running for president. Was shot
in same incident as JFK.
> Archibald Cox - Independant prosecutor of Nixon. Nixon ordered him fired.
> Morarji Desai
> Thomas Eagleton - Ran for VP. Was disgraced when it came out he had been
treated for mental illness.
> John Ehrlichman - Watergate coconsipirator. I believe he resigned Atty.
Gen also not firing Cox. Bork finally came in and fired Cox.
> Harold S. Geneen
> Gerhard Gesell
> Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo
> Gary Gilmore - Convicted killer who demanded to be executed in Arizona.
> Valery Giscard D'Estaing
> Clifford Irving
> Howard Jarvis - Started proposition 13 in calif. to roll back outrageous
property taxes. Citizen initiative.
> Jim Jones - Cult leader. Moved his tribe to French Guyana and forced most
of them to commit suicide. Assassignated a congressman who came to
investitate the cult.
> Billie Jean King - Women's tennis great.
> Guy LaFleur
> George Meany - AFL-CIO leader.
> Robert Pirsig
> Elliot Richardson - Fired from Attorney General because he would not fire
Cox.
> Leo Ryan
> Mark Spitz - Won 7 gold medals in swimming at '72 Olympics in Germany.
> Ken Stabler - The Snake. Quarterback of Oakland raiders. Lefthanded.
> Nguyen Van Thieu
> Robert Edward Turner
> Cicely Tyson - Movie star. The Autobiography of Miss Jean Pittman
chronicalled black difficulties in the civil rights era.
LizzieZ
I think that was Dr. Jarvik.
Liz
Joe Morris
The Wanderer <rosieon...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> Heinrich Boll
> I dont know but he's got some set
>> Bulent Ecevit
> Is this spelled backwards?
>> Morarji Desai
> Fucked if I know.
>> Harold S. Geneen
> Who?
>> Gerhard Gesell
> What?
>> Guy LaFleur
> Where?
>> Robert Pirsig
Wrote "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
>> Ken Stabler
> Somebody I dont know.
>> Robert Edward Turner
> Ted's father?
Ted Turner himself
>> Cicely Tyson
> The young (at the time) black actress who played the starring pole in The
> Autobigraphy of Miss Jane Pittman. This part required her to age 80
> years(?). An AMAZING job was done on her make-up. She was also in the
> original Broadway Cast of HAIR.
And married to Miles Davis for a while
--
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Tiny Dancer
>I'm looking through my American Annuals from the 70s. See if you can identify
>the following prominent persons and their claim to fame.
I'm going to be a good girl here and not peek at anyone else's answers
nor touch the net (which narrows down my answers considerably!). Here's
what I think for the few I recall:
>Idi Amin Dada
Big fat bad guy dictator, I'm drawing a blank for his country, somewhere
in Africa, right?
>Giulio Andretti
Any relation to the racing Andrettis?
>Abraham Beame
Discovered whiskey, Jim's brother? ;-)
>Carl Bernstein
Music guy, I think he conducted for a while, no clue what orchestra.
>William Peter Blatty
Author of "The Exorcist".
>John B. Connally
Politician?
>John Ehrlichman
Watergate dude?
>Gary Gilmore
Murderer, wasn't he the one "In Cold Blood" was about?
>Clifford Irving
Author of the fake Howard Hughes diary, right?
>Jim Jones
That freak reverend that caused all those awful Kool-Aid suicides in
Jonestown.
>Billie Jean King
Famous tennis player and half of the infamous Battle of the Sexes game
with Bobby Riggs. Bonus trivia: Elton and Bernie wrote the song "Philadelphia
Freedom" for her team of the same name.
>Guy LaFleur
Hockey dude, you'll have to talk to a more hockey-obsessed Canuck than
I for his famous stats and stuff, I can't help but think of his hair-loss ads! Wait,
was that him or Bobby you-know-who? Sorry, Sandy, don't mean to besmirch
the holy one's name! ;-)
>George Meany
Ringing a vague bell, politics?
>Leo Ryan
Ooo, right on the tip of my mind, a hostage and (possible) murder victim?
>Mark Spitz
Swimmer with the big bushy 'stache that won 7 gold medals at the Olympics
(can't recall which year) and set 7 world records as well.
>Cicely Tyson
Famous actress (related to Whitney Houston?), she had a huge 70s hit with
that movie about Jane Pitman the title of which escapes me.
>Steven Weed
I don't know but, with a name like that, I like him already! ;-)
Wow, that's pretty crappy. See what happens when I'm left to my own devices?
Cheers,
TD
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At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips
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Tiny Dancer
Having now read some answers, I should be taken out back and shot!
Just a tad off on these two, I see:
>>Carl Bernstein
>
>Music guy, I think he conducted for a while, no clue what orchestra.
Actually the other Watergate guy, who the hell was I thinking of?! Oh, wait,
bet ya it was *Leonard" Bernstein, right? D'oh! It's been a long day!
>>Gary Gilmore
>
>Murderer, wasn't he the one "In Cold Blood" was about?
Apears to be "The Executioner's Song", who *was* the other one written about?
Cheers,
TD
We'll remember you forever, Eddie
Thru' the sacrifice you made
We can't believe the price you paid
For love
from Phantom of the Paradise's "Goodbye, Eddie, Goodbye"
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> And so the word went out from ti...@idirect.com (Tiny Dancer):
>
> Having now read some answers, I should be taken out back and shot!
> Just a tad off on these two, I see:
>
> >>Carl Bernstein
> >
> >Music guy, I think he conducted for a while, no clue what orchestra.
>
> Actually the other Watergate guy, who the hell was I thinking of?! Oh,
wait,
> bet ya it was *Leonard" Bernstein, right? D'oh! It's been a long day!
>
> >>Gary Gilmore
> >
> >Murderer, wasn't he the one "In Cold Blood" was about?
>
> Apears to be "The Executioner's Song", who *was* the other one written
about?
>
In Cold Blood was a book by Truman Capote. It was about a Kansas farm family
that was brutally murdered by some escapees in the mid 50's. There is even a
movie on it. I don't know if it's any good tho cos I've never seen it, but
really do want to.
Billy
Jamie
>
> Hockey dude, you'll have to talk to a more hockey-obsessed Canuck than
> I for his famous stats and stuff, I can't help but think of his hair-loss ads!
I'm no hockey guru, but I believe he was one of the last to succumb to a wearing helmet,
before it was made mandatory. I remember him because his hair used to fly out behind him
so nicely ;) I'm sooo sports aware, eh?
Jamie
Nancy & Bill
please????
Nanc
recsec wrote in message ...
Tiny Dancer
I wrote:
Atta girl, Jamie, good to know I'm not the only Canuck that knows diddly and
squat about hockey! Hmmm, hair flying behind him, huh? Maybe he wasn't
in one of those hairloss ads after all! :-) Now that I think about it, Guy's been
pretty low-key, hasn't he? He did a guest spot on the late, great "Power Play",
if I recall correctly, but you don't see him out and about (or aboot!) too often.
Cheers,
TD
I stole this from a hockey card
I keep tucked up under
My fifty mission cap
I worked it in
I worked it in to look like that
from The Tragically Hip's "Fifty-Mission Cap"
Jamie
> Atta girl, Jamie, good to know I'm not the only Canuck that knows diddly and
> squat about hockey! Hmmm, hair flying behind him, huh? Maybe he wasn't
> in one of those hairloss ads after all! :-) Now that I think about it, Guy's been
> pretty low-key, hasn't he?
Haven't seen him in years... but you are right about the hairloss ads... it was a
personal tragedy for him. I think when he lost the hair, he finally put on the helmet.
> I stole this from a hockey card
> I keep tucked up under
> My fifty mission cap
> I worked it in
> I worked it in to look like that
> from The Tragically Hip's "Fifty-Mission Cap"
The Hip singing about hockey! How appropriate!
Jamie :)
charles hobbs
Tom wrote:
>
> Morarji Desai
>
Prime minister of India, 1976-79. Noted for advocating drinking one's own
urine...