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the whole Paul is Dead routine will always be my favorite myth...

what else have you all got?

― b b, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier] played Eddie Haskell in the TV show, "Leave It to Beaver." It's US-centric.

Frank Zappa shit onstage.

― George Smith, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

didn't we just do this with myths culled from the school's playground?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Rod Stewart have a hundred gallons of sperm pumped out of his stomach? No, wait a minute -- that was Elton John. And I thought it was Lou Reed who shit on stage -- Frank Zappa ate it.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Anyone know more about Richey Edwards? I thought there had been sightings of the guy a few years ago, but people (including the press) just decided to leave him alone.

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

yeah, the Observer obviously fucking stole and reprinted our whole thread. what assholes.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

i still love the keef bit, 'please kill me' turned it into the stuff of legend...

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

did Ozz really pass around a bucket for the crowd to spit into and then drink it?

Marilyn Manson = Paul from the Wonder Years blah blah blah

Did the following historical conversation really take place?: Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard shooting the shit. The Hag says something to the effect of "Man, that Folsom Prison concert was great." Johnny says "YOU played that? I don't remember." The Hag says "Nah, Johnnny - I was in the AUDIENCE."

Robert Johnson to thread, natch

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:23 (twenty years ago)

yeah, the Observer obviously fucking stole and reprinted our whole thread. what assholes.

Hence the name, "The Observer"

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

isnt there something in the liner notes of the anniversary addition of folsom prison about how merle was in the audience?

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

maybe that's where I heard it. If that's true = baddest badass rock story of all time.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:37 (twenty years ago)

Klaatu = the Beatles.

― George Smith, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:38 (twenty years ago)

Another rumour I heard about Marilyn Manson and his supposed sitcom past was that he played the bratty kid on Mr. Belvedere.

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

Wesley? No, that was Brice Beckham. Don't ask me how I remember that, but I could also sing you the entire theme song (The LONG version, with the 'bridge,' too)

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:50 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Rod Stewart have a hundred gallons of sperm pumped out of his stomach? No, wait a minute -- that was Elton John. And I thought it was Lou Reed who shit on stage -- Frank Zappa ate it.

Nah, at school I was always told it was Marc Almond. Or Jason Donovan. Or Freddy Mercury.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

The Marilyn Manson rumor was that he played the older brother on Mr. Belvedere, not the younger brother, Wesley. I can't remember his name, but he once had a guest appearance on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. I always thought the live guest appearances were the worst part of that show. But I hated King Koopa's Kool Kartoons the most. I always felt sorry for the guy who dressed up as Bowser. I wonder what he's up to these days?

― Lingbertt, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:09 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't older brother Kevin's real name Rob Stone? Rob Stone.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

yeah, you're right! Rob Stone it was.

Also, I must have selective memory re SMBSS because omg it had a star-studded guest list! Magic Johnson, Elvira, Sgt. Slaughter, Winnie Cooper, and more.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096707/guests

― Lingbertt, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

i HATED Winnie Cooper. That other one - you know, the hot one, what was her name? Madelyn or Madelaine or something? She was the bomb. Even Becky Slater was hotter than Winnie

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 02:26 (twenty years ago)

You are obviously insane. To my pre-teen eyes, Winnie Cooper was very attractive. Maybe she could be uptight and kind of a stick in the mud at times, but that was probably just because she was weirded out by how long Kevin would just stare at her speechless for extended periods of time while the Home Alone robber guy (Daniel Stern?) would narrate. I have to admit, though, she didn't hold a candle to Soleil Moon Frye's guest appearance on the show. I remember being so pleasantly shocked at how hot Punky Brewster had become (speaking of PB, Cherry turned out to be a beautiful woman also. And I'm sure Brandon sired litters of darling puppies)! I distinctly remember the scene where she ran towards him in slow motion, and I distinctly remember feeling uncomfortable because my parents were in the room. I think that scene was Hasselhoff's inspiration for all the slo-mo scenes in Baywatch.

Danica McKellar has certainly aged well though. A math theorem was named after her (and her two colleagues)! What could be sexier than that?

― Lingbertt, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to derail your thread, b b

― Lingbertt, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:14 (twenty years ago)

It IS totally fucking derailed, though, isn't it? tee hee hee

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

http://www.wildlifeworks.com/images/news/celeb_Danica_McKellar.jpg - she could totally be a gilmore girl

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

shiiiiiit - is that Winnie now? I stand corrected. She no longer looks like Kaw-Liga.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

A gilmore girl with her own theorem!

― Lingbertt, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 03:26 (twenty years ago)

Lower ribs: Cher has had hers removed to make her thinner; Marliyn Manson his to enable autofellation

― bham, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:53 (twenty years ago)

Or was that Prince?

― Patrick Allan (adr), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

x-post to way back
merle was in the audience at san quentin in the late 50s and says seeing cash encouraged him to give up his life of crime and start writing songs about it instead.

― Pete W (peterw), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Oh my god, Winnie is still hot. I heard she's into math hardcore and discovered like, a thousand more digits to Pi with some of her friends.

And I saw Soleil Moon Frye the other day on the new, revamped Sabrina the Teenage Witch. She was getting married (and not to Harvey!), her aunts didn't live with her, and they brought in like 10 new characters, including Soleil who is Sabrina's roommate I guess.

By the way, I forget, which show was the Super Mario Bros Super Show? Was that the cartoon that had live action Mario things as bumpers and the rap song as the intro? A friend of mine has a DVD of the cartoon.

Favorite racial slur Koopa used against Mario: "linguini lickin' loser."

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

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