Ewww that's what my dad listens to.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 9:38amIt's certainly driven away people who join just to talk about *ugh* The Clash.
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The Clash: Music For People With Mortgages.™revbob wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 10:29amEwww that's what my dad listens to.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 9:38amIt's certainly driven away people who join just to talk about *ugh* The Clash.
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Jimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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Yeah, he's a curious case of being a hard-right conservative yet his prominent acting resume was for playing simple and basic, kind men. An actor whose work I generally love but require not thinking about the actual man.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:37amJimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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I'm often surprised by how many of the old Hollywood actors were conservative, not hard to imagine that some would have been Trump supporters.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:59amYeah, he's a curious case of being a hard-right conservative yet his prominent acting resume was for playing simple and basic, kind men. An actor whose work I generally love but require not thinking about the actual man.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:37amJimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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They came of age and into their own during the New Deal and welfare state, playing roles to appeal to, what was then, predominantly liberal audience, so it seems to make sense that the actors themselves wouldn't be so removed from the general population. But for every Henry Fonda, there's a Jimmy Stewart and a Ronald Reagan.Mimi wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 9:43amI'm often surprised by how many of the old Hollywood actors were conservative, not hard to imagine that some would have been Trump supporters.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:59amYeah, he's a curious case of being a hard-right conservative yet his prominent acting resume was for playing simple and basic, kind men. An actor whose work I generally love but require not thinking about the actual man.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:37amJimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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Of course Ronnie was a Hollywood liberal in the New Deal days. Before General Electric sent him on a Shithead Apprenticeship Course, round the country to give speeches, on a train with a satchelful of books called things like: Unions: Shoot them All, Or Just the Leaders? and Why Stalin is Coming to California to Wreck Your Marriage.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 10:05amThey came of age and into their own during the New Deal and welfare state, playing roles to appeal to, what was then, predominantly liberal audience, so it seems to make sense that the actors themselves wouldn't be so removed from the general population. But for every Henry Fonda, there's a Jimmy Stewart and a Ronald Reagan.Mimi wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 9:43amI'm often surprised by how many of the old Hollywood actors were conservative, not hard to imagine that some would have been Trump supporters.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:59amYeah, he's a curious case of being a hard-right conservative yet his prominent acting resume was for playing simple and basic, kind men. An actor whose work I generally love but require not thinking about the actual man.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:37amJimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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And, even as president, he maintained that FDR was his political hero. He regarded the New Deal as a valid attempt to deal with a crisis, but a permanent welfare state an abomination. There is a logic in that, even if he was certainly guided more by a greater income than consistent principle there.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 12:06pmOf course Ronnie was a Hollywood liberal in the New Deal days. Before General Electric sent him on a Shithead Apprenticeship Course, round the country to give speeches, on a train with a satchelful of books called things like: Unions: Shoot them All, Or Just the Leaders? and Why Stalin is Coming to California to Wreck Your Marriage.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 10:05amThey came of age and into their own during the New Deal and welfare state, playing roles to appeal to, what was then, predominantly liberal audience, so it seems to make sense that the actors themselves wouldn't be so removed from the general population. But for every Henry Fonda, there's a Jimmy Stewart and a Ronald Reagan.Mimi wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 9:43amI'm often surprised by how many of the old Hollywood actors were conservative, not hard to imagine that some would have been Trump supporters.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:59amYeah, he's a curious case of being a hard-right conservative yet his prominent acting resume was for playing simple and basic, kind men. An actor whose work I generally love but require not thinking about the actual man.Silent Majority wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 8:37amJimmy Stewart sufficiently enjoyed bombing America's enemies to re-enlist in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and fly a few missions.
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... that Spider-Man is called Spindelmannen in Swedish. I like that.
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Years and years ago, I saw some stand-up on tv give him a Jewish spin—pronounced SPEE-der-mun. As in Abraham Speederman. That was the funniest part of the bit (I assume, given that that's what I remember).
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… Barbara "Agent 99" Feldon is still alive and that in the late 50s she won $64K on The $64,000 Question.
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An early TV crush for sure.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑12 Feb 2024, 4:14pm… Barbara "Agent 99" Feldon is still alive and that in the late 50s she won $64K on The $64,000 Question.
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… the model/inspiration for Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World couldn't walk but also refused to use a wheelchair. The painting therefore becomes an image of defiance rather than something more pastoral.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/7 ... 0to%20walk.
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… Mike Post, who composed a ton of well-known tv theme songs (e.g. Rockford Files, LA Law, Law & Order, Hill Street Blues), was the producer for Van Halen III (the one with Gary Cherone).
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Does anyone know what that album sounds like? For better or worse, worse for sure I know how DLR and SH sound so I can normally say this is VH when a song comes on the radio. But Gary Cerone? I have no idea.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑24 Feb 2024, 8:45pm… Mike Post, who composed a ton of well-known tv theme songs (e.g. Rockford Files, LA Law, Law & Order, Hill Street Blues), was the producer for Van Halen III (the one with Gary Cherone).