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In August 1986, civil action was filed against Wahlberg for violating the civil rights of his victims, and Wahlberg and his friends were issued a civil rights injunction which served as a warning that they would be jailed if they committed another hate crime.[15][16][17][18]

'no seriously, the next hate crime, there will be consequences'

Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 15:05 (one week ago) link

List is missing 1967 comedy starring Sid Cesar, “The Spirit Is Willing” which has its own wikipedia page. Ghosts are the stars of this ribald romp in sunny Cape Cod.

brimstead, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 05:03 (one week ago) link

Hester dropped out on day three after a bout of gastroenteritis and after Skelton accidentally kicked his toenail off.

brimstead, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 07:07 (one week ago) link

The series tells the same story as the film, but contains nudity and additional character development.[3]

Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 20 June 2024 05:10 (one week ago) link

In his book What Were They Thinking? The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, author David Hofstede ranked the movie at #90 on the list.[1]

It has also been noted as one of professional wrestling manager Jim Cornette's favorite movies.

Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 23 June 2024 20:30 (four days ago) link

The Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack thread, and the Alfred's mention of who wrote "The Heat Is On", led me to this:

Like Moroder, Forsey started producing albums himself, and in 1982 produced Billy Idol's solo debut album, Billy Idol and Icehouse's global breakthrough album Primitive Man. Idol's 1983 follow-up, Rebel Yell, went even further, combining Forsey's affection for synthesized pop, Idol's punk grit, and guitarist Steve Stevens' heavy metal sound.[3] 1983 was the year that established Forsey as a producer. He co-wrote "Flashdance... What a Feeling" with Moroder and Irene Cara, who sang the track, for the movie Flashdance. In 1984, the song earned an Academy Award. The popularity of Flashdance led to his co-writing songs featured on the soundtracks of Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The NeverEnding Story and The Breakfast Club. The 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from The Breakfast Club was originally offered to Simple Minds, who declined. After Bryan Ferry, Billy Idol and several other artists passed on the song, Simple Minds reconsidered; their recording went on to top the charts in several countries.

And wild that he basically didn't produce much more after that.

paisley got boring (Eazy), Monday, 24 June 2024 05:23 (three days ago) link

....that's so strange!
...I just heard Dontyouforgetaboutme out in the wild recently and was thinking it sounded kind of like Billy Idol...

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Monday, 24 June 2024 08:14 (three days ago) link

Ha, now I can't stop picturing Bryan Ferry singing it.

pplains, Monday, 24 June 2024 13:17 (three days ago) link

The "Chicken Dance", also known and recorded as Der Ententanz, Tchip Tchip, Vogerltanz, the Bird Song, the Chicken Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance, Danse des Canards, the Duck Dance, El Baile de los Pajaritos, O Baile dos Passarinhos, Il Ballo del Qua Qua, Check Out the Chicken, or Dance Little Bird, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance has become familiar throughout the Western world. The song was composed by accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland, in the 1950s.

In 1982, the music producer for the Milwaukee-based organist and polka composer Bob Kames first heard "Dance Little Bird" at a German music fair.[6] The producer sent Kames a copy, and Kames recorded his own version on the Hammond organ, as "Dance Little Bird" or "The Chicken Dance" [6] and released it that same year.[7] The Kames recording hit solid gold when it was released in 1983 in Poland, selling 300,000 copies.[6] Kames received 2 of the 35 cents from each sale.[6] Since he could not take the money out of the country, he donated all of it to for a relief fund.[6] The success of the song stunned Kames. He commented in a 1995 interview, "This stupid little thing, it's infectious. It has only two chords, it doesn't even change for the bridge. It implants the melody in people's minds—it just sticks in there. That's gotta be the secret...It just keeps on going. People come up to me at jobs and tell me how happy it makes them. You get a song like this once in a lifetime."[6]

paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 26 June 2024 01:24 (yesterday) link


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