And somehow, the father of the 7th Count of Lagerbelk or whatever
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 22:39 (four months ago) link
. At the time, no company made a (guitar)string that could be tuned to the high A on his classical guitar. Breau used fishing line of the correct gauge[8] until the La Bella company began making a string for him. T
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 17:43 (four months ago) link
In July 2016, it emerged that in Series 9, Episode 6 called "Troubled Waters" – in which Elvis slips on a piece of paper and falls into a stack of sheets of paper, causing them to fly everywhere – one of the flying pages that briefly came into view was identified as a page from the Quran: "Surah Mulk (67), verses 13–26".[10] The production company Mattel apologised for this accident, removed the episode from broadcast, and ceased work with Xing Xing, the animation company responsible for the error. Mattel stated: "Someone from the production company thought they were just putting in random text.[10] We have no reason to believe it was done maliciously."
(this is referring to a kids show called Fireman Sam in case that helps context).
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 21 December 2023 01:33 (four months ago) link
Some random book we have lying around the office.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 21 December 2023 15:14 (four months ago) link
In July 2005, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich performed at the Merryhill Music Festival at the Merryhill Leisure naturist club in Norfolk, England.
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Friday, 29 December 2023 15:59 (four months ago) link
This greatly diminished the emotional impact of the final scene.
― brimstead, Friday, 29 December 2023 16:57 (four months ago) link
At one point in his life, Cage had decided that he wanted to develop the philosophical aspect of his nature, and he went on a quest to find the Holy Grail. Cage traveled to England to look for it, but also looked at some areas of the United States.[178][179]
― 1980 Jackanory spinoff (Matt #2), Sunday, 31 December 2023 18:55 (four months ago) link
None of Wild Cherry's three subsequent albums were very popular.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 22:04 (four months ago) link
Shot by Eric Boman, the Country Life cover features two scantily-clad models, Constanze Karoli (sister of Can's Michael Karoli) and Eveline Grunwald (who was also Michael Karoli's girlfriend). Bryan Ferry met them in Portugal and persuaded them to do the photo shoot as well as to help him with the words to the song "Bitter-Sweet". Although not credited for appearing on the cover, they are credited on the lyric sheet for their German translation work.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 3 January 2024 02:02 (four months ago) link
His family moved to Oakland, California, when he was eight. Initially, they shared a home in Oakland with his cousins, four of whom became members of the rhythm & blues group The Pointer Sisters.
― Briania, Wednesday, 3 January 2024 11:41 (four months ago) link
Frankenstein was an unpaid project, Wrightson describing it as a "labor of love" he worked on over seven years.[24]
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Sunday, 7 January 2024 22:01 (three months ago) link
In the summer of 2010, Stuke was featured on Celebrity MasterChef, where it was discovered that he was not a very good chef, despite his claim that he was.
― AlanSmithee, Monday, 8 January 2024 20:02 (three months ago) link
Ugh
When ingested, the fruit is reportedly "pleasantly sweet" at first, with a subsequent "strange peppery feeling ... gradually progressing to a burning, tearing sensation and tightness of the throat." Symptoms continue to worsen until the patient can "barely swallow solid food because of the excruciating pain and the feeling of a huge obstructing pharyngeal lump."
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 09:48 (three months ago) link
(bernie) "Taupin was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to music"
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 11 January 2024 13:25 (three months ago) link
The lyrical content includes many references to nature conservation, politics and feces.
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 January 2024 05:56 (three months ago) link
Einstein was carried backstage, where five physicians worked to revive him. One surgeon used his pen knife[18] to make an incision for open heart massage; another used the ends of an electric cord as a makeshift defibrillator. With the remaining comedians on the bill reluctant to continue under the circumstances, Art Linkletter asked Tony Martin to sing a song; Martin's unfortunate choice was "There's No Tomorrow".[22]
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 January 2024 17:31 (three months ago) link
Albert Brook’s dad?
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 14 January 2024 22:42 (three months ago) link
Brooks’s
A whole new year for dumbass typos!
Yup, Parkyakarkus
Still kills me that Albert's birth name was Albert Einstein
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 January 2024 23:04 (three months ago) link
That whole section reads like a comedy routine
Einstein turned to Milton Berle, who was seated next to him on the dais, and said, "Yeah, how come?" — then slumped into his lap. Berle's shout of "Is there a doctor in the house?" was initially thought to be a humorous ad lib (the event was a charity benefit for local hospitals and several physicians were in attendance), but the gravity of the situation quickly became clear.[18]
― jmm, Sunday, 14 January 2024 23:07 (three months ago) link
All the vaudeville comedians probably died premature deaths because everyone thought they were doing a bit
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Sunday, 14 January 2024 23:33 (three months ago) link
One time I took my cat to the the Emergency Animal Hospital for surgery and the waiting room was full of NYers in a way reminiscent of a Barney Miiler episode. At one point some older lady fainted, presumably stressed out about the expense in my cynical mind, but it could of course have just been about the possiblilty of losing the loved one, and one of the white coated vets immediately shouted "Is there a doctor in the house?"
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:18 (three months ago) link
Also, DIck Shawn to thread! (xpost)
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:19 (three months ago) link
One of the other pet lovers in that waiting room was a rock-and-roll-looking dude who turned out to be a very high level soundman who has worked with everybody and anybody and is also known for being discrete and keeping the secrets of the stars.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:21 (three months ago) link
And told me how he once put a cat through chemo and the expense was nothing compared to the love the cat had given him.
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:23 (three months ago) link
But I digress. What do you call a cat like that?
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:24 (three months ago) link
Thank you Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performance
― jmm, Monday, 15 January 2024 00:25 (three months ago) link
Longevity expert J. I. Rodale's death on the Dick Cavett Show:
On June 8, 1971, Rodale was a guest on an early-evening taping of The Dick Cavett Show in New York City. The episode was slated to air later that evening. During his interview, Rodale said that he had "never felt better in his life!", and made quips like "I'm in such good health that I fell down a long flight of stairs yesterday and I laughed all the way" and "I've decided to live to be a hundred".[19] He had previously said, "I'm going to live to be 100, unless I'm run down by some sugar-crazed taxi driver."[12][13] Rodale's last interaction with Cavett before dying was "offering the host his special asparagus boiled in urine".[20]After his interview, Rodale remained onstage and was seated on a couch beside the next interviewee, New York Post columnist Pete Hamill. Rodale suddenly made a "snoring sound" and slumped over.[19] According to Dick Cavett, Hamill leaned over to Cavett and said, "This looks bad." Cavett initially believed that Rodale was feigning disinterest for comedic effect; some in the studio recalled him joking, "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?", though he denied any memory of saying this.[19] Upon realizing the severity of the situation, he asked if there were any doctors in the audience. An internist and orthopedic surgeon, both in residency, rushed onto the stage and tried to revive Rodale with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
After his interview, Rodale remained onstage and was seated on a couch beside the next interviewee, New York Post columnist Pete Hamill. Rodale suddenly made a "snoring sound" and slumped over.[19] According to Dick Cavett, Hamill leaned over to Cavett and said, "This looks bad." Cavett initially believed that Rodale was feigning disinterest for comedic effect; some in the studio recalled him joking, "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?", though he denied any memory of saying this.[19] Upon realizing the severity of the situation, he asked if there were any doctors in the audience. An internist and orthopedic surgeon, both in residency, rushed onto the stage and tried to revive Rodale with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
― jmm, Monday, 15 January 2024 00:33 (three months ago) link
That one is the most legendary.
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 00:52 (three months ago) link
Comedian Frank Fontaine died of a heart attack immediately after performing at a benefit show where he had just raised $25,000 for heart research.[27]
Oh, come on.
― pplains, Monday, 15 January 2024 04:03 (three months ago) link
The most eerie death on stage is the dude who played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar in Australia and accidentally hung himself for real during a show.
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 04:07 (three months ago) link
This one's eerie too
Actress Edith Webster died onstage from a heart attack while performing her death scene in the play The Drunkard, in a lodge in Baltimore. The role called for her to sing "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" and then slump to the floor, which she did.[35]
― jmm, Monday, 15 January 2024 04:21 (three months ago) link
That Wikipedia article is grimly fascinating.
2012: 23 December: American guitarist Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis, Ministry, Revolting Cocks) collapsed on stage during a specialRigor Mortisperformance in Fort Worth, Texas. Scaccia was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Cause of death was listed as a heart attack.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 15 January 2024 07:22 (three months ago) link
Shocking there was another nightclub fire involving pyrotechnics and flammable acoustic tiles just a few years after the Station nightclub disaster.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 15 January 2024 07:24 (three months ago) link
See Tommy Cooper in that listicle.
― organ doner (ledge), Monday, 15 January 2024 10:42 (three months ago) link
That Scaccia death really sucked. Hard to believe it's already been 12 years
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 15:39 (three months ago) link
Actor and comedian Joe E. Ross suffered a heart attack and died while performing on stage on the evening of 13 August. His wife reportedly collected just half of Ross's fee because he had failed to do a full show.
My God that's cold
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 15:47 (three months ago) link
Actor Renato Di Paolo was portraying Judas in a passion play outside of Rome on the day before Easter. During the hanging scene he accidentally hanged himself, and died soon after
Jesus how many Judases accidentally hung themselves
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 15:49 (three months ago) link
I've been compulsively reading the list of unusual deaths as well.
A poodle named Cachy, in Caballito, Buenos Aires, fell 13 floors and hit 75-year-old Marta Espina, killing both instantly. In the course of events, 46-year-old Edith Solá came to see the incident and was fatally hit by a bus. An unidentified man who witnessed her death had a heart attack and also died on his way to the hospital.[254][255]
― jmm, Monday, 15 January 2024 16:19 (three months ago) link
This one is haunting me
1861: The four Gale sisters were a team of British ballerinas who were appearing at Philadelphia's Continental Theater. They were among eight dancers who died when Zelia Gale's gauze dress caught on fire from a gas tube. The deadly flames spread to the other three sisters Hannah, Ruth, and Adeline when they tried to rescue their sibling.
― where did the times go (Matt #2), Monday, 15 January 2024 16:38 (three months ago) link
*gulp*
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Monday, 15 January 2024 16:39 (three months ago) link
The Aristocrats
― Disco Biollante (Neanderthal), Monday, 15 January 2024 18:15 (three months ago) link
I wouldn't mind going out like this
On March 24, 1975, Alex Mitchell, from King's Lynn, England, died laughing while watching the "Kung Fu Kapers" episode of The Goodies, featuring a kilt-clad Scotsman with his bagpipes battling a master of the Lancastrian martial art "Eckythump", who was armed with a black pudding. After 25 minutes of continuous laughter, Mitchell then slumped on the sofa and died from heart failure. His widow later sent The Goodies a letter thanking them for making Mitchell's final moments of life so pleasant.
― jmm, Monday, 15 January 2024 18:23 (three months ago) link
It's the "Omen/Theater of Blood" crossover I never knew I needed!
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 15 January 2024 20:24 (three months ago) link
xxxp to Matt #2 also horrifying is that most people did not know that the best way to react is to "stop, drop, and roll" if you are on fire until very recently
https://www.aarbf.org/the-origins-of-stop-drop-and-roll/
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 15 January 2024 23:50 (three months ago) link
According to Vincenzoni, Richard Harris had begun to drink heavily on set after reading a tabloid magazine and seeing a photograph of his wife Ann Turkel on a beach with a younger man. He reportedly intended to stop performing and fly to Malibu in order to kill them, relenting only after getting into a brawl which resulted in Vincenzoni getting a black eye.[9] The 46-year-old Harris insisted on performing his own stunts in the polar sequences and was nearly killed on several occasions.[3]
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 January 2024 01:36 (three months ago) link
the young men are described as "short, and blond, and full of creme",[10] with creme being a euphemism for semen.
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 January 2024 08:13 (three months ago) link
That's one fancy Twinkie.
― peace, man, Thursday, 18 January 2024 12:45 (three months ago) link
Might skip crème brûlée for my dessert.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 18 January 2024 13:07 (three months ago) link