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‘Popcorn’ hitmaker Gershon Kingsley has died age 97

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Posted: Nov 24, 2019 - 2:43pm


Gahan Wilson, brilliantly macabre cartoonist.


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Posted: Nov 24, 2019 - 2:06pm



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His role in The Russians Are Coming,The Russians Are Coming was brilliant. I can't think of another movie scene where the actor sported a runny nose (at least when cocaine wasn't involved). 
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Posted: Nov 24, 2019 - 8:49am



 Steely_D wrote:
Jim Capaldi: Pollard and I would sit around writing lyrics all day, talking about Bob Dylan and the Band, thinking up ridiculous plots for the movie. Before I left Morocco, Pollard wrote in my book 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.' For me, it summed him up. He had this tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. The 'Low Spark,' for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level.<2>

https://youtu.be/R8M8R835Ck4

 

Indeed, I posted a bit about that further down in the thread but it got somewhat buried.
Pollard with Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, and an unidentifed photobomber:


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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 12:55pm



 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


 SeriousLee wrote:


 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Acting can be a tough job sometimes. And sometimes...

 
Italian and French. Vavavoom!

 

Claudia was apparently part of a football-smuggling ring.
 
Hey, I was...what...12 years old...at the theatre...saw her...well...a certain area of her...nothing can take that away. There was a great cheer that rose from the attendees...pretty sure it was all male. 

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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 12:46pm



 SeriousLee wrote:


 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Acting can be a tough job sometimes. And sometimes...

 
Italian and French. Vavavoom!

 

Claudia was apparently part of a football-smuggling ring.
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 12:02pm



 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Acting can be a tough job sometimes. And sometimes...

 
Italian and French. Vavavoom!

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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 11:53am

Acting can be a tough job sometimes. And sometimes...

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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:41am



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Episode called "Miri"
 
Yep.  They were fighting against the "grups".
  He apparently hung around with a lot of the rock stars of the 1960s, including Janis Joplin and Traffic, re: "Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys":
"...Capaldi credits actor Michael J. Pollard with the title and concept. While vacationing together in Morocco, Pollard wrote the words on the flyleaf of the book Capaldi was reading. He felt like it was a perfect description of Pollard and of the times.
'For me, it summed him up. He had this tremendous rebel attitude. He walked around in his cowboy boots, his leather jacket. At the time he was a heavy little dude. It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. The ‘Low Spark,’ for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The ‘Low Spark’ meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level.'"




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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:39am

 Proclivities wrote:


 maryte wrote:

Whoa - just saw him on an episode of the original Star Trek this week!
 
Oh, that's right; the one with the girl from "True Grit".

 
Episode called "Miri"
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:32am



 maryte wrote:

Whoa - just saw him on an episode of the original Star Trek this week!
 
Oh, that's right; the one with the girl from "True Grit".  
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:17am

 Proclivities wrote:
 

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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:16am



 maryte wrote:

Whoa - just saw him on an episode of the original Star Trek this week!
 

He got a lot of work.
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:15am

 Proclivities wrote:
 
Whoa - just saw him on an episode of the original Star Trek this week!
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 10:07am



 Proclivities wrote:

 
"That guy!"


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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 6:23am



 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


 islander wrote:


Jake Burton Carpenter:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50511783


I grew up on Colorado and worked / played / lived on the hills for many years in the 80's & 90's. I saw the transition from banned outcasts, to cool new thing. Burton was a huge influence in bringing that sport to the masses. I met him a couple of times and he always seemed really cool.  He sponsored one of my good friends who was one of the early guys making money being a professional snowboarder. 

He leaves a huge legacy, and will be missed.

 

I never really thought about who "Burton" was, but wow. Think about the combination of things he had to possess: a snowboarder's goofyness, for one, but the ability to create, promote, sell, design/build, all of that. The article says he "only" sold 300 the first year. That's about 299 more than anyone else in the history of the world could have sold. He's James Naismith and Ray Kroc put together.
 

And in a super hostile environment. Remember the 80s when most hills banned anything that wasn't a ski? I was in Aspen in 89, and we had a special piece that fit the ski tubes on the outside of the gondola for snowboards and monoskis. It was awkward, there were only a couple, and they were often in transit or lost somewhere, so you had to wait for break in the crowds so you could fit your board (or monoski) inside.
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 4:30am

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I never really thought about who "Burton" was, but wow. Think about the combination of things he had to possess: a snowboarder's goofyness, for one, but the ability to create, promote, sell, design/build, all of that. The article says he "only" sold 300 the first year. That's about 299 more than anyone else in the history of the world could have sold. He's James Naismith and Ray Kroc put together.
 

as a hardcore skater in the seventies and eighties i never knew that much about him

his story reminds me of people like jeff ho, peralta, adams, alva (early zephyr team) and eventually tony hawk

his legacy is obviously epic
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Posted: Nov 22, 2019 - 2:45am



 islander wrote:


Jake Burton Carpenter:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50511783


I grew up on Colorado and worked / played / lived on the hills for many years in the 80's & 90's. I saw the transition from banned outcasts, to cool new thing. Burton was a huge influence in bringing that sport to the masses. I met him a couple of times and he always seemed really cool.  He sponsored one of my good friends who was one of the early guys making money being a professional snowboarder. 

He leaves a huge legacy, and will be missed.

 

I never really thought about who "Burton" was, but wow. Think about the combination of things he had to possess: a snowboarder's goofyness, for one, but the ability to create, promote, sell, design/build, all of that. The article says he "only" sold 300 the first year. That's about 299 more than anyone else in the history of the world could have sold. He's James Naismith and Ray Kroc put together.
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Posted: Nov 21, 2019 - 9:55pm



Jake Burton Carpenter:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50511783


I grew up on Colorado and worked / played / lived on the hills for many years in the 80's & 90's. I saw the transition from banned outcasts, to cool new thing. Burton was a huge influence in bringing that sport to the masses. I met him a couple of times and he always seemed really cool.  He sponsored one of my good friends who was one of the early guys making money being a professional snowboarder. 

He leaves a huge legacy, and will be missed.

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