Quote from: formosan on April 07, 2025, 10:21:34 AMI never saw the show.....RIP Jay North.

For a 50s sitcom, it was a bit funnier than Leave it to Beaver.

RIP

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on April 08, 2025, 08:26:58 PMFor a 50s sitcom, it was a bit funnier than Leave it to Beaver.

RIP

Perhaps on the weekend I'll look up episodes on youtube.

Don Hasselbeck, Former Super Bowl Champ, Dies at 70

Wink Martindale, iconic game show host, dead at 91



Legendary game show host Wink Martindale has died, Fox News Digital confirmed. He was 91.

Wink Martindale, one of TV's most beloved game show hosts whose name became virtually synonymous with the profession, died today in Rancho Mirage, CA.

His death was announced by a spokesperson for Martindale's family. No cause was given, but the statement said the host of such classic game shows as Tic-Tac-Dough, High Rollers and Gambit was "surrounded by family and his beloved wife of 49 years, Sandra Martindale."

Over a 74-year career in radio and television, Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale was born on December 4, 1933, in Jackson, TN. He launched his career as a disc jockey in Jackson at the age of 17, then rising through the ranks at Memphis' WHBQ, where, according to his family, on the evening of July 10, 1954, fellow DJ Dewey Phillips played Elvis Presley's debut record, "That's All Right," on the radio for the very first time — playing the tune repeatedly while Martindale phoned Presley's mother and asked if Elvis could come down to the radio station.

"Elvis soon arrived at WHBQ for his first interview, and music was changed forever," the family statement reads.

Martindale also found his own success as a recording artist, performing the spoken-word song "Deck of Cards" in 1959, a track that went to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and sold over a million copies.

But it wasn't until 1964, when he landed his first game-show hosting job on NBC's What's This Song?, that Martindale found his niche. He followed the musical-contest show with NBC's Words and Music, CBS' Gambit and his biggest success Tic-Tac-Dough. Martindale hosted the popular and long-running Tic-Tac-Dough for its first seven seasons, leaving in 1985 to host Headline Chasers, which was the first show he produced, in association with Merv Griffin and syndication giant King World.

Martindale also went on to host such popular game shows as High Rollers, The Last Word, The Great Getaway Game, Trivial Pursuit, Debt, Instant Recall and more. With his wide grin and bubbly air, Martindale rather personified the game hosts – and became a frequent target of The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, who enjoyed skewering the genre and its famous faces.

https://deadline.com/2025/04/wink-martindale-dead-1236369288/

Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks died at age 73. Binks joined Judas Prist in March 1977 appearing on the albums Stained Class and Killing Machine as well as the live 1979 album Unleashed In The East.

Binks died on 15 March 2025 and his death was confirmed on 14 April. No cause of death was revealed

RIP Wink and Les.

Pope Francis, leader of Catholic Church, dies at age 88



Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88.

The Vatican announced Francis died at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, one day after Easter.

"Francis returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church," said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber. "He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God."

The pope was recently released from the hospital after complications from pneumonia in both lungs.

https://www.abc15.com/obituaries/pope-francis-leader-of-catholic-church-dies-at-age-88

He was great as the Emperor in Star Wars.

It would have been really cool if he died on Friday and then was resurrected on Sunday.

Quote from: Oliver the Second on April 21, 2025, 09:42:36 AMIt would have been really cool if he died on Friday and then was resurrected on Sunday.

Blasphemy!!!




God bless you, sir.   

Quote from: Oliver the Second on April 21, 2025, 09:36:32 AMPope Francis, leader of Catholic Church, dies at age 88



Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88.

The Vatican announced Francis died at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, one day after Easter.

"Francis returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church," said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber. "He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God."

The pope was recently released from the hospital after complications from pneumonia in both lungs.

https://www.abc15.com/obituaries/pope-francis-leader-of-catholic-church-dies-at-age-88

I thought he was getting better.

I wonder if the Cardinals will vote for another woke pope.

Bartender who created tequila sunrise dies at 77



On April 14, we lost bartending legend Robert "Bobby" Lozoff, one of the two Trident bartenders who created the tequila sunrise at the Sausalito restaurant in the 1970s. Lozoff had been living in Hawaii since he left Sausalito in 1976. He died at age 77.

The story of his and Billy Rice's tequila sunrise — Rice died in 1997 — has become a bar culture phenomenon, reported in publications such as National Geographic Assignment and the Daily Beast.

"Mick Jagger came up to the bar and asked for a margarita," Lozoff reiterated in 2022. "I asked him, 'How about a tequila sunrise?' And the rest is history."

Keith Richards himself dubbed the Stones' 1972 tour the "cocaine and tequila sunrise tour," and that widely publicized tour and its massively popular mascot drink begat the eponymous 1973 song by the Eagles, which later begat the 1988 eponymous movie starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell.

In between, everyone from the Club canned cocktails to Jose Cuervo has gotten in on the act. Harley-Davidson motorcycles include "tequila sunrise" as an official color, and there are orange-pink tequila sunrise candles, lip glosses and nail polishes. Today, the tequila sunrise can be found in every major cocktail guide and on menus around the world. Anywhere the Stones went, so did the tequila sunrise.

It was Pompili who arranged the Rolling Stones party at the Trident that launched the tequila sunrise into the stratosphere. Pompili can also be heard introducing Peter Frampton on the multi-platinum 1976 live album "Frampton Comes Alive!".

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/04/30/bobby-lozoff-bartender-who-created-tequila-sunrise-at-marin-restaurant-dies-at-77/

'Laugh-In' comedy icon Ruth Buzzi dies at 88


Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.

Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, says her agent Mike Eisenstadt. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband, Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on Buzzi's Facebook page, thanking her many fans and telling them: "She wants you to know she probably had more fun doing those shows than you had watching them."

Buzzi won a Golden Globe and was a two-time Emmy nominee for the NBC show that ran from 1968 to 1973. She was the only regular to appear in all six seasons, including the pilot.

https://ktla.com/entertainment/laugh-in-comedy-icon-ruth-buzzi-dies-at-88/

Quote from: Oliver the Second on May 02, 2025, 02:49:11 PM'Laugh-In' comedy icon Ruth Buzzi dies at 88

Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.

Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, says her agent Mike Eisenstadt. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and was in hospice care. Shortly before her death, her husband, Kent Perkins, had posted a statement on Buzzi's Facebook page, thanking her many fans and telling them: "She wants you to know she probably had more fun doing those shows than you had watching them."

Buzzi won a Golden Globe and was a two-time Emmy nominee for the NBC show that ran from 1968 to 1973. She was the only regular to appear in all six seasons, including the pilot.

https://ktla.com/entertainment/laugh-in-comedy-icon-ruth-buzzi-dies-at-88/

I thought she was ten years older than that.