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Back in the 80s I watched SCTV all the time, and really enjoyed the entire cast. Sadly, one of them just pasted away, RIP Joe Flaherty.
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Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series SCTV, has died at age 82. His daughter Gudrun said Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness, per the AP. Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, spent seven years at The Second City in Chicago before moving north of the border to help establish the theater's Toronto outpost.
He went on to star alongside John Candy and Catherine O'Hara in SCTV, about a fictional TV station known as Second City Television that was stacked with buffoons in front of and behind the cameras. Flaherty's characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd. He also acted as the dad in Freaks and Geeks. Flaherty maintained deep ties to Toronto, serving as an artist-in-residence at Humber College.
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This is what I thought of when the movies made their foray back into 3D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3G_beQccA
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Infamous white bronco rider OJ Simpson
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Eremius
Nothing trumps being a murderer. That's his legacy, and deservedly so.
But he was one hell of a running back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTTHmYKFdrQ
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Favourite joke from today: "O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76 from cancer. Cancer has denied being responsible, but plans to write a book titled, 'If I Did It'."
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PPatty
Nothing trumps being a murderer. That's his legacy, and deservedly so.
You're not wrong.
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Delores Mulva
Favourite joke from today: "O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76 from cancer. Cancer has denied being responsible, but plans to write a book titled, 'If I Did It'."
"Today is not the day for O.J. Simpson jokes. But I may take a stab at it tomorrow."
"At least O.J. can rest peacefully knowing his wife's killer is dead."
:grinyes:
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A friend sent this to me, so far my favorite:
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PPatty
He made it a few more years, but sadly, he's given up the ghost at last:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/othe...th/ar-AA1nfoRC
God bless.
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Long Live Theoden
Bernard Hill, 79
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Mileron
He delivered my favorite whip-'em-up movie speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdknqszMDY
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Duane Eddy passed a few days ago :(
You don't get more "twang" than this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=296wS9ome4M
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A great basketball player and, love or hate him as an announcer (people on this board seemed to trend toward the latter?), he helped elevate the sport's overall profile:
NBA champion, Hall of Famer Bill Walton dies at 71 - ESPN
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I don't watch the NBA anymore, not a fan of the way the game has changed, but when I watched and Walton was announcing I always enjoyed his quirky style. When he was at UCLA I was in junior high and our football coach was a huge fan of his, always using him as an example of how to be an athlete. He will be missed.
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What changes bother you? My buddy watches - I don't - and he did bring up in our last conversation how these playoffs have been really "weird", with teams basically trading blowouts back and forth. Is there a lack of sound defensive play? Is it a "no pushback" kind of thing? Are the changes recent, or is this more of a "for the last decade or so" thing? I know the Raptors won with stifling D, and that was only 5 years ago.
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Delores Mulva
What changes bother you?
I don't know about Bonlainy, but there have been people who generally don't like the modern NBA's extreme reliance on 3-pointers and refereeing changes that make it harder to play defense. I've reconciled myself to it, but there have been rumblings about those things ever since the Spurs won multiple titles with an offense that incorporated the 3-pointer as a fundamental part of their system (btw, Popovich is one of the 3-haters, but he gave into reality).
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PPatty
I don't know about Bonlainy, but there have been people who generally don't like the modern NBA's extreme reliance on 3-pointers and refereeing changes that make it harder to play defense.
I've reconciled myself to it, but there have been rumblings about those things ever since the Spurs won multiple titles with an offense that incorporated the 3-pointer as a fundamental part of their system (btw, Popovich is one of the 3-haters, but he gave into reality).
Basically this, although I don't really agree that the Spurs relied on 3-pointers to win their championships, it was simply a part of their arsenal on offense, not their entire offense. Now if a team doesn't have a bevy of 3-point shooters it's hard to win, although not impossible. When the Spurs won the 3-point shot wasn't their main point generator, they had Duncan and all that he did, plus Ginobili driving, Parker dishing, and a strong defense. The scores of games now are much higher, which I concede are more exciting for lots of people, but there is just too much perimeter play for me, it has taken away my enjoyment of the game. I am obviously one of the minority though, the number of viewers seems to keep going up as the shots get longer. Again, this is just how I feel about the NBA now. On the other hand, I do like the changes MLB has made, and although it is still mostly driven by home runs the stolen base has made a comeback in a big way, and that is part of the game I missed.
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Basically this, although I don't really agree that the Spurs relied on 3-pointers to win their championships, it was simply a part of their arsenal on offense, not their entire offense.
It wasn't their whole gameplan, but it was absolutely a key part of it. Just ask Pop himself:
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"To a certain degree, you better embrace it or you're going to lose. And every time we've won a championship, the 3-point shot was a big part of it. Because it is so powerful and you've gotta be able to do it.
Gregg Popovich on the 3-pointer: 'I still hate it, I'll never embrace it' - CBSSports.com
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didnt basketball used to lots of 3 pointers until the dunk got really popular and now its come back because lots of people got tired of nothing but dunks?
