Indeed, this one definitely hurts.

RIP

If you haven't seen it, SI has a YT video of one of his appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Funny stuff. RIP Mr. Baseball.

MLB Radio is playing a clip of a time recently when the door to the booth was locked and they couldn't get it open and he is simultaneously calling the game and the crew trying to get the door open and it is a riot.

As a testament to how good Major League is, and specifically his role in it, even my teenage boys like it, and they don't like any movie that's more than 10 years old, and they especially howled at some of his lines.

a few months ago my 11 year old softball crazed daughter had a friend sleep over. The friend tapped out about midnight and the mom had to come. I was still up and after the kid leaves daughter tells me she isn't tired and she wants to watch a movie. Her and I stayed up late and watched Major League and she loved it. Was such a fun dad/daughter moment.

David Lynch dead at 78.

Who will be the third?

David Lynch, RIP

Watching Eraserhead was a scarring teenage moment for me

But I, along with multiple friends, was/were fully enthralled with Twin Peaks and were riveted to that show like almost nothing else, ever (maybe The Wire at that level, but that's it).

I remember as a teenager picking up Blue Velvet at the rental store and watching it with my mom. That level of cringe never heals. RIP David Lynch

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Hat tip to MLB, this is a very nice 8 minute retrospective/tribute to the one of a kind legend.

- YouTube

I had a negative visceral reaction to Doc Severinsen saying that the Tonight Show gave Uecker the opportunity to market himself. I'm sure it says more about my feelings to the marketing ways of the current day than to Uecker going on the Tonight Show. It does sadden me that a Bob Uecker today would probably be seen as manufactured as opposed to just a natural.

I mean, he's not wrong.

There weren't many platforms in the era that provided that much exposure AND bestowed as much credibility for an entertainer.

Without that brand building, getting the Miller Lite ads would have been tougher at the very least. And without those combined, he doesn't host SNL. And without all that he sure doesn't get Mr. Belvedere. And without all that he doesn't get Major League.

He definitely was not wrong. And if this were 15-20 years ago, I probably don't have the same reaction to someone marketing themselves or the urge to put marketing in quotes.

I guess I get what you mean by "manufactured", but he really was a rare talent. Johnny having him on 100 times helped Uecker, but the reason he had him on 100 times is because he was extremely funny. Carson helped his career, but he had a career because of his talent.

There are a handful of people on this planet that can call a game by themselves and have you completely invested. I loved listening to Uecker on the radio as a kid as I'd be able to get Milwaukee games from the north suburbs of Chicago. I didn't even care for the Brewers but it was like listening to someone tell a riveting story over 3 hours. Will likely never see that again.

And he was a great comedic actor. Major League isn't the same without him playing Harry Doyle. People are still quoting his lines from that movie.

RIP to a legend.

Been listening th mostly MLB radio and it has been a stead stream of players and announcers telling stories about Uecker.

They just had Jonathan Lucroy on and he told the hosts in 2015 he had Bob record the voicemail greeting on his cellphone and he still has it. They called him and let it go to voicemail and it was a riot. So many funny stories coming out about him.

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Rest in peace

I watched several segments covering his life and interviews from other broadcasters and players. Ueker had one hell of a life. Ballplayer, actor, broadcaster, hall of famer, and probably the funniest man involved in baseball.

The last member of the Band has passed, Garth Hudson.

I think I'll go listen to the Weight in remembrance.

Crazy fact, the Bears have played the Packers 210 times in history and she was alive for all but 1 of those games.

I never knew what that song was about.

RIP Dick Jauron. https://www.si.com/nfl/dick-jauron-f...ach-dies-at-74

I hope there isn't a third Bears-related death in the near future.

Somethimg something Vince Neil's plane

Vince Neil is a pilot and has piloted that plane before. No word yet whether he was on the plane, but it is mist likely the one dead and the seriously injured was the pilot. The plane ran off the runway and hit another plane.

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Statement released by his agent/lawyer's says Vince Neil was NOT on board.

meanwhile, Twitter starting to say that the plane that got hit belongs to Vince Vaughn.

A Vince on Vince crime.

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There's video. It hit a larger plane so almost certainly the pilot was the one killed.

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Still alive ...

I didn't realize he was a pilot. He should still be in jail for killing Razzle, not given a pilot's license too. Sheesh.

Bruce Dickinson is probably the most famous rocker I can think of who is a pilot, seeing as though he used to fly their large jet on world tours. I'm sure there are others, but had never heard that info about Neil.

Actress who was Miss Yvonne in Peewee's Playhouse Lynne Stewart

Roberta Flack gone at 88. Guess the song finally did its job.

John Lawlor, the only guy in the original season of Facts of Life



Liked his deep voice. Also had a role in the Blake Edwards movie S.O.B.

Late 90s creepy internet is in mourning.

Complications from a liver transplant. That is just so sad.

It's actually weird how many different things I know her from, since she seemed like a child actress that kinda just faded away. But between Pete and Pete, Harriet the Spy, Buffy, EuroTrip, and Gossip Girl, she stayed relevant for longer than most without seeming to have a terrible life. Even my daughter knows her from Gossip Girl and some terrible tween ice skating movies.

It is funny how it is just a coin-flip on if a child/young actor who actually is pretty good on screen will be any good once they hit their late 20's and on. She was a pretty decent actress for her age, but must not have been able to transition into adult level acting.

Or she didn't want to

She has been working. She just has been in mostly low budget stuff and some voice roles. She just didn't translate into something bigger.

TMZ is reporting she had had a history of alcohol abuse. Still, drinking hard enough to need a liver at 39 is rough. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't have Hep C or something like that.

Gene Hackman, 95, his wife, 64, and a dog.

Gene Hackman passed away at the age of 95. He is one of the best actors of his generation. I need to rewatch The French Connection.

Edit: Posted at the same time, but I hadn't seen the bit about his wife and dog. I read they didn't emsusoect foul play, so Carbonmonoxide poison?

Gene hackman his wife and his dog found dead in home. Probably a love triangle gone wrong

Unforgiven, Crimson Tide, Hoosiers … RIP

That's the only thing I can figure, if there's truly no foul play. Unless double suicide is not considered foul play and they didn't consider the dog's death in that statement.

Either that, or they've given that initial statement "pending further investigation" while they give family the time to come to grips with it and explain/cover up the circumstances in the next 48-72 hours. Just an odd set of circumstances.

Crazy that they'd been married 37 years and didn't get married until Hackman was almost 60! When I turn 60, my wife and I will have been married only 34 years.

Hackman is acting royalty. Some incredible roles. Just a master among legends.

I hate to be morbid but can I sign up to go at 95 by carbon monoxide poisoning?

My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep unlike the other passengers in his car that went out screaming.

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So the family is saying they suspect carbon monoxide but the authorities are saying it doesn't look like that's the cause. And, some sort of meds near her body. If that's true, this is pure speculation, but maybe he died and she killed herself and the dog to be with him?

So here is a crazy bit of trivia. Gene Hackman auditioned and was a finalist for Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch. That would have been crazy.

Edit: Actually, the studio didn't let him audition because he was too "unknown." He won his first academy award the year after The Vrady Bunch debuted.

They were deadset on a dad with a perm, I guess.