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Madrona88 t1_irvcmjw wrote

Also a mover and shaker in the use of video and audio tape. Record the show, go golfing.

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m4chon4cho t1_irwlal1 wrote

Moving the back of his hand across his childrens' faces before shaking a fist at them

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[deleted] t1_irwjeg4 wrote

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Chicago_Blackhawks t1_irwnwd1 wrote

Bad bot

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Cpt_Woody420 t1_irwz7bp wrote

Are you okay there buddy?

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Chicago_Blackhawks t1_irx7ii5 wrote

Look at each of their accounts - everything they post is a reworded comment from somewhere else on the thread. It’s why none of them make any sense lol

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[deleted] t1_irwlo7a wrote

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Chicago_Blackhawks t1_irwnvk7 wrote

Bad bot

Edit: Check his account, and tell me if anything they posted make sense. They’re all reworded comments from other real posters

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Carbon_Rod t1_irxbdnz wrote

You got hammered with downvotes, but you were absolutely correct. Bot's banned now.

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[deleted] t1_irvkpif wrote

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LtSoundwave t1_irwq5ta wrote

Nah, sometimes your Honor score is too low and it’s just easier to start a new game.

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bolanrox t1_irwv14h wrote

sounds like Sean vs Julian's take on John?

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entrepreneurofcool t1_is0akb8 wrote

The way I heard it was good first family got the constantly working, touring version, which I imagine wouldn't have been easy for anyone, while his second family had him after he'd largely stepped away from performing and was semi-retired, which I imagine was less stressful for everyone.

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herrsharky1 t1_irvgrs2 wrote

He'll beat you with a sack of oranges.

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flyover_liberal t1_irwz0xr wrote

It's funny - Bing Crosby is alleged to have beaten his kids because of a memoir published after his death by his oldest son. His other kids say nothing like that ever happened.

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skatecarter t1_is2edq6 wrote

It's worth noting that TWO of his sons committed suicide.

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Specialist_Peach4294 t1_irwglx2 wrote

He sang about a “White Christmas”, while beating his wife and kids, black and blue.

pa-rum pum pum pum

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existentialism91342 t1_irvb31i wrote

TIL That Tasha Yar is his granddaughter.

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revtim t1_irvz7o4 wrote

I recall she had some trouble getting the family to acknowledge her lineage, I wonder if that's been resolved.

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aukir t1_irwik2y wrote

Oh snap. Was he the goo-god that killed her too? Fly me to the moon~

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ChronosBlitz t1_irw8fcx wrote

Denise Crosby, Tasha Yar on Star Trek, didn’t really know him growing up and tried to use a different last name when she went to theater school so as to not ride on his fame.

She claims her classmates never let it go though and eventually she just decided to lean in and see if she could use it to her advantage.

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ninjas_in_my_pants t1_irx4r6u wrote

Heard on a podcast a few months ago that if you turned on a radio in America in the late 1930s (I think), there was a 50% chance you would hear his voice.

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SweatyTax4669 t1_irxoz70 wrote

Studios didn't like the idea of Bing recording his shows for later playback, said nobody wanted to listen to not-live radio shows.

Bing insisted, and set the stage for the rest of the industry.

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GullyShotta t1_irvubb0 wrote

All I think is Family Guy when I hear the name Bing Crosby

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Darknessie t1_irvd73b wrote

The original King of All Media

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Scrappy_Larue t1_irvuf2z wrote

I heard that he sold more units of music (albums, singles, downloads...) than anyone else in the 20th century.

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MattyEC t1_irx81rf wrote

And remembuh, Petuh.

If ya kids give ya any lip, you can beat 'em with a sack of sweet Valencia oranges.

They don't leave a bruise and it teaches them who's boss -- there's no doubt about it.

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Stray_Alleycat t1_iryx4ew wrote

His son who wrote the memoir (Gary) recanted everything and admitted he did it for money. But no one seems to know that and sadly still think of Bing as the child beater.

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Stray_Alleycat t1_irywzne wrote

Sad so many people know so little about him. More hit records than Elvis, the Beatles and Sinatra COMBINED.

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Salmol1na t1_irw26im wrote

More like Cha-Ching Crosby

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Daqpanda t1_irw8emv wrote

Mr. New Vegas made him popular.

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ShiningRayde t1_irwpdgy wrote

So THIS is the mfer who started the war on Christmas with all his 'Happy Holidays!' Nonsense smh my head

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_irwt7sj wrote

I see by the picture Bing Crosby must have inspired Bob Dobbs.

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MindYerOwnBusiness t1_irvtyf8 wrote

He physically and emotionally abused his kids too.

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_irwtep8 wrote

His kids seem to have different opinions on the abuse story. idk what to think.

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alexmikli t1_irxf9j7 wrote

I guess he could have just abused the first kid but who knows at this point

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jcd1974 t1_irws611 wrote

Has any artist lived a pure life?

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bolanrox t1_irwuvvc wrote

Dolly Parton? Rory Gallagher? Fred Rogers?

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jcd1974 t1_irwzdn4 wrote

I have suspicions about Dolly!

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Ok-disaster2022 t1_irx1c71 wrote

Dolly is a for profit personality. Sure she gives back to her community, but her wide acceptance of people is 2 fold: she never wants others to feel ostracized and the more accessible she seems the wider her customer base.

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bolanrox t1_irx005c wrote

or just keep it at dont be an asshole..

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dougola t1_irwdxcq wrote

>He was a racist POS. Straight-up on TV said that if his daughter dated a black man he would dis-own her.

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Zulrock123 t1_irwfv4j wrote

Checks bio, Irish-American white man in the 1930s-1970s. Seems like a common and basically non controversial opinion for his time.

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WR810 t1_irwt7gj wrote

Reminds me of that Bill Burr bit about John Wayne's Playboy interview.

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placeaccount t1_irwtq8g wrote

My father, back in the early 70s, told me that if I ever married a black ("colored") girl, he would disown me. I could be friends, but don't ever marry one. Bing was born in 1903 and my father was born in 1922, so roughly the same era.

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bananafor t1_irwoix1 wrote

His sister was a big star before him, but she retired to get married.

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keetojm t1_irxtgm9 wrote

He loved the ladies. He and Bob Hope would trade mistresses.

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joeface71 t1_irxugp4 wrote

Does he have an EGOT?

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darkage_raven t1_iry4hoh wrote

I swear I have seen like 50 movies during his era that is basically "2 or 3 couples go skiing/cottage/resort, an intro song or two, and something happens, but is easily resolved and more songs, the end."

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Jaefaed t1_iryc9bh wrote

Read this too fast and read bill cosby lmao

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_Birbie_ t1_irylonl wrote

Read that as Bill Cosby for some reason lol

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dressageishard t1_irz6bex wrote

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas! 🎼🎵

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Wendy1982 t1_irzhoxq wrote

TIL Bing Crosby was white. I think because of his name I linked him to Bill Cosby and imagined a black guy.

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OcotilloWells t1_irziwra wrote

He wore the first jean jacket also.

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jthanson t1_irzskuq wrote

The origin of the “Canadian tuxedo.”

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JoeDiBango t1_iryqfcr wrote

And beat his kids, can’t forget about that.

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Black_Otter t1_irz4bj5 wrote

The guy was also a raging pile of shit , which is sad because his movies and songs are great

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Whyisthissobroken t1_irx37jt wrote

Not only could he belt out a song but a sound amount of discipline to his kids too when the situation called for it. Emphasis on...the belt

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AudibleNod t1_irvihzj wrote

A multimedia star without a TikTok account?

/s

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_irwtlob wrote

Thank god for Tiktok, it's like a vacuum cleaner for all the attention whores infesting Twitch and Youtube.

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lee-galizit t1_irws512 wrote

And beat his children, Hell of a guy

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Bloorajah t1_irxhvom wrote

He also beat his kids so hard they wrote books about it lol

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Lucky_War_1568 t1_irx38rw wrote

All that and still had time to abuse and terrorize his children! wow!

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LikeEpisodeVIThemost t1_irw5qme wrote

Yeah Im sure no musician/play actor ever got famous before bing crosby

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Grim1316 t1_irw6g3b wrote

I think you misunderstand the important world here, Media. He was very likely the first, or at least the first to make it popular to be both a famous recording musician as well as also be a famous film star. Meaning his work was on some sort of media, Film and Records. That would not be the case with play actors who are even now not commonly record on either media.

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LikeEpisodeVIThemost t1_irw6qnk wrote

I just think it willfully ignores media that came before. Books, paintings, poetry, songwriting etc etc all existed before and are considered media. Yeah he probably did a lot for films and music but he's not the first.

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Grim1316 t1_irw7zok wrote

Kinda moving the bar's here since you just said musicians and play actors. Since you brought it up and in continued fairness, most of those cases the average person would have little to no idea or access to all forms of media that any person created. It isn't until true mass media that you see household names become increasingly more common.

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