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Reply to comment by 5OZO in TIL John Matuszak, best known for playing Sloth in The Goonies, was a state champion in the shot put, was the #1 overall draft pick in the NFL, was served a restraining order during a game, had a head coach perform life-saving CPR, won 2 Super Bowls, and acted with Ringo Starr before ODing at 38 by PasghettiSquash
I don’t think they could get Braun Strowman’s hair or acting skills right for that kind of role. Hair-wise Matsuzak sorta looked like a giant bearded John Belushi.
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Reply to comment by PlethoPappus in TIL John Matuszak, best known for playing Sloth in The Goonies, was a state champion in the shot put, was the #1 overall draft pick in the NFL, was served a restraining order during a game, had a head coach perform life-saving CPR, won 2 Super Bowls, and acted with Ringo Starr before ODing at 38 by PasghettiSquash
It’s possible he could have taken the Mickey Mantle approach to life of thinking he was gonna die young of something.
Mickey Mantle’s father and various male relatives died young from Hodgkin’s, and Mickey thought that’d happen to him too. Those family members worked in lead/zinc mining which could have a tie to Hodgkin’s and Mickey made it to 63 before dying from liver cancer after a lifetime of drinking a lot.
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Reply to comment by IntellegentIdiot in Holy shit is “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega & DNA so godamn good. by treeillusion
Yeah, it was another 4 years until Gilbert O’Sullivan’s court case with Biz Markie was decided. So the rules were solidly in “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission” territory back then
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Gotta love a story where copyright infringement works out for the best once the artist gets the label to buy the remix because she likes it.
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Reply to comment by vadermaybelater in TIL the guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," Sheldon Leonard, became one of the most successful TV producers in history, having created the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among many others. As a tribute, the two main characters on "Big Bang Theory" were named after him. by latchkey_adult
Ron Howard released a book co-authored with his brother last year (“The Boys”) which is a really good book but I don’t remember if he mentioned Sheldon in that regard.
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Reply to comment by Polymemnetic in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
And the Macho Man WCW contract was subsided by Slim Jim, because Randy was in their commercials.
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Reply to comment by BigPapaChuck73 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
At one time they bought a trademark for the name Gorgeous George with the thought of having Lanny work under that name.
Instead they gave the name to Randy Savage’s midlife crisis stripper girlfriend and the wrestler who sold the name got a WCW gig as “The Maestro”
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Reply to comment by Hairy_Seaweed9309 in Cindy Williams Dies: ‘Laverne & Shirley‘ Star Who Appeared In ’American Graffiti’ & ‘The Conversation’ Was 75 by MarvelsGrantMan136
Ed Marinaro jumping directly from Laverne and Shirley to Hill Street Blues was probably a good decision.
Also, Wikipedia doesn’t list a birthdate for Leslie Easterbrook. So aside from McKean, you gotta dig deep into the regular cast.