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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Aug 4

Rest in peace Loni Anderson.

There was something wonderful about her role of Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP. She had the looks and always the upper hand.

The role of Jennifer was supposed to be of a ditzy blonde. Loni lobbied for her to be a strong woman who took no bullshit.

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jul 24

Rest in Peace Chuck Mangione. The master of the flugel horn.

"Feels So Good" was everywhere.

Raise your hand if this banger was played in your home growing up. 🎶🎶🎶🎶

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jul 21

RIP Malcolm Jamal Warner.

You know where you were when you saw The $95 Gordon Gartrell shirt.

"No 14 year-old boy should have a $95 shirt, unless he is on stage with his 4 brothers." 😂

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jul 21

Celebrating the life of Don Knotts on what would have been his 101st birthday.

His first appearance as Mr. Furley.

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 30

Walter Matthau tells a joke on The Johnny Carson Show.

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jun 25

71 years ago today, the Chuck Jones/Bugs Bunny masterpiece, Long-Haired Hare, premiered.

Leopold! Leopold! 😂

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jun 28

In 1983, Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft appeared on a British variety show and sang Sweet Georgia Brown.

In Polish.

Happy Birthday 99th birthday to an absolute legend.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Jun 28

Mel Brooks is 99.
Perfect gag.
Perfect delivery.

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Pazuzus farthers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.social · Jun 28

Happy 99th Birthday Mel Brooks BTD 1226

#MelBrooks

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The One and Only Kay @theonekay.bsky.social · Jun 27

RIP Walter Scott of the Whispers. This is my fave song from them.

youtu.be/fOaxEa5ONJw?...

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (1979)

YouTube video by Andre Brown

youtu.be

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Jun 19

Time for the annual schoolhouse rock style history lesson about slavery and the origins of Juneteenth from The Roots

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Jonah Maves @hunchojman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Natisha Hiedeman

oh my

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J.A. Adande @jadande.bsky.social · Jun 16

JJ Spaun went to San Dimas High School

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Jun 16

Ridiculous putt, especially under those conditions

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JM =^) @jm539581.bsky.social · Jun 16

The replays, oh, the replays of that putt.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · Jun 15

This applies to all sports but - and I am not joking - it is absolutely something best understood by a baseball man.

From the Pope - In our competitive society, where it seems that only the strong and winners deserve to live, sport also teaches us how to lose. It forces us, in learning the art of losing, to confront our fragility, our limitations and our imperfections. It is through the experience of these limits that we open our hearts to hope. Athletes who never make mistakes, who never lose, do not exist.

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Yvan Montgury, The Gravedigger 🏀 @yvanthegravedigger.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy 80th Birthday Wayne Chapman, former ABA player & father of @rexchapman.bsky.social 🎂

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 15

❤️

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 15

He’s 80 today!

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's the 39th anniversary of Thornton Melon doing the Triple Lindy for Grand Lakes University.

Back to School (1986)

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SpudRazor @spudrazor.bsky.social · Jun 13

It’s called Prisencolinensinainciusol if you feel like searching for better quality. It was used in a random Mountain Dew commercial a little while back and I nearly fell over when I heard it

Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 13

Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70s with nonsensical lyrics meant to sound like American English — to prove that Italians would just love any American song.

It was a hit.

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 13

www.today.com/popculture/m...

This Italian singer released a gibberish song in the 1970s meant to sound like English. It was a hit

Adriano Celentano is the musician and actor behind social media's latest novelty craze.

www.today.com

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Jun 13

Celentano's intention was to demonstrate Italians' fascination with English-language music, highlighting how they would embrace a song that sounded "American," regardless of whether they understood the words.

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