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Re: Dead Pool
« Reply #150 on: April 27, 2023, 02:29:16 PM »
Jerry Springer, age 79.  Heaven just got a little crasser.

I used to watch his show all of the time - as did a Chinese post-doc that worked in a neighboring lab (they reran the show late at night).  He would come in dumbfounded at the antics on the show.  One day he proclaimed there were no gay people in China!  Absolutely adamant. He wasn’t be judgmental about the US or about gay people - it was just pure shock.  I assured him there are gay people in China, but they likely don’t feel safe being “out”.  He remained unconvinced.  The discussions of the show with him are my favorite memories of that show.

You have a stronger stomach than I do.

This was circa 1995-1998-ish.  I did tire of the show.  Not sure a strong stomach was required as the topics weren’t the sort of thing that really bothers me (and many were fake).  I will say I barely made it through the first episode of “Black Mirror” and did not watch any further episodes.  But that is what - 25 years later and probably a sign of change of my tolerances on various topics.

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Re: Dead Pool
« Reply #151 on: May 01, 2023, 09:33:20 PM »

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Re: Dead Pool
« Reply #152 on: May 24, 2023, 01:05:31 PM »

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Re: Dead Pool
« Reply #153 on: May 24, 2023, 06:26:05 PM »
RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.

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« Reply #154 on: May 24, 2023, 10:04:29 PM »
RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.
Wonder if Taylor Swift is bucking for that record? Big shoes to fill, indeed.

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« Reply #155 on: May 25, 2023, 03:46:55 AM »
RIP Tina Turner.

She was an indelible part of the soundtrack of my life.

https://www.reuters.com/world/singer-tina-turner-dies-aged-83-2023-05-24/#:~:text=May%2024%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Tina,at%20the%20age%20of%2083.

Holds the Guinness world record for most concert tickets sold by a solo artist.
Wonder if Taylor Swift is bucking for that record? Big shoes to fill, indeed.
My guess is that Swift and Beyoncé will set a whole bunch of new high water marks in the decades to come. Both could easily tour for another few decades and churn out several more chart topping albums.