Grim... wrote:
I've heard of them, but I wouldn't know that they're bald.
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:21 ] |
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My wife was having a conversation with a couple of friends, and we ended up talking about bald people and the names Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas came up, but our friends were ignorant of them both. Now they are a bit younger than me, born in the early 80s. I was really surprised, but I wondered if it is just an age thing, most people here are also slightly younger than me, do you guys know who they are (without googling)? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:23 ] |
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Yes, but then i'm slightly older than you, I think. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:24 ] |
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I've heard of them, but I wouldn't know that they're bald. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:24 ] |
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Natch. In fact I almost shot Zardoz when I first met him. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:41 ] |
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The king and I know who both of them are. Who loves ya, baby? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:42 ] |
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Considering the resurgence of Westworld I'm surprised of folks not being aware of Yul Brynner |
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:45 ] |
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Cras wrote: Considering the resurgence of Westworld I'm surprised of folks not being aware of Yul Brynner That was partly my thinking |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:49 ] |
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That's me not knowing. Mid 80s. I've heard the name Yul Brynner but don't know who is and didn't know that's how it's spelled. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Wed Apr 17, 2019 23:51 ] |
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Post Google, still none the wiser. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 0:15 ] |
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I know Telly Savalas but strangely enough, I think that's mainly from 'Willy the Kid' books when I was a kid. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:25 ] |
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I went for I know neither. I'd heard of the name Yul Brenner, but I thought he was a famous chess player or bridge player or something. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:30 ] |
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For the longest time I thought that Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas were completely bald because of something actually wrong with their heads. Shocked to learn they were just regular baldies who had shaved the rest off. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:01 ] |
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I'm younger than Malc and I know who both of them are. I am a pop culture sponge though |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:08 ] |
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Knew them both well as actors. Knew neither were completely bald as well and have seen early films of both of theirs when they had hair. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:18 ] |
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I know them personally. Also Vin Diesel and the Kinder Egg man. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:27 ] |
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Never see you guys in the same room... |
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| Author: | devilman [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:00 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: I went for I know neither. I'd heard of the name Yul Brenner, but I thought he was a famous chess player or bridge player or something. Could be Omar Sharif you're thinking of. I'd heard of both Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas but until fairly recently, I'd not seen anything they were in till I watched Westworld a few years back. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:18 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: I went for I know neither. I'd heard of the name Yul Brenner, but I thought he was a famous chess player or bridge player or something. Hi name is mentioned in 'One night in Bangkok' from the musical 'Chess'. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:45 ] |
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That would be it. I typically avoid musicals, and that one I've successfully avoided too the extent I've never heard of it. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:46 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I've heard of them, but I wouldn't know that they're bald.
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 11:50 ] |
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I grew up seeing them both on the telly. Sometimes when I speak about my childhood it sounds like I was born just after world war two, not my mother. I think we must have just been trapped in that era. 
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:22 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Mr Dave wrote: I went for I know neither. I'd heard of the name Yul Brenner, but I thought he was a famous chess player or bridge player or something. Hi name is mentioned in 'One night in Bangkok' from the musical 'Chess'. A shitty along from a shitty musical....... I also avoid musicals. And poetry. Unless it's rude or funny. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:40 ] |
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‘Chess’ is an excellent musical, tbf. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:48 ] |
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All musical's are shit (as is opera and ballet), the concept is utter madness and I have no truck with it. I feel embarrassed to watch them. Films with some songs are sometimes OK, e.g. Hard Day's Night |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:50 ] |
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Warhead wrote: All musical's are shit You don’t like Blues Brothers? |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:53 ] |
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You look like youse could use a Mary Poppins. A man who doesn't watch Mary Poppins is not a whole man. Why do you not have Mary Poppins in your hand? |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:54 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Warhead wrote: All musical's are shit You don’t like Blues Brothers? No, it was shit. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:55 ] |
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Dimrill wrote: You look like youse could use a Mary Poppins. A man who doesn't watch Mary Poppins is not a whole man. Why do you not have Mary Poppins in your hand? That's a film with some songs in it. Not bad. I saw the new one at the kino a couple of weeks ago with my granddaughter. Edit. But it should have still been Julie Andrews. That new tart was all wrong for it. And Michael Banks needed chinning, the wimp. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:55 ] |
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SCHTEP IN TOIME SCHTEP IN TOIME SCHTEP IN TOIME |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:55 ] |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:58 ] |
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Warhead wrote: Dimrill wrote: You look like youse could use a Mary Poppins. A man who doesn't watch Mary Poppins is not a whole man. Why do you not have Mary Poppins in your hand? That's a film with some songs in it. Not bad. I saw the new one at the kino a couple of weeks ago with my granddaughter. Edit. But it should have still been Julie Andrews. That new tart was all wrong for it. And Michael Banks needed chinning, the wimp. Mary Poppins is definitely a musical. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 15:59 ] |
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Banned? What? For posting SCHTEP IN TOIME three times? Harsh. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:00 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Warhead wrote: Dimrill wrote: You look like youse could use a Mary Poppins. A man who doesn't watch Mary Poppins is not a whole man. Why do you not have Mary Poppins in your hand? That's a film with some songs in it. Not bad. I saw the new one at the kino a couple of weeks ago with my granddaughter. Edit. But it should have still been Julie Andrews. That new tart was all wrong for it. And Michael Banks needed chinning, the wimp. Mary Poppins is definitely a musical. Yeah, that’s 100% a musical. Chimeny sweeps don’t all spontaneously step in tune outside of a musical. Anymore. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:04 ] |
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Mimi wrote: DavPaz wrote: Warhead wrote: Dimrill wrote: You look like youse could use a Mary Poppins. A man who doesn't watch Mary Poppins is not a whole man. Why do you not have Mary Poppins in your hand? That's a film with some songs in it. Not bad. I saw the new one at the kino a couple of weeks ago with my granddaughter. Edit. But it should have still been Julie Andrews. That new tart was all wrong for it. And Michael Banks needed chinning, the wimp. Mary Poppins is definitely a musical. Yeah, that’s 100% a musical. Chimeny sweeps don’t all spontaneously step in tune outside of a musical. Anymore. There's a cut off point for me between musicals and films with songs in them. I just haven't been able to define it beyond 'that was shit' and 'that film had some quite good songs in it, and not too many to spoil it.' |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:04 ] |
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CHUPPENSCH A BAAARG CHUPPENSCH A BAAARG CHUPPENSCH A BAAARG |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:05 ] |
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Sounds like you mostly just don’t like songs. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:06 ] |
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Maybe he doesn't, but I do. I have a large collection of them, many of which are very enjoyable. Even the ones with lyrics that make no sense at all (e.g. about 75% of what Jon Anderson wrote with Yes). |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:10 ] |
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Perhaps I was scarred by being taken to see '7 Brides for 7 Brothers' and 'Tommy the Torriador' at the pictures when I was rather young. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:12 ] |
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Warhead wrote: There's a cut off point for me between musicals and films with songs in them. I just haven't been able to define it beyond 'that was shit' and 'that film had some quite good songs in it, and not too many to spoil it.' Musicals are films that have songs about things happening in the film, like Mary Poppins, Little Shop of Horrors or The Greatest Showman. Films with songs are just films with characters singing songs that have a "normal" explanation, like Sister Act, Pitch Perfect or American Pie. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:23 ] |
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So IS Blues Brothers a musical, by that standard? (I’ve not actually seen it, and I know they are singers, but do they only sing the songs as part of performances/practice and do the songs advance the plot? I genuinely can’t remember if you usually say it’s a musical or not 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 16:26 ] |
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Yes, because of the song "Think", which is Aretha Franklin telling Matt "Guitar" Murphy to think about things when the Blues Brothers ask him to rejion the band. Also there is a bit of magic music going on when people are dancing outside Ray's Music Exchange. You should watch it. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 17:05 ] |
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Warhead wrote: All musical's are shit (as is opera and ballet), the concept is utter madness and I have no truck with it. I feel embarrassed to watch them. Films with some songs are sometimes OK, e.g. Hard Day's Night I think you're wrong there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmzUEQxOvA |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 17:22 ] |
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Warhead wrote: All musical's are shit (as is opera and ballet), the concept is utter madness and I have no truck with it. I feel embarrassed to watch them. Films with some songs are sometimes OK, e.g. Hard Day's Night Anyone who cannot enjoy the celluloid sunshine that is "Singin' in the Rain" is beyond hope. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 17:28 ] |
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Team America. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 17:52 ] |
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I'm not sure American Pie was in Grimothy's list. There's no singing in it |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 17:54 ] |
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Mimi wrote: So IS Blues Brothers a musical, by that standard? (I’ve not actually seen it, and I know they are singers, but do they only sing the songs as part of performances/practice and do the songs advance the plot? I genuinely can’t remember if you usually say it’s a musical or not No, blues brothers is a film with songs in it, we established that as categorically a fact a long time ago. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 18:01 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Yes, because of the song "Think", which is Aretha Franklin telling Matt "Guitar" Murphy to think about things when the Blues Brothers ask him to rejion the band. Also there is a bit of magic music going on when people are dancing outside Ray's Music Exchange. You should watch it. I did try to watch it once, at Russell’s suggestion, but I just didn’t get on with it or find it entertaining. I know that’s like blaspheming here, but I didn’t think it was any good. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 18:09 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: I'm not sure American Pie was in Grimothy's list. There's no singing in it Oz joins the acappella team with Heather. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 18:14 ] |
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Grim... wrote: DavPaz wrote: I'm not sure American Pie was in Grimothy's list. There's no singing in it Oz joins the acappella team with Heather. Of course he does. The worst choir in cinematic history |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Apr 18, 2019 19:17 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Grim... wrote: Yes, because of the song "Think", which is Aretha Franklin telling Matt "Guitar" Murphy to think about things when the Blues Brothers ask him to rejion the band. Also there is a bit of magic music going on when people are dancing outside Ray's Music Exchange. You should watch it. I did try to watch it once, at Russell’s suggestion, but I just didn’t get on with it or find it entertaining. I know that’s like blaspheming here, but I didn’t think it was any good. I’ve never been that entertained by it either. We are all allowed a few films we just don’t get. |
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