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Skid Row Joe · #16 06-26-2009, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

And nobody cares that poor Ed McMahon died?

How would you know that??

cliffmac · #17 06-26-2009, 01:29 AM

no, I feel bad about Ed passing...swear to God, I am of the age where I used go out at 16 years old and get Jack-In-The-Box burgers and shakes and bring it all back and sit with my mother and watch the Carson monologe with her (my dad was a school teacher and had been in bed for an hour). I saw many of the classics in real time... I think back fondly on those days....with Ed and Johnny and Tiny Tim and Burt Reynolds and Don Rickles and even Jimi Hendrix....it's just too bad that Ed apparently screwed up at the end as well....Ed, Farah and Mike all died an ingenuous death...none of them went out on top when they had it all at one time...
I swear, it must be a ***** to be a celebrity....it must be....

cliffmac · #18 06-26-2009, 01:59 AM

well, Warren Buffet is a real forecaster here...this guy is from Omaha and I've dined with him when I worked for the Kewiet Group out of Omaha, big general contracting concern....these guys are shrewd business guys but he/they are no visionaries into the financial future of this country. christ, nobody can figure this all out and you're gonna listen to some private investor from Omaha Nebraska? I wouldn't do that myself...I mean, it's worth hearing, but I wouldn't take it as gospel..... and pin all my hopes on this cats words....

LaRondo · #19 06-26-2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Palangi

News is showing the local music stores being mobbed by folks buying up all the MJ albums.....

They are crazy.

LaRondo · #20 06-26-2009, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

wait Farrah died today err yesterday too?

You waited too long, Don. She's gone ...

LaRondo · #21 06-26-2009, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by cliffmac

I say screw Jackson, he was an idiot. If you have that much talent how could you be that stupid? I submit that, while a victim of poor handlers, he was a moron. I'm sorry, but this guy was a total jerk. Look at the history of these uneducated hillbillies who were exploited by the industry types; Elvis Presely, Rick James, Chuck Berry, this chick Spears, James Brown...I could go on and on if I thought about it long enough. And that's just musicians....forget about actors and stuff.....I have no sympathy for that kind of lunacy...you have everything at your door step and you are so ****ed up that you can't see it? I wish I were that screwed up I reckon.
The only thing I can think is the ego that drives you to be that kind of talent also allows you feel that you can't (or don't) need to deal with the day to day issues that the rest of us do...it always catches up with these
clowns....always. How come Mick Jagger or Sting or Paul McCartney or
Don Henely or whatever don't experience these pitfalls? hmmmmm

Chuck Berry and Spears in one basket? You ought to be kiddin'.

Even Elvis, certainly wasn't effed up like this. Elvis is genuine. McCartney had enough pitfalls, but he like Jagger have different publicists with more integrity, where chit is being kept from the media.

Isolation is a destructive power for many superstar celebrities.

cliffmac · #22 06-26-2009, 02:24 AM

no, I am not kidding. Forget the decade or the style of entertainment..all of these idiots were hillbilly people who were talented and exploited by sharpies who took total advantage of this...Chuck Berry and Britteny Spears are exactly the same case, just 30 years apart...same thing, same
sharks...just 30 years apart...dig it.....

pawoSD · #23 06-26-2009, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

How would you know that??

?

Not sure what you mean. I just was saying that no one had brought it up here in OD.

cliffmac · #24 06-26-2009, 02:30 AM

it appears as though you have never worked in the entertainment industry at all.....I have....believe me...there are 20 people who make a nice living off of 1 major artist....it's true, and these 20 people don't give a **** about the well being of the money train as long as it rolls...the minute it stops rolling...see ya later..... I can cite several examples that I have personally seen....

SwampYankee · #25 06-26-2009, 07:31 AM

The world's children just got a little safer.

He was extremely talented, though. Interesting coincidence that my daughter's dance school just did a Thriller piece, complete with zombie makeup and costumes, at their recital a couple weeks ago.

75Sv1 · #26 06-26-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

I doubt he was a pedophile, he was just a lost soul and misunderstood. Not to mention his endless fight with numerous health problems. It is sad that he had to die so young, and right before his 50 concert return in London....nearly a million people bought tickets to those concerts that were supposed to begin next month or something. He was a musical genius and forever changed the face of music.

Another person died recently too, Ed Mcmahon. He died yesterday at age 86....I didn't even see a news article about it....kinda sad....for someone that famous his death just got passed right over by the media.

I did see an article on MSNBC on Ed Mcmahon. There were a few TV artilces on him about 6 months back. I think he was in bad financial straits and health issues.
As far a Micheal, he was talanted.

Johnhef · #27 06-26-2009, 09:00 AM

They had a bit on Ed on CNN I noted the other day playing at the restaruant I was having lunch at.

Honus · #28 06-26-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

...Another person died recently too, Ed Mcmahon. He died yesterday at age 86....I didn't even see a news article about it....kinda sad....for someone that famous his death just got passed right over by the media.

Ed McMahon's death got lots of coverage. The Washington Post had more than a page about him.

Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson were true originals, a rare thing in pop culture these days.