In article <[email protected]>, Elrond Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote:
>Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. But the "take
>it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965, years before
>Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll wager.
FF was born in 1947, and so would have been 18 in 1965.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Doug Miller" wrote:
>
>> Not that particular type of pop music, anyway.... My tastes in pop
>> music run
>> more toward Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Thorogood,
>> and the
>> like.
>
> WHO?
>
> When these people can even think about trying to do Ella's material,
> let me know.
Or Etta's ... if you haven't already, rent "Cadillac Records", worth it.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
On Jun 25, 7:39=A0pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
>
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
>
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
>
> Go figure.
>
> RonB
One of my workers theorized that Farah could now go in quiet dignity
and peace. No hoopla. I watched her documentary. She was strong.
Mark Sanford is pretty happy, I bet.
On Jun 25, 2:21=A0pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What man or boy who lived through 70's doesn't remember this poster?
>
> http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/farrahfawcettposte...
Nice, but I was always more a Kate Jackson fan.
Still, that is one awful way to go, and so young yet...
Rest In Peace, Whacky Blonde!
I have the greatest respect for Michael's talent and in his day he was
the king. May he rest in peace. I think it is actually fitting that
Farrah could have some of the glare taken off of her passing to give
her just some minor amount of privacy.
Honestly, the gal went a bit bonkers herself in the last few years but
I don't think her smile was every hiding any thing as some others do.
It was just her joy coming through.
On Jun 25, 9:11=A0pm, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
> RonB wrote:
> > Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> > Jackson.
>
> > A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> > her fight with cancer.
>
> > A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> > tried to change his race.
>
> > Go figure.
>
> > RonB
>
> Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
> successful musician, performer and writer. =A0Such collections as "Off th=
e
> Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful, the
> latter being the largest selling album of all time. =A0At the time I
> thought about buying one but airplay was saturated with it. =A0IIRC seven
> of the songs on "Thriller" reached the top 10. =A0Like it or not, he was =
huge.
On Jun 25, 1:21=A0pm, "SonomaProducts.com" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What man or boy who lived through 70's doesn't remember this poster?
>
> http://graneyandthepig.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/farrahfawcettposte...
Yeah, that poster has become a real icon.
RonB wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
>
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
>
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
>
> Go figure.
Agree ... Nothing more than a POS venerated by a culture steeped in
wretched excess.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> In article <[email protected]>, jo4hn
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
>>successful musician, performer and writer. Such collections as "Off
>>the Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful,
>>the latter being the largest selling album of all time.
>
> And I never could understand why.
Doesn't make it not so. Was the discussion about you?
Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>>What man or boy who lived through 70's doesn't remember this poster?
>
> Man alive.
>
> What I remember most is the Noxema Shave Cream commercials with Joe
> Namath:
>
> "Take it off..... take it all off....."
>
> Yikes. Two yikes and half.
That wasn't Farrah Fawcett, but Gunilla Hutton.
2.5 yikes, in any case!
Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
>>That wasn't Farrah Fawcett, but Gunilla Hutton.
>
> It was in fact Farrah.
Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. But the "take
it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965, years before
Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll wager.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNtddMTxmLw
[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
news:%[email protected]:
>>Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. But the
>>"take it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965, years
>>before Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll wager.
>
> FF was born in 1947, and so would have been 18 in 1965.
Not only would she have been 18 in 1965, she was, ye tiresome pedant.
[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>>>>Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. But
>>>>the "take it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965,
>>>>years before Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll
>>>>wager.
>>>
>>> FF was born in 1947, and so would have been 18 in 1965.
>>
>>Not only would she have been 18 in 1965, she was, ye tiresome pedant.
>
> Speaking of tiresome pedants.... the point was that most 18-year-olds
> are amply able to "do justice to a bikini".
The original point was that Farrah Fawcett was not the hottie in the Noxema
"take it off" ads. The bikini business was to indicate her relative
youthfulness in 1965. Your pointing out her actual age when the original
ads were made is pedantry.
I'll leave it to anyone who gives a rat's ass to decide how tiresome the
whole thing is at this point.
RonB wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
>
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
>
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
>
> Go figure.
>
> RonB
Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
successful musician, performer and writer. Such collections as "Off the
Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful, the
latter being the largest selling album of all time. At the time I
thought about buying one but airplay was saturated with it. IIRC seven
of the songs on "Thriller" reached the top 10. Like it or not, he was huge.
On Jun 26, 2:07=A0pm, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Elrond Hubbard <n...@a=
ll.interested> wrote:
> >[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
> >news:%[email protected]:
>
> >>>Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. =A0But th=
e
> >>>"take it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965, years
> >>>before Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll wager. =A0 =
=A0
>
> >> FF was born in 1947, and so would have been 18 in 1965.
>
> >Not only would she have been 18 in 1965, she was, ye tiresome pedant.
>
> Speaking of tiresome pedants.... the point was that most 18-year-olds are
> amply able to "do justice to a bikini".
*face-palm*
SonomaProducts.com wrote:
> I'm sad to here about him and feel for his his family too but no
> eclipse here. Her shining sun out shone that burned out pop star long
> ago.
Most definitely. She was also one of those rare starlets who aged
gracefully and didn't embarrass herself like so many others have done.
>
> On Jun 25, 4:39Â pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
>> Jackson.
>>
>> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
>> her fight with cancer.
>>
>> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
>> tried to change his race.
>>
>> Go figure.
>>
>> RonB
--
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In article <[email protected]>, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
>successful musician, performer and writer. Such collections as "Off the
>Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful, the
>latter being the largest selling album of all time.
And I never could understand why.
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:39:39 -0700 (PDT), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
>Jackson.
>
>A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
>her fight with cancer.
>
>A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
>tried to change his race.
>
And yet we all know who will get the great bulk of the headline space.
How sad.
Reply-to address is real
John
I'm sad to here about him and feel for his his family too but no
eclipse here. Her shining sun out shone that burned out pop star long
ago.
On Jun 25, 4:39=A0pm, RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
>
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
>
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
>
> Go figure.
>
> RonB
RonB wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
>
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
She was all of that, and the subject of one of the iconic images of the '70s
besides.
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
Hey, he couldn't help being nuts. Far as I know he never hurt anybody or
even wanted to. Always struck me as an insanely talented little kid who
never had to grow up.
A world without either of them seems somehow diminished. Without both even
more so. Whatever else you have to say about them, neither one was
ordinary.
RonB wrote:
> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
> Jackson.
Sadly Ed McMahon, Carsons sidekick passed away on Tuesday. He was not a
weirdo super freak but an ex WWII Marine and a fighter pilot in the
Korean war.
> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
> her fight with cancer.
Ed showed a lot of courage risking his life for his country. His many,
many years entertaining America every night is a side issue.
> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
> tried to change his race.
> Go figure.
Lots of folks died this week, most of them I don't know. Of these 3
"stars", I won't miss any of them. My good buddy and golf partner died
last week, him I'll miss.
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:13:40 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
>>successful musician, performer and writer. Such collections as "Off the
>>Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful, the
>>latter being the largest selling album of all time.
>
>And I never could understand why.
Maybe you don't appreciate pop music?
In article <[email protected]>, Elrond Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote in
>news:%[email protected]:
>
>>>Farrah did indeed make a Noxema ad with Joe Namath, in 1973. But the
>>>"take it off... take it all off ad" was Gunilla Hutton in 1965, years
>>>before Farrah Fawcett could do justice to a bikini, I'll wager.
>>
>> FF was born in 1947, and so would have been 18 in 1965.
>
>Not only would she have been 18 in 1965, she was, ye tiresome pedant.
Speaking of tiresome pedants.... the point was that most 18-year-olds are
amply able to "do justice to a bikini".
Jack Stein wrote:
> RonB wrote:
>> Sadly, her passing has been eclipsed by the sudden death of Michael
>> Jackson.
>
> Sadly Ed McMahon, Carsons sidekick passed away on Tuesday. He was not a
> weirdo super freak but an ex WWII Marine and a fighter pilot in the
> Korean war.
>
>> A beautiful, talented actress who displayed a lot of courage during
>> her fight with cancer.
>
> Ed showed a lot of courage risking his life for his country. His many,
> many years entertaining America every night is a side issue.
>
>> A child molesting, pop star who dangled his baby from a balcony and
>> tried to change his race.
>
>> Go figure.
>
> Lots of folks died this week, most of them I don't know. Of these 3
> "stars", I won't miss any of them. My good buddy and golf partner died
> last week, him I'll miss.
Well put, Jack ... all the hoopla and canceling of regular programming
to run prime time specials on, and venerate, a sleazy child molester who
took advantage of a "justice for sale" legal system, was a thoroughly
disgusting display of misplaced sentiment ... but, about what we've come
to expect from a shallow, ignorant, media driven, culture.
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KarlC@ (the obvious)
I'm certain that there were many shaving cream commercials, but I think
the former post refers to this one. (And, I agree "two yikes and a half)
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20276298,00.html
Glen
Elrond Hubbard wrote:
> Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>>> What man or boy who lived through 70's doesn't remember this poster?
>> Man alive.
>>
>> What I remember most is the Noxema Shave Cream commercials with Joe
>> Namath:
>>
>> "Take it off..... take it all off....."
>>
>> Yikes. Two yikes and half.
>
> That wasn't Farrah Fawcett, but Gunilla Hutton.
>
> 2.5 yikes, in any case!
In article <[email protected]>, Phisherman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:13:40 GMT, [email protected] (Doug Miller)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>, jo4hn
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Let's not forget that before the mental "issues" he was a very
>>>successful musician, performer and writer. Such collections as "Off the
>>>Wall" and "Thriller" were critically and commercially successful, the
>>>latter being the largest selling album of all time.
>>
>>And I never could understand why.
>
>Maybe you don't appreciate pop music?
Not that particular type of pop music, anyway.... My tastes in pop music run
more toward Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Thorogood, and the
like.
Main thing, though, is that I rarely watch TV. I listen to the radio. Don't
watch music videos -- so I never saw, and don't care, how well the guy could
dance. All I have to go on is what I can hear, and IMO he was at best a
mediocre singer and songwriter. Seems to me MJ was more style than substance.