We can only hope that, as his coffin makes its final descent into the grave, none of the mourners succumb to the urge to yell out “Get in the hole”.
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And he despised it when people did it. I think I actually heard him say “oh, shut up” once or twice on a broadcast after someone did a “baba booey”.
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Not Squiggy?
I had not heard or seen him for years ,but as soon as i saw the face in the story , i heard his voice in my head.
Maybe it was real
Or maybe it was an early Spinal Tap
It was here that Landau and McKean created the characters of Lenny and Squiggy, which would soon become household names during the late 1970s into the 1980s. Leonard Kosnowski and Andrew Squiggman were the two wacky upstairs neighbors to Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney ( Cindy Williams ). They were amped-up versions of '50s greasers (this was a spin-off of Happy Days ) who would barge into the scene when you least expected it (with Squiggy shouting “Hello!” in a voice that was, and still is, alluring to imitate.) A recurring bit was watching them fall apart if an attractive woman was near. (Lenny would bite his own hand.)
For the golfers; a pearl of wisdom was offered by Alliss back in the early 80’s on one of his Celebrity Golf shows when he was going around St.Andrews and it was blowing a gale as usual. Never forgotten it.
He said the key to hitting a golf ball into the wind was not to to hit the ball harder, but to hit the ball better.
Greg Norman also had his own version; when there’s a breeze, hit with ease.
My favourite Alliss-ism:
“One of the good things about rain in Scotland is that most of it ends up as scotch.”
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Chuck Yeager passed away.
97, pretty decent innings.
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Legend.
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He really had The right stuff.
If half of what the movie showed was true, balls the size of watermelons.
Did anyone else play Chuck Yeager Air combat?
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Anniversary of John Lennon’s murder
When it came over the news and Paul McCartney interviewed, someone said that she didn’t know that Paul had been in another Band before Wings
“I got Paul McCartney out of Wings”
“You idiot! He was the most talented one!”
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Remember that cruel old joke:
What do you call a dog with wings?
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That would be why he wrote his retirement article last week, then.
I never thought i’d say it, but I can no longer go on working.
It takes all my effort to breathe and I’m not managing that too well. And now my mind is getting wobbly – hard to think, let alone concentrate.
So I am afraid there is not much point in continuing to push the rock up the hill. I shall retire to my Lazy Boy recliner and doze over the television watching (or not) old sporting replays, propped up by drugs, oxygen and the occasional iced coffee. I am rapidly winding down.
I am sorry to cut and run — it has sometimes been a hairy career, but I hope a productive one and always fun. My gratitude for all your participation.
So a seasonal Hallmark message:
Christmas is coming and Australia is flat.
Kindly tell us ScoMo where the bloody hell we’re at.
And when we’re certain that you know that you don’t haven’t got a clue.
Then join in our Yuletide chorus as we sing: ■■■■ YOU!
Thank you and good night.
Cheers, Mungo.
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He said that Howard shrank the country to reflect his own small mindedness.
He got away with so much as a Wentworth.
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I think he also coined the term “unflushable turd” for John Howard. Vale Mungo.
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This will hit those who are familiar with him pretty hard. Those who weren’t will give a disinterested “Who?”
His way and view will be sorely missed.
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