I always think of him as saying , "And me, I'm Jerry Hubbard..." from Fernwood Tonight and later, America Tonight.
After cruising the neighborhood for deposit milk bottles I used to ride somebody's [] bike to the corner variety store with a couple nickels my pockets to play the pinball machine.
When were pinball machines calibrated to take nickels? I'm old enough to remember three balls for a quarter, but that's about as far back as I go.
Back when I was in 8th or 9th grade, each mall had a video arcade where kids could go while their parents were shopping for whatever. Those were the days when you could register a high score on Galaxian or Galaga and you put your initials on the screen. I remember putting mine up one time at a bowling alley and the guy who was waiting for me to finish was like, "So you're A_P, huh? I saw your score at Play Palace last week. I beat it by just 200 points..." We shook hands and I went on my way. That's not real interaction, but it beat today's online gaming by a mile. Me and two other classmates got one of our parents to drive us to the mall, give us each $5.00 and we were told to call back and they'd come get us. Well, one game led to another, and we were all broke when we decided it was time to call. So, we ended up going to this upscale women's store where this older girl we knew worked. "Okay, what are y'all doing here?" "We need a dime for the phone" "Where's your money?" "We don't have any money" "You spent all your money at Play Palace. That's what happened" "You gonna give us a dime or not?" "Did you spend all your money at Play Palace?" "Yes" "I'm gonna call your folks myself. If I gave you a dime, you'd spend it on something"
The irrepressible Larry Kramer, 84 We mourn the loss of our co-founder & hero Larry Kramer. He was an extraordinary activist & inspiration to us all. He saved the lives of thousands of ppl affected by HIV/AIDS. He was a revolutionary who challenged the status quo. His legacy will live on. https://t.co/Rm15HFxP5I pic.twitter.com/URbOrmv7hx— GMHC (@GMHC) May 27, 2020
NBA Hall of Famer Wes Unseld dies at 74 https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/wes-unseld-death-spt-trnd/index.html Apparently he passed away yesterday.
The guy was a real beast on the boards, despite being only 6-7. Tough player to contain when he had the ball too.
Willis Reed, Dave DeBuschere, Senator Bill Bradley, Dick Barnett and Walt Frazier, coached by Red Holtzman... What a team that was. There was also a forward coming off the bench named Phil Jackson who later became a pretty decent coach
Pointer Sisters less pointy. Bonnie off to the Pink Cadillac in the sky. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/entertainment/bonnie-pointer-obit/index.html I called my girlfriends in High School the Disapointer Sisters (but only to myself)
We had a thread going in the Revs forum called "Cover songs better than the originals" and I definitely rated their version of "Fire" over Bruce Springsteen's original. RIP Bonnie
Got To Get You Into My Life- EWF > The Beatles Girl U Want- Freelance Whales > Devo Shame On The Moon- Seger > Rodney Crowell Respect- Aretha Franklin > Otis Redding Change Is Gonna Come- Aretha > Sam Cooke God Bless The Child- Aretha > Billie Holiday (either version) Satisfaction- Devo > Stones You've Got A Friend- James Taylor > Carole King (by a hair) The First Time even I Saw Your Face- Roberta Flack > Ewan MacColl Lucy In The Sky W/Diamonds- Elton John > The Beatles (yeah, I said it) Happy Trails- VH > Dale and Roy
Without question. Also, Aretha's Say a Little Prayer for You over Dionne Warwick's version and (duh) Marvin Gaye's Grapevine over Gladys Knight's original.
Loads of reggae covers of some pretty weak sauce originals. Red, Red Wine -- UB40>Neil Diamond Angel in the Morning -- Shaggy>Juice Newton Tears of a Clown -- English Beat.Smokey Robinson (although his was pretty good)
Joan Jett and the Blackheart's version of "I Love Rock n Roll" is way better than the original, done by some forgettable British group in the 70s. I also prefer the Joan Jett version of "Crimson and Clover" over the Tommy James version, but that's a personal preference.