The Game Show Network announces that they are bringing back the game show Tic Tac Dough, and then Wink Martindale dies the same week.
Coincidence? I don’t see how it possibly could be…
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Well, the guy was 91…
That’s only 637 in dog years.
Or almost a full millisecond in God’s timing . . .
I loved her in Upstairs, Downstairs. The first time I saw her act thought was in an early Twilight Zone episode as the lovely brunette robot who was Jack Warden’s companion on an asteroid. Made a strong impression at the time on this (then) young boy….
RIP Jean.
“Corey, Corey, (dramatically getting slower) Cohhhhrrrreeeeyyyyy…”
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Outside of SoCal, he might be as well-known: Jed The Fish, DJ on KROQ:
His laid-back voice — one that was unusual for radio — and his impeccable taste in music practically defined Southern California during his time on KROQ-FM (106.7). Most importantly, he introduced countless bands to the local audience, often before they were being played in the locales from which they hailed.
A list of bands he brought to the fore reads like a history of rock music: Depeche Mode, the Cure, Duran Duran, the Smiths, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the B-52’s, the Go-Go’s, the Germs, the Pretenders, Devo, Blondie, the Ramones, the Runaways, Oingo Boingo, the Motels, Missing Persons, Josie Cotton, the Pandoras, X, Social Distortion, Oasis, Dramarama, No Doubt, Katy Perry, Teenage Fanclub, the Donnas, the Offspring and System of a Down.
As Jed the Fish, he hosted the afternoon drive-time show on KROQ from 1978 to 2012, and his unique taste in music set the station up as an authority on punk and new wave in the 1980s and alt-rock in the 1990s. Jed influenced KROQ, the station influenced Los Angeles, L.A. influenced California and California influenced the taste of the nation, Koerner said. (“As goes KROQ, so goes the country,” Noodles quipped to The Times in 2024.)
Queen Bavmorda was the bees knees in terms of great villains, IMO.
Not to mention her sightings with “The Good Doctor” in the early days.
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Pope Francis (88)
I liked this pope.
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I find it interesting (and somewhat fitting) that his last public appearance was for Easter services.
RIP
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I am not religious (I do have a RC background) but I liked Francis because he came across as a very decent human being.
R.I.P
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RM?
Sorry, should have been RC background.
Roman Catholic.
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Not surprising. He looked really rough at Vance and Easter Sunday outings.
I thought that might’ve been the case. Thanks for clarifying. 
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He looked really bloated in the pictures I’m seeing announcing his death. I’m guessing he was on a lot of steroids..
RIP Mr pope
RIP Francis. Seemed like a genuinely good person. Least-bad pope of my lifetime for sure.
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Probably not for discussion in the RIP thread, but I’m genuinely curious about your scorecard, and what makes for a “bad” pope.
He had the courage to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system. He also showed himself to be a compassionate pope in other pronouncements.
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