Bullpen

Met Jeff at at Hills Department Store promo way back in the day when I was kid. It was one of those meet and greets, sign a picture deal. He was the reason I always tried to get #38 in sports as a kid. (didn't work out so much with youth baseball) Met Mark while shooting photos on the sideline of a preseason game between Houston and the Bills in the Alamodome in San Antone. You're right, super nice guy and really down to earth. This also happened to be time Bruce and Phil Hansen borrowed my camera and zoom lens to scope out the Oilers cheerleaders on the opposite sideline. Interviewed Greg Cater back in 1983 for a mock television program during a kids summer program at SUNY Fredonia. Another fantastic guy with the best southern slang terms 12 y/o me had ever heard. I he was wearing sandals during the interview and I remember being freaked out at the blood blisters on his kicking toe. Knew Bryce Fisher when he was at the Air Force Academy. Spent some time with him and saw him in a couple bars in the local area before he reported to Bills camp back in WNY.

Agreed, there are some parts that definitely couldn't be redone point by point, and I'm not saying I would approve of a reboot at all. In fact, I wouldn't. I'm just surprised one has not been done. To be honest I would rather see a 30 years later sequel or something if they absolutely HAD to do something with that movie to bring it back. Again, I'm not saying I condone it, but it seems like Hart is the African-American comedian du jour right now and until very recently with the Academy Awards fiasco everyone was basically throwing every single thing at him.

I'm actually surprised Trading Places hasn't had a sequel or a reboot yet. Most of the main actors are still around for a sequel or I'm sure they could cast Kevin Hart in a reboot.

I really miss the guy. (Edit: I did not know he was actually back, a little birdie let me know he's here under a different nom de plume) During my hiatus is when he left the wall originally. I remember sending him a "get well" package when he was recovering from a procedure and knowing his dislike of candy corns I basically used those as packing material around the books that I had sent him. He cursed a blue streak after he thanked me for the books about the early years of the Bills and the AFL. haha!!! Happy b-day Beerbawl...

I finally got around to reading "Live From New York" by James Miller and Tom Shales and it brought back a lot of memories of the show and behind the scene stories I hadn't ever read. It's written as a oral history piece so it's easy to pick up and put down as needed. Like Augie said, we need a bigger mountain, but if I had to narrow it to four: Darrel Hammond Eddie Murphy Bill Hader Norm McDonald

I've read a few Feinstein books and it's like anything west of Indiana doesn't even exist. I'm currently reading a book he wrote about life in minor league baseball and it's like he never even heard of the Pacific Coast League, the Pioneer League, etc... His book on service academy football? A few scraps about the Air Force Academy. As I've aged, I find his work more and more myopic.

I read A Season on the Brink while in high school and that portrayal pales in comparison to what I saw in that 30 for 30. The term megalomaniac is just the tip of iceberg with Knight. He's a sad, bitter old man who will go to his grave with so many grudges and ill feelings towards so many people. I can't imagine living life so angry all the time.

Had to be either my Intellivision gaming console or a hot wheels garage set. I played with both for a loooooooooong time.

I did not know that! One Bills related story when I was 5 years old I asked my dad where they "make" or print money in Buffalo, because I assumed the Bills were named after dollar bills, ala the Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers or whatever. I Bill to me had mean we had a US mint somewhere in the city.

Congrats CGF! Out of curiosity, I checked my profile on Friday I will have been a member here for 17 years. Sweet Jesus, I've had some great laughs here over the years. Took some breaks here and there, but I've made some real friends here. Thanks for joining CGF!!!

Whoa... never saw that either. Looks like the Partridge Family bird!!!!

Agreed... I don't post often anymore, but when I read Tom's post I actually "did el oh el" in my office. As far as embarrassing admissions: I didn't see the M and B in the brewers logo until long after I was an adult, but I somehow saw the M E and B in the old Expos logo. As a child I thought the National League New York team was the Mitts, because you play baseball with a mitt, not a met. I thought everyone but me pronounced it wrong. In 1976 I became a Buccaneers fan strictly because I liked "Bucco Bruce." (I always was and still am a uni-geek) There's many show-boaty things I did as a HS athlete that completely embarrass me now. I'm glad the films have been destroyed. I threw a bat after a strike out in Babe Ruth baseball and my father said, "Oh "young bullpen" if that bat hits the ground your on the bench for the rest of the game." I later found out he borrowed that line from some other coach.

I think Ezekiel, I don't think the show could survive losing another "OG" cast member this season. Bonus points for no "Annie Oakley" Grimes. Let alone an 8 year old deftly handling a long barrel .357. ? Michonne seems to be carrying the torch of "don't trust anyone" and "be angry at everything" now that Rick can't volley back and forth between moods. Daryl naming the dog, "Dog" is the best thing " What's with the matching "X" scars? Methinks this has something to do with the schism between Mags and Michonne.

I'm already preparing myself for Hardwick's over-dramatic and breathless promo for Talking Dead next week, when he'll help us "process" what we saw in next week's episode. I enjoy TWD, but the talking dead is just too much for me. It's like when the WWF kept trying to push that it was real. There's no stakes in this show or characters that I need therapy after the fact. For my money I think someone flies in on a magic carpet, saves Rick and then he lures the herds to the bridge and Rick has to metaphorically and literally take out the bridge to save Alexandria, etc...

I'm always glad when I hear stories about these guys being genuinely nice people. Keeping any "stage persona" going for so long it has to be a relief to just be and everyday guy after awhile. Great story... thanks for sharing. The pride of Cortland State! My buddies and I still laugh at this like we're kids when we see this and we're all now in our mid to late 40s. I'd argue Piper and Flair played the heel card so well that they got over with fans better than many of the faces. I remember in a PPV commercial that in the mid 80s when Piper was fighting Mr. T. He actually something to effect of "You see Mr. T, I DO play Sun City" a direct shot at the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Even as a young teen, I knew that was edgy even for that time. I think that was the Million Dollar Man who had that. All that being said, Piper would be my all time favorite, but Flair ain't far behind...