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Wood Yi (when Howie was funny)

 

Reportedly Kimmel has obtained Italian citizenship.

Don't the let door hit you in your candy ass, former funny man.

 

on a side note i own the actual bell from the Man show without providence
they auctioned off everything on ebay and its absolutely the one but the auction process was a surprisingly hasty shit show
mom used it to ring for the caregivers when she became bed ridden
hoping i meet Carrolla one day get it autographed
what a maroon kimmel is

 

Adam was JUST mentioning this about a week or so ago ... he'd have you on the show if you reached out, Devil.

 

An interesting documentary I saw on the 60's in England had Michael Caine as host, and he told the story of his first role in "Zulu";. which was directed by an American. He said he would have never gotten the role if it was a British director, because he was a cockney, and the class system would have prevented him being cast as an upper crust officer type ( Lt. Bromhead, VC ).
The class system then was alive and well 1964. But Caine was determined to play an upper crust type, which led to him playing a cockney when it turned around and was eventually acceptable and he became the unforngettable Alfie..
One of my favorites.
Ever.
Sidenote: Caine was one, if not the, first leading man ever to wear glasses.
Just my diversion talk from the miserble "freefall" bb dirge.
Another PS : Rorke's Drift, 1879, the battle against the Zulu had 4,000 Zulu warriors against 100 British soldiers of the 24th Foot.. Essentially a Welsh regiment.
They defended the settlement successfully, countless waves of attack after attack, and when the remaining Zulus departed after essentially giving up, they stopped and sang tribute to the bravery of their opponents before leaving.
There were 11 Victoria Crosses awarded for valour from Rorke' s Drift.

 

Grew up watching thatbon KHJ Channel 9 in LA. That & Patton were my father's idea of formation.

Good stuff.

Favorite line, when Owen 43 fumbles his Garand rifle, the master sergeant comments: "ya slovenly soldier"

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/TYOP4t6nLbE?si=h8s1LkuRrRJz2NRe

 

what the man show, the auction or the bell?
wasn't staying in Norfolk, they bought the house in a place called Suffolk and tbh if it wasn't for that insufferable humidity it a pretty nice place to live
people are really nice, no visible homeless or street taco vendors in fact not many Latinos at all
not that that's a net positive to be low on Latinos just an observation and all color of people smile and talk to you
the blacks are like the old school uh huh, yep and always a laugh folks i remember growing up meeting
i don't think there was one bit of attitude from anyone the whole four days i was there
besides hanging out and meeting the daughters ship mates on the aircraft carrier Iwo Jima i went to Virginia beach and Portsmouth
VB was very clean but they even wanted $4 to walk on on the pier there trying to clip you for even looking at the ocean and very touristy
as nice as the beach was it was wall to wall hotels and clip joints plus hotter than hell so we heading to Portsmouth
lots of history there and loved walking around reading about all the old buildings built from the mid 1600's onward
best meal we had was at a place called La Oficina that was Venezuelan owned and literally everything from steaks to octopus and asparagus was perfect
going to be interesting to see how they acclimate but seeing kids jumping around in the rain splashing each other was a nice throwback to a day gone by
biggest threat to the house i could see was the wood on the roof line which needs to be attended to annually or clad because dry rot is on steroids there
will go back when she returns from what is mostly a European deployment in 8 months
maybe leave a little more time to visit Chesepeake, Richmond etc. as i love civil war history and it really is beautiful

 

I meant the bell in particular but Carolla brings up the Man Show often.

Great to hear your take on things & especially Norfolk...lots of tales by my Da about that town.

 

So he was talking about the man show Belle and wondering what happened to it or something cuz I'll definitely look him up

 

uh ok

 

ok i'll include something i left out and perhaps you'll find this more acceptable to your sensibilities
when i flew out this morning Lala and i were 2+ hours early so what to do?
find the bar of course and at 7am you're only going to find a certain type hanging in airport bars but its usually a fun conversation
the bar lady was super fun and announced w each beer your choice of shot was half price well boy howdy
half price of what was never discussed but as people came and went a colorful older lady sat down next to us and it was obvious she was up for fun and pretty out there
sharing some witty banter the subject becomes music and i ask her if she's a performer to which she says yes she is in a band called Gwar
now i have some idea about this band but didn't know they had a female and just thought they were kind of an over the top comedy parody act which i guess they are
she said they would be performing in LA on Sept 14th and if we wished to go she'd be very happy to see us and be sure to come say hi
i was sure they wore costumes and asked how i would know her to which she responded "i'm the one w the big bullet tits" well ok!
time to board and we slither into our seats and after a few minutes they announce they are waiting for a passenger Kim Daylia which i'm sure must be her since i left her in the bar
eventually she strolls in and walks to the back of the plane and i say in my best low deep monster voice as she passes "GWAR"
that gets a laugh from her and "i'll see you next month" and confused odd looks from most of the passengers within earshot of the exchange
those looks continued throughout the flight when i'd notice haha
saw her again outside and she reminded me again how fun this little party would be and it was celebrated 40 years of the band
while its not exactly my style but is seems like the musicians are better than good and in this clip they even switch over to a Jim Carroll song for a recently deceased member Oderus
the video is 10 years old so she's a bit older but still full of life
i'm going for sure just for the spectacle and sheer curiousity of course

this is the event
https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/08/05/gwar-gets-40-year-retrospective-showcase-in-los-angeles/

 

don't know if you clicked the show link but its free

 

I remember my kid loved GWAR and went to a few of their concerts. All he could say about them was "awesome !".
Oh and Insane Clown Posse...or ICP as we aficionados say....