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‘Tonight Show’ Favorite, Comedian David Brenner Dies At 78
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| March 15, 2014
Posted on 03/15/2014 5:09:15 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: LostInBayport
"LostInBayport"
Is your tag a reference to the old Hardy Boys stories? The Disney version of "The Tower Treasure" ("The Applegate Treasure") is DVD comfort food for me.
To: radiohead; vladimir998
There goes another bit of my youth. R.I.P. David. No kidding. It’s getting scary.
Dittos. I couldn't believe he was 78. Seems like I "just saw him" on the Tonight Show....
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:23:40 PM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: COUNTrecount
Like a lot of folks here, I can't believe he was 78.
R.I.P. Mr. Brenner, you gave me a bunch of laughs.
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:31:48 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: Steve_Seattle
Is your tag a reference to the old Hardy Boys stories? The Disney version of "The Tower Treasure" ("The Applegate Treasure") is DVD comfort food for me.
Yes it is! The books were a great part of my childhood (still have them). And I did see the Applegate Treasure on cable many years ago. I had no idea it was on DVD. Amazon here I come...
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:33:41 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: LostInBayport
Gold, dubloons, and pieces of eight,
Handed down to Applegate...
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:34:39 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: LostInBayport
Leslie MacFarlane, who ghost-wrote most of the first 26 books, wrote an autobiography in 1977 titled The Ghost of the Hardy Boys. It's one of the funniest biographies I've ever read.
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
That is one of those songs that will play in your head forever!
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:40:49 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
03/15/2014 7:53:13 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: workerbee; radiohead
“Dittos. I couldn’t believe he was 78. Seems like I “just saw him” on the Tonight Show....”
I too was shocked that he was 78. I also don’t remember hearing that he married Tai Babilonia - now there’s a blast from the past. I still remember how sad it was that she and Randy Gardner could not perform in the 1980 Olympics pair figure skating competition because Gardner suffered an injury in practice.
This May will mark 22 years since Johnny Carson retired. It’s been 9 years since Carson died and almost 5 years since Ed McMahon died. Where have the years gone?
To: Steve_Seattle
And I had no idea I am 63. :-( Tempus Fuget. indeed!
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:02:00 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:14:15 PM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(There's no there there.)
To: COUNTrecount
David Brenner I will always remember as my 'first' grown up nightclub act that I saw when I turned 18. Can't remember much of the act, but I know I loved it.
Nice memory :) RIP David
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:25:32 PM PDT
by
joy361
To: vladimir998
Reading of his passing, I learned a new term: “observational comedy”. Kind of like Dave Barry.
David Brenner will be missed. Godspeed!
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:39:34 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
To: LostInBayport
"Yes it is! The books were a great part of my childhood (still have them). And I did see the Applegate Treasure on cable many years ago. I had no idea it was on DVD. Amazon here I come..."
Well, I am glad I was a conduit for you to re-establish an old connection. I have watched the Hardy Boys DVD a couple of dozen times, much to the amusement of my understanding and tolerant girlfriend, who is Filipino and did not know anything about the Hardy Boys.
To: Rome2000
Only the ‘celebrities’ will be left. - if they even last, that is. Not that anyone cares. . .
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posted on
03/15/2014 8:57:06 PM PDT
by
cricket
To: Sacajaweau
He was a pool player, opened Amsterdam Billiards in NYC. I play pool, my youtube name is “strokemaster”.
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posted on
03/15/2014 9:04:31 PM PDT
by
JohnnyP
To: Albion Wilde
thats what I mean, i was giving the most recent example first.
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posted on
03/15/2014 9:59:22 PM PDT
by
12th_Monkey
(One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
To: Sacajaweau
Saw him live in a double billing with Melissa Manchester at the original MGM Grand back in 1981. Held my nose during the Manchester part of the show, laughed my ass off during the Brenner part. He really was a funny and likeable guy. As others have said, stories like these make me feel very old.
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:50:30 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(What Would Vlad The Impaler Do?)
To: vladimir998
Thinking the same thing ..... it’s getting lonely out here.
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posted on
03/16/2014 6:32:22 AM PDT
by
Qiviut
(It's hard to be a donk if you're sane & it's hard to be a pubbie if you have any integrity.)
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