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Battle Royale: RTH Member Fun Facts
2007-07-25 | by hrrundivbakshi ![[mail]](img/envelope.gif)
Townsman Trolleyvox says:
Fun fact: my dad's old painting teacher taught Peter Wolf at the MFA's Museum School.
I say:
Fun fact: my grandmother taught Frank Gorshin how to act.
Hand over the belt!
27 comments
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Fun fact: One of my first cousins, who I lost track of long, long ago, when I lost touch with my entire paternal side, was in the touring band for the Backstreet Boys.
Give it up, Riddler's teacher!
2007-07-25 @ 22:28
Comment from: sally_cinnamon [Member] 
Fun fact: My mum always reminisces about seeing the Stones at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, but her other favourite story is the time when her best friend Karen made out with Iggy Pop in a church basement in Detroit in the 60s.
Yeah, it kinda grosses me out too. But, hey - Iggy Pop! Hawt! I wish I had a teacher story, but apparently all I got is Hot for Teacher. Oooh!
Yeah, it kinda grosses me out too. But, hey - Iggy Pop! Hawt! I wish I had a teacher story, but apparently all I got is Hot for Teacher. Oooh!
2007-07-26 @ 00:24
Comment from: saturnismine [Member]
my father boasts that he and his friends used to "slap bobby rydell around" in junior high.
who else among you was parented by someone who used to beat up a post-elvis / pre-beatles crooner?
hand the fuck over the fuckin' belt.
who else among you was parented by someone who used to beat up a post-elvis / pre-beatles crooner?
hand the fuck over the fuckin' belt.
2007-07-26 @ 08:08
Comment from: sally_cinnamon [Member]
I love Bobby Rydell - that's so mean! Someone hand Ismine the fuckin' belt!
2007-07-26 @ 10:26
Comment from: saturnismine [Member]
i dunno, sally...
sure, beating up on a shmaltzy, second-tier teen idol, whose era nearly signalled the death knell for rock and roll, is no doubt a noble pursuit.
i almost choked on my milk the first time i heard my dad, who's quite the gentleman, use that phrase: "yeah, we used to slap bobby rydell around." he was even glowing a little when he said it. in subsequent conversations i've been able to coax from my dad that bobby was quite the arrogant little twerp at the time. but since, fences have been mended, and there's a picture of recent vintage of an older bobby and my dad arm in arm on our mantle.
of course, violence is not the answer...
makin' out with iggy...in a church basement no less! there's a case to be made for that, too.
sure, beating up on a shmaltzy, second-tier teen idol, whose era nearly signalled the death knell for rock and roll, is no doubt a noble pursuit.
i almost choked on my milk the first time i heard my dad, who's quite the gentleman, use that phrase: "yeah, we used to slap bobby rydell around." he was even glowing a little when he said it. in subsequent conversations i've been able to coax from my dad that bobby was quite the arrogant little twerp at the time. but since, fences have been mended, and there's a picture of recent vintage of an older bobby and my dad arm in arm on our mantle.
of course, violence is not the answer...
makin' out with iggy...in a church basement no less! there's a case to be made for that, too.
2007-07-26 @ 10:47
Comment from: sally_cinnamon [Member]
I just think of Bye Bye Birdie when I think of Rydell;) A nerdy teen dream! Violence may have been the ONLY answer Saturn... ;) I wonder if Iggy Pop was a sexy kisser, or if he was just all over the place with his young adult arms and... TMI! In a church basement no less...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_XCECbAEU
"Since we've come back from our message Iggy has been in and OUT of the crowd three different times...! We seem to have lost him and we're trying to get a light on him now...!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_XCECbAEU
"Since we've come back from our message Iggy has been in and OUT of the crowd three different times...! We seem to have lost him and we're trying to get a light on him now...!"
2007-07-26 @ 11:04
Comment from: mrclean [Member]
Fun Fact (possibly previously mentioned here on RTH): my parents saw the Who perform Tommy at the old Electric Factory in Philly.
Fun Fact: Bill Halley and his Comets played at my mom's high school (Chester High)
Funny Fact: Moon Unit Zappa admired my yellow socks once.
Fun Fact: Bill Halley and his Comets played at my mom's high school (Chester High)
Funny Fact: Moon Unit Zappa admired my yellow socks once.
2007-07-26 @ 11:22
Comment from: michael k [Member]
Fun "fact": We have a family friend who SWEARS she saw The Beatles perform at Philly's Electric Factory in their Sgt Pepper suits in 1967.
I say that we have a family friend who apparently took a lot of acid in 1967.
I say that we have a family friend who apparently took a lot of acid in 1967.
2007-07-26 @ 12:58
Comment from: disenfranchisedtoday [Member]
Back in the late 70's when I was still in high school on Long Island, we had an english teacher who was Bun E. Carlos' uncle!
2007-07-26 @ 13:55
I got nuthin', but Frank Gorshin's Cool Factor is off the charts, I say give the belt back.
2007-07-26 @ 14:10
Comment from: the great 48 [Member]
Fun fact: my first college English professor performed at Woodstock as part of Sha Na Na.
Non-musical fun fact: my creative writing mentor at Eastern New Mexico University first coined the term "genetic engineering."
Fun fact everyone here has heard me mention a million frickin' times already: among my father-in-law's photography credits are the cover photos of Joan Baez's first two albums, although he considered her fairly hacky as a singer.
Fun facts that are the closest I ever came to action with a relatively famous musician: the singer from Book of Love kissed me once, for reasons I still cannot adequately explain, and I once accidentally felt up Barbara Manning and yes, it was an accident.
However, none of these beat mackin' on Iggy.
Non-musical fun fact: my creative writing mentor at Eastern New Mexico University first coined the term "genetic engineering."
Fun fact everyone here has heard me mention a million frickin' times already: among my father-in-law's photography credits are the cover photos of Joan Baez's first two albums, although he considered her fairly hacky as a singer.
Fun facts that are the closest I ever came to action with a relatively famous musician: the singer from Book of Love kissed me once, for reasons I still cannot adequately explain, and I once accidentally felt up Barbara Manning and yes, it was an accident.
However, none of these beat mackin' on Iggy.
2007-07-26 @ 14:18
Comment from: general slocum [Member]
I am forbidden to reveal the name of a friend who did three remarkable things:
1) He stole his dad's car on new year's eve at 15 and saw the Turtles at the Whiskey and they debuted "Happy Together."Most importantly he never got caught!
2) He is on the inside cover or first page of the Life Magazine Woodstock edition, being sprayed with water and laughing his head off right in front of the stage.
3) At the Atlantic City Pop Festival he leapt on stage and kissed Janice Joplin on the lips.
Anyhow, I have nothing to rival these, myself.
1) He stole his dad's car on new year's eve at 15 and saw the Turtles at the Whiskey and they debuted "Happy Together."Most importantly he never got caught!
2) He is on the inside cover or first page of the Life Magazine Woodstock edition, being sprayed with water and laughing his head off right in front of the stage.
3) At the Atlantic City Pop Festival he leapt on stage and kissed Janice Joplin on the lips.
Anyhow, I have nothing to rival these, myself.
2007-07-26 @ 15:19
My dad, a retired home inspector, once inspected a home for Joe Perry. Alas, Mr. Perry did accompany my dad on the inspection.
2007-07-26 @ 15:31
Oh, and he also inspected the home of the manager/svengali of New Kids on the Block.
My mom was in a school play with Leonard Nemoy, age 4. All she remembers is that Nemoy was a tiny kid with a runny nose.
My mom was in a school play with Leonard Nemoy, age 4. All she remembers is that Nemoy was a tiny kid with a runny nose.
2007-07-26 @ 15:37
"Alas, Mr. Perry did accompany my dad on the inspection."
Oops, I meant did NOT.
Stupid brain.
Oops, I meant did NOT.
Stupid brain.
2007-07-26 @ 15:38
Comment from: sally_cinnamon [Member]
"and I once accidentally felt up Barbara Manning and yes, it was an accident."
I love Barbara. Well, well well. Anyway. Do you have the SF Seals album? The one where she covered S.F. Sorrow? I've been on a hunt for that because mine went 'a missing, I'd say I've been on the hunt for about 5-7 years now. Damn.
I love Barbara. Well, well well. Anyway. Do you have the SF Seals album? The one where she covered S.F. Sorrow? I've been on a hunt for that because mine went 'a missing, I'd say I've been on the hunt for about 5-7 years now. Damn.
2007-07-26 @ 16:21
Comment from: Al [Member]
My dad was friends with Otto Ridarelli (Bobby Rydell's father) and when I was about 6 or 7 (1961-62) we went to visit them in South Philly. Bobby played drums for us in the basement.
I don't know about him being a twerp but he was nice to us then as well as almost 40 years later when we stopped backstage at one of his Boys of Bandstand shows in Connecticut.
And he may have almost spelled the death of rock & roll (actually, I think that's a pretty ridiculous statement) but he is quite an entertainer in a Sammy Davis/Bobby Darin mode.
I don't know about him being a twerp but he was nice to us then as well as almost 40 years later when we stopped backstage at one of his Boys of Bandstand shows in Connecticut.
And he may have almost spelled the death of rock & roll (actually, I think that's a pretty ridiculous statement) but he is quite an entertainer in a Sammy Davis/Bobby Darin mode.
2007-07-26 @ 16:52
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
As a child I played a very brief part in the stunningly bad Sonny & Cher movie "Chastity." (Titled well before their daughter existed.) As it contained a brief lesbian shower scene, it was rated X at the time. So I can say that I was in an X-Rated movie with Cher.
2007-07-26 @ 17:32
Comment from: sally_cinnamon [Member]
Shut UP - that's awesome maudlin. So bad it's good.
2007-07-26 @ 17:37
Comment from: andyr [Member]
Here's my lame fun fact -
My great uncle was Shirley Temple's manager. When my dad was 16, he accompanied her on a summer promotional tour.
Here's one on behalf of our friend Ken Cills -
His parents hung in a bar with The Beatles in Miami Beach in Feb 1964. The Fab's were down there for their second Ed Sullivan appearance
My great uncle was Shirley Temple's manager. When my dad was 16, he accompanied her on a summer promotional tour.
Here's one on behalf of our friend Ken Cills -
His parents hung in a bar with The Beatles in Miami Beach in Feb 1964. The Fab's were down there for their second Ed Sullivan appearance
2007-07-26 @ 18:21
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Sammy, you really do need to get me a digital copy of your work with Cher. I've seen it, people, and this guy had the goods!
2007-07-26 @ 18:39
Comment from: saturnismine [Member]
massiocchi,
i like the image of bobby playin' drums in the basement!
i wonder if my dad knew any massiochi's?
to set the record straight: said allegations of twerpishness were against the junior high aged rydell, not rydell ca. '61. i suspect my dad embellishes for entertainment's sake. and really, weren't we ALL twerps in junior high? after all, they wound up friends. he was at my christening.
nor did i say "he spelled the death of rock and roll". i said "his era nearly signalled the death of rock and roll", not really the same thing.
i like the image of bobby playin' drums in the basement!
i wonder if my dad knew any massiochi's?
to set the record straight: said allegations of twerpishness were against the junior high aged rydell, not rydell ca. '61. i suspect my dad embellishes for entertainment's sake. and really, weren't we ALL twerps in junior high? after all, they wound up friends. he was at my christening.
nor did i say "he spelled the death of rock and roll". i said "his era nearly signalled the death of rock and roll", not really the same thing.
2007-07-26 @ 18:50
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
This may not be as good as making out with Iggy Pop in a church bathroom, or whatever, but I bet I'm the only Townsperson to have reached base safely against former Phillies closer Mitch Williams. I won a bet in the process, after he nicked me with a fastball on the brim of my helmet.
2007-07-26 @ 19:43
Comment from: BigSteve [Member]
You got to first base with Mitch Williams? That's as hot as making out with Iggy.
2007-07-26 @ 22:10
Comment from: Mr. Moderator [Member]
Nice, BigSteve. Does it make it hotter or not that John Kruk was watching?
2007-07-26 @ 23:13
Comment from: Al [Member]
"i wonder if my dad knew any massiochi's?"
If we are talking South Philly from the '30s on, it would be inevitable; my dad was one of 15 kids.
"nor did i say "he spelled the death of rock and roll". i said "his era nearly signalled the death of rock and roll", not really the same thing.""
Sorry for the misquote (and you are right they aren't nearly the same thing) but it doesn't seem to be much more of a defensible statement.
Al Masciocchi (just to get the right spelling on the record)
If we are talking South Philly from the '30s on, it would be inevitable; my dad was one of 15 kids.
"nor did i say "he spelled the death of rock and roll". i said "his era nearly signalled the death of rock and roll", not really the same thing.""
Sorry for the misquote (and you are right they aren't nearly the same thing) but it doesn't seem to be much more of a defensible statement.
Al Masciocchi (just to get the right spelling on the record)
2007-07-27 @ 19:52
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