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08-16-2016 , 07:36 PM

#1101

mrbaseball

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

RIP John McLaughlin, his show was a big reason I became a political junkie.

RIP

I think have probably watched every episode of The McLaughlin group for over 20 years now thanks to the magic of DVRs and VCRs. It was sad this week (first show he ever missed) hearing the recording of his voice and you knew this was coming. He will be missed.

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08-16-2016 , 11:54 PM

#1102

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 93,123

John McLaughlin, what a character. Yeah, I never missed a show from like 85 thru the early 90s. He was so hilarious, his intonations, the nicknames he'd give people, his phrasing. Just an excellent broadcaster. Bye-BYE!

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08-17-2016 , 01:15 AM

#1103

BigPoppa

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Wikipedia tells me that not only was McLaughlin a Jesuit who was ordained as a priest in the 50s, but he was still a Jesuit while working as a speechwriter for Nixon. I didn't know that was allowed.

He only left the Jesuits after Nixon's resignation when he wanted to stay in DC and they wanted him to go elsewhere.

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08-17-2016 , 08:09 AM

#1104

DC2LV

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Originally Posted by kioshk

Having lived in the DC metro area for 25 years from 1985-2010, I, too, was a regular McLaughlin Group watcher. IIRC, the panelists when I first began watching were Robert Novak, Jack Germond, Al Hunt, and Mark Shields, although I could be mistaken. I know that once Novak, Hunt and Shields left to form the basis of The Capital Gang several years later, I became a regular viewer of that show as well.

John McLaughlin was one of a kind and will be missed.

R.I.P.

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08-17-2016 , 10:55 AM

#1105

Phat Mack

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I never really got McLaughlin. Too much like the Irish dinner tables of my youth: 8 kids, 2 parents, 4 grandparents and 5 bachelor uncles yelling at one time and screaming to be heard. Entertaining, I guess, but after the show was over I couldn't tell you what anybody had said.

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08-17-2016 , 12:44 PM

#1106

Zeno

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Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,617

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Originally Posted by Phat Mack

I never really got McLaughlin. Too much like the Irish dinner tables of my youth: 8 kids, 2 parents, 4 grandparents and 5 bachelor uncles yelling at one time and screaming to be heard. Entertaining, I guess, but after the show was over I couldn't tell you what anybody had said.

That was fortunate because in all probability everyone was spewing nonsense anyway.

I saw the McLaughlin show a few times - I thought it a waste of my time and that everyone on the show should be publicly hanged. I still stand by that assessment.

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08-17-2016 , 02:13 PM

#1107

NhlNut

KANGZ

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I was more a Wall St Week with Louis Rukeyser guy. (well, Dad was)
Watched Mclaughlin a few times. Just enough to know that the snl skit was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koFlWXgX52E

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08-17-2016 , 06:00 PM

#1108

Dominic

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Director Arthur Hiller, 92. The In Laws is an all-time classic.

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08-17-2016 , 06:29 PM

#1109

DC2LV

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Originally Posted by Dominic

Director Arthur Hiller, 92. The In Laws is an all-time classic.

I was never a big fan of The In Laws. I did like a few of his other comedies; however, most notably, Silver Streak and The Out of Towners, and to a lesser extent, Plaza Suite. He's probably best remembered for a movie I didn't care for at all: Love Story.

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08-17-2016 , 08:45 PM

#1110

Zeno

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Silver Streak was a fun movie. Saw it when first hit the silver screen back in the dark ages.

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08-18-2016 , 12:09 AM

#1111

R*R

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And then there was See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Great stuff with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. The movie featured some brilliant comedic scenes.

Also, it was one of Kevin Spacey's first movie appearances playing the inept bad guy.

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08-19-2016 , 09:20 PM

#1112

Dominic

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RIP Jack Riley, character actor extrordinaire and voice-over King. He was 80.

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08-19-2016 , 09:40 PM

#1113

kioshk

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 93,123

zomg, that's Elliot Carlin of Bob Newhart Show fame! He was excellent. Horribly depressed misanthrope but still rich as hell and reminding everyone about it.

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08-19-2016 , 10:12 PM

#1114

Dominic

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The Thanksgiving episode of Bob Newhart, where the men (including Elliott) celebrate at Bob's without the women, may be the funniest sitcom episode ever.

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08-20-2016 , 01:50 AM

#1115

Phat Mack

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Paternity suit. Loni Anderson. "Mind your own business, Plumber"

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08-20-2016 , 01:18 PM

#1116

microbet

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I saw a movie at a little theater in hollywood and while waiting outside talked to Jack Riley and helped him walking a bit. (he was older and had something with his legs that looked like they were horribly cramped up)

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08-20-2016 , 04:21 PM

#1117

NhlNut

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Mother once told me that when you get old you start reading the obits for people you know.
I just realized this is the online equivalent. And I feel old.
Have a happy weekend everyone!

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08-22-2016 , 11:47 AM

#1118

Gioco

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Toots Thielemans, jazz harmonica player and unique personality, dead on Monday, August 22, 2016, in Brussels, Belgium.

Guys with a personality like his seem to be replaced with homogenized commercial packages; sad to see him/them go.

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08-22-2016 , 08:17 PM

#1119

kioshk

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Glenn Yarbrough of the Lampliters died last week, big cheese in folk music in the early 60s, back when people liked that sort of thing. Sounds like an interesting guy, sold all his cars and houses to start a school once, later quit worldly concerns to sail the sea permanently.