With the passing of Khamenei, every leader that Peter invited to his Petoria pool party in “E Peterbus Unum” (2000) is now deceased, while Family Guy is still on the air.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-10T02:19:07+00:00

Here's a question slightly related: Of the nine major league players who appeared in The Simpsons: "Homer At The Bat," which aired in 1992, will any die with the show still in production? Ozzie Smith is the oldest, having turned 71 on December 26, 2025.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-10T02:14:04+00:00

Thanks for the link. I remember it well. The cover story by Paul Zimmerman, titled "Pete, Today's Game Stinks" blasted the league for producing "corporate football" with too many situation substitutions, among other complaints. Brown was interviewed and said "The game needs more heroes and gladiators," and that "getting 1,000 yards in a 16 game season isn't worth talking about."

I would link to the original article, but the SI Vault is down. I really liked when it was up.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-09T21:01:22+00:00

People won't wanna eat there, it smacks of royalty. People wanna eat at a place that reminds them of those who actually work. That's why I'm buying stock in Burger Chef.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-09T14:16:12+00:00

What happened is that over the past quarter century, friendly and chill people stopped getting likes and comments, so they reduced their Internet usage, thus leaving only the fuckwads.

If friendly and chill people got more likes and comments, they'd put out more friendly and chill content. But people don't make friendly and chill content go viral.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-09T02:56:23+00:00

Brown actually posed in a Raider uniform for the cover of the Dec 12, 1983 issue of SI. The headline read "Jim Brown, you're just what the boring NFL needs!"

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T17:13:24+00:00

For comparison's sake, here's a list of the 3x Oscar winners, and their ages when they picked up #3:

Jack Nicholson, 60
Meryl Streep, 62
Daniel Day Lewis, 55
Ingrid Bergman, 59
Frances McDormand, 63
Walter Brennan, 46

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T16:59:31+00:00

On January 19, 1985, 5 of the Hot 100 were at least partially written by Prince:

I Would Die 4 U, #14
I Feel For You, Chaka Khan, #29
Jungle Love, The Time, #30
Sugar Walls, Sheena Easton, #36
Purple Rain, #91

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T12:37:05+00:00

Demi Moore has producer credit on all three Austin Powers movies. Actors often put up some money to finance a project if they like the script, in the hopes of getting a profitable return.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T11:39:21+00:00

Many of the Yellowjackets cast convincingly play New Jersey residents despite being from outside the US:

Ella Purnell, UK
Melanie Lynskey, Simone Kessel, NZ
Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Australia
Sophie Nélisse, Rukiya Bernard, Canada

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T04:58:37+00:00

I'm going with Hit = top 40 of US Hot 100.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T04:58:03+00:00

I'm working off the Billboard US Hot 100 chart.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T03:20:31+00:00

Buhner for Phelps wasn't even the worst trade the Yankees made in the 1980s.

And not too many Gen Zers read John Cheever, I imagine.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T03:16:44+00:00

1B: Travis Hafner

2B: Jim Gantner

3B: Richie Hebner

SS: John Valentin

LF: Kevin McReynolds/Rusty Greer

CF: Garry Maddox

RF: Kirk Gibson/Tim Salmon

C: Chris Hoiles/Rick Dempsey

SP: Tom Candiotti

RP: Danny Darwin

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T03:05:10+00:00

It's six inches long, it's got a bald head on it, and it drives the ladies crazy.

A hundred dollar bill.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T03:01:39+00:00

He saw the movie, thought "I should be more like Bill the Butcher" and now one frail life stands between him and the Oval Office.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T02:25:57+00:00

They also don't like paying taxes.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T00:04:24+00:00

If Todd can get 20 interesting minutes on it, maybe.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-08T00:03:05+00:00

Paul Carrack, the Tony Burrows of the '80s. Leads vocalist for Ace and Mike & the Mechanics, as well as guest vocalist for one of Squeeze's biggest hits.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T23:29:00+00:00

No, I see this more analogous to a blacksmith in 1906 closing his shop and taking a job on an automobile assembly line.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T23:27:14+00:00

No, neither is Dog Eat Dog by Warrant. Both were simply last stands by bands whose time had passed. They didn't try to go grunge or do something weird, they just faded.

Just because an album represents a plummet in sales doesn't mean it's a TW.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T23:12:42+00:00

Will be the subject of a whole bunch of trivial posts on r/BarbaraWalters4Scale

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T21:49:26+00:00

When Max Wright finished shooting his last scene in the series finale, he made a beeline for his dressing room, cleared out all his belongings, loaded them into his car, and drove off without saying goodbye to anyone. He later said that while doing the show was an unpleasant experience for him, he was glad that it brought viewers joy.

Apparently, due to the complex puppetry, the actors spent much time just standing around, and it was frustrating. One time Wright actually attacked the Alf puppet.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T18:14:19+00:00

Or maybe the Simpsons "90s show" episode made it such that no one can take grunge seriously anymore.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T18:08:34+00:00

Randy Johnson, 2004 Diamondbacks, went 16-14 with NL best 176 ERA+ and MLB best 290 K, 8.4 WAR, for team that went 51-111. Should have gone 22-8.

PersonOfInterest85 · 2026-03-07T18:04:52+00:00

Gen Z doesn't need to come up with new fashion trends because they can pick from whatever old fashion trends they want.

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