Happy birthday, Ronnie. Before he was the US president of the coolest decade in history, he was governor of California, president of SAG, and of course a really bad actor. For those too young to remember, his wife Nancy was a giant "just say no to drugs" person... she went a little overboard sometimes though. She was even on an episode of Diffrent Strokes in the 80's... a lot good that did for the cast of the show. :P
hahahah.......good choice.....
the only thing i have seen him in is that video for "land of confusion"..by Genesis........
He's the 2nd best thing about Siegel's remake of The Killers.
Happy b-day, Ronnie boy!
Great line from Airplane: "I haven't felt this sick since we saw that Ronald Reagan film!"
I take no joy in his personal infirmities, but I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that I despise the man as far as what he signifies politically and value-wise. I'm going to need one helluva lot of convincing to arrive at the conclusion that the eighties were "cool" at all, with Reagan/Thatcherism on the loose and all the coldness and bleakness, let alone the "coolest decade," a designation that clearly belongs to the seventies on any cultural, intellectual, or political level I can think of. The eighties had The Smiths and some other few scattered cool things... but those things are timeless and not what people remember about the decade, which seems permanently semiotically entwined with Top Gun and Rambo and trickle-down economics and The Cosby Show- Reagan-era effusions if ever there were any- in the minds of most.
Dude, ideological differences aside, don't tell me your ragging on The Cosby Show??!!
Quote from: SoNowThenDude, ideological differences aside, don't tell me your ragging on The Cosby Show??!!
The only good thing to come from
The Cosby Show was the Dr. Hibbert character on
The Simpsons. No, I'm not a fan. Much too benign/dull/complacent for me, especially considering the time. I'm sure Reagan and Nance were fans, though. :)
Quote from: godardianThe only good thing to come from The Cosby Show was the Dr. Hibbert character on The Simpsons.
and Bleeding Gum Murphy's guest appearance as the cosby kids' 4th grampa.
from episode 'Round Springfield (season 5)
Cosby: Hey, kids! Meet Grampa Murphy.
Child: We have three grampas already!
Cosby: This one's a great jazz musician.
Child: Oh, they all are.
Cosby: Oh, you see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which
gives them the brain damage. With their hippin, and the
hoppin, and the bippin, and the boppin, so they don't know
what the jazz.. is all about! You see, jazz is like the Jello
Pudding Pop -- no, actually, it's more like Kodak film -- no,
actually, jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever, heh heh heh.
whoa, what was wrong with the cosby show? I didn't know people could get offended by that.
but another good cosby reference was in Raw, when Eddie Murphy did Bill Cosboy's "flarn filth flarn" impression.
Quote from: petewhoa, what was wrong with the cosby show? I didn't know people could get offended by that.
but another good cosby reference was in Raw, when Eddie Murphy did Bill Cosboy's "flarn filth flarn" impression.
I'm not offended by it, really... just extremely nonplussed, and then combined with how venerated it is as television...
Quote from: SoNowThenHe's the 2nd best thing about Siegel's remake of The Killers.
Happy b-day, Ronnie boy!
I saw that. It was humorous.