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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #400 on: March 25, 2020, 08:20:14 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #401 on: March 25, 2020, 08:20:49 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on March 25, 2020, 05:35:32 pm
I'm so sorry!  You will be in my prayers.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #402 on: March 25, 2020, 11:51:36 pm »
Goat wrote:
"So they just recorded Weissberg and some guitar player in a studio and  timed it to what Cox and Redden were "playing" onscreen"

The guitar player was Steve Mandell, who passed on about two years ago.

Ronny Cox did a good job of synching his onscreen playing to the actual soundtrack.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #403 on: March 26, 2020, 12:50:03 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on March 25, 2020, 11:51:36 pm
Goat wrote:
"So they just recorded Weissberg and some guitar player in a studio and  timed it to what Cox and Redden were "playing" onscreen"

The guitar player was Steve Mandell, who passed on about two years ago.

Ronny Cox did a good job of synching his onscreen playing to the actual soundtrack.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #404 on: March 26, 2020, 12:13:20 pm »
Quote from: EasyAce on March 25, 2020, 04:33:57 pm
RIP to my friend Howard Berman, my best music friend in Las Vegas. We jammed together (he was a drummer and harmonica player and loved the blues and jazz as deeply as I do), we had a shipload of laughs and good talk, he was always calling me (sometimes every third day!) to double check the keys of blues songs he wanted to play, and most of all he was a cherished friend.

Shalom, chaver, until we get to play a few more rounds of "Sugar" (Stanley Turrentine) or "Chicago Bound" (Jimmy Rogers) or "The Sermon" (Jimmy Smith) together again . . .

As Alan Freed used to sign off, it isn't goodbye, it's just good night.

Sorry for your loss @EasyAce
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #405 on: March 26, 2020, 12:23:35 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #406 on: March 26, 2020, 12:56:17 pm »
Sorry about your friend @EasyAce.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #407 on: March 26, 2020, 02:49:40 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #408 on: March 26, 2020, 10:48:11 pm »
Harlem Globetrotters legend Curly Neal dies at age 77

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Neal’s 22-year stint with the exhibition team included north of 6,000 games and some incredible moments in front of awe-inspired fans.

Neal suited up with the Globetrotters during the height of their popularity from 1963-85, playing in 97 different countries. He’s right up there with Meadowlark Lemon as one of the most popular all-time members of the Globetrotters.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/harlem-globetrotters-legend-curly-neal-dies-at-age-77/ar-BB11KT6Y?ocid=msedgdhp

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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #409 on: March 26, 2020, 11:26:58 pm »
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Harlem Globetrotters legend Curly Neal dies at age 77

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/harlem-globetrotters-legend-curly-neal-dies-at-age-77/ar-BB11KT6Y?ocid=msedgdhp

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I remember as a kid watching the Globetrotters with my Dad on ABC's Wide World of Sports from time to time.  Neither of us were big basketball fans, but those Globetrotter "games"  were a lot of fun.

I have similar family memories. Curly had a great hairstyle!
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #410 on: March 27, 2020, 12:33:34 am »
I remember being dazzled by Curly's bball skills when I saw the Globetrotters around 1970. So entertaining.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #411 on: March 27, 2020, 12:45:39 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on March 27, 2020, 12:33:34 am
I remember being dazzled by Curly's bball skills when I saw the Globetrotters around 1970. So entertaining.
Yes, same here. I'm not much on basketball, but that was great fun. RIP, Mr. Neal, and thanks for great memories of fun times!
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #412 on: March 27, 2020, 01:46:51 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on March 27, 2020, 12:33:34 am
I remember being dazzled by Curly's bball skills when I saw the Globetrotters around 1970. So entertaining.

He and Meadowlark Lemon were the best!

My inspiration!

RIP, Curly.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #413 on: March 27, 2020, 02:21:28 am »
Quote from: musiclady on March 27, 2020, 01:46:51 am
He and Meadowlark Lemon were the best!

My inspiration!

RIP, Curly.
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I remember a television special with the Trotters for which comedian Soupy Sales was the guest referee. Neal handed Sales a basketball. Sales gave it a dribble to test it---and it shattered into about three trillion pieces. The Trotters arranged to have the glass ball made to look and feel like a basketball before giving it to Sale.

RIP Curly. You could dribble in a crab walk and get it up the court without missing a beat. Come to think of it, quite a few times you did!
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #414 on: March 27, 2020, 10:06:18 am »
Mike Stratton
Longtime pro football linebacker dies at 78

Stratton played the bulk of his 12-season professional career (1962 to 1973) with the Buffalo Bills. He is most famous for a play in the 1964 American Football League championship, in which he broke the ribs of San Diego Chargers running back Keith Lincoln with an open-field tackle that lives on as the "hit heard 'round the world." (He would spend his final season of play with the Chargers.)

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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #415 on: March 27, 2020, 11:28:02 am »
Meadowlark and Curly were my favorites too.

RIP Curly. I’m sure you’re playing basketball in heaven with some greats now.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #416 on: March 27, 2020, 04:54:17 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on March 27, 2020, 11:28:02 am
Meadowlark and Curly were my favorites too.

RIP Curly. I’m sure you’re playing basketball in heaven with some greats now.
Well, I enjoyed the Globies too and saw them several times live as a youth and more times on tv.
Nevertheless, the Globies weren't great players for the most part. After the NBA started playing more and more black players, the Globies didn't get as many good black players.
I did see Connie Hawkins play with the Globies before he joined the NBA, and he was a great player.
But the myth of the Globies being a super team still lives on in the minds of many people.
I used to help a friend coach a grade school bb team back in the eighties.
 One time talking to one of the fathers on the team, he was adamant that the Globies were the best team in the world and could beat any NBA team.
I looked at him for a while and then said, no, the Globies would get crushed.
He was still insistent that the Globies would whip any NBA team including the Showtime Lakers with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
I looked at him for a while longer and then just walked away. He was a nice guy but a total ignoramus concerning basketball.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #417 on: March 27, 2020, 05:04:56 pm »
Quote from: EasyAce on March 27, 2020, 02:21:28 am
@musiclady

I remember a television special with the Trotters for which comedian Soupy Sales was the guest referee. Neal handed Sales a basketball. Sales gave it a dribble to test it---and it shattered into about three trillion pieces. The Trotters arranged to have the glass ball made to look and feel like a basketball before giving it to Sale.

RIP Curly. You could dribble in a crab walk and get it up the court without missing a beat. Come to think of it, quite a few times you did!

Hearing Sweet Georgia Brown still makes me smile.  happy77
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #418 on: March 27, 2020, 05:15:23 pm »
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Hearing Sweet Georgia Brown still makes me smile.  happy77

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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #419 on: March 27, 2020, 05:17:24 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on March 27, 2020, 04:54:17 pm
Well, I enjoyed the Globies too and saw them several times as a youth and more times on tv.
Nevertheless, the Globies weren't great players for the most part. After the NBA started playing more and more black players, the Globies didn't get as many good black players.
I did see Connie Hawkins play with the Globies before he joined the NBA, and he was a great player.
But the myth of the Globies being a super team still lives on in the minds of many people.
I used to help a friend coach a grade school bb team back in the eighties.
 One time talking to one of the fathers on the team, he was adamant that the Globies were the best team in the world and could beat any NBA team.
I looked at him for a while and then said, no, the Globies would get crushed.
He was still insistent that the Globies would whip any NBA team including the Showtime Lakers with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
I looked at him for a while longer and then just walked away. He was a nice guy but a total ignoramus concerning basketball.
The Globetrotters were famous for their ball handling antics on the court, which were at the core of their highly entertaining game.
In terms of today's 7-foot tall hard-driving NBA game, no, there is no real comparison, but the Globetrotters played what often were charity games, against teams put together from local or even school 'noteworthies', not so much professional players, at least in the context in which I saw them play. There was no shame in losing to them, and part of those ticket sales went to the cause du jour.
What they are, and ever will remain, is an excellent exhibition game team who played and were watched by a fan base for entertainment, not to make the final four in March Madness.

In a nutshell, they are fun to watch, just for the fun of it.
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #420 on: March 27, 2020, 05:18:32 pm »
Quote from: sneakypete on March 27, 2020, 05:15:23 pm
@musiclady

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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #421 on: March 27, 2020, 05:23:41 pm »
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In a nutshell, they are fun to watch, just for the fun of it.

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Fun?  WOW! What a concept!
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #422 on: March 27, 2020, 05:26:51 pm »
Quote from: sneakypete on March 27, 2020, 05:23:41 pm
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Fun?  WOW! What a concept!
Ain't it though?
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Re: Obituaries for 2020
« Reply #423 on: March 27, 2020, 05:28:24 pm »
I saw the Harlem Clowns a few times, a Harlem Globetrotters knockoff because the Globetrotters were so popular, the Globetrotters must have played mainly big venues. Globetrotters were on TV and yes, seemed to have their own cartoon show at one time.

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The Harlem Clowns was an African American show team based in Chicago that toured the world during its several decades of existence from 1934 to 1983. The team was founded by Al "Runt" Pullins in 1934, when he left the Harlem Globetrotters, and founded a competitive team that he originally called the Harlem Globetrotters. Pullins changed the name of his team many times, changing the name to New York Globetrotters, then the Broadway Clowns, and then a few other name changes before settling on the Harlem Clowns.

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« Reply #424 on: March 27, 2020, 05:35:40 pm »
I know I watched it on TV and it's probably on youtube somewhere....they throw the ball from way far away in the arena, up in the balcony or even higher. Some NBAers also I believe did go into the Globetrotters, so I don't knock them too much on the talent level... that shot actually is around a minute into this video. It appears to have been a common trick they did.  Starting around 45 seconds in and I do think they say the guy played in the NBA (this is a recent GT version but this has been in their repertoire a long time).


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Conceivably, that could have been practiced a few times with misses. I don't know if they did it sometimes live, it does seem like I watched them do it on tv once, not sure if it was live.
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