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FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:33 pm
by etaoin22
Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA
A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.
B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".
G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:37 pm
by secondchance
Hoodwinked
Mae West
Re: FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:38 pm
by SportsFan68
etaoin22 wrote:Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA
A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.
B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".
G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.
I'll guess Rocky Marciano.
This I know from reading books again. I later read one of the WWII books that proliferated during the 50s called The Raft. The guy talked about his Mae West.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:39 pm
by silvercamaro
Joe Louis
Mae West
Re: FNGD Q5 - Friday July 18 - No MORE THEME
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:40 pm
by T_Bone0806
etaoin22 wrote:Q5 - STARS OF AN ERA
A slight shift is in the works. No more Hamiltons.
B - This fighter was said to pick his opponents from the "Bum-Of-Th-Month-CLub",and (given that the idea of :"entourage" was decades away from being hip), to be surrounded by "a bunch of bums".
G - WW II Airmen probably werent thinking "bums" when they nicknamed their inflatable life rafts after this sexy comedienne-singer.
Jack Dempsey?
Fanny Brice?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:41 pm
by secondchance
oh, "this fighter..." I'll guess Dempsy
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:41 pm
by etaoin22
Joe Louis and Mae West.
SC's doubly correct response gives the G team the victory!
I do have a quick JFF if anyone wants....
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm
by silvercamaro
I simply don't understand why the Hamilton theme has been discontinued. After all, we were all doing so brilliantly with it.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm
by secondchance
no way!!!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm
by silvercamaro
Hurray for the G team! Excellent competition, Bs.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:43 pm
by SportsFan68
etaoin22 wrote:Joe Louis and Mae West.
SC's doubly correct response gives the G team the victory!
I do have a quick JFF if anyone wants....
YAY SC!!!
As for JFF, count me in!
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:43 pm
by T_Bone0806
silvercamaro wrote:I simply don't understand why the Hamilton theme has been discontinued. After all, we were all doing so brilliantly with it.
Yes, I was performing like MARGARET Hamilton after the water was thrown on her.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:44 pm
by T_Bone0806
Or like ALEXANDER Hamilton in his little competition with Aaron Burr.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:45 pm
by secondchance
now, don't make me get my flying monkeys.....
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:46 pm
by silvercamaro
Second Chance wrote:now, don't make me get my flying monkeys.....
Another flying monkey fan!
This place is getting scary.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:47 pm
by T_Bone0806
Excellent bottom-of-the-ninth home run, Sliver!
Way to go, Goils!
Sorry, Second Chance. My fast ball wasn't workin' tonight. But hope you had fun anyway.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:47 pm
by T_Bone0806
Excellent bottom-of-the-ninth home run, Sliver!
Way to go, Goils!
Sorry, Second Chance. My fast ball wasn't workin' tonight. But hope you had fun anyway.
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:49 pm
by secondchance
wait, what was doubly correct?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:58 pm
by etaoin22
4 points for both halves of the question.
Silver is quite a girl. Like Paul Smon said.
The quotation about bunch of bums for the entourage of a fighter, especially Mr. Louis comes from those wiseacre NY sportswriter types AFAIK.
Mr. G. F Handel wrote an oratorio called Judas Maccabeus which unlike Messiah did not simply crib from the Bible for lyrics. The lyricist came up with one well-renowned couplet at the end, in a chorus, to a nice hummable theme:
" See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Sound the Trumpets, Beat the Drums.
maybe previous sources, I dont know
The wiseacre version
See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Surrounded by a bunch of bums
And that is that for this week. Thanks to all for playing.