# B5 - a dangerous job

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713 "2006-02-15T23:29:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713/21 "2006-02-16T19:19:10Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> Is he more of a Rush Limbaugh, or more of just a host who facilitates other guests to talk about right-wing issues? Cause if it’s the latter, can you realyl blame him? Work is work. But if it’s mroe the former, then yeah, I see your point.

Heh. Irony alert: check out the article at the bottom of [this page](http://www.jerrydoyle.com/pg/jsp/home/article.jsp) on his website, and notice the ad spoof right next door to it. (Content referred to probably available today only.)

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713/22 "2006-02-16T19:53:11Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> Is he more of a Rush Limbaugh, or more of just a host who facilitates other guests to talk about right-wing issues?

It’s typical political talk show: the host rants for a while, then the listeners call in to agree.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713/23 "2006-02-16T20:06:15Z")

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Jeff Conaway filled the “freaky drugged-out wash-up” spot on this season of _Celebrity Fit Club_. Had a huge breakdown right in the middle of the season. Not pretty at all.

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713/24 "2006-02-16T20:40:48Z")

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Actually, Andreas died a few days ago and we all commented on it over in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358910) thread.

Anyway, yes, it’s a shame so many of B5’s actors have died, and relatively recently at that. I was a particular fan of Andreas’ work and even went by the online name of “G’Kar Junior” in B5 related message boards back in the day.

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**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b5-a-dangerous-job/344713/25 "2006-02-17T03:47:43Z")

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Damnit, I had no idea Richard Biggs was dead. We were born in the same year. I just saw him in one of the extras on the _Dawn of the Dead_ (2004) DVD, and made a mental note to look up his current activity.

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