# Bill Laimbeer was a Sleestak!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 15, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564 "2004-06-15T23:14:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564/1 "2004-06-15T23:14:05Z")

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[It’s true!](http://www.tvtunesonline.com/freebies/landofthelost.asp)

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> Fun fact: One of the Sleestak portrayers in the first season was a  
> high school basketball player named Bill Laimbeer, who later achieved  
> fame with the Detroit Pistons.

[Sleestaks!](http://users.frii.com/asacat/_borders/sleestak2.jpg).

Which one is [Laimbeer?](http://www.nba.com/history/players/laimbeer_bio.html)

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**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564/2 "2004-06-16T00:19:28Z")

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The green one with the big eyes who was always elbowing the others out of the way. 😃

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564/3 "2004-06-16T04:19:11Z")

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Y’know, there just can’t be enough Sleestack humor. I’d be curious to know how many people who were given the gift of \*The Land Of The Lost \* as children never went 3-fingered, put on a glassy-eyed look & hissed at someone. Lord knows I did it through college years after the show was but a terrifying memory for my peers.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-laimbeer-was-a-sleestak/250564/4 "2004-06-16T04:24:54Z")

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I agree. There is just something about a Sleestak that makes you feel good.