# Google Fu fails me -I can't find any current pics of 70's singer Bobby Goldsboro - (Yes he's alive) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484 "2014-08-25T19:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/1 "2014-08-25T19:20:09Z")
I did some searching and the most current photos I can find of him are at least 20+ years old. Any recent photos you can point to? I mean he sells his art and attends some of art showings so it’s not like he’s a hermit. It’s puzzling there’s not a current pic of him \*anywhere. \* ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/2 "2014-08-25T19:22:36Z")
This blog dated 2012 has two shots of Bobby (with art and a fan): > **[Bobby Goldsboro](http://marilynandterrystravels.blogspot.com/2012/01/bobby-goldsboro.html)** > > Started the day paying bills, filing what came in the mail, etc.  Kept both of us busy for hours. Was reading the newspaper and some actor... Here’s another pic (with art); this one’s from 2010: [![](https://cdn.boldernet.net/0/0/596/596959-600.jpg) ](https://cdn.boldernet.net/0/0/596/596959-600.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/3 "2014-08-25T20:25:29Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > This blog dated 2012 has two shots of Bobby (with art and a fan): > > [Marilyn and Terry's Travels: Bobby Goldsboro](http://marilynandterrystravels.blogspot.com/2012/01/bobby-goldsboro.html) > > Here’s another pic (with art); this one’s from 2010: > > [https://cdn.boldernet.net/0/0/596/596959-600.jpg](https://cdn.boldernet.net/0/0/596/596959-600.jpg) Yikes! He looks like he’s made out of wax! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/4 "2014-08-25T20:30:16Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > Yikes! He looks like he’s made out of wax! It’s beeswax. Get it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/5 "2014-08-25T21:16:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > It’s beeswax. Get it? 😃 OMG! Please don’t let me become infected with an earworm for that horrible song, Honey. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/6 "2014-08-25T21:35:23Z")
Jesus… it’s looks like those pics on his website weren’t so out of date after all. Toupe or not he’s in good shape for 73. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/7 "2014-08-25T21:45:27Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Jesus… it’s looks like those pics on his website weren’t so out of date after all. Toupe or not he’s in good shape for 73. I wonder what grit sandpaper he uses on his “hair”. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/8 "2014-08-25T21:59:16Z")
It’s a blind spot for many men (the truly bad hairpiece). I mean, there must be some decent hairpieces available, and Mr. G. is clearly raking in some cash from the paintings. But probably he just doesn’t see it the way we do. Anyway, I now sort of regret answering so quickly; seems kind of rude. But my Google Fu secret was simply putting a few recent years (2010 2011 2012 2013 2014) in the “any of these words” box (this was Advanced Search, of course). The images page still gave a lot of pics from Goldsboro’s youth, but also quite a few of the ‘poses with his art’ ones. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/9 "2014-08-25T23:15:17Z")
He looks like Eddie Murphy in the SNL skit when he was made up as a Caucasian. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/10 "2014-08-25T23:25:57Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > He looks like Eddie Murphy in the SNL skit when he was made up as a Caucasian. Shoe polish. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/11 "2014-08-25T23:27:45Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > He looks like Eddie Murphy in the SNL skit when he was made up as a Caucasian. “Go on…take it!..none of them are around.” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/12 "2014-08-25T23:36:48Z")
Now we know why Casey Kasem had to go. There can only be one. Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/13 "2014-08-25T23:47:32Z")
OK, how about this one: “Makeup by [Ernest Menville](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcz0L6tzJiU&list=PLvczmRH_aogDoxiyIKx4qXkh_ONtBh43_&index=19).” ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-fu-fails-me-i-cant-find-any-current-pics-of-70s-singer-bobby-goldsboro-yes-hes-alive/696484/14 "2014-08-26T00:13:54Z")
Okay, now that the pix have been found… why? Did this demolish a developing conspiracy theory? > [@TruCelt](#): > > “Makeup by [Ernest Menville](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcz0L6tzJiU&list=PLvczmRH_aogDoxiyIKx4qXkh_ONtBh43_&index=19).” I think you mean Johns-Manville, from their fiberglass division.